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Clockwork 3.x does not flash properly?, want to go back to 2.5.x? Look here!

I'm looking for CW 2.5.0.1(?) so I can flash radio and other files. It seems like 3.x "aborts" install with some files.
I have not been able to find the 2.5.x CW img for the Evo. Also, now that my phone is crippled (flashed a new ROM), how do I install the 2.5.x over the 3.x? ROM Manager does not give me the option to flash back to 2.5.x
Thanks for any quick help!
BTW, I'm not using RA because it doesn't seem to allow me to navigate the SD directory to chose files to flash. If there is something I'm missing, let me know.
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See post #7 below, it contains the file to get you back to 2.5.0.1!!

snovvman said:
I'm looking for CW 2.5.0.1(?) so I can flash radio and other files. It seems like 3.x "aborts" install with some files.
I have not been able to find the 2.5.x CW img for the Evo. Also, now that my phone is crippled (flashed a new ROM), how do I install the 2.5.x over the 3.x? ROM Manager does not give me the option to flash back to 2.5.x
I believe that the new clockwork is causing problems for a lot of people, myself included. I cant revert to an old clockwork like 2.5 either. I just had to flash RA 1.8 on my phone and my wife's Evo.
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Rom manager has an option at the very bottom called "all clockwork recoveries"... Use that and select whatever build you want.
Sent from my pants. You figure out how I typed it.

Justin.G11 said:
Rom manager has an option at the very bottom called "all clockwork recoveries"... Use that and select whatever build you want.
Sent from my pants. You figure out how I typed it.
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For some reason that method isn't working for a lot of people, myself included. The thing that is working is to flash RA 1.8
I tried several times to revert to an old clockwork and kept getting an error.

go here... http://www.clockworkmod.com/download/recoveries/
click the supersonic recovery you want... make sure its the .zip file.
put on ur SD card and flash. hope this helps

Justin.G11 said:
Rom manager has an option at the very bottom called "all clockwork recoveries"... Use that and select whatever build you want.
Sent from my pants. You figure out how I typed it.
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cbond007 said:
For some reason that method isn't working for a lot of people, myself included. The thing that is working is to flash RA 1.8
I tried several times to revert to an old clockwork and kept getting an error.
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Correct, the older versions in ROM Manager do not work for the Evo.
I ended up finding a pc36img.zip and flashed it. I am now back to 2.5.0.1. I don't use RA because I can't select files. It's a pain when I have a lot of files to flash.

Here is the Clockwork 2.5.0.1, packaged flashable.
Put it in the root of your SD, boot into bootloader, let it update, and life is good again...
Edit: Some additional info to save you some searching:
Make sure you flash using bootloader and NOT your current recovery. Power off, hold Vol Down, and Power On. Let it update the image, then reboot into recovery again. At that point, you should see 2.5.0.1.
ROM Manager does not properly downgrade. 2.5.1.4/3, I have been told, is not for Evo. You will need to flash manully as I described.

snovvman said:
It seems like 3.x "aborts" install with some files.
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There's a more sinister problem with 3.0.0.1 (which appears to have now been retracted, as ROM Manager, after updating me to 3.0.0.1, is now showing "Latest Recovery: 3.0.0.0" at the time I write this).
It's only sheer chance that I had another unrelated problem, or I would have been screwed -- the Nandroid backup is broken in 3.0.0.1 (it completed the backup operation within about 2-3 seconds, clearly not having backed up everything!)
Edit: I checked in the backup directory, and the only files backed up by 3.0.0.1 were boot.img and recovery.img
Now that I reverted to 3.0.0.0, at least the backup takes a good long time and seems to be listing all the usual stuff, but I don't feel that I can trust 3.0 now.
I'm going back to what was working for me a couple of days ago (2.5.1.2) when I tried CyanogenMod (6.1.1) for the first time. ROM Manager and ClockworkMod Recovery handled it all so perfectly that I kicked it off with checkboxes enabled for the "back it up" and "wipe" options, got called away for about 1/2 hour, and when I returned, there was CM6 in all its beauty, even including the Google apps.
Is there an "official" place to report bugs for ClockworkMod Recovery? I noticed that the clockworkmod.com web site has gone poof (Google cache shows it intact on Dec 11th).
--tgi
HTC Supersonic / Sprint EVO 4G / Hardware 002
myn's Rooted Froyo 2.2 3.29.651.5 Radio 2.15.00.09.01 Kernel 2.6.32-ge2fb08e [email protected] #11

I'm sorry, but as an AR Recovery user, I see no reason to switch to Clockwork other than being able to browse folders other than the root of your memory card for ZIPs. AR seems much more stable and has had all of the features (except that one) that CW recently had added.

tgi007 said:
There's a more sinister problem with 3.0.0.1 (which appears to have now been retracted, as ROM Manager, after updating me to 3.0.0.1, is now showing "Latest Recovery: 3.0.0.0" at the time I write this).
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When ROM Manager prompted me to update tonight, I got 3.0.0.2. I was able to complete a backup, including the WiMax partition. Going back to the advanced restore menu, I was given the option to backup WiMax and other partitions seperately.

Does flashing work properly now?

At this point I'm afraid to try.

Product F(RED) said:
Does flashing work properly now?
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Flashing works just fine with 2.5.0.1.

snovvman said:
Flashing works just fine with 2.5.0.1.
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+1
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snovvman said:
Here is the Clockwork 2.5.0.1, packaged flashable.
Put it in the root of your SD, boot into bootloader, let it update, and life is good again...
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I have a Root folder I made in sd card and put the image file in folder in bootloader now its not reading it. what to do?
Edit: I figured it out and works perfect!! Thanks Button..

Product F(RED) said:
I'm sorry, but as an AR Recovery user, I see no reason to switch to Clockwork other than being able to browse folders other than the root of your memory card for ZIPs. AR seems much more stable and has had all of the features (except that one) that CW recently had added.
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+1 on this I will have to admit other than folder search I see nothing better about CW over AR and AR has great wiping features and usb mode. But to each its own...

Product F(RED) said:
I'm sorry, but as an AR Recovery user, I see no reason to switch to Clockwork other than being able to browse folders other than the root of your memory card for ZIPs. AR seems much more stable and has had all of the features (except that one) that CW recently had added.
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playya said:
+1 on this I will have to admit other than folder search I see nothing better about CW over AR and AR has great wiping features and usb mode. But to each its own...
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Question for yoru guys: When you flash with RA (/AR), do you just rename the file and put it into the root of SD each time? Is there an easier way to flash with RA that I am not aware of?

snovvman said:
Here is the Clockwork 2.5.0.1, packaged flashable.
Put it in the root of your SD, boot into bootloader, let it update, and life is good again...
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I tried this it says it runs the recovery but after I reboot and run rom manager it says clockworkmod 3.0.0.2. Am I missing a step?

snovvman said:
Question for yoru guys: When you flash with RA (/AR), do you just rename the file and put it into the root of SD each time? Is there an easier way to flash with RA that I am not aware of?
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Not defending CW, but it does have USB Mode. It's just tucked away in the menu.
If I'm on my PC, I download and then just drag to the phone or I use Dropbox, then Astro to move it to the root. If I'm not, then I use Astro. I don't have to rename anything.

ARG! I flashed 2.5.0.1 and still non of my old backups work they all hang at the white htc boot screen. I am just booting into recovery and running restore should I be doing something first?

[Q] rooted evo... bricked evo... help!

got my evo about a month ago. rooted lastnight since unrevoked finally pushed out their 3.3 version which is updated for my version of hboot (2.02). the root went very smoothly. i installed the latest cyanogenmod rom, only to discover there was no market or gmail app with the rom! wish i had known that before. after doing some research online, i found out i needed to flash or install a "gapps" apk. so, looked around for that for a couple hours and couldn't find it. i downloaded what i thought would be the right .zip file to get the market on my phone (a vending.apk that was listed in another thread having to do with this same issue). so anyway... downloaded that, moved it to the root of my sd card, flashed it through clockworkmod recovery (by the way, everything up until this point was perfect) and finally rebooted my phone... only it never rebooted. the white htc EVO 4G screen was there. then, black screen, as if it was about to begin the cyanogenmod boot screen and fully boot. but, no. it went from white evo screen to black screen... to OFF. after this, i couldn't even turn it on to get it into hboot or access recovery. tried to do that for two hours. and finally i was able to get in... so i tried doing a factory/data reset through recovery, then a cache clear, then reboot. nothing. same thing. went back into recovery, tried reflashing cyanogenmod rom again. nothing. tried flashing myn's rom. nothing. all i get is installation aborted.
i am pretty sure that this is not a complete brick since i am now able to access hboot and recovery. but if i can't flash anything... and i'm stuck in hboot and recovery and cant boot my phone... what the hell do i do now? please help me figure this out!! anybody have any good advice or a known fix...??

Boot into recovery. Do a factory reset. then wipe cache and dalvik catch. Re flash cynagon and let it boot. You then need to find gapps.zip. Boot into recovery flashing gapps.zip.

i did all that. step by step. and when i reflashed the rom, that is when it wouldn't install, saying installation aborted. but, i'm gonna do it again. let's see if my phone wants to play nice now...

brtnygrey said:
i did all that. step by step. and when i reflashed the rom, that is when it wouldn't install, saying installation aborted. but, i'm gonna do it again. let's see if my phone wants to play nice now...
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If that does not work! you are going to have to update with sprint lovers rom, that is in a PCM36IMG.ZIP. Install it by holding the _vol and th power button, boot into boot loader, than it will search for the zip file and ask you if you want to update, say yes ans just weigh for it to be done. Its going to take few minutes first boot! just hold on. I hope this helps in anyway.

evolishesh said:
If that does not work! you are going to have to update with sprint lovers rom, that is in a PCM36IMG.ZIP. Install it by holding the _vol and th power button, boot into boot loader, than it will search for the zip file and ask you if you want to update, say yes ans just weigh for it to be done. Its going to take few minutes first boot! just hold on. I hope this helps in anyway.
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do you think that sprintlovers rom will install even if no other rom will install? because... i was able to install Gapps.zip file just fine. but every rom i install is unsuccessful.

brtnygrey said:
do you think that sprintlovers rom will install even if no other rom will install? because... i was able to install Gapps.zip file just fine. but every rom i install is unsuccessful.
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The springlovers rom gets flashed the same way sprint flashes there upgrades so it should
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mysteryemotionz said:
The springlovers rom gets flashed the same way sprint flashes there upgrades so it should
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ok is the install through recovery supposed to be almost instantaneous? it didn't take a minute like every other rom. and after reboot (10 minutes ago) i'm still sitting on the white htc EVO 4G screen. i don't think this is working either. but i really do appreciate your help. any other suggestions? is there anything else through recovery that I can do (since i cant make it past that) that might fix my system? anything in partition? i'm so stuck!

mysteryemotionz said:
The springlovers rom gets flashed the same way sprint flashes there upgrades so it should
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk
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and also... when i go into hboot, and it runs through the "checking sd" thing before i can select options... it says "no image or wrong image". what?

Nothing is working!!

Did you try a rooted RUU yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs
Wipe everything twice first (just to be safe). Are you using Amon RA or Clockwork, by the way? The only other thing I can think of would be that your SD card isn't formatted properly, but that would have to mean you intentionally formatted it or put in a new one that didn't have the right files on it.

SilverZero said:
Did you try a rooted RUU yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs
Wipe everything twice first (just to be safe). Are you using Amon RA or Clockwork, by the way? The only other thing I can think of would be that your SD card isn't formatted properly, but that would have to mean you intentionally formatted it or put in a new one that didn't have the right files on it.
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i am using clockwork. i've wiped so many times... but i can't make anything happen. and, i did format the sd card eventually, but not until a couple of hours ago... and only as a last resort because nothing else worked and i've been trying to fix this since last night, so i figured it couldn't hurt. but if that is part of the problem... how can i fix it? thanks for your response. i don't know what else to do other than take it in for a switch.l but if i can get into hboot... then sprint can too... and they will see that i'm rooted and void warranty. so am i completely screwed?

I had same issue.
I just reflashed the sprintlover rom (PC36IMG.ZIP) which came with Amon_RA recovery.
Then i installed the CM6 with Amon_RA recovery and everything works fine now.
Good that i did Titanium backup few days before

This is happening to me too. Almost everything he's describing is the same. Except I installed a gapps.zip and then it wouldn't boot after that. No matter what I flash, it either gives me a status 7 error and aborts the install or it may "install successfully" but it never boots. Also tried the pc36img.zip as well. I had a nandroid backup and tried to restore that, but that aborts saying cannot flash boot image. Tried a rooted and also an unrooted stock ruu, they won't work and the .exe version on a pc can't find my phone when I plug it in and power it on. Anyone have any Ideas for me. I can get more specific error messages and hboot numbers, etc. if needed.

I think you should get Amon recovery PCIMG zip file and change recovries and try everything again... IMO
Edit: I posted the Amon file and all you have to do is rename it to PCIMG.zip. Also I think the gapps you were looking for you can find on the cm site itself or within that thread. Sorry if it sounds like I a being negative but I see alot of people get on noob and I wondered why but unfortunately its because things like this happen. In the OP for CM6 it says to use Amon and backup your keys. Now if you get your phone backup you got to first check and make sure your RSA keys are in tact unless you backed them up already.
Joeykrim has a app on the market to check or there are numerous threads on what to do. Sorry and hope it works out for you if not INS is your friend
View attachment PC36IMG-Amon-V2.2.1.zip

playya said:
I think you should get Amon recovery PCIMG zip file and change recovries and try everything again... IMO
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some people dont like clockwork with the evo's...thats just the general feeling im getting from the boards. i just got my evo rooted and what not. i use clockwork and it has worked well for what i need.
op, try amon like has been suggested.

tailsthecat3 said:
some people dont like clockwork with the evo's...thats just the general feeling im getting from the boards. i just got my evo rooted and what not. i use clockwork and it has worked well for what i need.
op, try amon like has been suggested.
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Yea but have you tried Amon and from what I read and this is from developers Amon has a much better handle on things as far as backing stuff up, partitions and protection of keys.
I ran Clockwork on my wifes phone because to me its simple and works with Rom manager but after a while I just said F it and switched since it was messing up my backups. Hey to each his own..

Ok, I don't believe that your device is bricked. You may have flash the wrong gapps or something, but is should be easy to fix.
First, download these 3 files and put them on the root of your SD card:
Cyanogen 6 stable for evo
Latest gapps for HDPI
Calkulin's format all
Red through first, then follow my instructions EXACTLY:
1.) Boot into recovery.
2.) Flash Calkulin's all format. This will wipe everything that needs wiping. (everything but the SD card)
3.) Without exiting recovery immediately flash the CM6 .zip. Do not flash the gapps yet.
4.) Reboot the device now. It will boot into cyanogen, but will not have market or anything. Once fully booted, reboot to recovery.
5.) Do not wipe or anything, just flash the gapps HDPI.
6.) Boot the phone and enjoy.

Evo won't load any roms, can only get into clockwork recovery
Okay, so if I try your steps, just like before The install gets almost to the end, then I get:
"assert failed: write_raw_image ("/tmp/boot.img","boot")
E:Error in /sdcard/update-cm-6.1.2-supersonic-signed.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Sorry Playya, I wanted to try this one more time first. I'm going to try loading Amon Ra now. do I need to rename it to pcimg.zip or should i just flash the current file name?
In case it helps anyone, I have
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1
my boot loader screen shows
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUBH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010

Awesome, Amon Ra Worked, and now i'm up and running on cyanogen mod with google apps as well. My only problem now, is I can't backup, when I try it says oops... something went wrong! Please check the recovery log!

hcavlnch said:
Awesome, Amon Ra Worked, and now i'm up and running on cyanogen mod with google apps as well. My only problem now, is I can't backup, when I try it says oops... something went wrong! Please check the recovery log!
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it may say oops if you battery level is low... I think Amon is so much better its just that Unrevoked puts Clockwork in with their root so people get lazy and leave it in... Amon - its the way to go.
1. Charge your battery and try again
2. Backup your wimax keys - then check how big the file is and hopefully its like 12 megs... If so keys may be ok

Error While Flashing Boot Image

Hi all. I am a noob at this rooting and flashing business, and I probably did something stupid so bear with me.
The other night I rooted my Evo with Unrevoked. That same night I flashed Baked Snack 1.9 using ROM Manager. Prior to the flash, I backed up my phone using ROM Manager. It was fast and everything but I decided I wanted Gingerbread (a la Salvagemod). I backed up my phone in a similar fashion, and flashed the ROM once using ROM Manager. When rebooting, my phone became caught in a boot loop. After searching through Google for a few minutes, I learned that I simply needed to clear my cache and my dalvik cache. After clearing cache, flashing, and attempting to boot several times (all in clockworkmod... or recovery... or whatever it is called (yeah i suck)...or whichever one is orange!), I gave up and decided to restore to my second ROM Manager backup - that of Baked Snack. Error! "No files found!" I tried my previous backup. Same message.
Looking back on that, I chose "install zip from sdcard" instead of "nandroid". That was a fail.
So I decided to re-use unrevoked. Everything went fine on the PC end, but the only thing that changed on my phone, is that when it boots, it gets stuck on "htc evo" in the white screen. That and clockworkmod is now teal. I disovered the nandroid option on the recovery menu. I navigate to that, then to restore, then to my Baked Snack backup. This gave me the message "Error while flashing boot image". I tried it one more time, except instead of picking recover, I accidentally picked backup (stupid stupid careless, i know). It failed and said "Can't mount /data/!".
Then I decided to go onto xda-developers and here I am now. If you are through facepalming, I would appreciate it if anybody could help me recover my data. I believe I can still flash a completely new ROM (But what do I know? I haven't proven to be the smartest Android guy), and I don't know about you guys, but I like keeping my data.
So, uh, yeah. That's that. Help please.

I'm sorry to hear you are having issues with your phone. It looks like you still have a nandroid backup, unless you formated your SDcard. Clear data, dalvik cache, and cache then run do a restore. When using clockworks recovery clear out the data, dalvik, and cache three times.
Hope this helps.

I have performed all three wipes. After that it reads
Code:
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Error while flashing boot image!
Same as before... Any thoughts? Could the boot.img file be corrupted?

***bump***
Edit: Ive read around some more and heard 2 things. 1) If I just try recovering over and over again, nandroid will eventually give in. 2) the battery has to be 70% or higher or nandroid will just keep giving error messages.
Either way, I'll juice up my battery and report back later.

Have you tried to just do a wipe and reflash the ROM.
Have you tried to use Amon recovery? That seems to work better than clockworks. You can get that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026

bccbryan said:
Have you tried to just do a wipe and reflash the ROM.
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Yes. I tried it again just now because I was feeling lucky. Salvage Mod went smoothly, except it got stuck on the white htc screen when I rebooted. Baked Snack gave me an error message:
Code:
E:Can't open /sdcard/download/BakedSnack1.9.evo.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted
Have you tried to use Amon recovery? That seems to work better than clockworks. You can get that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
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I'll try that tomorrow morning. Right now I'm gonna get some sleep before I do any more damage to my phone lol. Expect more questions from me about WiMAX and what to do with that .img file (if anything at all).

Do you have the latest radio/wimax? If not run Calkulin radio combo. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
I believe if you don't update your radio and are running a certain kernel you will get a bootloop, but don't quote me on that.
Does Hboot say s-off or s-on? Here is a rooting info and faqs. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204

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Do you have the latest radio/wimax? If not run Calkulin radio combo. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
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I'm 95% sure that I do, I got my EVO in December.
Does Hboot say s-off or s-on? Here is a rooting info and faqs. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
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It says S-OFF, so that's good news.
And as to Amon_RA, because I'm doing "the bootloader way", then I don't need the recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img file?
When I try to recover, it givese me an error saying that the nandroid directory could not be found. I have my backups in a folder called /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/NameOfTheRecoveryFolder/. Should I just copy the files in the backup folder to a folder on the root of the card called "nandroid"?

And as to Amon_RA, because I'm doing "the bootloader way", then I don't need the recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img file?
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Yep...just need the PC36IMG.zip and boot to the bootloader.
Since you got your phone last December I think you need to run a rom that is based off the latest code. If you are running htc sense it should be based off 3.70.651.1. For ASOP run the lastest ones.
Here is a nice wiki of the ROMs for the EVO http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs

Forgot to mention for the zip files you place on your sdcard for flashing check the MD5 hash before flashing your phone.
When I got my EVO the SD card went bad in about 2 months. Fortunately for me Sprint was nice enough to replace my sdcard. Since, then I have upgraded my sdcard to a 32GB sandisk.

bccbryan said:
Forgot to mention for the zip files you place on your sdcard for flashing check the MD5 hash before flashing your phone.
When I got my EVO the SD card went bad in about 2 months. Fortunately for me Sprint was nice enough to replace my sdcard. Since, then I have upgraded my sdcard to a 32GB sandisk.
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This would be the file called "nandroid.md5"? I'm confused.

OK so I boot into recovery, go to Nandroid restore > BackupName
I am presented with a list of options:
boot.img
recovery.img
wimax.HT0CRHL08393.img
system.img
data.img
cache.img
nandroid.md5
Do I just run each of these individually or am I doin it wrong?

Don't do a nandroid restore. Flash a ROM onto your phone.Fresh EVO or Myn’s Warm TwoPointTwo are good ones to try.

Works great! I lost all my data but I'd rather have a wiped phone than a dead one!
Thanks!

When you used Unrevoked to root your phone it also downloaded Clockwork Mod recovery v. 2.6.0.1. This is what you probably used to do your original backup right after you rooted your phone (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895208). You need to go back to this version so you can restore any backups you may have made right after you rooted your phone. Here is an article by Koush explaining why you may be having problems. At the bottom he has v.2.6.0.1. Install it on your phone and then proceed restoring your backup.
Also, I'm going to suggest to you that you read the articles below to get you familiar with rooting, and then I suggest you read some more on these and other forums. Learn the rooting vocabulary and processes involved (rooting, nandroid backup, recoveries, flashing ROMs, kernels, etc.). Also, try and read up on problems people have rooting, flashing ROMs, and troubleshooting should something go wrong. You want to be able to get yourself out of a mess should problems arise. Most importantly, you want to know what you're doing so you don't brick your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790427
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881747
http://htcevorooting.x10.mx/wiki/ind...itle=Main_Page
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-...g-dummies.html

pc36img problems

I have been using the very stable pc36img spring lovers version. I flashed a bunch of roms yesterday like I usually do. The last one was the miui rom from yesterday. It didn't work. tried to do a nandroid update but could not. Then I used the pc36img that has worked well for a while but everything updated except the system. it said failure-UZ. luckily later I was able to instal a hybrid rom with MANY bugs. I no longer can upload my contacts. If you have an idea or can point me in the direction of a pc36img that may solve this I would greatly appreciate it. I know I should have moved my backups to the sd card but I messed up here. Please help. Thanks

Honestly you should stop flashing roms as PC36IMG because you'll forget what they are eventually. Download the rom you want, place it on your sd card, then do a full wipe, and flash it in recovery, boot up, and you should be fine.

That is what I do. but after flashing yesterday's miui rom from the zip file my system wouldn't let me do a nandroid backup. In desparation I used my pc36img update and now a I am screwed

pc36img probs
yesterday I flashed a bunch of roms from the sd card but something happened after the miui zip file

pc36img
in desparation I used the pc36img update. Now I am looking for a way to fix the system update part of the pc36img update which doesn't work. I only use the pc36img when nothing else works.

can anyone point in the direction of some good pc36img files. I am very desperate here. I have tried everything

Take it to Sprint, tell them it just broke. They will happily load stock GB, then you can start over.
KJ

it is S-off. warrenty is finished. also I would like to fix it myself. All of these little messups teach me a lot

Did you try wiping everything except sdcard 3 times in recovery than flashing a .zip rom in recovery
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pc36img probs
I will try that. It will have to wait until monday bc I am on call this weekend. I can't lose my phone. thanks for the tip. I will post the results on monday. I hope it works. btw should I wipe with the sdcard removed?

pc36img
I couldn't wait. I tried it and it again said Fail-UZ when updating the system. it also said image unzipping fail. Any other ideas?

The only PC36IMG's you should ever flash, really is recovery and RUU. Everything else you should do in recovery with a flashable zip.

jjdellorusso said:
I couldn't wait. I tried it and it again said Fail-UZ when updating the system. it also said image unzipping fail. Any other ideas?
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You hav to flash in {recovery} not bootloader
Download file (click link below) Keep as is go into bootloader let it scan hit no if it ask to update then hit recovery then click wipe then wipe everything except sdcard 3 times then hit flash zip from sdcard then go to this file that you downloaded and select it
http://link.geekfor.me/freshevo431
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tried wiping 3 times
now I can use roms but when running pc36img (sprint lovers) it always sais fail-uz (failure unzipping) should I just ignore this and move on??? I don't really know the significance of this. I can flash working roms now but something makes me feel uncertain. Why can't I update the system with the ruu? any other ideas?

pc36img probs
just wiped everything again... and still no dice. The phone now works like it did before, but the pc36img (sprint lovers) system update always fails. I am running hboot 6.16.1002. Is that the wrong one?

jjdellorusso said:
just wiped everything again... and still no dice. The phone now works like it did before, but the pc36img (sprint lovers) system update always fails. I am running hboot 6.16.1002. Is that the wrong one?
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ok this is all i can think of:
1 - get the original pc36img.zip file and put it in your sd
2 - delete the amon ra pc36img.zip that you have
3 - go into bootloader and when asked to update hit yes
4 - when asked to reboot hit yes
5 - if your phone reboots fine (i will give it a pretty good amount of time) download rom manager
6 - in rom manager flash Clock Work Mod (CWM)
7 - Then make a back up (optional).
8 - scroll down in Rom manager and flash alternate recovery (this will give you amon ra w/o having to put the pc36img.zip into your sd card.
9 - do what you wanted to do at first.

jjdellorusso said:
I have been using the very stable pc36img spring lovers version. I flashed a bunch of roms yesterday like I usually do. The last one was the miui rom from yesterday. It didn't work. tried to do a nandroid update but could not. Then I used the pc36img that has worked well for a while but everything updated except the system. it said failure-UZ. luckily later I was able to instal a hybrid rom with MANY bugs. I no longer can upload my contacts. If you have an idea or can point me in the direction of a pc36img that may solve this I would greatly appreciate it. I know I should have moved my backups to the sd card but I messed up here. Please help. Thanks
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You guys are talking about PC36IMG.zip as if its a ROM that is being flashed. Sprint Lovers, if I am not mistaken, is a ROM that should be flashed via recovery like all ROMs should be. You should not be flashing PC36IMG.zip files through Bootloader unless you are updating radios, RUU back to stock, splash screen updates, etc. It sounds like you are spending a lot of time flashing things via bootloader and that is what got you in this mess to begin with. Can you get into recovery? If so then download any ROM, enter recovery, wipe cache/dalvik cache/data, flash ROM, and then quit using the bootloader before you permanently screw up your phone. This problem should be able to be fixed without the use of a PC36IMG.zip file. Because you've gotten flash happy in your bootloader and as of right now you can't tell us exactly what you've flashed.
If you cant get into recovery then just download Amon Ra v2.3, flash it, and then do the steps I mentioned above. It's not difficult. Just stop getting flash happy with your bootloader.

There is a version of Sprint lovers that can be flashed thru bootloader
And for jj that might just mean the pc36img is corrupted you can download a new one but I say just nice on and use recovery instead of bootloader
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jjdellorusso said:
it is S-off. warrenty is finished. also I would like to fix it myself. All of these little messups teach me a lot
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"Warranty's" can be restored

pc36img probs
hmmm? I have tried everything as described above. maybe my sprint lovers pc36img has been corrupted. but I really don't think so bc I saved it in many different sdcards and in my computer. Should I try another .zip? can anyone point me to other pc36img files that may help. I must say that I do not flash anything by pc36img, but after I flashed hybrid I couldn't do anything. In desperation I tried my sprint lovers pc36img assuming I could go back. I had to many backups saved and it told me that I didn't have enough space when I tried to do a nandroid backup. I guess the take home message is to save nandroid backups to the sd card also. unfortunately mine is lost.

[Q] Can't reboot or get to recovery, can get hboot

I've searched the forums and can't find for my specific problem. I was running CM7 and heard that the Tiamat kernel worked great with it so I flashed it. Something apparently went wrong and now I can't boot, it just get stuck on the white HTCIncredible screen. When I go to hboot and try to boot into recovery, it just gives me the black screen with white bars. I also can't get my computer to recognize it as storage. No idea how to proceed. Here is what it says in bootloader. Please help!!!!
Incredible XD Ship S-off
Hboot-0.92.0000
microp-0417
touch panel-atmelco3_16ac
radio-2.15.00.07.28
jul 23 2010 18:06:51

deathvalley1981 said:
I've searched the forums and can't find for my specific problem. I was running CM7 and heard that the Tiamat kernel worked great with it so I flashed it. Something apparently went wrong and now I can't boot, it just get stuck on the white HTCIncredible screen. When I go to hboot and try to boot into recovery, it just gives me the black screen with white bars. I also can't get my computer to recognize it as storage. No idea how to proceed. Here is what it says in bootloader. Please help!!!!
Incredible XD Ship S-off
Hboot-0.92.0000
microp-0417
touch panel-atmelco3_16ac
radio-2.15.00.07.28
jul 23 2010 18:06:51
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I've heard of this problem before but I don't remember the way that it was fixed in the past so this is how I would proceed. You're going to need to find a way to access your sd card without using your phone such as an SD card adapter or something like that. When you do that, place this file on to the root of your sd card http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip it is a PB31IMG of CWM recovery, which you can flash through hboot because you have s-off. Just boot into hboot and it should find the file and ask you if you wish to flash it and you should say yes. A word of advice: check the md5 of the file before you flash it as well: there are several md5 sum checkers online that you can download for free and I highly recommend it. It might be why you're in this mess to begin with and flashing bad files through hboot can brick your phone permanently. the correct md5 for the file is here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.md5
Once you have CWM flashed, you should be able to restore any backups you have made and go on with life. if you still have issues I would recommend flashing your favorite RUU though hboot. since you have s-off it won't be very difficult to regain root and return to the settings/rom you had before but an RUU is sometimes necessary to restore the file system before you can proceed with other things. Good luck!

nschiwy said:
I've heard of this problem before but I don't remember the way that it was fixed in the past so this is how I would proceed. You're going to need to find a way to access your sd card without using your phone such as an SD card adapter or something like that. When you do that, place this file on to the root of your sd card http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip it is a PB31IMG of CWM recovery, which you can flash through hboot because you have s-off. Just boot into hboot and it should find the file and ask you if you wish to flash it and you should say yes. A word of advice: check the md5 of the file before you flash it as well: there are several md5 sum checkers online that you can download for free and I highly recommend it. It might be why you're in this mess to begin with and flashing bad files through hboot can brick your phone permanently. the correct md5 for the file is here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.md5
Once you have CWM flashed, you should be able to restore any backups you have made and go on with life. if you still have issues I would recommend flashing your favorite RUU though hboot. since you have s-off it won't be very difficult to regain root and return to the settings/rom you had before but an RUU is sometimes necessary to restore the file system before you can proceed with other things. Good luck!
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How do I check the md5? I'm not sure what that is... Thank you for your help, I'm going through this process right now.

nschiwy said:
I've heard of this problem before but I don't remember the way that it was fixed in the past so this is how I would proceed. You're going to need to find a way to access your sd card without using your phone such as an SD card adapter or something like that. When you do that, place this file on to the root of your sd card http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip it is a PB31IMG of CWM recovery, which you can flash through hboot because you have s-off. Just boot into hboot and it should find the file and ask you if you wish to flash it and you should say yes. A word of advice: check the md5 of the file before you flash it as well: there are several md5 sum checkers online that you can download for free and I highly recommend it. It might be why you're in this mess to begin with and flashing bad files through hboot can brick your phone permanently. the correct md5 for the file is here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.md5
Once you have CWM flashed, you should be able to restore any backups you have made and go on with life. if you still have issues I would recommend flashing your favorite RUU though hboot. since you have s-off it won't be very difficult to regain root and return to the settings/rom you had before but an RUU is sometimes necessary to restore the file system before you can proceed with other things. Good luck!
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Also, after putting the PB31IMG of CWM recovery on the root of my sd card, I booted into hboot and it says:
Parsing... [sd zip]
[1] Recovery
do you want to start update
<volume up> yes
<volume down> no
I clicked yes because i assumed this is what you were talking about when you said if would ask if you wish to flash it. it just did the little update thing and asked me if I wanted to reboot and I again said yes and it went back into the HTCIncredible white screen.

nschiwy said:
I've heard of this problem before but I don't remember the way that it was fixed in the past so this is how I would proceed. You're going to need to find a way to access your sd card without using your phone such as an SD card adapter or something like that. When you do that, place this file on to the root of your sd card http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip it is a PB31IMG of CWM recovery, which you can flash through hboot because you have s-off. Just boot into hboot and it should find the file and ask you if you wish to flash it and you should say yes. A word of advice: check the md5 of the file before you flash it as well: there are several md5 sum checkers online that you can download for free and I highly recommend it. It might be why you're in this mess to begin with and flashing bad files through hboot can brick your phone permanently. the correct md5 for the file is here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.md5
Once you have CWM flashed, you should be able to restore any backups you have made and go on with life. if you still have issues I would recommend flashing your favorite RUU though hboot. since you have s-off it won't be very difficult to regain root and return to the settings/rom you had before but an RUU is sometimes necessary to restore the file system before you can proceed with other things. Good luck!
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ok sorry for the frantic multiple responses. You got me to where i can now boot into recovery! Thanks!!! Here is where I am. I tried to restore a backup I did before flashing the (apparently corrupt) kernel. it says:
Checking MD5 Sums....
MD5 Mismatch!
What do I need to do from here just to get back to the previous backup I did. I don't want to screw anything up more than I already have, so I will await your guidance because you obviously know exactly what you're talking about!
Thanks again

deathvalley1981 said:
ok sorry for the frantic multiple responses. You got me to where i can now boot into recovery! Thanks!!! Here is where I am. I tried to restore a backup I did before flashing the (apparently corrupt) kernel. it says:
Checking MD5 Sums....
MD5 Mismatch!
What do I need to do from here just to get back to the previous backup I did. I don't want to screw anything up more than I already have, so I will await your guidance because you obviously know exactly what you're talking about!
Thanks again
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Okay, The only thing is, this may not have been your fault at all and the recovery may have just gotten funky and essentially self-destructed. I'm worried that may be the case and that the backup you created before flashing the kernel may also actually be corrupt. However, if you're feeling lucky we can go ahead and do this but keep in mind that it will probably get us back where we started and it can cause permanent damage to your phone. Out of curiosity, did you go back into your ROM and rename the folder that you created the backup in before going back into recovery and flashing the kernel?

nschiwy said:
Okay, The only thing is, this may not have been your fault at all and the recovery may have just gotten funky and essentially self-destructed. I'm worried that may be the case and that the backup you created before flashing the kernel may also actually be corrupt. However, if you're feeling lucky we can go ahead and do this but keep in mind that it will probably get us back where we started and it can cause permanent damage to your phone. Out of curiosity, did you go back into your ROM and rename the folder that you created the backup in before going back into recovery and flashing the kernel?
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I did not rename it because I know that throws everything off. Also, I tend to forget things in these processes so please feel free to ask any question no matter how obvious it seems... Thank you, I have to get this thing running.
As a sidenote, I have 2 older backups that I haven't tried to restore yet due to not wanting to screw it up further. I would try those if you suggested it.

deathvalley1981 said:
I did not rename it because I know that throws everything off. Also, I tend to forget things in these processes so please feel free to ask any question no matter how obvious it seems... Thank you, I have to get this thing running.
As a sidenote, I have 2 older backups that I haven't tried to restore yet due to not wanting to screw it up further. I would try those if you suggested it.
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yeah, try one of those.

nschiwy said:
yeah, try one of those.
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got through a lot of it, at least the md5 sums but then got:
Error while restoring /sdcard/.android_secure!

deathvalley1981 said:
got through a lot of it, at least the md5 sums but then got:
Error while restoring /sdcard/.android_secure!
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If your main concern is just to get the phone working again, then you can just flash CM from scratch like you did originally. Wipe/factory reset > flash CM > flash GApps > reboot and rejoice
or any other ROM for that matter, like mine http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788393
I can't really blame you if you prefer CM over sense though

nschiwy said:
If your main concern is just to get the phone working again, then you can just flash CM from scratch like you did originally. Wipe/factory reset > flash CM > flash GApps > reboot and rejoice
or any other ROM for that matter, like mine http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788393
I can't really blame you if you prefer CM over sense though
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I'm actually going to try yours, but can you re-educate me on flashing gapps?

deathvalley1981 said:
I'm actually going to try yours, but can you re-educate me on flashing gapps?
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if you are using mine then you don't need to flash GApps, it's included in the ROM. but if you go back to CM at some point you will need to go to this page: http://goo.im/gapps and find the appropriate file for your version of CM and then just flash it like you do the ROM right after you flash the ROM and then reboot into android.

nschiwy said:
if you are using mine then you don't need to flash GApps, it's included in the ROM. but if you go back to CM at some point you will need to go to this page: http://goo.im/gapps and find the appropriate file for your version of CM and then just flash it like you do the ROM right after you flash the ROM and then reboot into android.
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thank you so much for all your help and I like your rom already! It's super quick.

deathvalley1981 said:
thank you so much for all your help and I like your rom already! It's super quick.
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I've been running it since and love the ROM... not sure how you got it so responsive but it's smooth like butter. One question, for whatever reason, it's not recognizing my sd card and i've never had any problems with this card, tried it in my wife's phone and it worked there. Have you heard this before and if so, any fixes?
Thanks again!

deathvalley1981 said:
Also, after putting the PB31IMG of CWM recovery on the root of my sd card, I booted into hboot and it says:
Parsing... [sd zip]
[1] Recovery
do you want to start update
<volume up> yes
<volume down> no
I clicked yes because i assumed this is what you were talking about when you said if would ask if you wish to flash it. it just did the little update thing and asked me if I wanted to reboot and I again said yes and it went back into the HTCIncredible white screen.
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Now see if you can access recovery. If you can wipe everything in the mounts and storage menu except emmc and sdcard, and then restore a known good backup or flash a rom fresh.

deathvalley1981 said:
I've been running it since and love the ROM... not sure how you got it so responsive but it's smooth like butter. One question, for whatever reason, it's not recognizing my sd card and i've never had any problems with this card, tried it in my wife's phone and it worked there. Have you heard this before and if so, any fixes?
Thanks again!
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No, I've not heard this before. Let me test on my phone and I will get back to you.

deathvalley1981 said:
I've been running it since and love the ROM... not sure how you got it so responsive but it's smooth like butter. One question, for whatever reason, it's not recognizing my sd card and i've never had any problems with this card, tried it in my wife's phone and it worked there. Have you heard this before and if so, any fixes?
Thanks again!
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Use fastboot and type this command:
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
That may fix it. If not use a file explorer and go to /etc and open for editing vold.fstab and copy and paste its contents here.

cmlusco said:
Use fastboot and type this command:
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
That may fix it. If not use a file explorer and go to /etc and open for editing vold.fstab and copy and paste its contents here.
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do you think his file system got borked somehow?

nschiwy said:
do you think his file system got borked somehow?
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Could be, have to see what he reports back.