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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing is working!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Q] Noob stuck in boot loop - please help

I've had this phone for a about a month, and decided to get adventurous - should have left it alone.
I ran unrevoked the day I got the phone and decided to try cyanogem - it didn't work, got stuck on splash screen so I recovered my stock backup. I read in the developers forums about needing flash a new bootloader and use amon-ra instead of clockwork to load cyanogem.... I got the PC36IMG from the forum here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764062&page=2
I've been stuck in boot loop since then.
I have followed all of the suggestions for those stuck in bootloop in the thread, (including both versions of the PC36IMG and no luck...
I went as far as running unrevoked forever again, in the hopes that it would put it back to the way it was before I flashed the file from the post.
I can get into recovery, and the hboot version is 2.02
none of my backups will install ( error 7), and the cyanogem 7 nightly will not load.
I am 350 miles away from home for the next two weeks and can't call home
to recap
1) unrevoked forever - ok
2) tried to flash cyanogem7 - got stuck in bootloop
3) flashed clockwork - ok
4) recovered backup - ok
5) flashed PC36IMG from above thread - stuck in bootloop wont load rom
6) flashed alternative PC36IMG from above thread - stuck in bootloop wont load rom
7) flashed clockwork again - ok
8) tried to restore backup - error 7
9) flashed mtd-eng.zip (from xda) - hboot .76 - hboot version on phone did not change
10) flashed mtd-eng.zip (from xda) - hboot .76.200 - hboot version on phone did not change
11) unrevoked forever - completed but still stuck in bootloop/recovery
10)
7) flashed clockwork again - ok
I really don't know where to go from here, and everything I try from the xda forums doesnt work. Any help with this will be deeply appreciated..

Start fresh ,get calkulins wipe all and then flash it and then flash a rom and start from there
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Thanks
a few more questions...
where do I get caulkins wipe all?
do I need to backup my roms on my computer?
will I loose my 4g keys?
Thank you.

luckyhubby said:
a few more questions...
where do I get caulkins wipe all?
do I need to backup my roms on my computer?
will I loose my 4g keys?
Thank you.
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http://www.mediafire.com/?ikylelx99c49133 There ya go.
It is always a good idea to backup your rom, and espciallu your wimax. And using the format all won't kill your 4G keys.

wimaxx?
Again noob here... srry...
I assume backing up my roms would just be copying them from the sd card, but the wimax is something I haven't run across yet. How do you back that up?

luckyhubby said:
Again noob here... srry...
I assume backing up my roms would just be copying them from the sd card, but the wimax is something I haven't run across yet. How do you back that up?
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Well you backup the rom that way, but when someone says "backup your rom" they mean you boot into recovery and select back, and it backups your system image, and you can restore it if something goes wrong.
clockwork recovery- selct backup/restore, select backup, and you're done
amon_ra- select backup/restore, select which items you want
Wimax is the official name for 4G, so if you hear wimax, they mean 4G. Clockwork backs up wimax automatically, and it can be extracted from the zip and copied if on a computer. On amon_ra 2.3 you have to physically select wimax and back it up, otherwise it can be lost.

I think I got it
so ... move calkulins to sd card
install from zip
flash backup
trying now

luckyhubby said:
so ... move calkulins to sd card
install from zip
flash backup
trying now
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Well I would backup before flash, but you got it there.

Off topic,but teh roxx u still on cm7
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backed up before I started this...
copying contents of sd card just in case...
Thanks... I will let you know in a few minutes how it went

davidc23 said:
Off topic,but teh roxx u still on cm7
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Yes, that I am.
luckyhubby said:
copying contents of sd card just in case...
Thanks... I will let you know in a few minutes how it went
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Format all only touches the system data, like the cache, ect. But its always handy to backup the contents every so often. And sound good, I'll be around.

didn't work
error while flashing boot image

I also tried to install CM7, that didn't go either - status 7

Awkward. let me see if I find it. But you can just click:
format data, wipe cache, and under advanced [if on clockwork] wipe dalvik, and it does the same thing. I've never used the format all zip and been just fine.

I am using clockwork, will try dalvic method

luckyhubby said:
I am using clockwork, will try dalvic method
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Alright, so wipe data/factory restore, wipe cache, and then under advanced, wipe dalvik cache, and you'll be all set.

I'm sorry, but still sys error while flashing boot image....
I have 3 recoveries saved... will try the other two, as well as CM7

Well apparently it doesn't like the file. What exactly are you trying to do now, flasha new rom?

just get A rom to work..
the phone won't boot, I can only get it into recovery.
I started out trying to get CM7, but now I just want it to work. lol

Well try flashing the latest CM7 nightly. And to use that [CM7] you are on the 3.0+ version of clockwork?

Need experienced help fast!!!!!!!!

I am fully rooted had VR KINGDOM BETA 1 did a nand backup tried to save some space on my phone using Calkulins (Firerat) custom recovery mtd and boot custom mtd follolwed all instructions went to reboot now phone hangs on splash screen. Tried to restore a previous backup of Mikfroyo 4.62 using same procedure it hangs on boot anim...I still have access to recovery amon ra 2.3 on phone but I am lost as to how to get my phone up and running again...was at work all day sick to stomach thinking I have f-d my phone up...PLEASE PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME

What you can do is a clean wipe, then restore the backup, flash the rom over itself, or do a clean wipe, and then flash a new rom. Did you rename the backup?

Here are my thoughts, you probably wiped the ROM when you modified your partitions and you never flashed a new ROM so you have nothing to boot into. Another thought is maybe the nandroid you are restoring has partitions that are too big/small for your new partition sizes and they can't be restored and/or nandroids are not compatible once you modify the partition sizes. I would just try to flash a new ROM image and see if it boots.

Boot into recovery, wipe data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache , and sdext. Then restore your backup of mikfroyo and reboot. Let it sit and be... patient

teh roxxorz said:
What you can do is a clean wipe, then restore the backup, flash the rom over itself, or do a clean wipe, and then flash a new rom. Did you rename the backup?
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I would assume that since he's not getting an error when restoring, that he didn't improperly rename it.

OK GUYS first off HUGE THANKS for quick reply !!!! I have done complete wipes, flashed Kingdom backup...nothing... I even had the PC36IMG.zip of Sprint lovers Rom and tried that cuz it has saved my EVO before but when I tried the update it unzipped all but system update ...said "fail uz" on bootloader screen. Is there any way to get that calkulins off my phone. Oh and at one point when I booted into recovery from bootloader it said at bottom E:/ Can't open cache. Only Mik backup is named...Kingdom is named what amon ra put ( date time)...PLEASE HELP ABOUT TO CRY!!!!

Did you try to flash a new ROM via recovery?

When I tried to restore Mik backup it got as far as the boot anim then screen times out. Only Rom I have on my phone to flash is the VR KINGDOM BETA. I am using my gf EVO shift to post guys please be patient with me...just want my EVO back!!!!

Is it possible to download a Rom to gf phone and put on sdcard to flash to my phone or will I lose recovery without MY EVO sdcard...she is not rooted

When I flash a new Rom do I have to do all the steps for the calkulins recovery and boot custom mtd...I would like to just get rid of it. I have used calkulins method in the past with no probs...so why now and why can't I even use the PC36IMG.zip Sprint lovers !!!!! I figured if I still had access to recovery my phone is still savable...??? Is it???

You can flash from her card. Your recovery is not stored on your sd card

If you go to your amon, and choose the usb option, second choice I believe, it will mount your phone to your computer as disk drive and you can transfer a ROM from your computer.

Will download a Rom now and try...will let you know....BIG THANKS!!!

Are you familiar/comfortable with amon_ra? If not, i can give you more detailed instructions... let me know

Vinchenzop said:
Are you familiar/comfortable with amon_ra? If not, i can give you more detailed instructions... let me know
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Yea its not hard, as some users have issues with clockwork. Just be sure to make a backup immediately as your can't restore CWM, and make a wimax backup.

Pretty comfortable with amon been using since Dec.'10 when I got EVO and root. Downloading Mik 4.62 now...wish me luck guys...will let you know.!!!

Ok good, you're welcome and good luck, post any problems... but remember, be patient... if it isn't bootlooping, it means is working! ( Assuming it gets to the bootanimation)

ianmb said:
Pretty comfortable with amon been using since Dec.'10 when I got EVO and root. Downloading Mik 4.62 now...wish me luck guys...will let you know.!!!
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-Casts a voodoo chant of luck upon you-
Hopefully no problems.

teh roxxorz said:
-Casts a voodoo chant of luck upon you-
Hopefully no problems.
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Tone it down a bit there roxxy, you're creeping out the children...

Vinchenzop said:
Tone it down a bit there roxxy, you're creeping out the children...
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Did I say voodoo...I meant jazz interpretive dance.

need hepl bad

i have a rooted phone, i wanted to switch roms,
for some reason i pulled my sd card and formatted it (fat32)
and put zip for new rom on it and a cleaning tool
put it in phone and went to h boot and wipped phone and flashed rom, NO go.
then put pc36img zip on sd card and su.23.6.3 ECT zip file.
then in h boot flashed the su file still wont boot at all.
i think i screwed up deleting all files off my memory card.
phone only goes to h boot how do i fix it ?
yea i'm a noob.

when i try to flash pc36img i get E can't find update script.

Try going into the development section and downloading caulkins combo pc36img file. Place it on the root of your SD card, and restart your Evo. Make sure to delete the file you have on there first so you know which is what. You are trying to update your radios correct? Of your trying to flash a ROM, select recovery from the menu, go to choose zip from SD card, and flash away. Make sure to do a complete wipe if its a fresh install. Wipe user data, cache and dalvik. Depending on your recovery version, falcon cache might be in the advanced folder. Good luck and enjoy. Lemme know if everything works for ya.

thanks for replying,
i did exactly what you said and when i chose reboot after flashing that file the phone just went black

and it won't power back on

Don't reboot the phone after flashing the zip. To get back into the bootloader hold the volume down button while pressing power. Flash the zip & when it asks to reboot press volume down for no. From there select recovery. You may have to select bootloader again. If you do go ahead and do it but don't update again. Instead wait a sec then boot into recovery. From there you should be able to flash. You may have to download a pc36img w a recovery attached to it if you deleted everything, but Im not sure. Try the first way. If that doesn't work, flash the recovery as the zip, download a stock rooted rom via USB mount and update your radios that way. Then go to the market and get rom manager. You can flash rom's from the app
Using clockwork mod. Keep digging thru the threads if all else fails. Lemme know what happens and ill try and find the zips you need to at least get it going. Don't let this discourage you tho. Where's a will, there's always a way to fix it. Ya just gotta keep reading. The guys on this site are awesome. They've covered pretty much every scenario you could think of.
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Read the guide in my signature. Start at where you get Amon Ra
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when hboot runs it still says pc36img no image

tropicalbrit
i did everything you stated to a T
and after flashing rom, when i reboot phone boots right back to H boot

went through everything again and went back to warm 2.2 rom and now it's working.
a big thanks to you guys for helping me get my phone going again

It could have just been a bad download. Next time you download a rom, see if you can check the md5 to make sure its a complete file.I'm not sure if I helped at all, but I'm sure glad you got it goin. Happy flashing.

i believe it was a bad file cus it was only half the size of normal roms.

[Q] Evo Bricked, need help!

I recently flashed a Rom and decided to restore the backup which had a different Rom a couple of days ago and ever since then whenever i turn on my phone it gets stuck on the "HTC Evo 4G" screen and stays like that
How can i reverse this and get my phone working again without sending it in?

Did you wipe, factory reset/data/system/boot/cache/dalvik? if your recovery doesn't have all of these options you are not using amon ra and i recommend you switch if you wiped all those b4 flashing the backup let us know and we can go from there if not try that first
Sent from my Classic-EViLizED-ToMAToFiED-EVo4g-

Group_935 said:
I recently flashed a Rom and decided to restore the backup which had a different Rom a couple of days ago and ever since then whenever i turn on my phone it gets stuck on the "HTC Evo 4G" screen and stays like that
How can i reverse this and get my phone working again without sending it in?
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To fix this, go into recovery and try to redo the backup. If the problem persists, then load a different backup.
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Can you boot into recovery?

I only had the one back up and nothing changed, i hooked my sd card up to the computer and put a new rom on there and tried uploading it via recovery but nothing happened. i know the rom folder is supposed to be a zip but it didn't download as one, any suggestions?

Make sure u wipe b4 u restore your backups or flash any roms or you will bootloop or stick at white screen
Sent from my Classic-EViLizED-ToMAToFiED-EVo4g-

I did last night, went through everything and tried uploading the new rom which failed, tried restoring and i was still at square one

Turn of your phone, reboot while holding down volume down button then choose recovery. I'm pretty sure your not bricked.
Are you using clock work mod recovery? Change to amon RA.. you can find a link in the thread below
Once you get into recovery you can wipe everything and you'll be good to go
Having trouble with AOSP? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295702

If the above doesn't work boot and ruu directly from HBoot. I don't have a link handy but in the development thread there are a few.

Sounds like a simple not wiping issue. The rom does have to be in zip format, don't know why it would download any other way. Download the rom you want - in zip format of course - put it on your SD card, boot into recovery and wipe as mentioned earlier, then flash.
I have heard something about the browser on Macs automatically unzipping files. If that's the case then change your browser's settings or use a different one.
If you can get into recovery, you're definitely not bricked.
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Yeah i'm using Clockwork mod recovery, how do i change to amon ra?

You look for the thread in dev and follow the directions. Its easy
Go TrevE !!!

I wiped everything, the dalvik cache, did the factory reset and even cleared storage just in case but nothing happened. My computer downloads files in WinRar's and it didn't come out as zip just numerous folders with files and i tried another computer and it comes out as just multiple folders with files but i haven't seen the root zip.
How do i make an Amon Ra?

Group_935 said:
I wiped everything, the dalvik cache, did the factory reset and even cleared storage just in case but nothing happened. My computer downloads files in WinRar's and it didn't come out as zip just numerous folders with files and i tried another computer and it comes out as just multiple folders with files but i haven't seen the root zip.
How do i make an Amon Ra?
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When you download the ROM, make sure that you're choosing to "save file" not "download and open with...".
The file that gets saved to your computer will be a .zip file. Transfer that to your sd card. Then choose to install that via your recovery. It will take a minute or two. When it finishes choose to reboot to system. Give the phone a few minutes to boot (can take up to 5 minutes)