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Hi all.
I just managed to go back to v2.1 with unrevoked 3.14.
The HBOOT screen is reporting 0.80 back.
When I powercycle the phone with the volume down pressed I go in HBOOT but as soon as I press volume down to reach the "recovery" menu item I get again the flashing of the v2.1.
If I refuse to flash at the reboot I get an "error" icon on the screen and I have to pull the battery to reboot.
Where's my error?
Uqbar said:
When I powercycle the phone with the volume down pressed I go in HBOOT but as soon as I press volume down to reach the "recovery" menu item I get again the flashing of the v2.1.
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You still have the update.zip in the sd-card?
Uqbar said:
If I refuse to flash at the reboot I get an "error" icon on the screen and I have to pull the battery to reboot.
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Do you have usb-cable connected at this point? You should have, if haven't got fake_flash installed.
jsel said:
Do you have usb-cable connected at this point? You should have, if haven't got fake_flash installed.
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If the OP has used UnrEVOked, they should have a permanent custom recovery on their device, meaning that the need neither "fake flash" or a PC connected via USB to enter recovery.
To the OP: I've no idea what you are saying when you say that going into recovery is flashing 2.1. If you try to enter recovery, are you see ClockwordMod recovery at all? What options are you selecting?
EDIT: Just thought of something - do you have the PB99IMG file on your SD card? If so, this is what is causing your problem and you should delete it!
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
If the OP has used UnrEVOked, they should have a permanent custom recovery on their device, meaning that the need neither "fake flash" or a PC connected via USB to enter recovery.
To the OP: I've no idea what you are saying when you say that going into recovery is flashing 2.1. If you try to enter recovery, are you see ClockwordMod recovery at all? What options are you selecting?
EDIT: Just thought of something - do you have the PB99IMG file on your SD card? If so, this is what is causing your problem and you should delete it!
Regards,
Dave
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Apart of the radio and the CM update zips I have an mtd0bak.img and a PB99IMG.ZIP in the root of the SD.
Correct, I chose unrevoked in order to have the fakeflash stuff.
I never saw anything similar to Clockwork or Amon Ra recovery stuff. Either reboot, or re-flash the v2.1 or freeze.
I deleted PB99IMG.ZIP.
I booted into HBOOT.
I used volume keys to select "recovery".
I pushed the power button to select and ...
... I went to the green and white screen and then to a black one showing a
red triangle with a red exclamation mark in it.
The background is black with a picture of a Desire ...
the desire to flash CM 6!
if its showing that, then a custom recovery hasnt been applied using unrevoked.....
try it again.
(im getting pissed at unrevoked cause i manged to root 3 desires easily enough and now the 4th one wont work!!! arghhh )
New attempt (with v3.2) worked fine.
Things I can do:
- Get to bootloader screen
- Plug in USB, pop in batter and get to fastboot USB (PC detects "Android 1.0" at this point but can't find a driver for it).
- Attempt to load ESPRIMG.zip from root of sdcard but always get "Main version is older!" and "update failed!" followed by a prompt to reboot device.
Things I can't do:
- Boot up the phone past the splash screen
- Go into recovery/fastboot; recovery dumps me to the splash and hangs there and fastboot just brings me right back to the bootloader menu.
Phone was working a few hours ago and then when I powered it down it never made it back past the splash screen.
Am I screwed?
jhinckley said:
Things I can do:
- Get to bootloader screen
- Plug in USB, pop in batter and get to fastboot USB (PC detects "Android 1.0" at this point but can't find a driver for it).
- Attempt to load ESPRIMG.zip from root of sdcard but always get "Main version is older!" and "update failed!" followed by a prompt to reboot device.
Things I can't do:
- Boot up the phone past the splash screen
- Go into recovery/fastboot; recovery dumps me to the splash and hangs there and fastboot just brings me right back to the bootloader menu.
Phone was working a few hours ago and then when I powered it down it never made it back past the splash screen.
Am I screwed?
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Delete ESPRIMG.zip from your sd card. It tries to load it every time you start up.
That happened to me before and I didn't know what was going on lol.
It wasn't on there before I put it there. I was trying to get it back to the factory image. Whenever I went to the boot screen it was always looking for ESPRDIAG.zip or ESPRIMG.zip. If I delete it, nothing new happens, still hangs.
/bump
Still stuck. :/
Hmm odd situation.I no I had a problem but I left it on the splash screen for about five minutes and it finally booted you can try leaving it there and see of it eventually boots but if it takes 10 minutes plus then forget it. Though idk why you can't boot into recovery. when you have it plugged into your computer does adbe recognize it? Maybe you can do something with adb
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This is happening to me too. Anyone know the solution?
If I delete ESPRIMG.zip will anything bad happen?
same thing here...lol
total noot to the mytouch.
i am trying to fix for a friend, and i get endless boot loops. can acess recovery and bootloader
acejoker25000 said:
Hmm odd situation.I no I had a problem but I left it on the splash screen for about five minutes and it finally booted you can try leaving it there and see of it eventually boots but if it takes 10 minutes plus then forget it. Though idk why you can't boot into recovery. when you have it plugged into your computer does adbe recognize it? Maybe you can do something with adb
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Adb only sees the phone if its in recovery or fully booted. I'm pretty sure fastboot.exe is what is used to debug fastboot and earlier boot stages.
unknownally said:
This is happening to me too. Anyone know the solution?
If I delete ESPRIMG.zip will anything bad happen?
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No, nothing bad will happen
dapoharoun said:
same thing here...lol
total noot to the mytouch.
i am trying to fix for a friend, and i get endless boot loops. can acess recovery and bootloader
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You're hijacking a thread, you should make your own. Simple answer to your question though; reflash a rom in recovery. If you need more info make your own thread.
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I made my own thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890386 with no luck.
I didn't have ESPRING.zip to begin with since I deleted it after rooting. So I download the stock ESPRING and ran it through Bootloader. It prompted me to update so I did.
After the update finishes it asks me to reboot. So I do and then I'm stuck on the splash/boot screen again.
When I first rooted I deleted the expressimg.zip and left the update.zip (recovery) just incase something like this happened ...
Boot up using power + volume down then its gonna try to look for espressimg.zip ...it will tell you its not found..then use the volume button to go to recovery..push power to select then its gonna take you to the screen with the red triangle/exclamation mark screen ..press and hold power and volume up for a little (if it doesn't work keep tryn till you get the stock blue recovery to pop up)...the stock recovery will pop up..then it will prompt you to apply update. Zip from sd card (clockwork recovery) ..select it and you should be in clockwork ...then do what you gotta do...
Its happened to me a few times and this always does the job
Hope this helps if not I'm sorry and keep tryn
You HAVE to have update.zip (clockwork recovery) on your SD card..(not in any folders, on the root of the card) in order for this to work!!!
If you don't have it push to SD card via adb
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JeezyMT3G said:
When I first rooted I deleted the expressimg.zip and left the update.zip (recovery) just incase something like this happened ...
Boot up using power + volume down then its gonna try to look for espressimg.zip ...it will tell you its not found..then use the volume button to go to recovery..push power to select then its gonna take you to the screen with the red triangle/exclamation mark screen ..press and hold power and volume up for a little (if it doesn't work keep tryn till you get the stock blue recovery to pop up)...the stock recovery will pop up..then it will prompt you to apply update. Zip from sd card (clockwork recovery) ..select it and you should be in clockwork ...then do what you gotta do...
Its happened to me a few times and this always does the job
Hope this helps if not I'm sorry and keep tryn
You HAVE to have update.zip (clockwork recovery) on your SD card..(not in any folders, on the root of the card) in order for this to work!!!
If you don't have it push to SD card via adb
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what if ur not rooted?
dapoharoun said:
what if ur not rooted?
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Then root
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It's my understanding that without having the security off on our phones, the espresso recovery is not modifiable. What this essentially means is that, either the recovery should be there and fine (and by "fine" I mean, you get a triangle with an exclamation mark in it) because no ROM can currently touch it.
Me thinks that, if you are not able to get to the stock recovery (not Clockwork, but the basic, bare bones one) than your phone is probably having bigger issues. I would test this by doing the following:
1. Boot into the boot loader (I believe it's power and Volume Down at the same time when the device is turned off).
2. Wait for the device to finish it's grumblings (if you have the ESPER.IMG file on there, I think it actually checks it and even asks if you want to install it -- if it does, say no).
3. Select the option for recovery (with the volume keys).
4. I think it's power again to execute the option.
If you get to a nice black screen with a picture of your phone on there with a red triangle, then your phone is in business. We can probably convince it to behave. If that far doesn't go, me thinks something is wrong with the bits of your phone that current ROM modders can't write to...
sleepykit said:
It's my understanding that without having the security off on our phones, the espresso recovery is not modifiable. What this essentially means is that, either the recovery should be there and fine (and by "fine" I mean, you get a triangle with an exclamation mark in it) because no ROM can currently touch it.
Me thinks that, if you are not able to get to the stock recovery (not Clockwork, but the basic, bare bones one) than your phone is probably having bigger issues. I would test this by doing the following:
1. Boot into the boot loader (I believe it's power and Volume Down at the same time when the device is turned off).
2. Wait for the device to finish it's grumblings (if you have the ESPER.IMG file on there, I think it actually checks it and even asks if you want to install it -- if it does, say no).
3. Select the option for recovery (with the volume keys).
4. I think it's power again to execute the option.
If you get to a nice black screen with a picture of your phone on there with a red triangle, then your phone is in business. We can probably convince it to behave. If that far doesn't go, me thinks something is wrong with the bits of your phone that current ROM modders can't write to...
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Ummm that's exactly what I already said 0_o
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For reasons that I don't quite understand I always like instructions in step by step order so I thought it might help. If not, oh well...
I do wonder what could cause someone to lose their recovery on a Slide (at least before this afternoon)...
sleepykit said:
I do wonder what could cause someone to lose their recovery on a Slide (at least before this afternoon)...
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Lol me too
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ok not my thread but im need help to.
my phone wont boot, so theres no way to root.....i tired.
i can get the red triangle and phone: pics in my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891312
thanks you
dapoharoun said:
ok not my thread but im need help to.
my phone wont boot, so theres no way to root.....i tired.
i can get the red triangle and phone: pics in my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891312
thanks you
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Hm... Does your Slide have a 0 on the keyboard or a 0 with a line through it (where the 0 key actually is)? I know this sounds like an odd questions, but bear with me for a moment...
For the first however many months, Slides could be rooted by fooling the thing into booting a modded Clockwork Recovery and then gaining root that way. All the work had to basically be done while in recovery (unlike the exploid method). The newer Slides, from what I understand, no longer have that flaw and the method doesn't work.
This method (http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1856-rooting-the-slide/page__p__17094#entry17094) (sorry have no idea where Eugene's copy of this has gone in the dev section).
JeezyMT3G said:
When I first rooted I deleted the expressimg.zip and left the update.zip (recovery) just incase something like this happened ...
Boot up using power + volume down then its gonna try to look for espressimg.zip ...it will tell you its not found..then use the volume button to go to recovery..push power to select then its gonna take you to the screen with the red triangle/exclamation mark screen ..press and hold power and volume up for a little (if it doesn't work keep tryn till you get the stock blue recovery to pop up)...the stock recovery will pop up..then it will prompt you to apply update. Zip from sd card (clockwork recovery) ..select it and you should be in clockwork ...then do what you gotta do...
Its happened to me a few times and this always does the job
Hope this helps if not I'm sorry and keep tryn
You HAVE to have update.zip (clockwork recovery) on your SD card..(not in any folders, on the root of the card) in order for this to work!!!
If you don't have it push to SD card via adb
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Hey,
thanks for the help. I just have a problem.
I can't get to recovery. When I do, it goes to the T-Mobile splash screen. I do have update.zip and ESPRING.zip in the root of my SD card, but I don't have exspressimg.zip. However, I don't think it matters since I can't get into recovery.
I also tried using a different update.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Espresso with no luck.
unknownally said:
Hey,
thanks for the help. I just have a problem.
I can't get to recovery. When I do, it goes to the T-Mobile splash screen. I do have update.zip and ESPRING.zip in the root of my SD card, but I don't have exspressimg.zip. However, I don't think it matters since I can't get into recovery.
I also tried using a different update.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Espresso with no luck.
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ESPRIMG.zip is what I meant lol sorry
And no it doesn't matter.... does this happen when you select "recovery" from fastboot? Or when youre on the red triangle/exclamation point screen? you shouldn't be taken to the tmo splash screen...don't hold power and vol up for too long cuz it will reboot the phone and take you to splash screen (maybe that's what ur doing)
If you're in the red triangle screen hold power and vol up for no more then one second..keep pushing till the blue stock recover pops up
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My Evo stays in the white htc evo 4g screen and wont go to boot. How can I go to the recovery? I have taken out the battery and turned it back on while holding the power button and up volume key and it vibrates three times and wont go to the recovery. How can I fix this?
Hold the volume DOWN button, then press the power and keep holding volume down
Your going to have to flash a/the Rom your using over.
Assuming your rooted, pull the battery. Next, put it back in, and hold vol down along with power until you boot into bootloader mode (screen with skateboarding androids.) From there, select recovery (navigate with vol keys.) After, select flash zip from SD card. If your using RA Recovery, make sure the Rom is on the root of your SD card, if your using clockwork, you may find it in any folder that you placed it. Once imaging is complete, select reboot now.
If your not sure which Rom to select, I recommend JoeyKrim's 5.1 Rom. Stock, without lousyness. And if your not familiar with downloading roms, one note, do not extract them from the ".zip" format. Flash them as is.
Sorry for overloading you with this if you already know it. I'm just assuming you don't since you didn't try it yet.
Best of luck,
Rydah
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Thanks!! I have done that and it worked.. I flashed the same ROM again .
Mine Wont Power ON
I Flashed to new Fresh rom 3.5 had issues so i rolled back to 3.4... i wiped everything like I normally do. I got the white evo screen. pulled battery now i dont get anything. I have fully charged battery by external battery charger. if i plug it into usb i get no lights what so ever. Did it brick on me?
Sorry to bother yet again but im flipping **** right now, I installed an overclock kernel from ROM Manager, rebooted and now it shows HTC, Vibrates, turns off and keeps looping.
I'm pretty worred right now, I've got clockworkmod installed (
Can somebody please tell me how to get into clockwork recovery before I have a panic attack.
Turn off phone, hold down power+volume down+up+camera button then scroll with your volume keys to recovery. Then restore a backup if possible.
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Shows a black screen with the orange led flashing in the speaker.
Pull the battery, put it back in press volume down +power, it will boot into Hboot, then use volume to scroll down and select recovery, then restore a backup or flash another rom. The post two up from mine is telling you press all the buttons at once and is wrong.
What you are seeing is what happens when you press volume up+power.
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Man! You are a life saver!
i also have the exact same problem trying to do the same thing you did. Only my phone wont go into recovery. Tried power with volume up, down both and all buttons together. Nothing is working. Anyone? Please help!
Read what joemm said and then do it (volume down+power)
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sorry to open this back up but i have searched and done pretty much everything, I am bootlooping on the white HTC screen.
I can boot into Recovery but when I select Bootloader, it gives me a Red triangle with the phone. I have searched and tried flashing via fastboot to no avail. I can get ADB to recognize the phone... totally stuck.. Is there a way to flash clockwork from an SD or maybe flash the PC10IMG to return to stock? This is my freaking work phone and I really dont want to have a conversation with my boss as to why my phone is shot...
Any ideas?
sorry to open this back up but i have searched and done pretty much everything, I am bootlooping on the white HTC screen.
I can boot into Recovery but when I select Bootloader, it gives me a Red triangle with the phone. I have searched and tried flashing via fastboot to no avail. I can get ADB to recognize the phone... totally stuck.. Is there a way to flash clockwork from an SD or maybe flash the PC10IMG to return to stock? This is my freaking work phone and I really dont want to have a conversation with my boss as to why my phone is shot...
By the way, I am using a TMOUS G2.
Any ideas?
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sorry to open this back up but i have searched and done pretty much everything, I am bootlooping on the white HTC screen.
I can boot into Recovery but when I select Bootloader, it gives me a Red triangle with the phone. I have searched and tried flashing via fastboot to no avail. I can get ADB to recognize the phone... totally stuck.. Is there a way to flash clockwork from an SD or maybe flash the PC10IMG to return to stock? This is my freaking work phone and I really dont want to have a conversation with my boss as to why my phone is shot...
By the way, I am using a TMOUS G2.
Any ideas?
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well if you can boot into recovery put a .zip rom of any g2 rom into a folder in your sd card then select intall zip from sd card and find it and it should fix your problem
Wrong thread, delete me.
nonione said:
well if you can boot into recovery put a .zip rom of any g2 rom into a folder in your sd card then select intall zip from sd card and find it and it should fix your problem
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I loaded up PC10IMG.ZIP on my SD but its not being picked up by the stock recovery...
I cannot load Clockwork... is there a way to boot CWM from an SD card? I know I can do it on my Nook but havent been able to find it for the G2...
spyderman33 said:
I loaded up PC10IMG.ZIP on my SD but its not being picked up by the stock recovery...
I cannot load Clockwork... is there a way to boot CWM from an SD card? I know I can do it on my Nook but havent been able to find it for the G2...
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I`ve the same problem... I can´t go to the recovery, The phone don´t recognise the image of rom to flash again, and if I press volume up + power, the notification led blinking in red, if I press volume up + volume down + camera + power the notification leds get "green".
Im going to try to put another rom in sd...
PD: Sorry for my english.
tried flashing cm7 and now my phone is in bootloop. I have tried everything. When I go to hboot and try anything, it just goes to clockworkmod and will not do any commands. Tried connecting to pc, but will not read the device. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I love this phone and hope it is not bricked.
To me it doesn't sound "bricked." This may be redundant if you have tried them all already.
But all I can think of doing is battery pull, and waiting about 5-10 min.
Boot into hboot and then recovery and restoring a nandroid if you have one.
If you don't have a nandroid boot into hboot and do a full factory restore.
If those don't work I have an idea you can try, it can't hurt. Try getting into recovery and reflashing the rom or flash a new one altogether.
I have tried the battery pull about 25 different ways. It does not allow me to do anything when I get into clockworkmod. I can't flash, reboot, factory reset/wipe data or any of the other options, It just goes into "hat screen" and stays there forever. It will then go back to clockworkmod menu screen if I press the power button. I have tried everything with both the sd card in and out and while pullin it out or putting it in during the processes. I have tried connecting to the pc and flashing a rom, but it recognizes the drive, but does not allow anything to be out into it. I think she's dead.
could be another dumb suggestion but in recovery (clockworkmod) you don't press power to select an option you press the trackball.
you can flash a stock rom while in HBOOT. for example download the rom below rename the file to PB31IMG.zip put it in the root of your sd then boot into hboot. wait awhile and HBOOT should detect that you have a file to flash and ask you if you want like to update.
http://dougpiston.com/files/RUU/bui...and-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG.zip
that worked, thanks.
I had this problem once flashing from cm7 to something else i forgot which. In the end i found out it was just me being an idiot. I was using the power button to try to select my options in CWM instead of using the optical at the bottom lol. If you use the power button in CWM it just gives you the hat until you press it again. I was freaking out big time and almost slapped myself when i found out what i was doing wrong lol. I see your problem was resolved but by chance do you know what button you were pressing?