so i tried to root my g2... - G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So... as the title says I tried to root my phone. I'm following the CM 7 wiki guide and i got up until step 6 but I did not install cyogenmod 7 I just rebooted (i thought you just reboot and hey it installs but i guess not). So it rebooted to the original rom and then I just downloaded ROM manager again to install it. It goes through clockwork and then it reboots again so... i thought it successfully installed but it didn't because my phone was stuck on the HTC boot up screen unresponsive. So, I've been googling and so I pulled the battery and did the whole power on + volume down. It took me to the screen with fastboot,recover,and stuff but then it changed screens to the could not find PC10img.zip and wanted me to update. So i updated it again and it rebooted to the HTC screen and stayed there. Pulled the battery again, took out the SDcard, and then did the whole power up + volume button. Now I can choose the options in this screen (fastboot,recover,factory reset,simlock, system info, image crc).
Now I don't know what to do.... I want to continue to root to cyogenmod but I'm soo confused how to get back to installing it properly. Thanks for the help in advance!
edit
perhaps, i might just have to delete the PC10img.zip file? i have an mircoSDcard reader at home and if I delete it then loading into hboot should be fine..... right?
update: nevermind! i fixed it!

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[Q] defrost freezes in reboot, but starts normal

Hi,
I'm a real neewbie so please be gentle.
I've rooted my phone and put defrost 5.4 on it.
Works good and i'm figuring out how things work.
I found out now that when i reboot the phone it gets stuck in starting up.
The colors exploding from the left and the right side to become a "X", but then after a while the x is not made any longer and after half an hour it is still trying to make an X.
Take out the battery, put it back and start the phone and it starts normal.
When i install something from the "defrost setup" its downloaded and when i press install the phone restarts, it is unpacking the file, reboots and then gets stuck again.
Have to take out the battery to start the phone again.
What can be the couse of this??
Just found out that also a "normal start" ends up in a endless bootscreen.
The only way to start the phone is take the battery out, put it back and press "start".
Do a full wipe and try another ROM is my first suggestion.
So idid a wipe, after that a recovery (had to start all over again) but the endless bootscreen still remains.
???
1) Find a new ROM and put it on the root of your SDCARD
2) Boot into Recovery by pressing BACK and the POWER button
3) Perform a full wipe (data/factory reset) and cache
4) Flash the new ROM
5) Boot the phone
If you still have problems post logcat.
i've cleaned and whiped (i think) almost everything.
Installed a fresh defrost 5.6.
Installed the defrost apps addon, the phone reboots and a screen apears with a android an a box with an arrow out.
Text is passing by, the phone reboots and starts up.
So far so good, but when i restart or reboot the phone its hangs in this endless lashing coulorfull screen.
I've tried to make a "logcat".
Hopefully it tells you more than it tells me.
i am having the same problem.
first off all: you can press power + volume down + optical joystick to restart phone.
no need to remove battery
my last logcat (with Error filter): www wog-fds.de/log_bootloop.txt
i started to have this problem when i redid the unrevoked process (dont really remember why, thou).
thx for help
edit: not sure but the first logcat looks like somethings missing
heres anotherone without filter www wog-fds.de/log_bootloop2.txt
thx
OK, maybe this is getting somewhere.
I also did a re-revoke, but i do know why.
the first attempt to root my phone ended up in a small disaster.
At the end of the proces i found out that i have a SLCD screen and not an AMOLED, so my phone was as good as dead.
Thanks to someone on a Dutch forum i was able to get my phone back to life.
After that i rooted my phone with the latest version of unrevoked, and this time i was succesfull.
But now i am encountering this problem and it is no fun.
I have at the moment nothing running on the phone because after a re-re-reinstallation i can start all over again with al the apps and so on.
It hangs at the final stages of the boot it looks like.
I had a similar problem when I was messing around with my old framework.
So why you're getting it, I have no idea.
First thing is first Bud
Download DeFrost 5.7 And use the latest version (Illuminate some issues to start with)
What your saying is the Boot Animation (The Multi Colour X animation "Nexus Boot Animation"
You get a boot loop on there....
How long have you left it trying to boot? the first boot after a Reflash does take alot longer than normal as it has to write to a number of files first.
(This only occurs on a New ROM or a Reflash of the frameworks)
So first off Lets Get that latest ROM on the SD Card:
Use w/e method you need to to get it on there
Turn the Phone Off "Where going to load recovery"
Press the Down Volume Key and press the power button Once.
You will see a white screen with Android images at the bottom:
Press the Volume down once (Recovery) when this is highlighted press the power button
Where now in a black screen Press Volume Up and Power
(We should now have a Blue Menu (Am taking it by the issues you talk about your using Clockwork Recover.......)
Go down to Apply sdcard:update.zip
And press the power button. So where now Clock Work Recovery
(If you dont have Clockwork i.e. Fake Flash Update.zip maybe someone can post it for me, Limited for time in work, But search for Fake FLash Clockwork if you dont have it.
Then go down to Wipe Date/Factory Reset
Select the only line that is Populated.
Go back to main menu and go to install Zip from SDCard and press the OJ
Select Choose Zip from SDCard.
Find you ROM and press the OJ
Wait some time and press the back button a few times, and select the reset option?
DO NOT INSTALL NO MODS OR THEMES, THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE AFTER A FULL BOOT OF A CLEAN ROM.
Leave it some time, as the first boot is always the longest.
Fingers crossed you should be OK.
What your talking about is a problem with the ROM (as the bootanimation is called by the ROM)
dave7802 said:
DO NOT INSTALL NO MODS OR THEMES, THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE AFTER A FULL BOOT OF A CLEAN ROM.
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That'd be my guess too. If you try to apply a mod before you've let the ROM unpack itself it does exactly as you describe.
What your saying is the Boot Animation (The Multi Colour X animation "Nexus Boot Animation"
You get a boot loop on there....
How long have you left it trying to boot? the first boot after a Reflash does take alot longer than normal as it has to write to a number of files first.
(This only occurs on a New ROM or a Reflash of the frameworks)
I've installed the defrost.
After it came in full working conditions i've added the defrost add-on.
Phone shuts down, starts again in the screen with the one doid and a box with an arrow out.
Some writing apears and the phone starts again.
The colours apears and making a cross and this goes faster and faster and then a screen where i have to enter my sim-unlockcode and the phone is up and running.
So far so good.
When i now switch the phone off or give it a reboot ( in the screen after a long press on the powerbutton) the phone starts in the white screen with HTC logo, then the colours apear making a cross, but after time this goes slower and slower until the cross is not ever made again.
The colours appear trying to make a cross and diappear and comming back again, and this goes on for ( i left it once for 1/2 an hour)
I will give it a go with the 5.7
thanks for the help.
Really, i heave my phone for one month now and it is my first android thing.
Never worked with linux etc etc.
What does "press the OJ" means ??
oj = optical joystick
@dave7802
thanks for the answer but i have the bootloop also when i do a manual restart without flashing anything.
i use defrost 5.7
i did a restart after flashing
bye
strange thing to happen. it must be in the ROM because it wasn't happening on the stock ROM.
so try another ROM some like cyanogen or opendesire. is it happening also?
Wel, i've come to the point that i think "WTF", it works and the only thing is the start/reboot.
I'm not going to re-re-re-re sign in to my google account, and not want to re-re-re-re-enter my mail account again.
Thanks to "olaxe" i know how to start the phone wthout taking out the battery.
anyway, everybodie, thanks for reading etc.
OK so you guys are still having the same issue.
Can we provide as much info as possible,
As i use DeFrost 5.7 and i just done a normal reboot and its working fine,
if its a problem with the ROM everyone would have the issue,
All i can think is a MOD you have installed is conflicting,
So some info you can provide:
What MODS are you running / installing, like Super Circle Battery, or Custom HAVS and SVS?
What version where they developed for?
i.e. are you installing MODS that where developed for an older version of defrost? as the frameworks change on each version and so do the HAVS and SVS
If your not flashing anything how about installing it?
It could be an app you used worked for an older version, and since the update its no longer working?
olaxe
thanks for the answer but i have the bootloop also when i do a manual restart without flashing anything.
i use defrost 5.7
i did a restart after flashing
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You say you have not flashed anything? and then you said you restarted after flashing? i dont follow?
What settings are you using and apps do you have installed?
What are you doing in clockwork recovery, are you wiping then installing JUST DEFROST then letting your system start up?
or
Are you flashing a couple of things like defrost and super circle battery?
Dave,
A nephew, who ownes a desire and is "into android" from the moment of the first googlephone, was going to root my desire.
The great misstake (we found out after we've dit it) was that he used a version of unrevoke witch was mend for use with amoled and i own a slcd.
So my phone would'nt show anything anymore. Only the bootscreen when pressed vol down and power.
I've followed several advises of diehards, have put "this.zip" on the sdcard, "that.zip" and even "ifthisdon'twork.zip" shoot me.
All i got in the bootscreen was "no image" "no image or wrong image" and "version is older".
After a week a guy on a dutch forum told me to download some files to my computer, take the sdcard out of the phone, connect the phone to the computer and then type the following:
3. Typ in je commandprompt:
code:
1
2
3
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom210.zip
After that the phone came back to live and i was happy as a child.
After that i did the unrevoked thing with the latest version and the phone was rooted.
Put the sdcard back, formatted it whitin the phone and after that i placed the defrost 5.4 on the root of the sdcard.
Did the full wipe, dalvikwipe and flashed the defost 5.4
After a while i had the defrost up and running.
In the defrost setup i found the defrost addon.
downloaded it (all IN the phone) and after that pressed "install".
The phone shuts down a screen appears with the one droid and a box, the phone restarts and is up and running.
Then i found in the defrost setup a file "no adds"
Installed that to and then the troubles start.
Hangs in the bootscreen.
I can only start the phone when the power is completely turned of ( battery out) or with vol down, power and trackball pressed at the same time.

[Q] stupid family...stuck on htc boot screen

OK so I need some serious help. I'm not a total n00b but I'm still fairly new to the rooting world.
I recently rooted my dinc and installed the new cyanmogen 7 to bring it to gingerbread. I had let my sister use my updated phone because she has a dinc too and was considering doing the same.
She was messing around with it and downloaded something from the marketplace and when she ran it the entire phone shut off. I don't know what she installed and when asked she doesn't know either. When I boot the phone it stays at the htc boot screen and will not go any further. I've tried a recovery which all the forum topics tell me to do and unfortunately it doesn't give me the option to load anything from my sd card. The only menu options under recovery are: Bootloader, reboot, reboot bootloader and power down.
When I plug my phone in my Windows 7 comp it isn't found as a drive and only shows up under device manager. If it makes a difference I rooted using unrevoked3. I'm not sure what I can do at this point. Please keep in mind that although I'm not 100% new at this I'm still really unfamiliar with it all.
What can I do to get my phone working properly again? I don't care if its from a factory reset I just need to get it working.
Thanks!
The white screen with your device info is not the recovery menu, it's the Bootloader/HBOOT menu. Select Bootloader from that menu and you will be given an option to reboot into recovery, most likely ClockworkMod Recovery. Once there you should be able to restore from a backup or reinstall Cyanogen 7.0.
If you cannot boot into recovery download the latest OTA update here. Rename it to "PB31IMG.zip" and put it on your SDcard. Reboot into the bootloader and it will detect the PB31IMG update and press Volume Up to apply it.
You'll need to root your phone again after this, though.
thank you!!
it worked perfectly...thanks!!!!!!!!
Glad to hear it!

Help! May have bricked my phone!

For the past few months I have been running CM7 with no problems, but lately I've been running into many problems at once, with bunches of apps force closing at once, not being able to download new apps, and nothing saving between reboots (downloaded apps, new widgets, etc).
I finally gave up with all this nonsense and tried a factory reset, but all my apps were still there after wiping. I was really confused and decided to revert to stock using the PB31IMG.zip file I found on another post here.
Now I'm stuck in a boot loop and am out of ideas. Can someone please help?
Efitz11 said:
For the past few months I have been running CM7 with no problems, but lately I've been running into many problems at once, with bunches of apps force closing at once, not being able to download new apps, and nothing saving between reboots (downloaded apps, new widgets, etc).
I finally gave up with all this nonsense and tried a factory reset, but all my apps were still there after wiping. I was really confused and decided to revert to stock using the PB31IMG.zip file I found on another post here.
Now I'm stuck in a boot loop and am out of ideas. Can someone please help?
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Slow down, you're not bricked if you can power on. If you're trying to do a complete factory reset, go here to obtain the latest stock image. Ensure your sdcard is FAT32, and put that file (renamed exactly as PB31IMG.zip) on the root of your sdcard. Pull the battery, reinsert, boot into HBOOT (by holding down power and vol down) and wait for it to load the file. Select yes (vol up) to apply update and let it do it's thing. Once done and in your "new" stock OS, unrevoked to re root.
PonsAsinorem said:
Slow down, you're not bricked if you can power on. If you're trying to do a complete factory reset, go here to obtain the latest stock image. Ensure your sdcard is FAT32, and put that file (renamed exactly as PB31IMG.zip) on the root of your sdcard. Pull the battery, reinsert, boot into HBOOT (by holding down power and vol down) and wait for it to load the file. Select yes (vol up) to apply update and let it do it's thing. Once done and in your "new" stock OS, unrevoked to re root.
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That's what I just did... Several times. I'm stuck in a boot loop
try using the windows ruu utility. Also what radio are you running now.

[Q] Endless Boot (trapped with HTC logo)

Have roooted my phone with unrevoked and reboot my phone.
Installed ROM MANAGER and install Clockwork recovery and rebooted my phone.
Everything works great.
Starting to make a backup of my current rom, rebooted and my backup started and untill "Backup complete" and rebooted my phone again.
And then... I am trapped with the HTC Logo.
And I pushed down vol - + power on... but i cant come into recovery menu.
It feels like i have bricked my phone... but i have done this serveral times and it haved worked everytime?! =/
What should I do next? =( Any tips and tricks?
Sorry for my english...
Edit: My problem is now solved. I had my phone turned of over the night with my battery away.
And now i can access my recovery menu! *wiiie* I also find out that my volume down button do not work correclty. But any who, my problem is now solved

[Help] Flashed boot on Rooted M8. Now it isnt detecting and screen wont turn on

I flashed the boot.emmc.win onto my phone this one to be exact https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0hKTzcXgVfcelVoa21GVGpKbkU/edit?pli=1
and it was successful ( i think). I managed to get my phone back into hboot but when I rebooted it from there, the screen was on but black. Pressing the vol up|down changed the ringer and Power + Vol down took screenshots. I still saw the HTC bootscreen etc. Im trying to wipe the device right now and it wont go back into hboot or get detected on my ADB, I've managed to get it detected on my computer and get into the storage but I'm not sure what to do from there. Basically this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPCVecKSPAA
edit, okay I got it to recovery, and I wiped and flashed the Stock backup in TWRP. Rebooted and it's now on the loading screen. well I just fixed it myself.
Good job man

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