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Stuck at boot logo...plz help !!

ok so i picked up an evo from a guy a craigslist for very cheap. he stated in the ad that it was stuck at boot screen....and he really didnt wanna do anything with it cause he went and got an iphone.
so i kinda need help fixing it.
i press vol down and poWer and i can get to the white screen with different options. ***S-ON =(***
if i skip down to recovery it boots back up the the evo 4g white screen and just stays there.
im guessing he was attemping to root and messed up some how or something...
he did have an sd card so i downloaded a pc36img.zip hoping it will just do its thing and it says the main version is older.
i do know its hboot 1.10.0001 radio 2.15.00.11.19
ive been looking through threads for hours on multiple forums and nothing as really help.

You could try to restore it to factory by running the ruu. Try downloading this ruu and run it. You will need to have HTC sync installed as well; get it from htc.com or just google it.
This will restore phone back to factory.
http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/sto...15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.exe
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iorecki said:
ok so i picked up an evo from a guy a craigslist for very cheap. he stated in the ad that it was stuck at boot screen....and he really didnt wanna do anything with it cause he went and got an iphone.
so i kinda need help fixing it.
i press vol down and poWer and i can get to the white screen with different options. ***S-ON =(***
if i skip down to recovery it boots back up the the evo 4g white screen and just stays there.
im guessing he was attemping to root and messed up some how or something...
he did have an sd card so i downloaded a pc36img.zip hoping it will just do its thing and it says the main version is older.
i do know its hboot 1.10.0001 radio 2.15.00.11.19
ive been looking through threads for hours on multiple forums and nothing as really help.
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Did you mean 2.10.0001? Also, you downloaded a PCIMG36.zip of what? I would try running the RUU that pertains to that hboot and then take it from there. You can find the latest RUU here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=86NCAM22
Or in a flashable zip here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MUSAURP7

yeah i meant 2.10 on the hboot.....sorry
i ran one of those ruu exe and right when it said check my phone. it gave me an error saying my battery was lower than 30%. i have another evo and it was charged to 100% so i switch out the batteries and it still told me i was lower than 30%.
im going to put htc sync and try it again.

ok...so after i installed htc sync, and ran the ruu exe, it told me it couldnt detect my phone. i had the phone at the white ecreen with hboot selected.
i also tried the flashable one and i got OKs across the board.
asked me to reboot...pressed yes, and just turned off.
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so after waiting for 10 mins and no phone booting i pressed power button and i got no response, i pulled the battery pressed power and im right back to the white htc evo 4g screen
=/ What can i do now...or am i screwed ?

So you did try the PC36IMG.zip of the ruu and it still didn't work?
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dirkyd3rk said:
So you did try the PC36IMG.zip of the ruu and it still didn't work?
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with the ruu for some reason it couldnt detect my phone through the usb. i have htc sync 3.0.5 ? didnt show anything on the htc cync screen either....but in my taskbar it showed the option to safely remove android 1.0 device... ?
do i need to be doing this in linux or something ? i dont get how its not working.
in what state should my phone be while running the ruu...hboot usb correct ?

iorecki said:
with the ruu for some reason it couldnt detect my phone through the usb. i have htc sync 3.0.5 ? didnt show anything on the htc cync screen either....but in my taskbar it showed the option to safely remove android 1.0 device... ?
do i need to be doing this in linux or something ? i dont get how its not working.
in what state should my phone be while running the ruu...hboot usb correct ?
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Since you can't ruu try this pc36img.zip. Your phone needs to be on to ruu exe in windows and htc sync has to detect it. Here take this file rename it to PC36IMG.zip (just the way I have it) and see if that works for you. Put on root of sdcard as normal. The good thing is that you have hboot at least.
http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/sto...15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip
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I had the same issue...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009672&page=34
my phone is now a paperweight, I had to claim insurance. Seems to be an HTC issue. I would tell you to just flip it as well.

dirkyd3rk said:
Since you can't ruu try this pc36img.zip. Your phone needs to be on to ruu exe in windows and htc sync has to detect it. Here take this file rename it to PC36IMG.zip (just the way I have it) and see if that works for you. Put on root of sdcard as normal. The good thing is that you have hboot at least.
http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/sto...15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip
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this is the same thing i did with the picture posted. ive downloaded that same file 3 times and have done this over 10 times with OKs after everything installs from the renamed PC36IMG.zip.
i reboot after everything installs and still gets stuck at the white htc evo 4g screen.
htc sync will not detect the phone while in hboot. my computer detects android 1.0 , but i have no sync...wierd.
i dont know if the guy that had it before ever did a nand unlock if that matters ?
anything else ?

iorecki said:
this is the same thing i did with the picture posted. ive downloaded that same file 3 times and have done this over 10 times with OKs after everything installs from the renamed PC36IMG.zip.
i reboot after everything installs and still gets stuck at the white htc evo 4g screen.
htc sync will not detect the phone while in hboot. my computer detects android 1.0 , but i have no sync...wierd.
i dont know if the guy that had it before ever did a nand unlock if that matters ?
anything else ?
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If he tried to downgrade the hboot and messed it up then you have a nice looking paper weight. There's no way he'd admit to it though. You should check out that thread the guy above you posted man.
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i tried putting the phone in fastboot and then run the ruu...and it went all the way up to the sending screen. made the screen on thr evo go black with an htc logo.
kinda gave me some hope.
then the ruu aborted for some reason.
FFS!!!

Tried the ruu one more time...after getting a different screen and a bit of hope. The Evo bricked now....wont turn on..no amber light when plugged in to wall charger. Well there goes that idea. Now I'm scared to flash again with my own Evo :/
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Did you try taking the battery out for 5 minutes, try again, or with a different battery?

teh roxxorz said:
Did you try taking the battery out for 5 minutes, try again, or with a different battery?
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ive tried with 3 different batteries.
pulled sd card out....pressing power no response. power + vol down nothing.
plug it in.....still no amber light. im really willing to try anything at this point. can taking it apart save it ?
i bought it for $100 on craigslist, so maybe flip as is for parts on ebay. hopefully get my hundred dollars...or atleast 75 for it.
let me know what you think ?

iorecki said:
Tried the ruu one more time...after getting a different screen and a bit of hope. The Evo bricked now....wont turn on..no amber light when plugged in to wall charger. Well there goes that idea. Now I'm scared to flash again with my own Evo :/
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I think you bought a phone that was semi-bricked already. It probably had a bad hboot and that's why they sold it. Almost everyone posting on this site has flashed their phone with something well over 100 times without an issue, so don't think that bricks are a common problem. You tried to get a good deal, and it didn't work out. It happens all the time, man. Sorry it didn't work out for you.
I think you'll get $100 on eBay easy for it; even as a parts phone.

yeah...im going to post it on ebay today.
im seeing ones with water damage go over $50
also see one that is at $150 labeled as broken and screen isnt on in any of the pics.
**update: my gf wanted to be curious. she called htc directly and the phone is still under manufacturer warranty. they said as long as the phone doesnt have water damage or physical damage it would be covered. if warranty is voided in any way then it will cost me $30 for them to ship it back broken.
so now i figure if S-ON...and they somehow get the phone back on and see the phone wasnt rooted then i should be golden right ?
i feel like charlie sheen right now WINNING!!

wow....i dont mean to double post but im really feeling good about this.
i have 2 other evos that i also bought on craigslist.....and i never noticed that the both of them are missing the water damage sticker under the cover.
this random evo has the water sticker in tact and had s-on....
im literally doing backflips...

[Q] Droid Incredible 2 stuck on HTC screen. Help?

I've been unable to find any help via Google on how to fix my problem.
I was installing a ROM through Rom Manager when it got stuck on the HTC screen. I had to pull the battery out. I'm able to get into the boot by holding down the volume down button and power, but selecting Recovery only sends to me the HTC screen to get stuck again. I used an app called Nandroid to create a backup on my SD card earlier.
I admit, I'm fairly new to all this (probably why this happened in the first place =/) so if you can explain how to fix my problem in layman's terms that would be great.
By the way, when I'm in the boot menu it says S-Off. I figured saying this now would skip a question later on. Also, when I first get into the boot menu it (very) briefly says something about pg32diag.zip or pg32img.zip not being found.

Use your volume keys to navigate to "recovery" then tap the power button. This will boot you into recovery and you can wipe your data, cache, and reload your ROM or load your nandroid backup

I don't suppose you have adb setup on your cpu do u. the adb reboot recovery command will kick you right to recovery
by the way don't worry about it checking for the pd img and saying not found its suppossed to do that
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Same problem... Kinda...
I have almost the same problem. I was installing the Revolution HD rom, and i knew that the first boot was long, so I waited it out. I even went for like a 20 minutes run and my droid incredible 2 was still stuck on the HTC screen. So I pulled the battery. I still cant boot into the rom. However, I can get into the bootloader, but when trying to access recovery mode, my phone is stuck on that stupid HTC screen again... What do I do..?

If I were in your situation, I would probably try to backup and flash recovery again.
But PLEASE don't take my word for it. I would hate for you to brick your phone on my hunch. Wait for someone to chime in that has more experience unless you're as foolish as I am

But it wont allow me to return into recovery...
EDIT:
Now the phone will not boot at all. The battery has lost its charge. I'm guessing the white HTC screen does not allow the phone to charge, which makes no sense becasue I had the phone plugged in the whole time.

How about "factory Reset"
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i tried to boot into both. But both resulted in just the small vibration and the flashing of the HTC screen, which remained frozen on the screen until i pulled the battery. To make sure i waited about 20 minutes for each to fully "load", but it shouldnt take 20 minutes to boot into recovery, right...?

Damn. I would give it twice that. Then I don't know what to tell ya. ADB sounds like a good idea, but I never use it and wouldn't have a clue.
Good luck.
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Stuck with the same issue
TheAtheistReverend said:
Damn. I would give it twice that. Then I don't know what to tell ya. ADB sounds like a good idea, but I never use it and wouldn't have a clue.
Good luck.
Sent from my Incredible 2 HD using xda premium
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Hi Guys.... I am also stuck with the same issue when i went being a **** installing desire hd rom on my dinc 2 by mistake.
Please help.
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AppleTechies said:
But it wont allow me to return into recovery...
EDIT:
Now the phone will not boot at all. The battery has lost its charge. I'm guessing the white HTC screen does not allow the phone to charge, which makes no sense becasue I had the phone plugged in the whole time.
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Did you get any solution mate?
I am also facing the same issue.

Bad ROM
It seems like this problem is caused by installing roms not for the Droid incredible 2. I tried installing a incredible s rom on my device, hoping it would work. It didn't. I also tried to use ADB to boot into recovery or directly flash a new rom from the command line. Neither worked because my computer wouldn't recognize the device. I ended up taking a rooted phone back to the Verizon store. I played dumb, and the idiot didn't hit the correct keys to boot up into the bootloader. I managed to get a new phone
However, your best bet is to try and use ADB to boot into recovery or directly flash new, correct rom. See if your computer recognizes your phone...

timsdinc2
Had same problem and reboot recovery works!

Back from the dead, another White Screen
Okay, I know this is resurrecting a long-dormant thread, but it describes EXACTLY the problem I'm having.
I rooted my phone last year with the "Root Your DInc2 Tutorial" - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16671031 process, ran CM7 with no problems until early June when it began bootlooping. I believe the latest OTA was the culprit, but I still have S-OFF.
Initially I found the Back To Stock 2.3.4 RUU and used that since I absolutely had to have my phone working (was on a business trip). However, every few days the OTA would get pushed again, and I'd have to reflash the BTS RUU.
I finally had the chance to successfully re-run the "Root Your DInc2 Tutorial" method a few days ago, but I cannot access RECOVERY or FACTORY RESET from the bootloader- it goes to the white HTC screen from both. Using "adb reboot recovery" does the same thing.
At that time, I ran the Revolutionary.io tool. It of course mocked me for already having S-OFF, and offered to flash CWM. I also used the manual method from the tutorial. adb reports writing the recovery, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
Every time I reboot into the bootloader, it checks for and does not find the PG32DIAG and PG32IMG files.
Is there something simple I'm missing? I have flashed back to 2.3.3, then to 2.3.4, then back to 2.3.3. I have tried flashing several different versions of CWM, 4EXT, and even Amon Ra recoveries. I've tried multiple methods, looked through multiple threads, but still cannot access the recovery.
One I have NOT tried yet is the TacoRoot method - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726134&page=5 , because I have read that it's riskier. Before I go that route, I'd like to hear from anyone who's successfully solved this problem, or anyone with any ideas. I'm pretty disgusted with the stock Sense and Verizon bullcrap. What am I doing wrong here?

tangobar said:
Okay, I know this is resurrecting a long-dormant thread, but it describes EXACTLY the problem I'm having.
I rooted my phone last year with the "Root Your DInc2 Tutorial" - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16671031 process, ran CM7 with no problems until early June when it began bootlooping. I believe the latest OTA was the culprit, but I still have S-OFF.
Initially I found the Back To Stock 2.3.4 RUU and used that since I absolutely had to have my phone working (was on a business trip). However, every few days the OTA would get pushed again, and I'd have to reflash the BTS RUU.
I finally had the chance to successfully re-run the "Root Your DInc2 Tutorial" method a few days ago, but I cannot access RECOVERY or FACTORY RESET from the bootloader- it goes to the white HTC screen from both. Using "adb reboot recovery" does the same thing.
At that time, I ran the Revolutionary.io tool. It of course mocked me for already having S-OFF, and offered to flash CWM. I also used the manual method from the tutorial. adb reports writing the recovery, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
Every time I reboot into the bootloader, it checks for and does not find the PG32DIAG and PG32IMG files.
Is there something simple I'm missing? I have flashed back to 2.3.3, then to 2.3.4, then back to 2.3.3. I have tried flashing several different versions of CWM, 4EXT, and even Amon Ra recoveries. I've tried multiple methods, looked through multiple threads, but still cannot access the recovery.
One I have NOT tried yet is the TacoRoot method - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726134&page=5 , because I have read that it's riskier. Before I go that route, I'd like to hear from anyone who's successfully solved this problem, or anyone with any ideas. I'm pretty disgusted with the stock Sense and Verizon bullcrap. What am I doing wrong here?
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S-OFF is permanant, no need to do it again. Try flashing this RUU, rename it to PG32IMG.zip, put it in the root of your sdcard and boot into bootloader, when it checks, it'll find that and flash it for you, then you can just use a rooted stock ROM, there's a few out there.

prototype7 said:
S-OFF is permanant, no need to do it again. Try flashing this RUU, rename it to PG32IMG.zip, put it in the root of your sdcard and boot into bootloader, when it checks, it'll find that and flash it for you, then you can just use a rooted stock ROM, there's a few out there.
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That's one of the RUU's I've already tried flashing a few times- I can't recall if it's 2.3.3 or 2.3.4. I'm currently on RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Radio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_si.zip In every case, the update skips updating the bootloader. The RUU's work fine after flashing except that I cannot load a recovery to achieve root and install a ROM, make a nandroid, or perform a Factory Reset- trying to select those from the bootloader causes an immediate reboot that then stalls on the white HTC screen.
Any ideas on how to get recovery to work? Do I have a corrupted bootloader? is there any way to fix that, or is this phone crippled?

tangobar said:
That's one of the RUU's I've already tried flashing a few times- I can't recall if it's 2.3.3 or 2.3.4. I'm currently on RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Radio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_si.zip In every case, the update skips updating the bootloader. The RUU's work fine after flashing except that I cannot load a recovery to achieve root and install a ROM, make a nandroid, or perform a Factory Reset- trying to select those from the bootloader causes an immediate reboot that then stalls on the white HTC screen.
Any ideas on how to get recovery to work? Do I have a corrupted bootloader? is there any way to fix that, or is this phone crippled?
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Flash a recovery with fastboot?
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prototype7 said:
Flash a recovery with fastboot?
I've renamed the RUU to PG32IMG.zip, put it on the root of the SD, then booted into the bootloader. When the bootloader comes up, it searches for the PG32, finds it, and asks if I would like to apply the update. VOL UP for yes, and it begins extracting. Skips the "Bootloader" step and one or two others I can't remember right now, I do believe the ones labeled "TP" or such. Then reboot, remove the PG32IMG.zip file, and boot into bootloader. At that point, it looks for PG32DIAG and PG32IMG, doesn't find them, and then when I try to go to RECOVERY or FACTORY RESET, it immediately displays the white HTC screen.
The only time I've done anything different was when following the "Root your DInc2 Tutorial" method, where I used both the hack-vivow.cmd and manually entering the commands via adb. And even then, the result was exactly the same- I cannot get to RECOVERY or FACTORY RESET- all I get is the white HTC screen when I select those options.
I've really tried to do everything I can find that seems like it won't totally brick the phone before I came asking for help. I've learned a fair bit, so it's been a worthwhile effort, but I want to have some actual success, you know? As I said, the only thing I have not tried is Tacoroot- I've heard it's more risky and I wanted to see if I had missed anything before jumping into that. I'm also worried that if I DO have something corrupted, it might interfere with the Taco-ing.
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Before, I help. You are still s-off
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sjpritch25 said:
Before, I help. You are still s-off
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Thanks for the reply! I do still have S-OFF. Here's what I have as a header on the bootloader:
-Revolutionary-
VIVO_W XB SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.13.1002
RADIO-1.09.01.622
eMMC-boot
apr 1 2011, 18:34:39
I have checked with a rootcheck app and confirmed that I do not have root access.

tangobar said:
Thanks for the reply! I do still have S-OFF. Here's what I have as a header on the bootloader:
-Revolutionary-
VIVO_W XB SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.13.1002
RADIO-1.09.01.622
eMMC-boot
apr 1 2011, 18:34:39
I have checked with a rootcheck app and confirmed that I do not have root access.
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Can you use ROM Manager to flash CWM? Or flash 4EXT with the app? You won't have root until you flash the su binary, which you need recovery working to do.

Have I bricked it?

I had MIUI on this Desire (it's my dads) but it have some bugs so I wanted to return it to defaults. I downloaded the RUU_Brav2_UK_1.20.207.1_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06 .00.02_2_release_124865.exe file from this thread. During the install on my pc, an error occurred. Something like certain files couldn't be written. Now when I power on the phone I get a HTC logo with 4 hazard signs <!> on each corner. Even trying to get into recovery holding power and volume down does nothing.
All I want to do it return it to normal. Any ideas?

X82X said:
I had MIUI on this Desire (it's my dads) but it have some bugs so I wanted to return it to defaults.
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Thats not the way to handle bugs
X82X said:
RUU_Brav2_UK_1.20.207.1_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06 .00.02_2_release_124865.exe
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Woah there Nele, thats android 2.1. Why would you do that?
X82X said:
During the install on my pc, an error occurred. Something like certain files couldn't be written.
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What certain files? Please be explicit
X82X said:
Now when I power on the phone I get a HTC logo with 4 hazard signs <!> on each corner. Even trying to get into recovery holding power and volume down does nothing.
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Other than flashing a rom, did you do anything else?
What does ALL the information on your HBOOT say?

The error message mentioned about unable to copy files. But the dialogue closed and I didnt have the information. Only thing I got as I said is the HTC logo with the 4 exclamation points around each corner of the screen.
My phone or computer isnt giving me anymore information, at least, I don't know how to access anymore. Only thing I know is power+vol down but that no longer works.
Edit: Here is the error message in fact:
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OK well, assuming you are on o2 UK, the one you want is this one:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_144166_signed.exe
Now what you need to do is pull, the battery out. Reinsert the battery. Hold Back and press power to turn on. This will put you into fastboot mode. This would normally be a white screen that says fastboot, but now it will be the screen with the 4 /!\'s on it.
Now connect the USB cable, wait at least 5 seconds and then run the new RUU.
Let me know.
Edit, You definitely didn't s-off or change the hboot or anything did you?

I did exactly as you advised. Still getting the exact same error as the image above.
In regards to S-off. I'm worried by your words. The phone did originally have S-off with the MIUI. So now I'm worried I owe my dad a new phone..

Did it have the cm 7 hboot?
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I dont know..but I will go with no since I don't know what that truly is. All I ever did was root it using the instructions on this forum, then install MIUI. Then I went to this.

If you were willing to start a new thread you should also be willing to read an existing one. Read my troubleshooting guide.

hmm well. Your tutorial talks about:
S-OFF
[STEP1]- download "Bravo Stock" from Alpharev
[STEP2]- download Android Flasher
[STEP3]- use android flasher to flash "Bravo Stock"
[STEP4]- run the RUU again and wait for it to finish
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How do I flash this bravo stock? It's an iso and the programme doesnt like it. Does it go in bootloader? I dunno.
And the gold card method requires me to enable debugging in the menu which I can't do since I'm stuck in RUU mode.

X82X said:
hmm well. Your tutorial talks about:
How do I flash this bravo stock? It's an iso and the programme doesnt like it. Does it go in bootloader? I dunno.
And the gold card method requires me to enable debugging in the menu which I can't do since I'm stuck in RUU mode.
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Were you even S-OFF? if you weren't then there's no need/ possibility of playing about with the hboot.
Trust me, everything is there. You just need to read it, problem with goldcard? look in the goldcard section.
Or if you're lazy you could risk using the 2.3 RUU.

The phone was S-OFF before this DUU. The flasher programme in the tutorial doesn't like the iso file to flash it to either.

What iso file? There should be no ISO. fIle
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Sorry, forget ISO, I was looking at something else.
Here are the stages I've done thus far.
Downloaded bravo_alphaspl.img
Ran AndroidFlasher, put bravo_alphaspl.img into the bootloader area.
Ticked box saying I'm already in fastboot.
click flash.
Then I get this:
writing 'hboot'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
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Here is all the information I have, in case someone has a fix.
My desire was on MIUI. I then tried another rom, which I didn't like too much either. I foolishly decided to use a wrong stock file and ended up locking my phone into RUU. My phone is now S-ON. I've tried all suggestions in this thread and I went over the troubleshooting thread.
The goldcard tutorial blew my mind, but I tried anyway and fell on the first hurdle when the ReadCID programme doesn't work (Win 7 x64). And I have the right framework installed.
At the moment the phone is a paperweight and I will have to find him an another phone on ebay, since it was my stupidity which bricked this.
If anyone knows a simple way of fixing this, please let me know. Yeah I said simple, because although I have messed with roms, I still know NOTHING. Look at my previous posts in this thread, I clearly don't know what I'm doing which is no wonder I bricked it.
In case this is bricked for life I'm off now to find a phone on ebay. Not an android phone as I'm sure you will agree, for a 65 year old man, who knows NOTHING about android phones, he will never use it to a fraction of its potential.
I hope someone will find a solution, then I can at least sell this on ebay to recoup my losses. But until then, its time to spend money I don't have.
Thanks in advance.

Can you boot into hboot / fastboot?

Im not sure how to find out. All that happens is when I power on the phone I'm stuck in RUU mode. Androidflasher does interact with it, but throws up errors. Complaining that my phone is S-ON so cannot continue.

Your question does not help me at all. So turn off your phone. Now press and hold first volume down (alternative: back) button and then power button. Do you get a white screen with three androids at the bottom after a few seconds?

All I get is the HTC logo on a black background with 4 /!\ around each corner.
If I plug in a usb cable and remove it, the screen turns white with the following information:
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANE-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.09.05.30_2
AUG 10 2010,17:52:18
RUU
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Holding down those buttons does nothing and still results in the same screen.

All you can do is ruu from fastboot screen.
Best bet is using the 2.3.3 one. When / if it fails, go for warranty repair.
Record where.it fails
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Is there a link to this 2.33 one? Ones ive tried so far were wrongly RUU_Brav2_UK_1.20.207.1_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_124865 and then RUU_Bravo_Froy2_UK_2.14.207.1_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_144166_signed. Neither which works.

expert . please help .phone is brick

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217296
i just buy a phone samsung note II few days ago and tried to unlock it but i make a miss galaxy note II ---------------SGH-I317M
1st i didnt made the backup
2nd maybe i install the wrong flash or firmware
so the phone is stuck on a black screen and just samsung logo
it can boot on downloud mode and the clock mode
i use the kies but still have the same problem .system cant mount <invalid argument >
efs cant mount system
cant mount data
cant mount sdcard
even .. i install the stuck rom from rogers
i found the kernel and used the Odin
no thing happens
and were lookig to ---------------PIT------File
to repartion might help
please guys and help

Hi. Ok so once your bootlooped yer pretty much borked.
So you can get into download mode?
I want to be sure you know how and what this is. Sorry if you take this the wrong way but your english is a bit scattered.
Ok dl mode: hold the home, power and volume down all at the same time.
There is no other way to achieve this other than a jig or possibly adb, that idk.
If you can get into dl mode your golden.
If kies isnt helping youre doing it wrong.
Odin is an option but lets try this first.
Please, dont get mad if you feel you tried this before.
First, re download thevusb drivers from samsung. "I already did that!"... trust me,
Do it again unless you are 1000000% sure they are current. Even then, uninstall and dl again to be safe.
Next get the current kies software.
Seems like you got this, but again make sure its the latest version.
So lets double check something.
Try again for ****s and giggles to get into recovery. Press the power, home and volume UP buttons all at the same time.
I know you know this has to be done when the phone is powered off.
We just want to see if your recovery is corrupted or not.
If you can get into recovery just do a factory reset.
This may or may not work.
Its ok.
Ok if it fails back to dl mode.
When you get to dl mode start kies.
Kies aint gonna do nothing but lag and hang if your phone and or recovery is fragged.
Youll need to go to the drop down menu in kies and choose:
"emergency firmware recovery"
its gonna ask you for phone model and such. Its then going to say
Plug your phone in or we it says
Put your phone in dl mode:
After you did the pwr, vol dwn, and home key, it brings you to a screen that says
Push up to cancel down to enter dl mode.
Again dont take offense if you know this.
Connectvyour phone to the pc and push the down button.
Give it time. This process can take upbto 20 min.
Once its done you shoyld now have a completly stock phone.
I highly recomend you remove your sd card for this.
Post back with results.
You can also try Odin.
Youll still need the latest samsung drivers.
Youll need the latest stock rom to flash.
Im sure others will chime in .
Good luck and post back

freakboy13 said:
Hi. Ok so once your bootlooped yer pretty much borked.
So you can get into download mode?
I want to be sure you know how and what this is. Sorry if you take this the wrong way but your english is a bit scattered.
Ok dl mode: hold the home, power and volume down all at the same time.
There is no other way to achieve this other than a jig or possibly adb, that idk.
If you can get into dl mode your golden.
If kies isnt helping youre doing it wrong.
Odin is an option but lets try this first.
Please, dont get mad if you feel you tried this before.
First, re download thevusb drivers from samsung. "I already did that!"... trust me,
Do it again unless you are 1000000% sure they are current. Even then, uninstall and dl again to be safe.
Next get the current kies software.
Seems like you got this, but again make sure its the latest version.
So lets double check something.
Try again for ****s and giggles to get into recovery. Press the power, home and volume UP buttons all at the same time.
I know you know this has to be done when the phone is powered off.
We just want to see if your recovery is corrupted or not.
If you can get into recovery just do a factory reset.
This may or may not work.
Its ok.
Ok if it fails back to dl mode.
When you get to dl mode start kies.
Kies aint gonna do nothing but lag and hang if your phone and or recovery is fragged.
Youll need to go to the drop down menu in kies and choose:
"emergency firmware recovery"
its gonna ask you for phone model and such. Its then going to say
Plug your phone in or we it says
Put your phone in dl mode:
After you did the pwr, vol dwn, and home key, it brings you to a screen that says
Push up to cancel down to enter dl mode.
Again dont take offense if you know this.
Connectvyour phone to the pc and push the down button.
Give it time. This process can take upbto 20 min.
Once its done you shoyld now have a completly stock phone.
I highly recomend you remove your sd card for this.
Post back with results.
You can also try Odin.
Youll still need the latest samsung drivers.
Youll need the latest stock rom to flash.
Im sure others will chime in .
Good luck and post back
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+1
You told him everything that he needed to do bro.:thumbup::thumbup:
And yes his/her English is broken.. Lol
But this also may help him out:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
http://www.sammobile.com/kies/
http://m.samsung.com/us/support/
Note: phone is soft bricked when it's still coming on. When it's completely dead, blank, Chaput, NADA, it's confirmed hard bricked!!! :banghead:
Just my 2¢®
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2

Hope you fix that phone.what an expensive paper weight that'll be.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda premium

read ur mesage and thanks for giving me time
i buy the phone from a friend who win from radio station
the phone was locked with roger and i was trying ODIN to downloud wind i guess cause i think that i could do it
i dont knw what i did just the phone suddely start on samsung
i have Kies program and i just made firm upgarde and initialization
the ask 4 phone model and serial number
i removed batery restart in download mode and e software installed into the phone
but the phone even didnt started
it say :
E: failed to mount system <invaled argument>
E; cant mount/ sys invalid argument
E : int main /system invalid argument
E failed to mout data
E failed to mount system ..
when i start at ODIN MODE
Poduct name SGH-I317M_NA_BMC #
coust bianery dwnloud (125)
current bianery (samsung official)
system status (custom)
when i start the phone now give me black screen with battery shade ??
am i doing good or bad so far
please help me tep by step

Hey I replied back but you didnt answer.
But thats ok its better to keep this in the thread so thers can chime in and if we find a solution others who have this exact prob will find a fix.
As I wrote to you please confirm:
Your native language (maybe others who speak your tounge will better help)
I asked you what was the first thing you did with phone. (Root , any mods and exactly which rom.There are to many roms to be vague.)
I asked you what model you said rogers but above I noticed something about wind mobile?
First lesson: if you dont root your phone, you can NOT intsall a new rom, meaning you can ONLY do a factory reset, or install exact OEM (stock) rom viaodin or kies.
By the way . IM not gonna keep repeating "Kies Emergency Firmware Recovery" From now on when I say kies, im only talking about that function of kies.
So Example: A Rogers mobile, rooted or not, CANNOT have a wind, att, verizon tmobile or what ever installed. This is exactly why your phone is s-bricked. Like Bajanman said and as I told you if it powers on your good. Your just stuck.
This is called a bootloop; aka soft brick.
Also to complicate things more I am suspecting that you may have
Installed a custom kernel. Ooooops
Locked phones will def brick if you do that.
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As I said sometimes mobile phones are picky you may have to uninstall and reinstall : usb drivers, microsoft drivers, use different computer etc. Thats another thing; what computer and Operating System are you using?
PC right? What OS?
I dont have and despise face book but here are two other options.
If you live in the usa mail me your phone and ill take care of it.
Right now all other xda'rs are lulzing and gonna say dont do that.
:silly:
Understandably if you say no if you wanna dl yahoo or msn messenger we can do it that way.
The best thing to do dude is find a friend who speaks and understands english better than you and get them to translate
Or help.
If odin fails and kies EFR fails you are doing it wrong.
Even if your recoveryis corruptedit doesnt matter. If you can get
Into Download mode (its a two step process explained above)
Your phone can be fixed.
The other option is adb push and im sorry my fingers would fall off typing that out :lol:
You will have to do some leg work and research using adb to basically "force" the firmware into your partition. This is, c9rrefte if im wrong guys, basically what kies emergency recovery does but "automagically"
Why do I feel like mr miyagi : turn on! Turn off! Put in download mode..again! Now wax my hard drive! !
Do you have a camera? Pics or maybe a youtube vid would help.
Its 3am here im crashin.
I feel for ya bud.
:thumbup:
Edit: I just thought of something. Pull out your sd card and sim.
Dont put them back in until this is fixed.
This may even solve your problem.
From now on evey time you restart your phone pull out your battery and hold pkwer for a few seconds. No this is not a magic trick it just ensures most of the power is drained.

freakboy13 said:
You will have to do some leg work and research using adb to basically "force" the firmware into your partition. This is, c9rrefte if im wrong guys, basically what kies emergency recovery does but "automagically"
Why do I feel like mr miyagi : turn on! Turn off! Put in download mode..again! Now wax my hard drive! !
Do you have a camera? Pics or maybe a youtube vid would help.
Its 3am here im crashin.
I feel for ya bud.
:thumbup:
Edit: I just thought of something. Pull out your sd card and sim.
Dont put them back in until this is fixed.
This may even solve your problem.
From now on evey time you restart your phone pull out your battery and hold pkwer for a few seconds. No this is not a magic trick it just ensures most of the power is drained.
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+1 again freakboy
Everything your telling him is correct.:thumbup::thumbup:He should be happy he's getting into download mode.
And not hard bricked. But if he's not careful it will b hard bricked.
LMAO at the Mr. Miyagi, wax on wax off..
Classic :thumbup:
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2

I could also try helping you out with TeamViewer later today.
Et je parle français si ça peut aider.
Send me a PM.
Goodbye,
Darkshado
Sent from my SGH-T889V using xda app-developers app

Hello . This post was originally a tutorial for samsung kies EFR.
Since so many people seem to not understand this great tool and to save bandwith
for xda (mods hit my thanks button! :victory: ...oh cmon im jk )
I removed this post and made it into an actual tutorial.
heres my new tutorial for Samsung's KIES Emergency Firmware Recovery Tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40966346#post40966346

freakboy13 said:
I would hold off on flashing new roms until you read some more.
I hope this works out for ya!
Edit: its is recomended to unistall kies before using the galaxy note 2 toolkit
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Very detail write up bro. :thumbup::thumbup: Very nice trying to help out!!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2

Just a silly obsevation here, but you tell them to pull the battery and then go into recovery with the proper key press sequence. You forgot to tell them to put the battery back in the step by step sequence. Picturing op sitting there and not getting it to power up because battery is sitting next to phone. like I said, silly but I have encountered sillier. I am confident op would put it back in, but......
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
By the way, great tutorial. Hope op gets it running.
Sent from the Millennium Falcon somewhere on the Kessel Run

ok guys .. sorry i was not here yesterday ..
just come back and i will do what u told me
thx for the help ..lets see what will happens ....

Mad383Max said:
Just a silly obsevation here, but you tell them to pull the battery and then go into recovery with the proper key press sequence. You forgot to tell them to put the battery back in the step by step sequence. ...... I am confident op would put it back in, but......View attachment 1884163
By the way, great tutorial. Hope op gets it running.
Sent from the Millennium Falcon somewhere on the Kessel Run
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Dude thats hilarious.
Yes. OP, if you take the battery out....
Ya gotta put it back in for the phone to work!
:beer:

device not responding .
to solve the issue ,reboot the device ..
i did that 5 times and same issue bro
what i can do !!

What happens when you try to get into recovery? Describe the screen please.also describe exactly what happens when you the to the point if using the EFR.
You are doing the efr Right?
You are not doing the upgrade...correct?
You need to describe in more detail whats happening when its failing.
Just saying "its not working" makes it tough.
I still think youre doing something wrong.
Because the next step is to push the firmware and .....thats a bit more complicated.
Make sure you are NOT doing an upgrade, because before I made my pic guide you mentioned "I tried the upgrade".
You dont want to upgrade.
Keep trying dawg.
Please help me help you by explaining and describing the screen.
And so on.
Picsc would be better!
Describe the screen when you are in dl mode please. Remember dl mode is 2 parts.
Maybe some one else can chime in.
Theres gotta be someone in your area on these forums or others, who can maybe meet up and helpnyou in person?

[HELP]Galaxy Nexus Stuck on Google Logo bootloop

I have searched high and low for an answer to my problem for the past 5 hours. Haven't found a solution or guide on XDA or anywhere else that can help, so I am making this post as my last effort.
I bought an unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus off of ebay knowing that it was stuck in a boot loop. I figured it could be fixed. I may be wrong.
I AM ON A MAC The pictures have Windows but I am running Parallels and it sucks.
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Ok, so here is my problem lies, when turning the device on normally I get this screen:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I get this for a few seconds, then it goes away, vibrates, and comes back ..... over and over.
I can get to both Odin mode and Fastboot:
This is no problem.
I even managed to get CWM on the phone and to come up:
My issue now is that I can't get ADB to work .. Wugs ToolKit won't work ... Galaxy Nexus ToolKit wont work ... nothing.
I can't be 100% sure that USB Debugging is enabled as I can't get past the Google Logo.
Is there anything that can be done to save this phone ... or is it a fancy paperweight?
I have an N4, I just bought this because the seller had no clue how to fix it, and it was a good deal. (not to mention I was planning to use it as a dev device for apps and such)
Thanks everyone!!!

Use the terminal on the Mac. I also have a Mac. Let me find u the files needed for adb and fast boot for macs.
Sent From My Miui Powered Galaxy Nexus
---------- Post added at 10:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 PM ----------
OK. This was the guide I used when I first got my nexus s 4g but I also used it for my galaxy nexus. Follow the instructions and make sure u use the correct files for your phone. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129759
Sent From My Miui Powered Galaxy Nexus

Well crap .... after trying to use Fastboot (as ADB doesn't seem to want to recognize my device) I am stuck at the Google logo with the unlocked padlock.
I can still get in to CWM Recovery and Fastboot, but I am 100% lost on what to do now. I can not find a solution anywhere that works

clay_cauley said:
Well crap .... after trying to use Fastboot (as ADB doesn't seem to want to recognize my device) I am stuck at the Google logo with the unlocked padlock.
I can still get in to CWM Recovery and Fastboot, but I am 100% lost on what to do now. I can not find a solution anywhere that works
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Did you try using anther pc? Maybe windows can manage this out.. I don't know what else to suggest..
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Jar3112 said:
Did you try using anther pc? Maybe windows can manage this out.. I don't know what else to suggest..
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Unfortunately so ---- Windows XP and Windows 7 both ... I may try again tomorrow : /

Ok, so here is my status now ---
Flashed stock image using Odin. Said it was completed and successful. Gave a big "PASS" message.
Rebooted phone, and watched the Google logo bootloop for 30mins.
On the plus side, my phone is now getting recognized as an ADB Interface --- but only in Fastboot. When I enter Stock Recovery or CWM Recovery, I can no longer use adb.
1 step closer, or totally effed?

clay_cauley said:
Ok, so here is my status now ---
Flashed stock image using Odin. Said it was completed and successful. Gave a big "PASS" message.
Rebooted phone, and watched the Google logo bootloop for 30mins.
On the plus side, my phone is now getting recognized as an ADB Interface --- but only in Fastboot. When I enter Stock Recovery or CWM Recovery, I can no longer use adb.
1 step closer, or totally effed?
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Flash the image, bootloader and radio and that should get you booted

Same Problem
jaymazz13 said:
Flash the image, bootloader and radio and that should get you booted
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So I just had this happen to me over lunch, after an hour of trying to re-flash stock image, bootloader, and radios, i'm still getting the Google boot up screen. I too can get into flashboot, but I can not get into recovery... Suggestions?
Sorry, I know this threads a little old, but it was the same problem I am having, wasn't sure if anyone found a solution.
Thanks in advance...

marker2002 said:
So I just had this happen to me over lunch, after an hour of trying to re-flash stock image, bootloader, and radios, i'm still getting the Google boot up screen. I too can get into flashboot, but I can not get into recovery... Suggestions?
Sorry, I know this threads a little old, but it was the same problem I am having, wasn't sure if anyone found a solution.
Thanks in advance...
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Does ur computer recognize ur device when u plug it in?
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jaymazz13 said:
Does ur computer recognize ur device when u plug it in?
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using xda app-developers app
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Yes it does, but only in fast boot.
Other things I found:
-My battery is full. When I plug it in it shows it's charging then shows me battery life, shows full.
-When I turn it on, it gets stuck at Google screen
-When I go into fastboot my computer recognizes it, but after flashing anything to it, it just continues to be stuck on the Google start-up screen
Update since I've written this post... when I plug it in, it wont go past the 'showing that it's charging screen" I have to wait till it shows battery status before I can go into fast boot, and now it wont even do that... neat. Headed home, then i'll swap batteries and try it all again.

marker2002 said:
Yes it does, but only in fast boot.
Other things I found:
-My battery is full. When I plug it in it shows it's charging then shows me battery life, shows full.
-When I turn it on, it gets stuck at Google screen
-When I go into fastboot my computer recognizes it, but after flashing anything to it, it just continues to be stuck on the Google start-up screen
Update since I've written this post... when I plug it in, it wont go past the 'showing that it's charging screen" I have to wait till it shows battery status before I can go into fast boot, and now it wont even do that... neat. Headed home, then i'll swap batteries and try it all again.
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any updates?

hi clay_cauley .. I have the same problem..did y find any worked solution??

RiotSauce said:
any updates?
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Hi all, I have the same issue I'll try all the above even though half of it sounds half Chinese to me XD (not a developer, heh).
Cheers,