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Stuck on black "Google" with open lock screen

I tried using the franco kernel app to install the kernel on my rooted Galaxy Nexus. There was the "download the .zip" option and the "we'll flash it for you" option. Of course I took the easy option which was probably stupid on my part. My phone downloaded the kernel and then rebooted. Now that it has rebooted... it wont get beyond the black screen that says "Google" and has the little open lock image at the bottom.
Questions:
Has anyone seen this?
Did I brick this thing (I really hope not)?
What steps can I do to try to get it back working?
Or does it just take a long time 20+ minutes to download/install/whatever once it reboots?

patriot95 said:
I tried using the franco kernel app to install the kernel on my rooted Galaxy Nexus. There was the "download the .zip" option and the "we'll flash it for you" option. Of course I took the easy option which was probably stupid on my part. My phone downloaded the kernel and then rebooted. Now that it has rebooted... it wont get beyond the black screen that says "Google" and has the little open lock image at the bottom.
Questions:
Has anyone seen this?
Did I brick this thing (I really hope not)?
What steps can I do to try to get it back working?
Or does it just take a long time 20+ minutes to download/install/whatever once it reboots?
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i think that flash a new rom would solve this

patriot95 said:
I tried using the franco kernel app to install the kernel on my rooted Galaxy Nexus. There was the "download the .zip" option and the "we'll flash it for you" option. Of course I took the easy option which was probably stupid on my part. My phone downloaded the kernel and then rebooted. Now that it has rebooted... it wont get beyond the black screen that says "Google" and has the little open lock image at the bottom.
Questions:
Has anyone seen this?
Did I brick this thing (I really hope not)?
What steps can I do to try to get it back working?
Or does it just take a long time 20+ minutes to download/install/whatever once it reboots?
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I did this last night to see, and it didn't work. I had to pull the battery, and reboot. I then just downloaded the new zip, and rebooted into Recovery to flash it as I normally would.

I wanted to do this... but with my root toolkit it looks like my phone doesn't have usb debugging on (which it was before I tried to flash this kernel). And I can't turn my phone on to turn it on... so hmm.

RMarkwald said:
I did this last night to see, and it didn't work. I had to pull the battery, and reboot. I then just downloaded the new zip, and rebooted into Recovery to flash it as I normally would.
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This is what I want to do. Is I pull the battery and restart... I'm still stuck at the same screen though.

patriot95 said:
This is what I want to do. Is I pull the battery and restart... I'm still stuck at the same screen though.
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Pull the battery, hold Vol Up/Vol Down/Power to get into Recovery. Do you have the ROM zip file or another kernel on your SD card? You could just re-flash the ROM zip file over your existing installation, which would leave your data alone and install the ROM's kernel. Wipe /cache and Dalvik Cache before flashing.
EDIT: When you get into the bootloader, hit Vol Up until Recovery shows up, then hit the Power button to boot to Recovery.

RMarkwald said:
Pull the battery, hold Vol Up/Vol Down/Power to get into Recovery. Do you have the ROM zip file or another kernel on your SD card? You could just re-flash the ROM zip file over your existing installation, which would leave your data alone and install the ROM's kernel. Wipe /cache and Dalvik Cache before flashing.
EDIT: When you get into the bootloader, hit Vol Up until Recovery shows up, then hit the Power button to boot to Recovery.
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This is KIND of what I'm doing. I can't access my phone from the computer because of the damn usb thing... but I'm going to try to flash back to stock and see if that works.

It's booting now and it's been on the start screen for a minute or two. How long should it take on a stock flash? Just curious how long to wait before yanking the battery and trying again.

How did you flash stock, using fastboot or a zip? These are the stock images correct?

I boot into Recovery Mode and did the factory reset.
I also have a su.zip on my sdcard that I think is the rooted image that was used when I used the WugFresh root toolkit. But I'm not sure.
Shouldn't the Factory Reset... do a Factory Reset?
Edit: I see it's just data not an actual factory reset as I am thinking.

patriot95 said:
I boot into Recovery Mode and did the factory reset.
I also have a su.zip on my sdcard that I think is the rooted image that was used when I used the WugFresh root toolkit. But I'm not sure.
Shouldn't the Factory Reset... do a Factory Reset?
Edit: I see it's just data not an actual factory reset as I am thinking.
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If you don't have a ROM or kernel zip file on your SD card, you'll want to put one there. Factory Reset already reset any data you have, so you'll want to flashing a ROM would be recommended here.
You can use ADB to push files to your SD card. You'll need to get into Recovery, mount /data (which is under Mounts and Storage menu), then open a command prompt window and change directories to your Android SDK folder, specifically Platform-tools. Then use ADB to push the zip files to your SD card:
adb push <name of file>.zip /data/media
EDIT 2: You'll want to download and put the zip file in your SDK - Platform-tools folder before you use ADB to push it there.
You can then flash the ROM via Install file from SD card.
Does this make sense?
EDIT: The su.zip is just to get root access, not a full ROM zip.

RMarkwald said:
If you don't have a ROM or kernel zip file on your SD card, you'll want to put one there. Factory Reset already reset any data you have, so you'll want to flashing a ROM would be recommended here.
You can use ADB to push files to your SD card. You'll need to get into Recovery, mount /data (which is under Mounts and Storage menu), then open a command prompt window and change directories to your Android SDK folder, specifically Platform-tools. Then use ADB to push the zip files to your SD card:
adb push <name of file>.zip /data/media
You can then flash the ROM via Install file from SD card.
Does this make sense?
EDIT: The su.zip is just to get root access, not a full ROM zip.
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It makes sense... but I'm a little new so I will try this. Might take me a while.
By the way... these captcha images suck.

Thank you for the help... I am re-rooting my phone now. I was able to get back to stock.

Good job, glad to help!

RMarkwald said:
Pull the battery, hold Vol Up/Vol Down/Power to get into Recovery.
EDIT: When you get into the bootloader, hit Vol Up until Recovery shows up, then hit the Power button to boot to Recovery.
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I LOVE YOU!
(I did the same thing with the auto-flash kernel and was stuck. I totally forgot that you had to hold BOTH up/down with the power button.)
Franco's app SUCKS!
Thanks my man!!! :good:
BTW...Jelly Bean rocks!

Hello guys i have tha same problem with patriot95 (black screen Google and one small lock lower) ... my device is optimus 3d p920 and i cant reboot it .
can you help me ? PLz

This is a problem with the toolkit...
Do you have any adb and fastboot downloaded? No? Download it. There's more than enough instructions on that.
You didn't need to factory reset AT ALL. All you needed to do was just re-flash your ROM and you would've been good to go.
Next time learn how to use adb and fastboot command please. Then, there will be less chance of messing it up and not being able to fixing it.

Hi, sorry this thread is kinda old already but I don't really want to start new thread about same problem. So, similar to OP, I stupidly use the 'autoflash' option from franco app, and I'm stuck now. But I can still have access to CWM recovery. I was using the stock 4.2.2 takju before. I already tried to re-flash stock kernel -> fail. Tried re-flash stock rom - fail. Tried wipe cache and dalvik then flash deodexed 4.2.2 -> also fail. Please help me, I really need to use my phone right now.

Are you flashing a 4.2.2 kernel with a 4.2.2 ROM?
What ROM and kernel?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

I flashed the stock 4.2.2 rom from the google website but it doesn't work. Then I tried the stock 4.2.2 from this link,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737849 but also failed.
I also flashed the stock kernel from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2151154

[Q] Has Android Revolution HD install bricked my phone? [Solved]

Hello All.
This is the first time I have tried to put a custom ROM on an HTC so I am still learning the ropes.
I tried to follow the instructions in the first post. So... In sequence, this is what I did...
HTC One X unlocked with htcdev.com (S-ON) or S-OFF (coming soon)
This seemed to go without a hitch. On the HBoot screen (I think that is what it is called) it tells me I am now unlocked.
ClockworkMod Recovery or 4EXT Touch Recovery (coming soon)
I installed the official version as per the instructions here.
The last instruction that seemed to work successfully was this:
Code:
fastboot flash boot recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.4-endeavouru.img
Then I tried
Code:
fastboot reboot
which put me into recovery mode.
<EDIT> The instructions here have now been corrected to:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.4-endeavouru.img
</EDIT>
Choosing the reboot option from recovery just bounces me back into recovery mode but I understand from the instructions I should be able to boot into a working phone!
Has something gone wrong?
If I use the volume down + power button I can enter HBoot mode. From here I can select Fastboot. Connecting via USB to my computer seems to work fine, as I see Fastboot USB on my phone, and I when I execute this...
Code:
fastboot devices
I get something like this
Code:
List of devices attached
HTXXXXXXXXXX device
I am now unsure how to continue because I think something has gone wrong and I should have a working phone at this point.
Do I press ahead and try to install the Firmware package from here? Unless this lets me boot into a working phone (which I don’t believe it will), it still leaves me with the problem that for a One X, without a removable SD card I don’t know how to transfer and run the "Super Wipe" script, nor transfer and flash Android Revolution ROM via recovery.
Do I need to do something with
Code:
fastboot flash
?
Please help as she is threatening to dump me for destroying her 2-day-old phone.

It's
Code:
fastboot flash [B]recovery[/B] recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.4-endeavouru.img
not boot..
Solution for you is to go into bootloader, flash recovery with the command i gave you and then reboot into recovery and install the rom..
After that everything should be ok and your phone will boot into ARHD without any problem.

delete please

anko184 said:
It's
Code:
fastboot flash [B]recovery[/B] recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.4-endeavouru.img
not boot..
Solution for you is to go into bootloader, flash recovery with the command i gave you and then reboot into recovery and install the rom..
After that everything should be ok and your phone will boot into ARHD without any problem.
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Thanks
It looks like the instructions I followed previously had an error then.
<EDIT> The instructions were incorrect, but have now been corrected </EDIT>
I will follow your instructions. But what about the RUU that is mentioned in the instructions? It is not clear how or when I should flash it. Presumably I flash the RUU before I do the ARHD flash... ???

mwhincup said:
Thanks
It looks like the instructions I followed previously had an error then.
I will follow your instructions. But what about the RUU that is mentioned in the instructions? It is not clear how or when I should flash it. Presumably I flash the RUU before I do the ARHD flash... ???
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You don't need to flash any RUU or firmware unless your phone wasn't shipped with 1.26, which i don't think it was.
Just try flashing the recovery with the correct command and then the rom. If your phone doesn't boot after that then you may try the firmware but i'm sure you won't need it.

anko184 said:
You don't need to flash any RUU or firmware unless your phone wasn't shipped with 1.26, which i don't think it was.
Just try flashing the recovery with the correct command and then the rom. If your phone doesn't boot after that then you may try the firmware but i'm sure you won't need it.
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So, I understand that you are telling me:
Flashing CWM recovery will rectify my current problem and restore my phone to a workable state.
Booted normally, I can copy the ARHD ROM to the internal SD (not sure what the location for this will be).
I then reboot into recovery and 'Install Zip from SD card'.
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Is this correct?

mwhincup said:
So, I understand that you are telling me:
Is this correct?
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Wait before you flash anything, if you don'talready have arhd on your internal sd you may be in trouble if you do superwipe
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

mwhincup said:
So, I understand that you are telling me:
Is this correct?
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Without trying to sound like a ****, if you don't understand what you are doing you should read more to understand the whole process before attempting it.

bagofcrap24 said:
Wait before you flash anything, if you don'talready have arhd on your internal sd you may be in trouble if you do superwipe
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Good advice, I am sure. However my problem now is getting into a working phone so that I can transfer the ROM onto the internal SD.
Can't wait to get home and try it!

what you have done is replaced your boot sector with a recovery image, that is the reason why you cant boot your phone as normal so even flashing the recovery correctly will not allow your phone to boot up.
as your phone cannot boot up you cannot transfer any files to the internal memory of your phone in order to flash ARHD
at present there is a problem with the official version of ClockworkMod Recovery so i personally would reccommend using the interim version HERE
and flash with fastboot flash recovery r1-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-endeavoru.img
As you have [email protected]$ked your boot partition up you will also want to download THIS
this is an insecure boot image (thanks to paul from modaco) I have just extracted the part you will need from his package
with this you will need to be in fastboot again and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
obviously you will need to copy both of the files to the same directory as fastboot is on your PC in order to send them
by flashing the boot section with the insecure boot here it will allow your phone to boot up normally again, once it has booted normally you can then copy the ARHD and superwipe to your internal SD card
to access recovery
power off phone by holding power button for 10seconds
power on with power+voldown
select recovery from hboot screen with voldown then power to select
your phone will reboot and then you will be in recovery
do a nandroid backup incase anything goes wrong
then flash the superwipe script
then flash ARHD 1.2.2
all is good

animaleyes76 said:
Without trying to sound like a ****, if you don't understand what you are doing you should read more to understand the whole process before attempting it.
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You are correct of course, however, there comes a point where the only way to learn is to actually do something. I have flashed numerous ROMS on my Galaxy S, and before doing this I have read numerous guides trying to better understand the procedures for HTC devices.
I have tried to follow what appeared to be a step-by-step guide, however, either there has been a malfunction, or it appears there may be two important bits of information missing from that guide:
Flashing CWM recovery leaves the phone in a state that it won't boot normally, and consequently...
The ARHD ROM should be loaded onto the internal SD at the very beginning of the procedure
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Thanks all of you so much for your effort. It's much appreciated.
bagofcrap24 said:
what you have done is replaced your boot sector with a recovery image, that is the reason why you cant boot your phone as normal so even flashing the recovery correctly will not allow your phone to boot up.
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@bagofcrap24 I may have misled you with a typo in the first post. (See my edit)
d'oh

edit : just read updated info
so what happens when you choose recovery and press power from the hboot screen
i'm understanding that when doing a normal reboot it just sends you straight into hboot?
power on with voldown
press voldown to select recovery
press power to select recovery
you should either see CWM or the stock recovery
again looking at what you have written, if you just do a normal reboot and its putting you straight into recovery then you probably have flashed recovery onto the boot partition

bagofcrap24 said:
edit : just read updated info
so what happens when you choose recovery and press power from the hboot screen
i'm understanding that when doing a normal reboot it just sends you straight into hboot?
power on with voldown
press voldown to select recovery
press power to select recovery
you should either see CWM or the stock recovery
again looking at what you have written, if you just do a normal reboot and its putting you straight into recovery then you probably have flashed recovery onto the boot partition
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I'll get back to you with some definitive answers in 3 hours or so. Sorry, I'm at work now.

bagofcrap24 said:
so what happens when you choose recovery and press power from the hboot screen
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power on with voldown
press voldown to select recovery
press power to select recovery
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I get a circular yellow 'recycling' symbol, followed a few seconds later by a magenta triangle with an exclamation mark. (Is this the stock recovery?). Then the phone restarts and I end up back in the Clockworkmod recovery.
i'm understanding that when doing a normal reboot it just sends you straight into hboot?
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No. A normal reboot (without holding the Vol down key) sends me straight to clockworkmod recovery.
I can get to HBoot with Vol down+Power on startup.

mwhincup said:
I get a circular yellow 'recycling' symbol, followed a few seconds later by a magenta triangle with an exclamation mark. (Is this the stock recovery?). Then the phone restarts and I end up back in the Clockworkmod recovery.
No. A normal reboot (without holding the Vol down key) sends me straight to clockworkmod recovery.
I can get to HBoot with Vol down+Power on startup.
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Right this means you did mess up the boot and recovery partitions, the one where you have the exclamation mark is the stock recovery which means you didn't flash cwm to the recovery partition.
the fact that you get to recovery on a normal boot also suggests as I suspected that you have flashed recovery on to the boot partition, follow the instructions I put up earlier about flashing the boot.IMG and redo the recovery.IMG and you should be fine
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

bagofcrap24 said:
what you have done is replaced your boot sector with a recovery image, that is the reason why you cant boot your phone as normal so even flashing the recovery correctly will not allow your phone to boot up.
as your phone cannot boot up you cannot transfer any files to the internal memory of your phone in order to flash ARHD
at present there is a problem with the official version of ClockworkMod Recovery so i personally would reccommend using the interim version HERE
and flash with fastboot flash recovery r1-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-endeavoru.img
As you have [email protected]$ked your boot partition up you will also want to download THIS
this is an insecure boot image (thanks to paul from modaco) I have just extracted the part you will need from his package
with this you will need to be in fastboot again and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
obviously you will need to copy both of the files to the same directory as fastboot is on your PC in order to send them
by flashing the boot section with the insecure boot here it will allow your phone to boot up normally again, once it has booted normally you can then copy the ARHD and superwipe to your internal SD card
to access recovery
power off phone by holding power button for 10seconds
power on with power+voldown
select recovery from hboot screen with voldown then power to select
your phone will reboot and then you will be in recovery
do a nandroid backup incase anything goes wrong
then flash the superwipe script
then flash ARHD 1.2.2
all is good
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Your analysis is quite correct. All is indeed good! Thanks very much. The boot image worked as described. I will now transfer Superwipe and the ROM.

Make sure you do a nandroid backup first, it was lucky this time but if you mess up your system partition you may find yourself with no way of putting files on without unrooting and restoring the ruu
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

bagofcrap24 said:
Make sure you do a nandroid backup first, it was lucky this time but if you mess up your system partition you may find yourself with no way of putting files on without unrooting and restoring the ruu
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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Done!
Everything worked as you said it would.
I now have ARHD installed and running brilliantly.
Thanks again

mwhincup said:
Done!
Everything worked as you said it would.
I now have ARHD installed and running brilliantly.
Thanks again
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Glad you fixed it and sorry for being a bit harsh earlier.. was having a bad day

[Q] HTC one x stuck in bootloader, no OS found one sd

Hey guys, i've been searching, reading and googling almost anything that could help me with my situation right now.
I recently rooted my phone n soon after i decided to run a custom ROM on it. I followed the instructions,
till i reach a part in recovery mode (TWRP) i selected factory wipe which wiped everything from my sd card,
when i realized this i unplugged my phone and it kept rebooting over and over i tried to use adb sideload option
but i keep getting an error that its unable to mount.
i also tried to factory reset and the problem was still there.
i am all out of options and i really dont know what to do
right now, please help me.. :crying:

Tou did not flash the rom zip file and boot.img?

You can enter bootloader mode by holding down the volume down button.
Then you can re-flash a custom recovery via fastboot.
Then you can mount your USB and copy a custom ROM to storage.
And then flash the custom ROM, but don't forget to also flash the boot.img via fastboot (it's in the zip of the custom ROM)

robchongke said:
Tou did not flash the rom zip file and boot.img?
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yes i did.. but remember i accidentally deleted everything including the rom.zip that was on the sd part of the htc one x

webpatrick said:
You can enter bootloader mode by holding down the volume down button.
Then you can re-flash a custom recovery via fastboot.
Then you can mount your USB and copy a custom ROM to storage.
And then flash the custom ROM, but don't forget to also flash the boot.img via fastboot (it's in the zip of the custom ROM)
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i already have TWRP on it do i need to do a re-flash it? if so which one is suitable. thanks i'm going to try and see if this works for me

try to flash the rom maybe it still there. If not Mount your phone via recovery so you can put your rom zip file then flash.

robchongke said:
try to flash the rom maybe it still there. If not Mount your phone via recovery so you can put your rom zip file then flash.
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ok will try that as well.. but what i normally get is that its unable to mount sd card n i get an error.. hopefully it was just a bad ROM i downloaded.. gonna try again

[SOLVED] How do you enter recovery mode for TWRP ? (Bootloop)

Hello everyone. I was attempting to install the Liquid Smooth 3.0 Beta ROM but it said failed in red words. So i wiped again and installed my backup. Its been stuck in boot loop. I've looked and can't seem to find how to enter recovery mode. I tried holding power + volume up + home and it just restarts the phone before it gets to the boot loop screen. Also, once I get in recovery mode, what would be the next step to fix the boot loop? Right now im reinstalling the ROM I had on backup (intergalactic) . Or should I wipe and re-install the backup?
Thanks
EDIT: Found the combo ( Volume up + home ). Now restoring my backup. If this doesn't fix the bootloop what should I do? Also when I mount my USB in recovery it doesn't show up on my computer.

TrippyAzN said:
Hello everyone. I was attempting to install the Liquid Smooth 3.0 Beta ROM but it said failed in red words. So i wiped again and installed my backup. Its been stuck in boot loop. I've looked and can't seem to find how to enter recovery mode. I tried holding power + volume up + home and it just restarts the phone before it gets to the boot loop screen. Also, once I get in recovery mode, what would be the next step to fix the boot loop? Right now im reinstalling the ROM I had on backup (intergalactic) . Or should I wipe and re-install the backup?
Thanks
EDIT: Found the combo ( Volume up + home ). Now restoring my backup. If this doesn't fix the bootloop what should I do? Also when I mount my USB in recovery it doesn't show up on my computer.
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If you get to recovery mode, try doing a hard wipe/reset to return your phone to its original settings. You will lose all saved data so please keep your backup. Your phone may not be recognized by the computer in recovery mode but in download mode. Are you using custom recovery or stock recovery? If custom, which one?

Larry2999 said:
If you get to recovery mode, try doing a hard wipe/reset to return your phone to its original settings. You will lose all saved data so please keep your backup. Your phone may not be recognized by the computer in recovery mode but in download mode. Are you using custom recovery or stock recovery? If custom, which one?
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Hello. How do I Hard Reset? I am using TWRP recovery mode. I've tried download mode and still not recognized. I also downloaded the latest driver.

TrippyAzN said:
Hello. How do I Hard Reset? I am using TWRP recovery mode. I've tried download mode and still not recognized. I also downloaded the latest driver.
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Good! With TWRP, you will see the wipe option on the home screen immediately you get into recovery mode. Just do the standard wipe and then reboot to system.

Larry2999 said:
Good! With TWRP, you will see the wipe option on the home screen immediately you get into recovery mode. Just do the standard wipe and then reboot to system.
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Just did that, still at the boot screen

TrippyAzN said:
Just did that, still at the boot screen
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Sometimes, it may take several minutes after the reset for your phone to finally boot up so you may have to wait a bit before deciding it didn't work. However, do you recall what (stock) Android version you had before you attempted to flash the custom ROM?

Larry2999 said:
Do you recall what (stock) Android version you had before you attempted to flash the custom ROM?
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Before I rooted? I was Jelly Bean 4.1.2 I think. But I flashed many Custom ROMs, the last one was 4.3 . The one I was installing was 4.4.2. But I dont think thats the problem, It just said failed to flash. And the back up restore was successful, just a boot loop. If I could get my computer to recognize my phone I could put my original ROM download in and flash that.

TrippyAzN said:
Before I rooted? I was Jelly Bean 4.1.2 I think. But I flashed many Custom ROMs, the last one was 4.3 . The one I was installing was 4.4.2. But I dont think thats the problem, It just said failed to flash. And the back up restore was successful, just a boot loop. If I could get my computer to recognize my phone I could put my original ROM download in and flash that.
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Normally, if it was just a case of your phone getting stuck in a boot loop, a hard wipe/reset will fix that. If it's still not coming on, then it could be a slightly more severe case of firmware failure which, thankfully, can be easily recovered from since you can get into download and recovery modes. Your best option now would be to flash an official (stock) ROM to get your phone back in working order. From what you've said about the firmware history, stock Android 4.3 would be your best bet as you probably have the 4.3 boot-loader already. You can download the zip file you will find in the discussion thread below and flash this via TWRP recovery. The process is fairly simple. Download the zip file to your PC - do not extract. Verify the MD5. Copy to a micro SDHC card. Place the card in your phone. Boot to recovery mode. Select install and navigate your way to the zip file you just copied. Swipe across the screen to confirm installation. Wait for installation to complete. Clear your cache/dalvik. Reboot your system. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
Before flashing custom ROMs, it is always helpful to do a lot of research as there is no easier way to brick or backdoor your phone.
NB
You need a special app to verify MD5. It's just a check to ensure you have the correct file and it downloaded correctly. If you do not have the app, check that the zip you have is about 933MB after download.

Larry2999 said:
Normally, if it was just a case of your phone getting stuck in a boot loop, a hard wipe/reset will fix that. If it's still not coming on, then it could be a slightly more severe case of firmware failure which, thankfully, can be easily recovered from since you can get into download and recovery modes. Your best option now would be to flash an official (stock) ROM to get your phone back in working order. From what you've said about the firmware history, stock Android 4.3 would be your best bet as you probably have the 4.3 boot-loader already. You can download the zip file you will find in the discussion thread below and flash this via TWRP recovery. The process is fairly simple. Download the zip file to your PC - do not extract. Verify the MD5. Copy to a micro SDHC card. Place the card in your phone. Boot to recovery mode. Select install and navigate your way to the zip file you just copied. Swipe across the screen to confirm installation. Wait for installation to complete. Clear your cache/dalvik. Reboot your system. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
Before flashing custom ROMs, it is always helpful to do a lot of research as there is no easier way to brick or backdoor your phone.
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You need a special app to verify MD5. It's just a check to ensure you have the correct file and it downloaded correctly. If you do not have the app, check that the zip you have is about 933MB after download.
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Which do I download? First or second link? Also How should I get my computer to recognize my phone? And if I do that, flashing a fresh ROM wont fix the boot loop?

TrippyAzN said:
Which do I download? First or second link? Also How should I get my computer to recognize my phone? And if I do that, flashing a fresh ROM wont fix the boot loop?
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You need the first one since you are on TWRP. You are not connecting your phone to the computer at all so there is no worry about that. You only need to download the image to your computer and then copy it to an external Micro SD card using another device like a camera, phone, SDHC card reader/writer or SDHC card adapter if your PC has the required slot. Once you have the recovery image saved on to the external SD card, insert the card into your phone and boot into recovery mode. You will then install the zip from the card. This ROM should not only fix the boot loop, it will restore your phone to as near factory settings as possible including resetting your flash counter, installing the complete stock system and stock recovery.
Once you have your phone back in working order, you can revert to flashing custom ROMs but please be very careful and do all the research you need. Specifically, you should avoid any ROMs that may attempt to mess with your boot-loader.

Larry2999 said:
You need the first one since you are on TWRP. You are not connecting your phone to the computer at all so there is no worry about that. You only need to download the image to your computer and then copy it to an external Micro SD card using another device like a camera, phone, SDHC card reader/writer or SDHC card adapter if your PC has the required slot. Once you have the recovery image saved on to the external SD card, insert the card into your phone and boot into recovery mode. You will then install the zip from the card. This ROM should not only fix the boot loop, it will restore your phone to as near factory settings as possible including resetting your flash counter, installing the complete stock system and stock recovery.
Once you have your phone back in working order, you can revert to flashing custom ROMs but please be very careful and do all the research you need. Specifically, you should avoid any ROMs that may attempt to mess with your boot-loader.
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Thanks for your help! That was a great idea, moving my SD card to a different device then putting the .zip in there and flashing from my device. Worked Perfectly. Didn't even have to use the restore file you linked me, I just re-flashed the old ROM i was using ( brand new, not the back up ). And its starting up now, all of my apps, widgets, wallpapers, and messages are exactly how I left them. Which is weird because of how many times I wiped and the fact that I re-flashed a brand new ROM lol.
Man this makes me not want to change ROMs anymore. Small stuff like this makes me paranoid. I don't have a back up phone lol

TrippyAzN said:
Thanks for your help! That was a great idea, moving my SD card to a different device then putting the .zip in there and flashing from my device. Worked Perfectly. Didn't even have to use the restore file you linked me, I just re-flashed the old ROM i was using ( brand new, not the back up ). And its starting up now, all of my apps, widgets, wallpapers, and messages are exactly how I left them. Which is weird because of how many times I wiped and the fact that I re-flashed a brand new ROM lol.
Man this makes me not want to change ROMs anymore. Small stuff like this makes me paranoid. I don't have a back up phone lol
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Glad to know your phone is now functioning normally. One of your earlier restore operations probably restored your data whilst the new ROM you flashed restored the system without deleting data. Thankfully, you didn't lose anything. Now the phone is back to normal, please be careful with flashing ROMs especially custom ones.

[Q] Have I bricked my phone?

I used htcdev to unlock the bootloader on my phone, I then followed this online guide (Im not allowed to post the link) to flash a stock android rom to it, I followed all the steps but I when I went to reboot my phone It said something about no os installed but at that point i'd already hit continue. It then told me I needed something to root my phone so I selected install and let my phone reboot. It hit the splash screen for HTC and froze. None of the buttons work and neither fastboot or adb is recognising the device as connected. I made a TWRP recovery but currently can't do anything about it as my phone is just stuck on the splash screen.
Can someone help me reboot my phone when its frozen?

Hold both volume buttons and power button until the device vibrates and reboots. Then you can immediately hold volume down to access to bootloader, and from bootloader you can access recovery.

ufoman said:
Hold both volume buttons and power button until the device vibrates and reboots. Then you can immediately hold volume down to access to bootloader, and from bootloader you can access recovery.
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Thanks so much man, I'm back in the twrp recovery but now I have a new problem. The Lollipop ROM I transferred to my phone's internal storage isn't working . I flash it but when I go to reboot it says no OS installed. But I wiped the system and data partitions in the process so how do I recover my stock backup or how do I get a new rom on my phone

Marothgar said:
Thanks so much man, I'm back in the twrp recovery but now I have a new problem. The Lollipop ROM I transferred to my phone's internal storage isn't working . I flash it but when I go to reboot it says no OS installed. But I wiped the system and data partitions in the process so how do I recover my stock backup or how do I get a new rom on my phone
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Flash newest TWRP, it has MTP support so you can get any other rom ZIP you want on the phone and then flash it.

ufoman said:
Flash newest TWRP, it has MTP support so you can get any other rom ZIP you want on the phone and then flash it.
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Thanks mate, I actually sorted it by mounting the storage when plugged into my PC and that allowed me to transfer the zipped file which worked perfectly.