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I totally feel like 'that guy' now. I waited all this time to try and root my phone(EVO), and did, thanks to the unrevoked3.
I wanted to install/flash the cyanogenmod 6 'mod', and got the sd-ext error a few times. I troubleshooted for that and partitioned my sd-card;That error went away, and then I got the (Status7) error. I tried my best to search, search and search to try and find a way to remedy this, so I wouldn't have to jump on here and get flamed.....
I saw that if I downgraded my hboot from .93 to .76, it would work...
NO, My phone will not boot. When I power it on, it goes straight to the boot screen, The only other place I can get is the clockworkmod recovery screen. I tried to restore a backup, apparently that wont work. I factory reseted/wiped data, and of course that didnt help either. So now all I have are just the two boot screens, nothing else.
I am close to tears. My eyes just about watered an hour ago....
Yes, regretfully Im a noob.
Is there ANY remedy to this?
Or do I just tell Sprint my phone is stolen?
I sincerely appreciate all you guys' help in advance....
Thanks
if you have recovery and hboot access you arent bricked. worst case scenario you will need to load the stock rom from your hboot and start over. its pretty tricky to actually hard brick your phone
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jovanbell said:
I totally feel like 'that guy' now. I waited all this time to try and root my phone(EVO), and did, thanks to the unrevoked3.
I wanted to install/flash the cyanogenmod 6 'mod', and got the sd-ext error a few times. I troubleshooted for that and partitioned my sd-card;That error went away, and then I got the (Status7) error. I tried my best to search, search and search to try and find a way to remedy this, so I wouldn't have to jump on here and get flamed.....
I saw that if I downgraded my hboot from .93 to .76, it would work...
NO, My phone will not boot. When I power it on, it goes straight to the boot screen, The only other place I can get is the clockworkmod recovery screen. I tried to restore a backup, apparently that wont work. I factory reseted/wiped data, and of course that didnt help either. So now all I have are just the two boot screens, nothing else.
I am close to tears. My eyes just about watered an hour ago....
Yes, regretfully Im a noob.
Is there ANY remedy to this?
Or do I just tell Sprint my phone is stolen?
I sincerely appreciate all you guys' help in advance....
Thanks
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Ok, first. Wrong section to post this kind of thread.
/phew Now, that the compulsive nagger in me is satisfied, let's see if we can get that phone back in working order
So, when u say restoring your backup in clockword didn't work, what do you mean. Specifically, what steps did u take to restore and what, if any, error messages did you get?
EDIT: Ditto on what haxt said. Have u tried loading another rom(fresh, stock, backedsnack, etc) using the usb mode in clockwork and going from there?
yeah, I read that its difficult to do that, but I figured in my own ignorance, I jacked it up.
Now I am not sure how to load th stock rom from my hboot. Everthing I select gets me nowhere except for recovery, takes me to the clockwork recovery,with no way to restore backups.
did I post this in the wrong section?
jovanbell said:
yeah, I read that its difficult to do that, but I figured in my own ignorance, I jacked it up.
Now I am not sure how to load th stock rom from my hboot. Everthing I select gets me nowhere except for recovery, takes me to the clockwork recovery,with no way to restore backups.
did I post this in the wrong section?
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Dont worry about it being the wrong section right now. The important thing is getting your phone back in working order. Give me a sec to boot up my notebook and I'll walk u through it cause typing all this using my phone is a b*tch.
sorry about the post.
on the hboot screen, I selected recovery, which takes me to the clockwork.
I selected Nandroid, then restore, chose any backup, then Yes-Restore.
I get:
Checking MD5sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Error while flashing boot image!
Yup. Q&A is technically where it should be... but oh well.Download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=791019 rename and put it on the root of your card. Boot into hboot and when it asks you if you want to update say yes. Should put you back to stock ota.
haha, thanks. I really appreciate it. I didnt even look to see if it was one. I couple of times Ive been on this site, Ive read in the development section, and figured, that was the default evo section.
guess nada...
shucks,
I guess ill have to find an sd-card adapter. i cant access the card from the phone, thanks to >>>> me
Gadget beat me. OH NOES ^^
lol, let us noe if you're good or need more help.
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jovan u can toggle usb mode from recovery and access your sd card that way
ah, thanks gentlemen. I appreciate it
Looks like I have alotta homework...
Hey, how do I change the wallpaper?
(joking)
jovanbell said:
ah, thanks gentlemen. I appreciate it
Looks like I have alotta homework...
Hey, how do I change the wallpaper?
(joking)
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lmao...
So, does that mean your phone is ok again?
@ OP, you should check to see if your eng boot has been replaced. If you used the files from the earlier post chances are it has been replaced and you may have to go through the whole process again if you want to try cm.
Well its in the middle of updating, and the #5 Boot= Fail PU
Guess Ill see what happens shortly...
What the screen says:
PARTITION UPDATE FAIL!
honestly lovethyevo,
I dont know how to check if it has been replaced... I guess ill try the link you sent me earlier...
well I did it again, and the boot updated fine...
we'll see how it goes...
Hmmm...if things still aren't working, it may be easier to:
1.) Download another rom.
2.) Plug your phone into your computer
3.) Go back into Clockwork recovery.
4.) Data Wipe, Cache Wipe, Dalvik cache wipe.
5.) Hit the 'partition menu' option and from there hit 'mount usb storage'(this is what allows you to access your sd card from your phone thru your computer while in recovery mode)
6.) copy the rom you downloaded onto your computer.
7.) Flash the rom(and cross fingers)
This should allow u to, at the very least, boot your phone up again and start over.
Thanks, as soon as you posted that, my phone rebooted!
I could just erase this PC36img from my sd card correct?
Im back to the clockwork recovery screen.... Guess ill start over.
Thanks for all the help!, especialy this early in the AM!
jovanbell said:
Thanks, as soon as you posted that, my phone rebooted!
I could just erase this PC36img from my sd card correct?
Im back to the clockwork recovery screen.... Guess ill start over.
Thanks for all the help!, especialy this early in the AM!
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Good to hear. And yes, you can delete it from your sdcard but might I suggest holding off until after u finish "starting over". Just in case u run into the same snag. lol
Take care, mate. Time for me to sleep.
Please help! I've been trying to find answers and trying to fix my G2 this whole week and, to even add how much im working/reading on how trying to fix it, i even stayed up a WHOLE night reading about things but still no-go
G2 is semi-bricked because my brother was going to permanently root the G2 and right when the process finished, is when the phone was semi-bricked because he "forgot" a step (great -_- human error)
Just a few things:
Yeah i can go into recovery (VOL down + Power Button) but, im a noob at recovery things, so i dont know how or what to use or do like i said, i've researched a lot and done the steps that i read online and still nothing, so i rather get answers/help from great people in here (i heard this forum is really smart/good at Android stuff)
please help!
XvideogamerX said:
Please help! I've been trying to find answers and trying to fix my G2 this whole week and, to even add how much im working/reading on how trying to fix it, i even stayed up a WHOLE night reading about things but still no-go
G2 is semi-bricked because my brother was going to permanently root the G2 and right when the process finished, is when the phone was semi-bricked because he "forgot" a step (great -_- human error)
Just a few things:
Yeah i can go into recovery (VOL down + Power Button) but, im a noob at recovery things, so i dont know how or what to use or do like i said, i've researched a lot and done the steps that i read online and still nothing, so i rather get answers/help from great people in here (i heard this forum is really smart/good at Android stuff)
please help!
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explain your semi bricked status... how do you know its semi bricked? which step did he miss?
also you be better off asking in guide how to recover semi bricked phone rather than asking in Q & A....experienced mods usually follow that thread and reply to ppl who have queries
it wont go into the Android OS, it just stays stuck at HTC. No further. And he didnt tell me, but he watched a video on youtube.
and ohhh darn -_- stupid me
XvideogamerX said:
it wont go into the Android OS, it just stays stuck at HTC. No further. And he didnt tell me, but he watched a video on youtube.
and ohhh darn -_- stupid me
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here is the link to the desire z /G2 wiki...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
go straight to the rooting section and try to find out which method was he using to root your phone... when you narrow that down try to find which step he missed.....when all thats done than either post here exactly which method was he using and which step he missed.....or post in the semi bricked page.....
right now the most current recommended method is using Gfree...
also try to see if you have access to your recovery and if clockworkmod recovery is installed or not....
for that take out your battery and put it back in.... hold volume down and power button....
it will boot into boot loader
give it few seconds to display that "waiting for SD card Pb10.img not found"
than use volume down button to navigate to recovery and use power button as click selection..... if it boots up into clockworkmod recovery than you have custom recovery installed
Yeah i dont have CWM installed, just checked. And what my brother told me is that he was "temporary rooted" then he tried to "perm root", but actually, he didnt go to youtube, he tried to perm root using the VISIONary method.
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Yeah i dont have CWM installed, just checked. And what my brother told me is that he was "temporary rooted" then he tried to "perm root", but actually, he didnt go to youtube, he tried to perm root using the VISIONary method.
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check wiki for htc vision ... for how to fix errors during rooting.....
also if you wanna root gfree is recommended software lately..... check wiki to confirm.....
also try factory reset.... by turning phone off... than holding power button and volume up and down button .... i think.....confirm via wiki
Well i also cant do any adb steps because adb doesnt detect my G2 (although it detects it when im in recovery (the menu with a phone and red exclamation point) but it says its offline) i can only use fastboot
and btw my G2 is S-ON
and i have done factory resets and nothing
I'm not as experianced as a lot of the but have you tryed the pc10img via fast boot? That might work scince everything is stock on your phone
/edit have you gone the the adb guides it took me a few times but I finally got it...adb looks the best way to go
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yeah but when i use PC10IMG it just says main version is older (or something like that) and says update failed.
and yeah i have seen tons of ADB guides, but still doesnt work what guide did you use? how'd you do it?
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yeah but when i use PC10IMG it just says main version is older (or something like that) and says update failed.
and yeah i have seen tons of ADB guides, but still doesnt work what guide did you use? how'd you do it?
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it might be because you tried the 1.12 verison pc10img.zip and your phone came with updated 1.19 version
PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b _26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip
try this one by putting in your sd card. your phone should flash it and it shouldnt say version is older...
download from here
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision
when you put it in sd card rename it to just PC10img.zip and reboot into bootloader and when it asks you to flash. let it flash
I'll try that right now, but I think I did use the 1.19 one but can't recall.
I'll edit this post to tell you if it works
EDIT:It still says Main Version is Older...you think i need to use the 1.12 one?
BTW here is my G2 info (radio version etc.)
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010, 17:59:38
I'm on my phone so I canot link but under the stickies you will see a thread about un rooting your phone now you will need to do the hex editing step and replace it then try the pc10img and see if that will work
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This is a link to the latest update for Tmobile G2. Give this a try and see if it works for you.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...US_1.22.531.8-1.1.19.531.1_release_signed.zip
# Rename the file to “update.zip” (If you don’t see the file extension, assume it’s already in zip format and just name the file ‘update’)
# Transfer the file to the root of the SD card (in no folder)
# Turn G2 off.
# Turn G2 on by holding power and holding volume down. Once it boots, you’ll be given a white screen with Androids skateboarding. Wait for the green text to flash on the screen, and then by using your volume up and down keys, go to recovery and press the power button,
# The phone will reboot itself into recovery, and you will see a black screen with a phone and a red triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle. We need to see the text in the recovery, so at the same time press the power button and volume up. It may take a few tries.
# Once the text appears, using the volume rocker, navigate to Apply sdcard:update.zip
# Let it install and reboot your phone.
EdKeys said:
This is a link to the latest update for Tmobile G2. Give this a try and see if it works for you.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...US_1.22.531.8-1.1.19.531.1_release_signed.zip
# Rename the file to “update.zip” (If you don’t see the file extension, assume it’s already in zip format and just name the file ‘update’)
# Transfer the file to the root of the SD card (in no folder)
# Turn G2 off.
# Turn G2 on by holding power and holding volume down. Once it boots, you’ll be given a white screen with Androids skateboarding. Wait for the green text to flash on the screen, and then by using your volume up and down keys, go to recovery and press the power button,
# The phone will reboot itself into recovery, and you will see a black screen with a phone and a red triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle. We need to see the text in the recovery, so at the same time press the power button and volume up. It may take a few tries.
# Once the text appears, using the volume rocker, navigate to Apply sdcard:update.zip
# Let it install and reboot your phone.
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Alright ill try this as well, and tell you if it works
EDIT: yeah i updated it, and it worked fine, but im still stuck on the HTC logo
dakkywantstodocrazysht said:
I'm on my phone so I canot link but under the stickies you will see a thread about un rooting your phone now you will need to do the hex editing step and replace it then try the pc10img and see if that will work
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ill try that if the method on top of your quote doesnt work
thank you both for helping,ill thank your guys post
EDIT: i read the guide (at least i think its the one your talking about, there are a ton of guides out there of how to unroot) and it says i need to get the misc.img from my phone....i cant because i cant adb since it doesnt detect my phone (but fastboot does)
XvideogamerX said:
Alright ill try this as well, and tell you if it works
EDIT: yeah i updated it, and it worked fine, but im still stuck on the HTC logo
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Sorry that didn't work for you. Here's another method and zip you can try...its worked for some others:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10583834&postcount=33
Alright ill try that out thanks
EDIT:Hmm...thats strange. Right after it checks the PC10IMG.zip ,it doesnt tell me anything else, it just goes back to the recovery menu (where it shows Fastboot, Recovery, Factory Reset etc.) shouldnt it say if i wanted to update?
Well I think it loads the pc10 and then auto does it it might ask first tho I'm not sure...there have been issues with windows 7abd what os are you running?
XvideogamerX said:
Alright ill try that out thanks
EDIT:Hmm...thats strange. Right after it checks the PC10IMG.zip ,it doesnt tell me anything else, it just goes back to the recovery menu (where it shows Fastboot, Recovery, Factory Reset etc.) shouldnt it say if i wanted to update?
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dakkywantstodocrazysht said:
Well I think it loads the pc10 and then auto does it it might ask first tho I'm not sure...there have been issues with windows 7abd what os are you running?
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Windows 7, and i read about that too -_-
and auto does it? like it automaticly flashes it??
Yeah it automaticaly might..are you running 32 or 64 bit os?
XvideogamerX said:
Windows 7, and i read about that too -_-
and auto does it? like it automaticly flashes it??
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Yeah it automaticaly might..are you running 32 or 64 bit os?
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How would I know that? No conformation message or anything comes up :/ and 64-bit (which I read is the one that has the most problems)
i have purchased a 2nd hand desire z from someone, i noticed it has clockwork and rom manager installed, i think it also has super user rights. I also noticed that the rom is Virtuous 1.0.1. Thinking this meant that the phone was already rooted, i used rom manager to download and install CM7, however it caused the phone to be semi bricked, then i also realised that the phone was also S-ON.
Fortunately i managed to reboot the phone into CWM and restored the previous image, so now the question is, what is wrong?
PS. new to this whole android thingy..
hmmm... sounds like MAYBE you had a temp root?? Is you had superuser you definitely had some form of root, however, i am not sure you can flash a new rom if you dont have S-off (but i could be TOTALLY wrong here)
I have an Evo (and dont have this temp root issue), but i am helping a friend with a similar problem with his G2.
Can you get into recovery? (while phone is off, hold the volume down and power on the phone) If you can, do you have Clockwork recovery or stock android (says 3e at the top i think)?? If you have CW, just enable USB, download a CM7 through your computer, put it on your SD and flash it. SHould be good to go.
If you have stock recovery and S-on.. WELCOME TO MY BOAT... I am trying to find a solution to this for my friends phone. If i figure it out, i can let you know (please do the same??)
I am having the same problem, with the same rom. I can use all root apps, but it says S is ON? I can't put any other rom on my phone with out it going into boot loop or just staying on, HTC screen. Some one please help us, I know there are many phone guru's on this site. Any help would be over the top. O-yeah and I can not get the wifi to connect either says error or turns it self off after scanning? Please please please help. Thank you in advance.
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[email protected] said:
I am having the same problem, with the same rom. I can use all root apps, but it says S is ON? I can't put any other rom on my phone with out it going into boot loop or just staying on, HTC screen. Some one please help us, I know there are many phone guru's on this site. Any help would be over the top. O-yeah and I can not get the wifi to connect either says error or turns it self off after scanning? Please please please help. Thank you in advance.
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If you can boot to an OS, you are WAY ahead lol. Here is description of my problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009593
CHeck the links in that post. MAY be able to help if you can boot to OS?
frettfreak said:
Can you get into recovery? (while phone is off, hold the volume down and power on the phone) If you can, do you have Clockwork recovery or stock android (says 3e at the top i think)?? If you have CW, just enable USB, download a CM7 through your computer, put it on your SD and flash it. SHould be good to go.
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tried using CW to flash CM7 again.. no go.. just stuck at HTC screen after rebooting...
i was also reading thru the goldcard portion of the guides. Should i create one so that i can downgrade my phone back to an earlier ROM? Would appreciate some help to get permaroot.
ok.. i have managed to downgrade to an older rom and did a full root after that.. finally managed to get cm7 working..
was using this guide all the way..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905261
HI - I pray that some can help me resolve my issues. I had to return my phone to sprint for another, this morning I received my new phone and started the recovery process unfortuanely in the middle of it i remember that did not back up my orginal system. Now I have this error "can't open recovery cache" when I attemt to enter in to rooting steps. it aborts on each try. Can some pleaseover me some advise on how I can gain access to my recovery rom so I can complete my rooting process?
If you're trying to restore the backup of your old phone, I HIGHLY don't recommend it.
Can you just not get into recovery?
No Sir I am not, I have no way of gaining access to the recovery system, my phone is functional but I have no way to go into recovery program. I have made a terrible mistake, once I hold the volume button down and attempt to enter hboot it simple locks with the 2-phased dark battery with the big red triangle.
this is the message i get
E:CAN't open /cahe/revoery/comand
---Install from sdcard
Finding update cae...
Opening updae packge...
Verying update package.
E:failed to open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
That's the entire message
Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated
Lawlz, no need for sir.
I don't feel like re-uploading the file, but second the second post here > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062442
Place the file on your sdcard, as it is, not renamed, not extracted, ect. Boot into the bootloader, it'll scan, apply update, reboot, reboot into recovery, and you'll be on amon_ra 2.3.
The ! is you trying to get into recovery, but you're on stock recovery, which is no recovery. And you are rooted, s-off?
Do you have root access in your rom? You can try installing a recovery image from ROM manager or find the AmonRa thread on here and flashing the PC36IMG.zip from that thread from within hboot.
teh roxxorz beat me to it...
I have attempt to use the recovery manager - it force closes
I have attempt to use the terminal manager - commands not recongized
I will attempt to upload the link provided and let you know
Aye aye cappy, we'll be lurking.
Sniff, sniff nothing still the same errors
Well no luck, I have purchased the rom manager- it forecloses, I have downloaded, installed and rebooted to bootloader no luck, I have tryed everything i know which is very little. I guess I should consider my lucky that I have a funtional phone, but I will have no access to the recovery mode so i can root it. sigh....
To answer your previous questions
The ! is you trying to get into recovery - Yes that is when i get the error
, but you're on stock recovery, which is no recovery.
And you are rooted, s-off? - No I not rooted yet
I was trying root my new phone when i got myself into this mess,
RamesisX said:
Well no luck, I have purchased the rom manager- it forecloses, I have downloaded, installed and rebooted to bootloader no luck, I have tryed everything i know which is very little. I guess I should consider my lucky that I have a funtional phone, but I will have no access to the recovery mode so i can root it. sigh....
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In the bootloader, your phone is s-off, correct?
RamesisX said:
HI - I pray that some can help me resolve my issues. I had to return my phone to sprint for another, this morning I received my new phone and started the recovery process unfortuanely in the middle of it i remember that did not back up my orginal system. Now I have this error "can't open recovery cache" when I attemt to enter in to rooting steps. it aborts on each try. Can some pleaseover me some advise on how I can gain access to my recovery rom so I can complete my rooting process?
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What method of rooting were you using, and which recovery did you try flashing? As teh roxxorz asked, your hboot is s off right? It sounds like your best bet will be to run an RUU and start over again.
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No in bootloaded my ship s is on
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No in bootloaded my ship s is on
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That's why its not working, you're not rooted.
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/ < use unrevoked
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install < install these hboot drivers first
Make sure usb debugging is enabled on your phone, settings > applications > development
Then connect the phone to the pc in charge on, run unrevoked, and you'll be good to go.
This is what I am seeing when I attempt to enter recovery on my phone
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This is what I am seeing when I attempt to enter recovery on my phone
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That means you have no recovery, and you have no recovery because you aren't rooted. if you follow the instructions I posted above, you'll be good.
Sigh... I was in the process of performing this when I got into trouble, I have the andriod bootloader install, I power down and reboot using volume down key and power, once there I allow the system to perform system check then I select hboot, I have inserted usb cord once this process start and directily run unvoked3. What occurs then is it is not recongizing my phone for some reason and just sits there in limbo for 15 to 20 minutes. I have also unistalled htc sync, cleanded files, and reboot 3 times. I will continue and maybe i will get lucky
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Sigh... I was in the process of performing this when I got into trouble, I have the andriod bootloader install, I power down and reboot using volume down key and power, once there I allow the system to perform system check then I select hboot, I have inserted usb cord once this process start and directily run unvoked3. What occurs then is it is not recongizing my phone for some reason and just sits there in limbo for 15 to 20 minutes. I have also unistalled htc sync, cleanded files, and reboot 3 times. I will continue and maybe i will get lucky
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You need to turn the phone on, normally, boot into the phone, then connect the phone in charge only, do that, and run it again.
RamesisX said:
Sigh... I was in the process of performing this when I got into trouble, I have the andriod bootloader install, I power down and reboot using volume down key and power, once there I allow the system to perform system check then I select hboot, I have inserted usb cord once this process start and directily run unvoked3. What occurs then is it is not recongizing my phone for some reason and just sits there in limbo for 15 to 20 minutes. I have also unistalled htc sync, cleanded files, and reboot 3 times. I will continue and maybe i will get lucky
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You run unrevoked when the phone is booted normally, not from the hboot screen....
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THANKS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! - Man you are a life saver and thanks so for introductions to DROPBOX as well. It worked and I am rooted with a new tool to help me take full advance of this phone.
RamesisX said:
THANKS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! - Man you are a life saver and thanks so for introductions to DROPBOX as well. It worked and I am rooted with a new tool to help me take full advance of this phone.
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Never a problem, glad we got it working.
Hi!
I'm gonna go straight to my problem.
I have a HUGE problem with my HTC Desire HD.
A few days ago I was gonna update my phone from Androind Revolution HD 7.0.2 to ARHD 7.0.3.
In this process I accidently erased my whole SD card. I put the SD card into one of those
USB things where you put the small SD-card into and then into the computer. Anyway, I accidently marked
everything and deleted it, So now my phone won't even start. It just stops at the white screen and it says HTC.
You know the startup screen that comes up when you start the phone. And then nothing happens.
I am tired of custom ROMs etc etc, and I would like to revert my phone back to factory settings.
Only problem is I don't know which RUU to use etc etc. I have tried the Hold Volume DOWN button and power button
and then chose restore factory defaults.. But it doesn't work. Please help me what should I do?
I want to revert it to stock as it was when I got it from the store..
I live in Sweden, If that's any help.
Please help, I can't even use my phone anymore...
What you need to do is download a ROM and place it on your sd card. Then turn on your phone while holding the volume down button. You should enter the boot loader menu, choose recovery. From recovery you can flash the ROM you placed on your sd card.
I'm not sure but I think if you want to go to stock you can just use a stock ROM file instead of a custom one, but i recommend sticking with a good custom ROM.
Heres a list of stock RUUs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19101263#post19101263
Thanks mate!
Only question now is, which one should I use?
I live in Sweden if that's any help as I wrote in my post.
deXXa- said:
Thanks mate!
Only question now is, which one should I use?
I live in Sweden if that's any help as I wrote in my post.
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Try Europe ruu ?
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
What version should I chose then? What about gingerbread? ace? I have no idea how these things work, Right now I'm gonna try
RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.72.405.3_R_Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_release_161342_signed.exe
Would that be the proper one maybe?
Also this didn't work, I put the .exe file which I downloaded, on the SD card, and I chose recovery but then a black scree
came up with the cellphone on it and a red triangle with a exclamation mark..
Should I maybe rename the file to something? Or pack it in a zip file and rename it to update.zip or something like that?
Thanks.
deXXa- said:
What version should I chose then? What about gingerbread? ace? I have no idea how these things work, Right now I'm gonna try
RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.72.405.3_R_Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_release_161342_signed.exe
Would that be the proper one maybe?
Also this didn't work, I put the .exe file which I downloaded, on the SD card, and I chose recovery but then a black scree
came up with the cellphone on it and a red triangle with a exclamation mark..
Should I maybe rename the file to something? Or pack it in a zip file and rename it to update.zip or something like that?
Thanks.
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You don't need to use a RUU ROM. If you had ARHD installed before and like that, then use that, or anything else on the forums. You just need the install .zip on the SD card, the recovery files are already on your phone. Power the phone on while holding the volume down button to boot into bootloader, then choose recovery and install the .zip
That's the problem I chose recovery and as I wrote before, a black screen comes up with the phone on it and a triangle with a exclamation point..
Or are you saying I should zip the RUU ROM? And rename it to update.zip and then chose recovery or something like that?
I have read a little myself, and the red triangle thingy, I found a solution to that. Press Volume Up and Power Button, So I did and I chose Install update.zip from sd card.
Only problem now is that the installation aborts itself and it says "Signature verification failed" or something like that. What do I do now?
Please help, I don't know what to do
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That's the problem I chose recovery and as I wrote before, a black screen comes up with the phone on it and a triangle with a exclamation point..
Or are you saying I should zip the RUU ROM? And rename it to update.zip and then chose recovery or something like that?
I have read a little myself, and the red triangle thingy, I found a solution to that. Press Volume Up and Power Button, So I did and I chose Install update.zip from sd card.
Only problem now is that the installation aborts itself and it says "Signature verification failed" or something like that. What do I do now?
Please help, I don't know what to do
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It seems like you have overwritten your recovery.
You can try installing clockworkmod by following this guide
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-a-custom-recovery-to-an-android-phone-device/
Try the fastboot or flash_image methods.
Once recovery is installed boot in recovery by holding vol down and press the power button, then choose recovery, and then install a ROM that you have downloaded and placed on your sd card
Edit: I highly recommend using a custom ROM and the method i wrote above but if you insist on installing a stock ROM you can use one of the RUUs from the link I posted earlier, the one you mentioned earlier should be fine. The RUU is an exe file that you run from your pc. Just connect your phone and run the RUU and follow the steps, you might have to boot into the bootloader on your phone though. It won't work if you just zip it.
Another method for installing a ROM without recovery is to get a ROM which is in the PD98IMG.zip format. If you have a ROM in this format just place the zip on the root of your sd card, boot into the boot loader and it should start installing automatically, but again you should try the recovery method first.
Thanks for this post man.
Only problem is I can't access the cellphones interface to turn USB debugging on or off, which was on when the cellphone stopped working.
And what do you mean by "Another method for installing a ROM without recovery is to get a ROM which is in the PD98IMG.zip format."
Should I just rename the ARHD 6.3.2 to PD98IMG.zip and then run it? Cause I did that and nothing happens as usual.
The only thing I can access in the phone is the boot menu..
And it seems to install clockwork mod you have to have access to the interface of the phone, meaning the phone must work sort of.. Mine doesn't It doesn't even start so that I can typ in the pin code etc etc... Nothing...
I even tried to boot the phone into boot menu and then chose Fastboot and plug it in via USB and then try to install the RUU .exe file.. Which did not work either..
I have no idea what to do..
I can however access androids own "boot menu" sort of, cause when I come into the boot menu I chose reovery, then after about 20-30 sec the black background comes up with the phone on it and a red triangle with a an exclamation mark and if I press volume up and power button it brings up a menu which I can chose "install update.zip from SD card" Only problem is, it doesn't seem to work no matter which ARHD.zip file i chose...
I am clueless on what to do. Any other suggestions?
Also the PC can't seem to find the phone when I plug it into the USB because as I said when I ran that RUU .exe file while it was plugged in, it told me it couldn't find the phone so..
help..
http://www.androidrevolution.nl/downloader/download.php?file=PD98IMG.zip
Use that PD98IMG.zip !
What you should end up with is a stock Froyo DHD which you can that root, custom recovery and so on !
Download the PD98IMG.zip from Aron Fridrik's post above, place it on the root of your sd card. Boot into the bootloader by pressing vol down and the power button when the phone is off, and the ROM will start installing automatically (I think).
Then follow this guide to root and install a later ROM.
Advanced Ace Hack Kit
Ok thanks a lot!
Will try this and get back to you.
But what's the difference on Froyo, ACE etc etc? I've never really understood that.
Thanks again! Will get back to you !
Froyo is Android 2.2, ace is the codename of Desire Hd and Wwe mean world wide edition
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WOW! It's working now!
Thank you all so much for the help you've given me!
I did what you said, copied PD98IMG.zip to the SD card,
booted into bootloader, it started updating the zip file and when it was
done the phone was back to stock. I then used the Advanced Ace Hack Kit
and rooted the phone, once that was done I downloaded ARHD 7.0.3 and booted into clockworkmod and applied the update.zip which I renamed earlier on the SD card.
And now I am running ARHD 7.0.3 and it's working great! I'm going to save that PD98IMG.zip file for the future in case something goes wrong again!
Now there's just one small problem, When I started Youtube on the phone I got the "force close" message, so my first thought was to uninstall it and install it again and that worked. Now I get the same message (force close message = "The application Sound set (process com.htc.sdm) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.) when I press Personalize > Sound > Notification Sound. It doesn't do that if I chose Ringtone or Alarm or any other. Only the Notification sound..
Any ideas what this might be?
I had the same problem when I used ARHD 7.0.2 and I though it was something with the ARHD ROM and that it might had been fixed in 7.0.3 but no.
So any ideas, or should I just check the post about ARHD 7.0.3 and see the FAQ there?
Anyway, thank you all again for the help!
I really appreciate it!
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WOW! It's working now!
Thank you all so much for the help you've given me!
I did what you said, copied PD98IMG.zip to the SD card,
booted into bootloader, it started updating the zip file and when it was
done the phone was back to stock. I then used the Advanced Ace Hack Kit
and rooted the phone, once that was done I downloaded ARHD 7.0.3 and booted into clockworkmod and applied the update.zip which I renamed earlier on the SD card.
And now I am running ARHD 7.0.3 and it's working great! I'm going to save that PD98IMG.zip file for the future in case something goes wrong again!
Now there's just one small problem, When I started Youtube on the phone I got the "force close" message, so my first thought was to uninstall it and install it again and that worked. Now I get the same message (force close message = "The application Sound set (process com.htc.sdm) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.) when I press Personalize > Sound > Notification Sound. It doesn't do that if I chose Ringtone or Alarm or any other. Only the Notification sound..
Any ideas what this might be?
I had the same problem when I used ARHD 7.0.2 and I though it was something with the ARHD ROM and that it might had been fixed in 7.0.3 but no.
So any ideas, or should I just check the post about ARHD 7.0.3 and see the FAQ there?
Anyway, thank you all again for the help!
I really appreciate it!
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Did you full wipe and factory data reset prior to flashing new rom?
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Actually no I didn't. After the "root process" I just installed the update.zip through clockworkmod. Should I have done a full wipe and factory data reset before this?
deXXa- said:
Actually no I didn't. After the "root process" I just installed the update.zip through clockworkmod. Should I have done a full wipe and factory data reset before this?
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you don't need to rename the from zip to update.zip to install a rom through recovery.
You should do a full wipe and reinstall ARHD, if the problem still persists try posting in the ARHD thread.
Don't forget to move the PD98IMG.zip from the root of your SD card or it will install every time you enter the bootloader.
Allright mate, Thanks a lot!
EDIT: I did what you said Lewelynn and now it works! Thanks a lot! Now it even looks different! =)
It's the small weather clock instead of the big one and a different look on the buttons etc etc.
How come it looks different now than before when I applied the ARHD 7.0.3? Is it because I did a data wipe/factory reset through 4ext?
Also when you do a data wipe/factory reset through 4ext, during that process it asks you if you want to install something about kernel or something else?
Can't really remember what it said.. But what did that mean? I chose No on the first question, and then Yes on the other question which said (recommended) so ofc I chose that.
Is this the reason it looks different now or ?
Thanks again!
You cannot imagine how greatful I am for your help!
Thank you everyone!
deXXa- said:
Allright mate, Thanks a lot!
EDIT: I did what you said Lewelynn and now it works! Thanks a lot! Now it even looks different! =)
It's the small weather clock instead of the big one and a different look on the buttons etc etc.
How come it looks different now than before when I applied the ARHD 7.0.3? Is it because I did a data wipe/factory reset through 4ext?
Also when you do a data wipe/factory reset through 4ext, during that process it asks you if you want to install something about kernel or something else?
Can't really remember what it said.. But what did that mean? I chose No on the first question, and then Yes on the other question which said (recommended) so ofc I chose that.
Is this the reason it looks different now or ?
Thanks again!
You cannot imagine how greatful I am for your help!
Thank you everyone!
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I'm not sure why it looks different, maybe stuff was corrupted before since you didn't wipe, or maybe you unknowingly updated from sense 3.0 to sense 3.5 when you updated ARHD.
I don't use the 4ext wipe feature so don't know what those options are. If you are concerned, an alternate way of wiping is to use the superwipe.zip which you will find on the first post in the ARHD thread. Just install the zip before you install a new rom if you want to wipe.
No problem man we all started somewhere.
Alright mate,
Well then that's it, now everything is fixed. Moderator can remove the post or whatever Or he could let it be if someone else has the same problem.
Again! Thanks for everyone's help in this post! =)