Please Help - Bricked Phone? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I downloaded an and flashed an Incredible Rom and I have an HTC Evo.
It is now stuck at the HTC screen, and when I boot into recovery mode, and go to "recovery" it just takes me to Fastboot USB."
Usually it would take me to I believe Clockwork recovery?
Is there any chance you guys can help me or point me in the right direction =/
I really hope I didn't brick me phone. I've been searching online for hours and can't find anything that works. Even downloading the android-usb-driver.zip
I figure as long as I can get into Clockwork recovery or somehow read my SD card from my Phone I can just flash something else to fix it? I can't seem to find a way to do that though =/
Thank you for helping this moron in advance

First off you are not bricked ( take a deep breath) now since you can go into the bootloader you are going to flash clockworkmod from the bootloader look for his thread and download it
evo on cm7

Thank you for your prompt reply.
The thing is, I don't know how to Flash clockword mod from Bootloader. I know I have all the files on my SD card, since I've been rooted for a while and have flashed other roms, I just don't know how to access and flash it. Even if I did not have the file (which I believe I do,) I wouldn't know how to get it onto the SD card and flash it.
Thanks for all your help

PS, it has S -OFF.

Please someone help i'm freaking out here.

Calm down, are you holding volume down and power when you turn the phone on?
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pull your card, if you have a card reader, put the pc36img for Amon Ra on the root of yo sdcard, put it in the phone, boot up by holding power and vol down at the same time, you'll go to bootloader. it'll scan, find the pc36img (which must be named PC36IMG.ZIP) and ask if you want to update, select yes, then it'll install recovery.
You can do a search for dougjamal. he has a link to the Amon Ra file in his signature, so find one of his posts

Thanks HipKat!
My friend is coming with his Galaxy S. I'll just put my USB in his phone, download the file to the SD card, pop it back into mine, and it should work, right?
THank you so much.
Can I message you for further help?
LMK how I can use the "Thanks" button. Still somewhat new to this.

I'm at work, so I can't stay on here. That dougjamal guy is really good and has links in his sig for a lot of important files.
IF the AR ps36img file doesn't work, you may have to run the RUU and start over fro mstock, and he has a link to the RUU files in his signature, too. just make sure you use the one for your device in the same way as I described the Amon Ra file, then you'll have to re-root.
ALSO, if you used unrEVOked to root your phone, go to their site and get the s-off tool and run that from recovery, if you're able to get to recovery before you run RUU (I doubt you have to run RUU though. I'm thinking recovery should work for you)

If you still need help you can pm me for it.
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All good now. Thanks so much guys!!

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[Q] Please help I cannot get recovery up just stays black

Hello all plz let me start by sayin I kno it was my choice to root, flash roms ect. I take responsablity jus seeking help. The last thing I did was flash the 825 havs kernel over cm6. I can follow directions used all others had no major problems. My internet works but not the market amongst a few other apks I click on them then am redirected quickly to the home screen so I then decide to flash recovery like always nandroid and try something else well heres the problem hboot screen comes up fine I choose recovery and screens just black. Take out battery turn on go back to rom tried a bunch no luck and I use clockwork and it is also an apk I cannot go into it shows for a sec then sends me to the home screen. My phone is functional mostly just this but Im hopin somebody experienced can plz help? Plus I removed alot of apks trying to work it out so Im stuck on a great rom jus kinda basic now. ANYBODY??????????
ISSUE SOLVED THX NEBENEZER
Have you tried flashing via ROM Manager?
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For some reason a few apks give me a quick 3 second view then direct me back to the homescreen rom manager happens to be one of them. so i cant go that route
Have you tried flashing Amon RA's recovery from the dev forum? I believe you can flash it from hboot. Otherwise, flash the recovery.zip from Toast's root method also in the dev forum.
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thx for pointing me in then right direction searching and headed those ways now
**if its not too much trouble can i get a link having a little trub finding**
NOW I CANT GET INTO ANYTHING JUST THE HBOOT SCREEN I CANT EVEN PUT THE IMAGE ON MY SD CARD AM I BRIKED??? WHEN I TURN ON PHONE JUST LOOPS HTC EVO SCREEN??ANY HELP OUT THERE???
Plz help willing to donate 4 helpful solution
Now my phone only loops the white htc evo screen. I boot to recovery and screen is just black but drivers work and i put the amon ra on the sd card like his directions say but am unable to get the commands right to flash it says "not recognized no such file but it is on there. I was able to access my sd card via echo command amon also said it can be done thru bootloader to put img. Where fastboot can see it but he doesnt really specify i put it on the root of my sd card and right next to the pc36img still no luck can a dev plz help me walk me thru give me some help i will donate to the cause its day 2 without my evo and it really is sad. That said thanks 4 your time it will be compinsated if your willing to take this on. Thx.
I'm not 100% sure I can help but I'll sure give it a shot.
No donation necessary even if we get you fixed up, I just cried a little imagining being without me EVO for 48 hours, how awful!
I'll pm you my gtalk address..
If you push the volume down button while pushing the power button and it goes to the bootloader your fine your not bricked if it doesnt then you got a problem. Here is the link for RA-evo 1.7.0.2 download it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026&highlight=recovery
Now when you go in to the bootloader select fastboot usb or fastboot and run a ADB Copy recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.2.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
Boot your phone into fastboot mode
fastboot devices(press enter) (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your phone)
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.2.img(press enter)
Issue solved
This issue has been solved and it couldnt have been done without the guidence from senior member "nebenezer" who personally took time out his day to help a stranger thx neb 4 the help and now im up and running again, this really is a good community thx 4 all who did offer suggestions as well.
~dozenboy~:d

[Q] I need help

Early this morning, I rooted my Droid Incredible using the Unrevoked 3 method. After doing so, I completely forgot to create a nandroid backup and went ahead to install a custom ROM (Cyanogen Mod). Now here's the issue. I want to get back to the Stock 2.2 sense. I tried to unroot my droid, but nothing seems to be working. Can someone please help?
You need to flash a stock rom back before unrooting.
Where can I get a stock ROM. I think I just bricked it now because it won't even boot Cyanogen Mod. It's stuck at the HTC Incredible white screen.
Do you know what type of screen you're using? Slcd or amoled ? Each method has a different way of unrooting. Just in a Google search engine type in who to unroot Droid incredible, and then the what screen it is. You can potentially brick your phone if you use the amoled method on a slcd one.
With the amolcd screen it's as simple as finding the right file, hence doing the search engine. When you get the file, all you have to do is just place it in the root of your phone, and turn off your phone and press and hold the power button and the volume button at the same time.
With slcd you have to do it different way. Assuming you haven't messed with the radio, if you did, you have to flash a 07.28 radio. But assuming you didn't touch that, you have to flash something that puts s-on. Ans then after that you have to put a file into the root of your SD card and then flash appropriately.
Now I did this multiple times, rooting and unrooting, and for some reason there's always so
Something drawing me back into rooting and flashing a new rom. There's no greater satisfaction than knowing you can do anything with your phone. But it's entirely your choice.
Oh yeah, to figure out what screen you have go to settings then about phone then hardware information and 002 is amoled and 003 is slcd. Google is your best friend after you figure out what screen you have. Good luck!
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You haven't officially bricked it until you can't power it on at all. Try taking out the battery and then holding the power button and volume down. If you can access the white boot screen where it gives you a choice of accessing recovery there is still plenty of hope. Don't freak out you haven't bricked your phone
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I can't load anything. The farthest I can go is to ClockWord Recovery, and when I try to reboot the phone, it's stuck on HTC Incredible. That being said, I can't check what screen type I have. However, before it was bricked, I did flash a file to make S- on. And, when I tried degrading my firmware, nothing happened. :/
OK first off the name of the first that you flash should start with a "p" I don't exactly remember the exact file name. Make sure you have s-on, I'm sure you do. And then put that p something file into the root of your SD card. root as in, it isn't in any folder.
Now when you flash this, you don't do it in clockwork recovery, you do it through hboot I believe. Hboot is the white screen when you hold on the power button and volume down. It should automatically read the p something file. And it'll ask you if you want to update. Say yes and then just let it install
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PB31IMG, I attempted to Flash it in HBOOT, but it didn't work. Now, I can't even connect my Droid to my computer.
I'm screwed.
Sorry for the double post, but I just followed some whacked-out tutorial that told me to format everything via Clockworkmod Recovery...now when I boot my phone, it goes straight to HBOOT and won't do anything...
OK what can you do exactly, you can get to hboot and what else. Also when did you buy your Droid incredible ? We might be able to figure out which screen you have based on that. Oh yeah and where did you buy it from? Also, even if you can't mount it you can still easily take out your SD card to flash files that way. Don't lose hope, we can still get back to stock
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lazysleepyboi said:
OK what can you do exactly, you can get to hboot and what else. Also when did you buy your Droid incredible ? We might be able to figure out which screen you have based on that. Oh yeah and where did you buy it from? Also, even if you can't mount it you can still easily take out your SD card to flash files that way. Don't lose hope, we can still get back to stock
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I bought it near the beginning of October, I believe it was the 9th? And, I bought it at Verizon.
Aside from being able to get to HBOOT, I can get to Clockworkmod Recovery...but that's about it.
Can't remember exactly how to tell but know you can tell by the model #under the battery on the phone.
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If you could get to clockwork u should be able to flash a rom if your sd wont mount use a card reader and plug directly into your comp
Meetii said:
I bought it near the beginning of October, I believe it was the 9th? And, I bought it at Verizon.
Aside from being able to get to HBOOT, I can get to Clockworkmod Recovery...but that's about it.
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Meetii said:
I bought it near the beginning of October, I believe it was the 9th? And, I bought it at Verizon.
Aside from being able to get to HBOOT, I can get to Clockworkmod Recovery...but that's about it.
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my brother bought his dinc before you and he got a SLCD screen, chances are that's what you have.
here's the page i used to unroot my brother's SLCD screen,
http://dougpiston.com/?p=7
follow it exactly, and just like jaysckap said, you can always take out your microsd card and put it into a usb reader
lazysleepyboi said:
my brother bought his dinc before you and he got a SLCD screen, chances are that's what you have.
here's the page i used to unroot my brother's SLCD screen,
http://dougpiston.com/?p=7
follow it exactly, and just like jaysckap said, you can always take out your microsd card and put it into a usb reader
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That's the exact tutorial that I followed, but it didn't work.
Meetii said:
That's the exact tutorial that I followed, but it didn't work.
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ok can you tell me how you flashed the included file? did you put it into the root of the SD card?
For now i would get a rom on your sd so your phone will boot up and do a nand backup so you at least have a working phone when i get home ill try and help you out
Meetii said:
That's the exact tutorial that I followed, but it didn't work.
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HTC Incredible 2.3.1
Ok if you have a card reader for you SD card load it in and open you card on your PC. You need to make sure that the sd card is in FAT32 format otherwise when you try to load the PB31IMG file it wont read it. To check this go to my computer, find the removable drive for the SD card right click and go to properties, you should see what format its in. If it's FAT format copy everything from your sdcard to a folder on your PC, go back and right click on the removable drive and format the card to FAT32. Then of course copy everything back to your card. Then try the PB31IMG file again in hboot.
I would personally just go in recovery and wipe to factory, then choose the option to install zip from card and install the rom or which ever rom you want so the phone loads again. Good luck!
For now, I'm going to flash a new rom and hopefully I can fully boot my Droid again. Afterwards, I'll try to flash that file again. BUT, the first time I did it, I put it in the root of my SD card and booted HBOOT and nothing happened.
EDIT: This ROM is going to take close to 30 minute to download , so I guess I'll be back in 30 minutes; don't leave me please.
do you have a sd card reader? if you do, pop out your sd card and make sure it's format is FAT32, nothing will happen if it isnt FAT32

[Q] Evo Sprint can't boot in, how to install recovery?

My Evo can't boot in android, it just turn on and restart after the Evo logo appear. And when I press power + volume down button I go in hboot mode, click on recovery and after that it's freeze with a picture of a phone , an "!" in a triangle.
I wonder If I can install recovery in this case or not? and how?
I've download PC36IMG.ZIP and supersonic recovery with sdk tool, so how anyone please help me, I need to try to install another ROM to sure it's hardware problem or ROM problem.
If you give me ten minutes I will attach it for you when I get to lappy.
Edit: Tada. Boot into the bootloader, select yes to update and then reboot.
teh roxxorz said:
If you give me ten minutes I will attach it for you when I get to lappy.
Edit: Tada. Boot into the bootloader, select yes to update and then reboot.
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thank you for your help.
but is PC36IMG.zip needed to put into the sdcard, right?
no rename, just update?
I'l try and tell you the result.
btw, one more 'thank'!
kaizvn said:
...but is PC36IMG.zip needed to put into the sdcard, right?...
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yes, put on sdcard, allow bootloader to read and update and you are good to go as far as recovery is concerned. good luck!
agentphantom said:
yes, put on sdcard, allow bootloader to read and update and you are good to go as far as recovery is concerned. good luck!
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excuse me agentphantom, I've install go to bootloader and run that file, but I still can not access the recovery to flash rom.
anymore suggestion?
p/s: may I know what is the pc36IMG used for?
kaizvn said:
excuse me agentphantom, I've install go to bootloader and run that file, but I still can not access the recovery to flash rom.
anymore suggestion?
p/s: may I know what is the pc36IMG used for?
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The PC36IMG is the system file the bootloader recognizes as like a system updater. And did you select update and then to reboot, once prompted?
teh roxxorz said:
The PC36IMG is the system file the bootloader recognizes as like a system updater. And did you select update and then to reboot, once prompted?
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sorry but I don't see the "update" to choose.
I press power + volume down button => it take me to the hboot interface.
The menu there are : fastboot - recovery - clear storage - simlock - hboot usb.
5s later it start to run the PC36IMG file with no notification and log, very fast and disappear.
So, what would I do now?
kaizvn said:
sorry but I don't see the "update" to choose.
I press power + volume down button => it take me to the hboot interface.
The menu there are : fastboot - recovery - clear storage - simlock - hboot usb.
5s later it start to run the PC36IMG file with no notification and log, very fast and disappear.
So, what would I do now?
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Two things to double check, to be sure that that the bootloader will recognize PC36IMG. 1) the PC36IMG must be named exactly that. It has to be capital letters, and you do not want it to say PC36IMG.zip, just PC36IMG. The phone automatically recognizes and labels it as a zip file. So if you named it PC36IMG.zip, it will ultimately be named PC36IMG.zip.zip, and will not be recognized.
2) Be sure that the PC36IMG is on the root (main directory) of your SD card, and not within any folders. It won't be recognized if it is in a folder.
If you make sure of those two things, then the bootloader should scan and find the PC36IMG, and instead of seeing it searching and the green lettering pop up, then disappear, you will see it ask you if you want to update, use volume up to select yes. Hope that helps you out.
Edit: And yes, I went to download the PC36IMG attatched above in this thread, and it is indeed labeled PC36IMG.zip. Rename it to PC36IMG (just remove the .zip) That should take care of it.
Also, I never saw this confirmed in the thread, but you were previously rooted and had a custom recovery prior to this problem, correct? And you are indeed s off at the bootloader?
k2buckley said:
Two things to double check, to be sure that that the bootloader will recognize PC36IMG. 1) the PC36IMG must be named exactly that. It has to be capital letters, and you do not want it to say PC36IMG.zip, just PC36IMG. The phone automatically recognizes and labels it as a zip file. So if you named it PC36IMG.zip, it will ultimately be named PC36IMG.zip.zip, and will not be recognized.
2) Be sure that the PC36IMG is on the root (main directory) of your SD card, and not within any folders. It won't be recognized if it is in a folder.
If you make sure of those two things, then the bootloader should scan and find the PC36IMG, and instead of seeing it searching and the green lettering pop up, then disappear, you will see it ask you if you want to update, use volume up to select yes. Hope that helps you out.
Edit: And yes, I went to download the PC36IMG attatched above in this thread, and it is indeed labeled PC36IMG.zip. Rename it to PC36IMG (just remove the .zip) That should take care of it.
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I do in correctly, download the file at #2, put in root and go to bootloader.
I see the green line run on screen but havce no confirm form Update or not.
My phone is not rooted, no recovery, can't boot into android ROM, just start and restart at EVO logo.
Help me to install recovery to flash another ROM, I hope it will wake up my phone.
Okay so it was never rooted? What did you do right before your phone stopped working?
do nothing
this is my friend's phone.
He give me to try to flash a new rom for it.
but it's not root or recovery....
Okay so it wasn't working when he gave it to you right?
kaizvn said:
do nothing
this is my friend's phone.
He give me to try to flash a new rom for it.
but it's not root or recovery....
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If you're s on and not rooted yet, I dont think you'll just be able to flash recovery. You need to root it first, then flash recovery. You should download an RUU or a PC36IMG of a factory rom. That will get you back to stock. From there, you can run Unrevoked to root it first though (you need to be rooted to flash roms). I will attatch a link with all of the PC36IMG's (you run from bootloader) and RUU's (you run from computer). You can use either method to get the phone back to stock condition (what I recommend). You will at least be able to boot then. From there you can decide if you want to root it and flash a ROM. Read up a bit more also, it will benefit you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060&highlight=hboot-0.97+ruu
k2buckley said:
If you're s on and not rooted yet, I dont think you'll just be able to flash recovery. You need to root it first, then flash recovery. You should download an RUU or a PC36IMG of a factory rom. That will get you back to stock. From there, you can run Unrevoked to root it first though (you need to be rooted to flash roms). I will attatch a link with all of the PC36IMG's (you run from bootloader) and RUU's (you run from computer). You can use either method to get the phone back to stock condition (what I recommend). You will at least be able to boot then. From there you can decide if you want to root it and flash a ROM. Read up a bit more also, it will benefit you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060&highlight=hboot-0.97+ruu
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thank you very much!
I'll try anything to wake up it, I thing it's not the Hardware problem because the phone can start but can't go in the OS. But, mine is Sprint CDMA Evo, do you have any CDMA stock ROM for me to download and flash?
kaizvn said:
thank you very much!
I'll try anything to wake up it, I thing it's not the Hardware problem because the phone can start but can't go in the OS. But, mine is Sprint CDMA Evo, do you have any CDMA stock ROM for me to download and flash?
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It's not a hardware problem, well, most likely not. Download a PC36IMG from the link I provided for you. It's hard to say which one you need, but try this one first. http://db.tt/gqTAPS1. That is a factory, unrooted ROM for the Evo. It is the latest software, 3.70. It may or may not work for you (you may need an older one, but not sure) What you need to do is download that file, rename it exactly PC36IMG. Put it on the main directory of your SD card. Shut the phone off completely. Hold Volume down and Power simultaneously until you reach the bootloader. At this point, the bootloader should scan the sd card, find the pc36img and ask you to update. You would then press volume up to select yes. Once it starts, let it run through its course. It should take a few minutes to complete, and you will see a couple different screens. whateveer you do, dont pull the battery while it's updating, and be sure you're battery has some charge on it, so it doesnt die in the process. I hope that helps. If that update successfully completes, the phone should be exactly how it came out of the box. Factory Rom. Good luck.
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It's not a hardware problem, well, most likely not. Download a PC36IMG from the link I provided for you. It's hard to say which one you need, but try this one first. http://db.tt/gqTAPS1. That is a factory, unrooted ROM for the Evo. It is the latest software, 3.70. It may or may not work for you (you may need an older one, but not sure) What you need to do is download that file, rename it exactly PC36IMG. Put it on the main directory of your SD card. Shut the phone off completely. Hold Volume down and Power simultaneously until you reach the bootloader. At this point, the bootloader should scan the sd card, find the pc36img and ask you to update. You would then press volume up to select yes. Once it starts, let it run through its course. It should take a few minutes to complete, and you will see a couple different screens. whateveer you do, dont pull the battery while it's updating, and be sure you're battery has some charge on it, so it doesnt die in the process. I hope that helps. If that update successfully completes, the phone should be exactly how it came out of the box. Factory Rom. Good luck.
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thank you k2, I'm downloading and will flash it A.S.A.P, I'll tell you the result.
Bit off topic but not really...
My EVO was rooted running cm7 with the latest clockwork gotten from and installed from rom manager.
Ran fine for about a week. Then right after pressing send on a replied email, reboot!
Crap I thought I was gonna have to retype the whole thing again...
Nope, it turns out the email had enough time to send but the phone never did reboot.
Just got itself in a loop. White HTC logo, vibrate, white htc logo,vibrate...
Could get to boot loader but when trying to access recovery I would go back into the same loop.
Kinda gave me the impression that the recovery partition was corrupted.
I was already out so I thought "what the hell" and took it to the sprint store. The tech was looking and working on the thing for literally over an hour on my phone (took about 3 hours from when I brought it in). Then finally the tech came out and asked for me. I was positive he had finally figured out it was rooted and was gonna tell me to screw off. Well, instead he said "honestly, I can't figure out what the heck is wrong with this thing, I'm just going to replace it for you,I'll be right back".
OK so now I'm expecting a refurbed phone with my battery and ad card shoved in it. He came back with a new EVO box...
Then he handed me the new one with the 8gb (I only had a 2 in mine) card and the original battery (I have the extended one). Then he said "your card battery charger and everything else is in the box".
SCORE! Haha sometime I actually like sprint...
Moral of the story: if all else fails take it to the store.s
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Dang that's awesome! yeah every store I've been to has been more than happy to just throw a new phone at me haha

Htc evo need stock rom help!! Please

Im an idiot and i forgot to backup my stock rom when i rooted etc.
I installed cyanogen mod 7 rc3.
So yesterday i charged my phone overnight and suddenly it wont turn on, i figured out it was my battery. I want to go to sprint so they can replace my battery, but my phone is rooted and i dont think they will take it cause its rooted.
Can anyone help me getting it back to stock rom like completely start from scratch as i just bought the phone from sprint??!!!
Help Please!!!!
cocoes4o8 said:
Im an idiot and i forgot to backup my stock rom when i rooted etc.
I installed cyanogen mod 7 rc3.
So yesterday i charged my phone overnight and suddenly it wont turn on, i figured out it was my battery. I want to go to sprint so they can replace my battery, but my phone is rooted and i dont think they will take it cause its rooted.
Can anyone help me getting it back to stock rom like completely start from scratch as i just bought the phone from sprint??!!!
Help Please!!!!
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As long as you can power the phone on and your battery is charged up you can return to stock. You just need to run the unrevoked S on tool, which you flash in recovery. That will turn S on. After that, you just need to run an ruu. You can download an ruu as a .exe, and run it from your computer, or you can download it as a PC36IMG, and put it on your sd card, then run it from the bootloader. Once you complete those steps, you will be back to stock, unrooted. Just like you took it out of the box.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060&highlight=hboot-0.97+ruu
ok, im really a noob at this, can u give me detailed instructions?? Like literally detailed with what to download etc??
-Thanks for replying btw i thought i would be dead
ok, im really a noob at this, can u give me detailed instructions?? Like literally detailed with what to download etc??
-Thanks for replying btw i thought i would be dead
when i run the ruu file in my computer as an exe from my sd card, i keep getting errors saying to make sure that your usb is plugged in, and it is plugged in it happened 3 times in a row. i dont know what im doing wrong. whats the other way i can run the ruu file as a PC36IMG from my phone? how do i do that and run it from my bootloader, i dont flash?
cocoes4o8 said:
ok, im really a noob at this, can u give me detailed instructions?? Like literally detailed with what to download etc??
-Thanks for replying btw i thought i would be dead
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Download the unrevoked forever S on zip that I attatched. You want to put that on the main directory of your sd card. Then boot to recovery, (i'm not sure which recovery you use, but either will be similar) shutting your phone off, and then holding your power button and volume down button together, until you get to the bootloader screen. Once at the bootloader, select recovery (using volume buttons to navigate, power button to select). Once in recovery, select 'flash zip from sd card', or 'install zip from sd card'. Then choose the unrevoked forever s on zip. Flash it. That will/should turn s on. Once it flashes, turn the phone off, and boot back to the bootloader. Confirm that it says Ship S on, at the top of your bootloader. If so, you can proceed to the next step. Download the newest PC36IMG.zip from the link I attatched (3.70 software). Place the zip on the main directory of your sd card, and make sure that it's named exactly PC36IMG (capitals matter, no lower case). Once it's on the main directory of your sd card, power your phone down, and boot to the bootloader. This time, it should find the PC36IMG, scan it, and after a short while ask you to update. You select Volume up to say yes. That should complete successfully. Be sure not to touch the phone when it's doing that, it may reboot once or twice, and you'll see some 'different' screens. Just let it finish. Once it's done, reboot, and you should boot into a stock, unrooted rom.
cocoes4o8 said:
ok, im really a noob at this, can u give me detailed instructions?? Like literally detailed with what to download etc??
-Thanks for replying btw i thought i would be dead
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Download this file PC36IMG_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2 .15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip (202.01 MB) and rename it PC36IMG.zip then place it on the root of your SD card. If another file with that name is already present, move that file to a folder.
Anyway, shutdown your EVO. Enter the bootloader screen by pressing the down volume button while also pressing the power button. When your EVO starts, you will enter the bootloader screen. There will be a short pause followed by a few lines of text scrolling on the screen. The PC36IMG.zip file will be AUTOMATICALLY DETECTED and you will be prompted to install. Follow the prompts to install. Afterwards, reboot. Be patient. You will appear to hang at the a screen with arrows as well as at the white HTC screen. BE PATIENT. If you're booted into recovery. No problem. Simply select reboot and be patient. After some time has passed, you will enter the homescreen and see the screens you saw when you first purchased your EVO.
K2buckley, I thought you were perusing another thread....lol.....At least we gave the OP basically the same response (laughing)...
dougjamal said:
K2buckley, I thought you were perusing another thread....lol.....At east we gave the OP basically the same response (laughing)...
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Haha! Our responses definitely give the same instructions! which is a good thing, for sure
i will tell you what happens after i download the pc136 file. Your the BEST
cocoes4o8 said:
i will tell you what happens after i download the pc136 file. Your the BEST
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Sounds good.
i renamed it to PC36IMG.zip also tried PC36IMG lol and went to bootloader and it quickly said PC36 something like that no image pretty fast. any suggestions?
cocoes4o8 said:
i renamed it to PC36IMG.zip also tried PC36IMG lol and went to bootloader and it quickly said PC36 something like that no image pretty fast. any suggestions?
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If you are using Windows to rename the file, you don't want to add the .zip The reason is because the .zip is already there, Windows just hides it on ya. Name it in all capitals PC36IMG. If you add the .zip, when using windows, what you really end up with an improperly named file, that looks like this: PC36IMG.zip.zip.
If the file is named correctly, and is on the main directory of your sd card (not in any folders, just on the main directory of the card), then the bootloader will scan the card, find the file, and ask you to update. So just check how it's named, and it's location, then try again.
If you've already confirmed that the file is on the main directory of your sd card, and that it's definitely named correctly, and it's all capital letters, then it's possible you got a bad download. You can check the md5 sum. Also, make sure that the file is the correct size. Compare from where you downloaded it, it should tell you the file size. Then check your actual file size. You could just try redownloading it, and trying again
Did you get it to work?
Thank you i finally got it to work!! Now i can go back to sprint so they can give me a new pair of batterys.. quick question after i do everything, i can delete those files right?
and i haven't checked yet but clockwork recovery is also gone? cant check anymore cause i just returned my moms battery to her phone lol. YOUR THE BEST!!
cocoes4o8 said:
Thank you i finally got it to work!! Now i can go back to sprint so they can give me a new pair of batterys.. quick question after i do everything, i can delete those files right?
and i haven't checked yet but clockwork recovery is also gone? cant check anymore cause i just returned my moms battery to her phone lol. YOUR THE BEST!!
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Sweet, glad you got it to work. And yes, you can delete those files. And I suggest you do delete them, and all other root related files from your SD card.
Edit: also, your bootloader shows S on now, right?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
I am having the same problem. But when I follow your instructions to the T the bootloader does not recognize it. DO you have any ideas on that?
Okay Im a dummy I didnt follow you to a T. I didnt delete all of the garbage after the PC36IMG.zip. It seems to be working.
Thanks for posting this. I had to read a second time before I got it right... following "
EXACTLY" as you instruct got me back to stock root to have my phone repaired be sprint.

[Q] Bricked Evo

I've seen threads like this but not quite the same. I'm trying to help fix my bosses Evo. I have the MT4G, so it's similar; still HTC but I guess the rooting methods or different. I'm trying to help him unroot now to sell it, but he's bricked it pretty badly. The phone will only boot into the bootloader. I put the PC36IMG file on the sd card, and it seems to start to flash that then freezes after counting up to [9] WIMAX.
If any of this is familiar to you guys, I would appreciate very much some assistance. I can't get anywhere but the bootloader, and it starts doing its own thing right away, so I guess my options are to somehow adjust the SD card using my PC. Thoughts? Thanks guys!
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I've seen threads like this but not quite the same. I'm trying to help fix my bosses Evo. I have the MT4G, so it's similar; still HTC but I guess the rooting methods or different. I'm trying to help him unroot now to sell it, but he's bricked it pretty badly. The phone will only boot into the bootloader. I put the PC36IMG file on the sd card, and it seems to start to flash that then freezes after counting up to [9] WIMAX.
If any of this is familiar to you guys, I would appreciate very much some assistance. I can't get anywhere but the bootloader, and it starts doing its own thing right away, so I guess my options are to somehow adjust the SD card using my PC. Thoughts? Thanks guys!
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What version is the bootloader showing?
It shows HBOOT-0.76.2000 with radio 2.15.00.09.01. Hopefully that's helpful. Thanks again!
80centjack said:
It shows HBOOT-0.76.2000 with radio 2.15.00.09.01. Hopefully that's helpful. Thanks again!
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No big deal then, definitely not bricked...
Remove the SD Card from the phone, put the battery back in, boot back up to boot loader, plug the phone into the PC, (You might have to install HTC Sync for this) Then press the power button on the "FASTBOOT" option. Then run this exe: http://u.115.com/file/t541677279 <--- same link as the RUU EXE here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874091&highlight=stock+ruu
It's the RUU for the 3.70 update for the phone. it will return it to stock, reload the entire phone to that update, which is 2.10 hboot, and 3.70 software.
That's great news. I'll try right when I get home from work and report back in a few hours. Thank you very much!
unknownforce beat me to it yeah do what he says and have you which pc36img file did you try the amon ra right?
Hmmm... it won't seem to respond to me pressing the power button to choose options. I know the power button isn't physically broken, since the phone still powers on using it. But I've got the files you linked to downloaded and on the sd card and HTC sync installed, when I boot up it begins loading then wants me to make a selection, but I can't make any adjustments.
Okay, I've gotten past that (I had the wrong file.) Now I have the correct file, but I'm back to where it pulls up a list of things like Bootloader, Radiom Boot, Recovery, System, etc... and ends with Wimax. Then it just stalls. Because it won't boot up HTC Sync doesn't recognize it. Any suggestions?
EDIT: Forgot to mention that this phone is not finding the PC36DIAG file. I don't know if that means anything... but several hours of trying and I'm feeling like giving up.

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