[Q] Help? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Phone just started a bootloop cycle last night.
Boots up to white HTC Evo 4G screen then powers off and does it all over again.
Can get into bootloader, no recovery, it simply will not go. Just turns off and goes into bootloop cycle again.
Bootloader looks nasty -
hboot - 0.93
radio - 2.15.00.11.19
I've tried reflashing Amon RA as a PC36IMG (still can't get to recovery)
I've tried RUU install from windows (completes fine but phone still does same thing)
I've tried flashing radios for other devices (to brick, won't effing brick)
I've tried pulling battery 40+ times at different times of flashing images from bootloader
I'm about 2 minutes away from trying 2-4 second microwave bursts
Any ideas?
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my phone suddenly goes into boot loops. I can get to HBOOT but it bootloops when I choose recovery, factory reset, or clear storage. I get the splash image then it reboots after a few seconds.
My phone:
Incredible AMOLED
S-OFF
Hboot v .92
Baseband 7.28
What I did so far in HBOOT only with no success:
-formated my sd to fat32 and
-flash the PB31IMG.zip of radio 7.28 ( I was on 9.01 )
-flash the PB31IMG.zip of 2.2 RUU (got back the HTC splash since I had the Chicago Bears splash on it)
-flash the PB31IMG.zip of Clockwork Mod 2.5.05
tried the "fix for dinc bootloop" thread
also tried some other things using fastboot and maunally erasing everything and running the ruu.exe latest version to no avail. also tried loading newer & older recovery and cannot boot into those.
It's a longshot, but try cleaning the battery contacts.
yeah its not that the phone gets power just fine, ive been swapping between two different batterys trying to get this fixed. i posted on someone elses thread in reguards to the same thing. spent around 21 hours with a few des trying to get this to work. We chalked it up to a hardware failure and i have a replacement being overnighted to me. Thanks for the suggestiong!

[Q] BRICKED DINC running cyanogen7! please help

So I was running Cyanogen 7.0 for a couple weeks now and have tried a few others. I downloaded it with clockworkmod and everything was fine until I updated it to the newest one and while it was updating my phone died. Now it is just stuck in blue boot screen with the arrow going around and around. I tried Hboot but every one I pick including recovery, clear storage, and factory reset just gets me stuck on Dinc white boot screen. Trackball isn't responsive here so I us power and when I try to boot with up volume or both up and down with power it just vibrates a couple times and doesn't do anything. (I have to pull battery after this to Hboot or boot with stuck C& screen.) Please help! I have been reading so many threads on here and Cyanogens forums and everyone else seems to fix it with recover from hboot or clockwork recover comes up for them. I am very stumped. I have had a rooted captivate, EVO, and tried moto atrix and back to captivate before deciding to try out Dinc (and verizon)
I had that problem a while ago. I recall using the the in revoked program all over again. Hope that helps
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the only solution that I would think can work on this case if going back to stock.. since you said you can get in the HBOOT.. you could be able to go back to stock and then reroot you phone again... I was on similar situation once I flash the alternative recover in RM... and I couldnt get to the Recovery and I had to go back to stock by putting the PB31IMG in the HBOOT to get it working..
You can get the link here..
Code:
http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=108
How do I go back to stock by putting the PB31IMG in the HBOOT?
wolfmanb said:
How do I go back to stock by putting the PB31IMG in the HBOOT?
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Download the file and place it on your sdcard once you get to the HBOOT its gonna ask you if you wanna update.. then just vol - for yes and you are good to go...
Similar Problem
I am facing a similar situation with my Incredible. I was running CM7.0.3 when my phone randomly restarted but only got to the white "HTC Incredible" screen before looping over again.. and again..
I have tried loading the stock image (used the files from dougpiston site) as well as others through the HBOOT but I still cannot get past the "HTC Incredible" boot screen.
Is there something that I am missing? Does anyone else have a suggestion? I know it isn't bricked since I can still get to the HBOOT but I just can't seem to get it to boot an image. I did notice it is still "S-Off" if that matters.
If you cannot get into recovery and flashing a recovery from hboot doesn't work, you may need a new phone. This was mentioned in another thread somewhere recently.
Make sure your sd card is formatted to fat32.

Bootloop of Death - Revisited *Long*

Had a friend bring over an Evo 4g with the infamous bootloop of death.
Specs:
Revolutionary
S-Off
HW: 003
Radio: 2.15.0808
HBoot 6.16
*Aftermarket Extended Battery*
First attempt at booting the phone, it would hit the lockscreen and reset. Then it stopped on the boot animation, and then it hit the splash screen after that reboot and it gave up. Trying to get to recovery at that stage resulted in freezing on the splash screen as well. Flashed the Amon-Ra recovery successfully and it would SOMETIMES go to it and then sometimes it would just freeze on the splash screen. Hmm... Tried CWM recovery with similar results. When I was in recovery, I did factory data and cache wipes as well, just to be on the safe side. No luck. Alright, so I figured let's reset everything and start over, maybe there was a bad flash of a rom or kernel. Flashed the hex-edited HBoot 6.17 and then the stock P36IMG.zip for the 4.54 version. Everything went smooth, no error messages, all OK. Now the phone is listed as S-On with the appropriate HBoot and Radio versions. Good deal...and bootloop issue continues. Argh! Figured, I should try running the RUU from the PC just for heck of it. I tried both the 4.54 and 4.67 versions and both provided Error 120 saying the battery was not 30% or more. Odd, since the battery was charged fully according to the charging light, and from the brief times it did hit the lockscreen the battery looked fine. So I took a break from it. I came back to it the next day and thought I would try and, it booted to the lockscreen, and bootloop. Hmm. Seems it only likes to boot when cool or not having messed with it for awhile. Interesting. Let it set for a bit then put it on a fan and tried to boot to recovery...and it was the first time it had went to recovery in awhile. Hmmm. Took the phone and put it in a tupperware and put it in the freezer for like 10-15 minutes and tried to boot again. Booted all the way just like normal! Weird. Running like a champ. Played around with it for a few minutes, then just let it sit for awhile. No reboots at all. Rebooted the phone manually, but there comes the bootloop. So, threw it back in the freezer and tried it again after a bit and now the phone has been on for over 5 hours. Haven't played with it much, but before it just wouldn't even load, but now, obviously the temp has risen to normal levels and no restarts. I'm completely baffled. Would this be an issue with the battery since it is an aftermarket one (don't have a stock one to test unfortunately) since I know it can cause random issues and RUU didn't like it or...some strange hardware malfunction? Previously thought it might be an issue with the NV partition from the MetroPCS flash but since it is up and running OK now, I would think that would not be the case. Any thoughts?

Evo doesn't boot

Hi, guys.
Have a problem with my Evo 4G.
It's S-OFF, rooted, and have custom recovery (made my unrevoked). There was also MIUI (different versions) as a firmware for more than a year.
Few days ago while laying on the table Evo just became rebooting in a cycle. After battery remove nothing changed. Just showing HTC Evo logo and then vibrate one time and reboot to the same logo and so on.
I've tried to wipe the phone from a recovery, phone just halted until battery remove. Evo just lied for about a week, than i tried to do wipe once more and that worked and after reboot everything was working, but in a few days reboots came over again.
But now i can't even enter the recovery mode. I choose "Recovery" in bootloader and getting Logo + vibrate again and again.
Is that a death for my Evo or i can try some methods to revive it?
PS: there were no programs installations prior to reboots happen. Phone just lied on the table for a few hours or at night.
Updated hboot to the latest 2.18. unlocked it.
Flashed clockworkmod with bootloader (PC36IMG method), also amon ra with "fastboot recovery". With no luck. Can't enter the recovery.
Tried installing RUU, everything fine... except it doesn't boot anyway...
Any other way to try?
I've tried:
1) Remove battery then insert and wait until it charges, then try to power on.
2) Update hboot and re-root it (it was S-OFF, but still made lock off)
3) Re-write recovery, tried clockworkmod and amon ra with hboot update and with fastboot
4) installed RUU (and it passed without any troubles)
5) "Clear storage" from hboot
what else can i try to revive my Evo ?
While I haven't seen this in awhile, you can do a search and see that this isn't a totally rare experience. It's possible you have the same issue other phones have had with bad partitions (Not on the SDCard). If so, it's basically a brick
HipKat said:
While I haven't seen this in awhile, you can do a search and see that this isn't a totally rare experience. It's possible you have the same issue other phones have had with bad partitions (Not on the SDCard). If so, it's basically a brick
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Yeah, it does sound a lot like the infamous bootloop of death.
You may not have any options. Unless you want to send it to me. I doubt I can do anything with it, but I'm always willing to try.
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[Q] weird brick-like situation?

hi!
a friend of mine brought his wfs (gsm) to me that i've unlocked and flashed custom rom before. it froze during the day when the phone was idle and when he tried restarting it was stuck on the white htc splash screen. nothing has been tampered with so i tried the following:
*trying to boot into recovery(which it had cwm and running without problems before): still stuck on white htc splash screen after selecting recovery option.
*trying to re-flash recovery-boot-system (different kinds, custom, stock) from hboot, successfully flashes, doesn't boot
*at last resort, i relocked the bootloader, created a goldcard and flashed "RUU_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.26.401.3_Radio_47.23e.35.3038H_7.57.39.10M_release_261695_signed.exe" which successfully flashed, updated hboot, radio and flashed stock everything.
it finally booted into stock after 15 mins of splash screen. but when it gets to the locksreen, it doesn't respond to the touchscreen or the hardware buttons, the screen sleeps after some time, but hardware button lights stay on, and there's nothing i can do except for removing the battery.
i can't use adb logcat at this point since the debugging isn't enabled on the fresh rom.
after removing the battery and trying to reboot, it's stuck on htc splash again, i have to boot into fastboot, do a factory reset, wait another 15 mins to boot into the fresh rom to get stuck again.
my educated guess is that the nand is worn out.
any suggestions or questions about diagnosing what we might have?
thanks in advance!
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anyone?
Did you try to reflash recovery?
Sent from my bowl of jelly!
i've reflashed cwm, didn't work. flashed stock recovery, but booting to stock recovery also took like 2-3 mins, more than it should have. flashed cwm again, doesn't boot into it, stays at white htc splash.
Well most of the methods that i know involve recovery, so you are pretty much screwed...
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