I used AlphaRevx to achieve S-OFF and when it asked if I wanted the CWM recovery, I said yes. It installed the recovery properly. I have SU. However, if I try to run Titanium, it says that there is no root access. I have rebooted several times. I tried to flash CM7 and it was stuck in a bootloop. Downloaded from the mirror and it booted up fine. I tried playing around with ROM Manager while I was booted into CM7 and it told me there was no recovery image on the root of the SD card.
Hopefully it's just something simple that I'm overlooking. Any suggestions?
Another thing I though was weird is that I couldn't sync to Gmail while booted into CM7.
To gain root access on the stock rom, you first have to flash thisthrought recovery.
I actually did flash that as well. Still had the same results.
Should I have removed the SU file that was already installed on the sd card and then flashed the patch?
Hmm weird, maybe try flashing one of these 2 roms
this
or
this
Both are based off the stock froyo rom, debloated and rooted.
I'll probably give that a try in a little bit. I suspect that it will not work as I didn't even have root access with CM7 installed.
Maybe before you flash clear all the data at least 2 times, do a factory reset, and clear the dalvik cache. If nothing works try the manual way to flash CWM and reflash it.
I only wiped data/cache once before I flashed each time. I'll try wiping more than once next time.
Do you think I could have flashed a corrupt file for SU?
brocksdad said:
I only wiped data/cache once before I flashed each time. I'll try wiping more than once next time.
Do you think I could have flashed a corrupt file for SU?
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Make sure you wipe /data, /cache, /system before you flash any rom. If you do this it removes the chances for errors to occur. if you flashed CM7 over the original /system, you might have corrupted the su file.
I don't think that I did, but it is possible. I'll first start by removing the SU file that is on there now and then flashing the patch that you posted up. I'll update after I do that.
I have to wait though, my battery is dead.
Thanks for your help!
No problem. If you didn't format the /system before you flashed CM7, you flashed over the original /system, sometimes it makes no difference, sometimes it messes stuff up. Kinda hit or miss.
Yah normally doing a Factory wipe then a wipe data/cache/dalvik should get her done try rerunning alpharev utility and see what you get
Update: I removed the su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip from the SD card and then flashed the patch. Still having the same issues. I tried to run AlphaRevX again and it came back saying something like "You already have S-OFF with AlphaRev. What do you think you're doing?"
Any other suggestions?
First of all i s-offed and cwmed with alpharev.
Then in cwm i wiped phone + cache + dalvik .
Then flashed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138274
Then after phone boots and so on i restart in cwm again and flashed this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160745
After all i got SU in programs and got root for all my apps.
Try this )
The whole point of this is to have Titanium backup installed so I backup all my apps before I flash a ROM.
brocksdad said:
The whole point of this is to have Titanium backup installed so I backup all my apps before I flash a ROM.
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Hey brocksdad,
Why not give this a shot as this is what I had to do:
-Alpharevx s-off which you've done
-flashed CWM via fastboot adb which seems like you've done: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134520
-flash this patch which will install superuser, busybox, and rooter kernal in the correct places /system/xbin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134520
-reboot and you should be good to go.
I think you were having the same issues I was in that the SU app would not update the binaries for me, so I had to install the manual patch I found in the development forum.
Let me know if this works for you....
If I wanted to manually put the CWM recovery in there do I just flash OVER what I already have or do I need to remove the recovery that is already installed? If I have to remove it, how do I go about doing that?
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If I wanted to manually put the CWM recovery in there do I just flash OVER what I already have or do I need to remove the recovery that is already installed? If I have to remove it, how do I go about doing that?
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You would just reflash over the recovery. I'm hoping you used the recovery that was posted for us and not the one with Rom Manager as that is an older recovery that hasn't been updated for Inc2 support yet.
In any case, it wouldn't hurt to go and do the process over again. You should have fastboot.exe in the same folder as your adb and might as well have the CWM flash .img in that same folder as well to make things easier. once you do that you can flash the SU patch in recovery and you should be good to go.
Update: By the way if you need adb, you can just download the files from the "Temp Root" post in development and download fastboot.exe by searching in google.
I used the recovery that the AlphaRev tool gave me.
I'll give that a try and see how it goes.
Thanks!
brocksdad said:
I used the recovery that the AlphaRev tool gave me.
I'll give that a try and see how it goes.
Thanks!
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Okay then you should be fine. Go ahead and flash that SU zip in recovery mode. Once you reboot, open up superuser and go to settings. Check the SU binary and make sure it says v2.3.2-efgh (eclair, froyo, gb, honeycomb).
If it does then you should be good to go. Also make sure when there are md5 sums provided by the uploads that you check those to make sure they match so that you don't try flashing corrupted downloads. There's a free app in the market for checking the md5 sums right on your phone, it's called AFV (Android File Verifier)
I just looked at the SU information. It says v2.3.6.3. Underneath it says SU binary voutdated. I tried to update and it comes back with an error saying that su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip has been placed on the sd card. Please reboot into recovery mode and flash it to update the SU binary.
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I did the root and I have the WiMAX setting and Wifi Tethering is working somewhat but I cant figure out how to flash my rom..I dl'd DamageControl 3.2 but i dont know what to really do now...When i try use ROM Manager I get the error..."an error occurred while attempting to run priviledge commands!" I'm just lost as to what i do now to start using a different rom
Bump.....ANYONE?!
So the following questions would need to be answered:
1) What version of stock were you running before you rooted? (i.e. 1.47, 1.32)
2) What root method did you use?
3) What recovery do you have?
4) If you have wireless tether working than you would need to have installed a custom kernel, which one did you install?
I'm sorry that no one else has tried to assist you in this, however, next time please post this in Q&A as this is for development purposes.
~Jasecloud4
nova0387 said:
I did the root and I have the WiMAX setting and Wifi Tethering is working somewhat but I cant figure out how to flash my rom..I dl'd DamageControl 3.2 but i dont know what to really do now...When i try use ROM Manager I get the error..."an error occurred while attempting to run priviledge commands!" I'm just lost as to what i do now to start using a different rom
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my personal experience sometimes if your using the rom mangager to flash roms it doesnt always wipe it fully so i use amon recovery all the time now
Im honestly not sure which version i was running b4 I just my Evo about 4 days ago...I used the SimpleRoot 1.47 to root my phone...all went fine for rooting...I didnt install any custom kernal...I pretty new at this so bare with me a bit if you could
and thnx for your time for even replying man!
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Im honestly not sure which version i was running b4 I just my Evo about 4 days ago...I used the SimpleRoot 1.47 to root my phone...all went fine for rooting...I didnt install any custom kernal...I pretty new at this so bare with me a bit if you could
and thnx for your time for even replying man!
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i honestly dont know anything about that simple root i have heard that it does work though i rooted in the beginning with toast's method. anyway what happens when you try and get to recovery mode IE powering the the phone off, then holding the volume down button while powering the phone on?
danon.brown said:
i honestly dont know anything about that simple root i have heard that it does work though i rooted in the beginning with toast's method. anyway what happens when you try and get to recovery mode IE powering the the phone off, then holding the volume down button while powering the phone on?
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Well when i try to go into recover mode it first gives me a black screen that shows a cell phone and a triangle with a exclamation point then i hold the volume up keyand press power and it says "e can't open cache recovery command" n then takes me to a screen where it says
Android system recovery <2e>
use d-pad to highlight; center to select.
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
nova0387 said:
I did the root and I have the WiMAX setting and Wifi Tethering is working somewhat but I cant figure out how to flash my rom..I dl'd DamageControl 3.2 but i dont know what to really do now...When i try use ROM Manager I get the error..."an error occurred while attempting to run priviledge commands!" I'm just lost as to what i do now to start using a different rom
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Okay during the process of rooting my device, ebo 4g, v1.3x
I ran into the same problem, you have to or I'm sure on this forum just do some research,.....
In RA, dalvik wipe, cache wipe and phone wipe. Then I flashed the rom via sd card, using clockwork custom recovery. If you used Simple root 3 click process you should have clock work.Via step 2.
Rename the Rom to update.zip and place in root sdcard.
Adb reboot recovery
Update.zip from SD card
Finnish do full system wipe and dalvik cache.
Make sure you are nand protected before flashing.
Via step 3
I don't know if this mighhelp just some recent stuff I ran into. Rooted my g1 a WHILE back. Hope these noobietips help lol
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Do this! It's the fastest and easiest way.
Once you get 1.47 and singed sigs then do DC ROM again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
elitekernel said:
Okay during the process of rooting my device, ebo 4g, v1.3x
I ran into the same problem, you have to or I'm sure on this forum just do some research,.....
In RA, dalvik wipe, cache wipe and phone wipe. Then I flashed the rom via sd card, using clockwork custom recovery. If you used Simple root 3 click process you should have clock work.Via step 2.
Rename the Rom to update.zip and place in root sdcard.
Adb reboot recovery
Update.zip from SD card
Finnish do full system wipe and dalvik cache.
Make sure you are nand protected before flashing.
Via step 3
I don't know if this mighhelp just some recent stuff I ran into. Rooted my g1 a WHILE back. Hope these noobietips help lol
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Ok when i go to SimpleRoot and i click extras it says flash recovery...then i can select from Clockwork or RA...I've tried both and they just say flashed successful but nothing different happens...I'm not really sure what ADB reboot recovery is?
stewie-droid said:
Do this! It's the fastest and easiest way.
Once you get 1.47 and singed sigs then do DC ROM again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
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I ttried that and it works fine until i get to the part about the su file...it doesnt let me go into recovery mode it shows me the black screen with a cell phone and a triangle with an exclamtion point
nova0387 said:
Ok when i go to SimpleRoot and i click extras it says flash recovery...then i can select from Clockwork or RA...I've tried both and they just say flashed successful but nothing different happens...I'm not really sure what ADB reboot recovery is?
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adb reboot recovery just reboots your phone into recovery mode. once your in that do all the wipes i think its 3 dlvk, data and something else. power off the phone once more then boot to recovery again. now one of the options is flash from zip go there and you should find whatever rom your trying to flash. also you should be putting your zipped rom files in the root directory of your sdcard. on a side not if your on a mac dont download them with safari use firefox or something else
nova0387 said:
Ok when i go to SimpleRoot and i click extras it says flash recovery...then i can select from Clockwork or RA...I've tried both and they just say flashed successful but nothing different happens...I'm not really sure what ADB reboot recovery is?
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also clockwork and ra are 2 different types of recovery you wont notice anything until u actually reboot the phone into recovery mode
Ok i clicked flash rom on the simple root again and this time it brought up a black and green screen and more options...I selected apply zip from sd card and went down and selected the Damagecontrol zip...it said it installed successfully but now when i go to reboot my phone it keeps reloading the sprint 4g screen and wont boot all the way up!?
nova0387 said:
Ok i clicked flash rom on the simple root again and this time it brought up a black and green screen and more options...I selected apply zip from sd card and went down and selected the Damagecontrol zip...it said it installed successfully but now when i go to reboot my phone it keeps reloading the sprint 4g screen and wont boot all the way up!?
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you forgot to wipe something common problem.. reboot to recovery again.. go to the wipes part and do all of them.. reboot one last time to recovery then flash DC it should work then
wipe the first 3 if your on RA 1.7.0.1 data/factory, cache, and dalvik.. then reboot into recovery again and flash
nova0387 said:
Ok i clicked flash rom on the simple root again and this time it brought up a black and green screen and more options...I selected apply zip from sd card and went down and selected the Damagecontrol zip...it said it installed successfully but now when i go to reboot my phone it keeps reloading the sprint 4g screen and wont boot all the way up!?
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nova,
I had the same boot loop issue. My thread for it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728955
The issue was that I wasn't totally 100% rooted. By carefully following these directions, I was able to resolve my issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721055
I hope this helps also, I did it using the "PC" method. If you have questions regarding those instructions I'd be happy to share my personal experience.
Ok Ok Ok!!! I think I jsut got it my dood! How do i know tho? It booted up and everything just fine and i have wayy more apps including like Dconfig ad superuser permission...is that kinda how i kno?
nova0387 said:
Ok Ok Ok!!! I think I jsut got it my dood! How do i know tho? It booted up and everything just fine and i have wayy more apps including like Dconfig ad superuser permission...is that kinda how i kno?
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Errr... maybe? Superuser permission, etc. certainly doesn't come with stock. It depends on the ROM you installed. Here's one way to find out...
Go to Settings -> About Phone -> Software Information and check the "Build Number". AFAIK it's impossible to install DamageControl without full root (I tried to myself before fixing my root and going to Fresh 1.0.1) so if that's what you have I'd say you're good.
There may be a better way but that's all I know.
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Errr... maybe? Superuser permission, etc. certainly doesn't come with stock. It depends on the ROM you installed. Here's one way to find out...
Go to Settings -> About Phone -> Software Information and check the "Build Number". AFAIK it's impossible to install DamageControl without full root (I tried to myself before fixing my root and going to Fresh 1.0.1) so if that's what you have I'd say you're good.
There may be a better way but that's all I know.
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Yep my Build Number says DamageControl v3.2.3! Thnx again everyone who tried to help me and def a special thnx to Danon.Brown! Hollllllla
Everytime I try to flash an update.zip file using Rom Manager, it just reboots into clockwork recovery and does nothing. I've been having to manually flash in recovery. I've tried reflashing recovery, reinstalling Rom Manager, and even flashed stock image and rooted again, nothing fixes it. Any ideas?
Delete sry wrong post
go to rom manager and re download clockworkmod at top that worked for me. btw rom manager is having issues with some roms
Upstreammiami said:
go to rom manager and re download clockworkmod at top that worked for me. btw rom manager is having issues with some roms
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Worked for me to. Takes just a few seconds.
Redemption 2.0.3. king kernel oc-uv #5. incredible revolution theme, rosie removed. Launcher pro. Prepare for glory splash. Various boot animations.
motempo said:
Everytime I try to flash an update.zip file using Rom Manager, it just reboots into clockwork recovery and does nothing. I've been having to manually flash in recovery. I've tried reflashing recovery, reinstalling Rom Manager, and even flashed stock image and rooted again, nothing fixes it. Any ideas?
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Koush switched ROM Manager from fakeflash to real flash yesterday; maybe this is why you're having issues? Do you have S-OFF?
larsrya8 said:
Koush switched ROM Manager from fakeflash to real flash yesterday; maybe this is why you're having issues? Do you have S-OFF?
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I've been having this issue for about a month or longer. I've tried on basically every rom, s-off. I've tried downloading clockwork again, no fix.
motempo said:
I've been having this issue for about a month or longer. I've tried on basically every rom, s-off. I've tried downloading clockwork again, no fix.
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I've have the same problem, and it's been about the same amount of time, a little more than a month... I'm not sure what has happened to cause this, but I cannot get it fixed for the life of me.
Jim
Its a corrupted cache partition. I can post instructions later, you need to know how to use adb.
1.reboot to recovery and adb shell
2. mount /system (you can do this in clockworkmod under mounts and storage)
3.unmount cache(same as above mounts and storage)
3./system/bin/e2fsck -p /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
reboot
then 'Flash Recovery" from Rom Manager
Try to Backup with Rom Manager and it should work now
nevermind, fixed it, thanks luniz7
It seems like every time I mount my phone to Ubuntu on Oracle Virtual Box, my cache seems to get corrupted and I have to repair it all over again. Anyone have any ideas why that is?
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Its a corrupted cache partition. I can post instructions later, you need to know how to use adb.
1.reboot to recovery and adb shell
2. mount /system (you can do this in clockworkmod under mounts and storage)
3.unmount cache(same as above mounts and storage)
3./system/bin/e2fsck -p /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
reboot
then 'Flash Recovery" from Rom Manager
Try to Backup with Rom Manager and it should work now
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Bookmarked!
You are a lifesaver (or at least a significant time saver and stress reducer) luniz7!
Thanks
I'm pretty new to rooting and flashing, but did flash several ROMs over the period of a few months. Recently, I wanted to clean my phone up so I thought I'd start from scratch. I unrooted which which went well and then rooted again last night via Unrevoked (3.70). I used bootloader for AmonRa's 2.3 recovery which went well, made a nand, and flashed Miks 4.5 ROM. Since then, when booting into recovery, I see 'E: Can't open CACHE:recovery/log' and it worries me as I have no clue what it means. Also, and I'm unsure if it's even related, but my Market worn't download anything anymore.
Any thoughts/solutions?
Thanks in advance!
cdadams1223 said:
I'm pretty new to rooting and flashing, but did flash several ROMs over the period of a few months. Recently, I wanted to clean my phone up so I thought I'd start from scratch. I unrooted which which went well and then rooted again last night via Unrevoked (3.70). I used bootloader for AmonRa's 2.3 recovery which went well, made a nand, and flashed Miks 4.5 ROM. Since then, when booting into recovery, I see 'E: Can't open CACHE:recovery/log' and it worries me as I have no clue what it means. Also, and I'm unsure if it's even related, but my Market worn't download anything anymore.
Any thoughts/solutions?
Thanks in advance!
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try booting into recovery and wiping your cache
I thought I tried that already per a suggestion I read somewhere, but it didn't work. Lemme try it again and I'll post back in a few.
Thanks!
if it doesnt work try downloading terminal emulator from the market (free) and run this command:
su
cd /cache
rm -rf *
do you have rom manager, believe rom manager lets you flash amon ra recovery, its an option at the bottom of the menu, if it lets you flash and you are able to go into recovery i would wipe cache, dalvik and data and the reflash the rom(you should probably download it again and put it in the root of your sd card, i say re-download just to make sure you didn't get a corrupted download the first time)
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... Recently, I wanted to clean my phone up so I thought I'd start from scratch....
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Next time just wipe EVERYTHING twice and flash THIS, then you will be stock and clean BUT still rooted
@blakeboys - Well, your suggestion worked. Apparently I tried wiping my Dalvik-cache and not just cache. This time I did both and voila...it worked. I'm now able to download apps from the market again. I haven't returned to recovery to see if I get that same error so I'm not sure about that.
@emcp422 - I do have ROM Manager, but I do not use it. It is not set-up yet to flash the latest AmonRA which is 2.3. I never had a problem of accessing my recovery. If it happens again, I will do as you suggested and re-download it and install it again.
Thanks for yall's help!
no problem, glad we could help ya
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Next time just wipe EVERYTHING twice and flash THIS, then you will be stock and clean BUT still rooted
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Will do...thanks man!
cdadams1223 said:
@blakeboys - Well, your suggestion worked. Apparently I tried wiping my Dalvik-cache and not just cache. This time I did both and voila...it worked. I'm now able to download apps from the market again. I haven't returned to recovery to see if I get that same error so I'm not sure about that.
@emcp422 - I do have ROM Manager, but I do not use it. It is not set-up yet to flash the latest AmonRA which is 2.3. I never had a problem of accessing my recovery. If it happens again, I will do as you suggested and re-download it and install it again.
Thanks for yall's help!
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Actually ROM manager does flash Amon Ra 2.3 for some reason the app shows 2.2.2 or whatever but if you boot into recovery its actually 2.3
RileyGrant said:
Actually ROM manager does flash Amon Ra 2.3 for some reason the app shows 2.2.2 or whatever but if you boot into recovery its actually 2.3
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That's good to know! Thanks!
hello all, noob here. searched the forums already, not quite the same problem here.
I just rooted my phone with unrevoked 3.32, had zero problems. I confirmed that i had nand unlocked in hboot (says S-OFF). I started up my phone without problems after rooting, checked and I had superuser permissions in the app drawer. i then proceeded to download busybox, rom manager, my backup for root, and titanium backup from the market, but I did NOT open any of them. I thought I would do a nandroid backup first.
I rebooted into hboot, went to recovery. this started up clockworkmod (that came with unrevoked 3.32), went to backup and restore, and hit nandroid backup. It completed, said done, then i selected "go back" and selected the first option, reboot system now.
I then tried to turn my phone on, just regular power on not into hboot, and i get stuck at the white htc evo 4g screen, it then reboots, and continues to cycle up to that point.
I have NOT flashed anything other than rooting my phone. i haven't wiped anything, done anything else than what i have there.
Hboot version is 2.10
radio version says 2.15.00.11.19
clockworkmod version is 2.6.0.1
EVO is from June 2010, not a new evo.
I can get into hboot and recovery, no problems, but i can't startup the phone.
Please help! i just want to start up the phone, don't want to flash anything yet. Thanks in advance.
Maybe its the busybox that you downloaded. You should hit up recovery and do a full wipe! The start up again. What rom are you running, most roms have busybox included so when you download it I've seen phones get the white screen of death. Grab a rom and reflash it. Since you put busybox that nandroid you made probably is no good. Reason I'm telling you all this is because has happened to me before. Good luck
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hello all, noob here. searched the forums already, not quite the same problem here.
I just rooted my phone with unrevoked 3.32, had zero problems. I confirmed that i had nand unlocked in hboot (says S-OFF). I started up my phone without problems after rooting, checked and I had superuser permissions in the app drawer. i then proceeded to download busybox, rom manager, my backup for root, and titanium backup from the market, but I did NOT open any of them. I thought I would do a nandroid backup first.
I rebooted into hboot, went to recovery. this started up clockworkmod (that came with unrevoked 3.32), went to backup and restore, and hit nandroid backup. It completed, said done, then i selected "go back" and selected the first option, reboot system now.
I then tried to turn my phone on, just regular power on not into hboot, and i get stuck at the white htc evo 4g screen, it then reboots, and continues to cycle up to that point.
I have NOT flashed anything other than rooting my phone. i haven't wiped anything, done anything else than what i have there.
Hboot version is 2.10
radio version says 2.15.00.11.19
clockworkmod version is 2.6.0.1
EVO is from June 2010, not a new evo.
I can get into hboot and recovery, no problems, but i can't startup the phone.
Please help! i just want to start up the phone, don't want to flash anything yet. Thanks in advance.
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Well, I'm not sure what exactly went wrong for ya, but I might suspect it was something to do with some of the apps you downloaded prior to making your backup. The first thing to try, would be to boot to recovery, and wipe cache, and then go to 'advanced' and wipe dalvik cache. Then try to reboot. If that fails, then you're next option (without flashing a new ROM) is to do a data/factory reset. You will however lose all of your apps, settings, contacts, texts, etc. You unfortunately don't really have any other options, unless wiping cache's helps you out. If a factory reset doesn't allow you to boot, then you're most likely going to have to flash a new ROM. And also, I thought that Unrevoked flashed the latest clockwork recovery, which would be 3.0 or somehting like that, no?
Hi k2buckley,
So I tried wiping the cache and the dalvik cache then rebooted, no luck. Does this mean the nandroid backup I made is also corrupt? Restoring that won't do anything will it? So the options are to do a factory reset or flash a new rom? If I lost everything anyway, I might as well try to flash a new rom.
However, to clarify, I didn't "install" busybox. I downloaded the app but I didn't open it up and click install. So even if I flash a new rom, then I install busybox and do a nandroid backup it will work? If so, why didn't it work this time? If I do a factory reset, then do the same thing and install busybox, will the same thing happen? Is busybox incompatible with the sense froyo that comes from the sprint OTA?
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Hi k2buckley,
So I tried wiping the cache and the dalvik cache then rebooted, no luck. Does this mean the nandroid backup I made is also corrupt? Restoring that won't do anything will it? So the options are to do a factory reset or flash a new rom? If I lost everything anyway, I might as well try to flash a new rom.
However, to clarify, I didn't "install" busybox. I downloaded the app but I didn't open it up and click install. So even if I flash a new rom, then I install busybox and do a nandroid backup it will work? If so, why didn't it work this time? If I do a factory reset, then do the same thing and install busybox, will the same thing happen? Is busybox incompatible with the sense froyo that comes from the sprint OTA?
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You don't need to download busy box, I would delete that app. If you flash a rooted rom it should already have busybox; if you just rooted your phone and want to download busybox on your current stock rom then it will be ok. I would wipe and flash a new rom just to be safe.
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Hi k2buckley,
So I tried wiping the cache and the dalvik cache then rebooted, no luck. Does this mean the nandroid backup I made is also corrupt? Restoring that won't do anything will it? So the options are to do a factory reset or flash a new rom? If I lost everything anyway, I might as well try to flash a new rom.
However, to clarify, I didn't "install" busybox. I downloaded the app but I didn't open it up and click install. So even if I flash a new rom, then I install busybox and do a nandroid backup it will work? If so, why didn't it work this time? If I do a factory reset, then do the same thing and install busybox, will the same thing happen? Is busybox incompatible with the sense froyo that comes from the sprint OTA?
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Well, I'm not exactly sure why you want to download busy box so badly. Any rom comes with busy box cooked in. I have only once installed busy box. The only time i remember having to do it, was Immediately after I rooted with Unrevoked, i went to use Titanium, and had some error. I hit the problems button and that updated busy box from there. Other than that, I've never messed with it.
And yes, most likely your nandroid backup is not going to be of any value to you. You could try restoring it if you'd like, but I predict it would be a waste of time. And I'm not sure that it matters that you didn't 'open' and click install on busy box. If you downloaded it from the market, wouldn't it just download and install itself automatically? I would just flash a rom, and be done with it. Roll with whatever version of busy box comes with the ROM you flash. As you said, you're only option is a factory reset now, and if you're going to do that, you certainly may as well flash a custom rom at the same time. You just need to download a rom, and put it on your sd card. You can mount the sd card as a disk drive to your computer from within recovery. I use amon ra, and its called USB MS TOGGLE. I'm not sure what it's called in clockwork, but the option is there. So put the rom on your sd card, perform a complete wipe, (i'd flash calkulin's format all.zip as well), flash a rom, reboot, and forget about anything with busy box. It will be installed on the rom already.
If you download busybox from the market and it already has it built in the rom you might bork the rom and get a bootloop. Try it and see for yourself !
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Well, the only reason I download busybox was because I wanted to use titanium backup and it is required. Other than that, I could care less about it. It does not install automatically after downloading. You have to go into the app and choose which version you want to install and I didn't install it. The thing is I didn't want to install any roms in the first place. I wanted to just root the phone for the purpose of wifi tethering. So basically my better option is doing a factory reset.
I won't be able to do this til I get home in a few hours, so if anyone else has any suggestions on how to fix this without losing my data, I would appreciate any tips. Thanks.
If you can get a logcat that should show what is causing it to bootloop. It's 'adb logcat > logcat.txt' to do it, run that and wait for it to loop 3 or 4 times before pushing Ctrl+C to stop it.
Busybox isn't included in the ROM because I didn't flash a ROM! I'm using the sense 2.2 froyo Ron that comes from sprint and HTC. I didn't flash anything as I stated in the title. I just did a nandroid backup and now my phone won't boot.
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Well, the only reason I download busybox was because I wanted to use titanium backup and it is required. Other than that, I could care less about it. It does not install automatically after downloading. You have to go into the app and choose which version you want to install and I didn't install it. The thing is I didn't want to install any roms in the first place. I wanted to just root the phone for the purpose of wifi tethering. So basically my better option is doing a factory reset.
I won't be able to do this til I get home in a few hours, so if anyone else has any suggestions on how to fix this without losing my data, I would appreciate any tips. Thanks.
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Right. But unfortunately now, your data seems to be lost. Did a factory reset help anything? If not, you got to wipe and reflash a rom.
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Busybox isn't included in the ROM because I didn't flash a ROM! I'm using the sense 2.2 froyo Ron that comes from sprint and HTC. I didn't flash anything as I stated in the title. I just did a nandroid backup and now my phone won't boot.
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I understand that. As I stated, I'm not sure what's causing your problem. As xhausx said, try getting a logcat
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What method of rooting did you use? What recovery do you have right now? As hausx said you could do a logcat and he'll check it out!
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Hi xHausx,
I will have to wait til I get home to try that, but how do I get into the prompt to type that in dos. Do I need to run anything in hboot or clockworkmod before connecting my Phone and trying that? I am a noob, so even though I've read a lot before rooting, I don't know much. Please assume I need a step by step. Thanks again.
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Hi xHausx,
I will have to wait til I get home to try that, but how do I get into the prompt to type that in dos. Do I need to run anything in hboot or clockworkmod before connecting my Phone and trying that? I am a noob, so even though I've read a lot before rooting, I don't know much. Please assume I need a step by step. Thanks again.
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You can use the root tools zip from the link in my sig to get to adb, there is a script in there called OpenShell that will bring up a dos prompt in the right folder. Rooting should have enabled adb during boot so you should be ok on that end.
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You can use the root tools zip from the link in my sig to get to adb, there is a script in there called OpenShell that will bring up a dos prompt in the right folder. Rooting should have enabled adb during boot so you should be ok on that end.
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OK, so I downloaded and extracted the auto-root tools only zip from your sig, and then ran OpenShell.bat and typed as you said "adb logcat > logcat.txt" with my phone plugged in. said "waiting for device" and then i turned on my phone and let it boot 4-5 times before ctrl+c and pulling the usb. all the logcat.txt says is...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
am i doing something wrong?
my apologies, i've only throughly read on how to root, i hadn't gotten into flashing or anything else yet. just been on xda site for a few days now reading all i could about rooting (which went fine, but now i'm screwed).
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If you download busybox from the market and it already has it built in the rom you might bork the rom and get a bootloop. Try it and see for yourself !
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For the hell of it I did just that and it did bork it.... lmao
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For the hell of it I did just that and it did bork it.... lmao
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Did it really? Lol It did it to me man I was pissed!
chefdave12118 said:
For the hell of it I did just that and it did bork it.... lmao
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man, for the life of me, i can't believe i didn't do a nandroid before i downloaded the app. for some reason i thought only downloading an app from the market, not flashing anything or whatever, would not screw up my phone.
anyway, since my data is lost, i wanted to try again. can i flash the unrevoked S-ON utility and then the latest Sprint RUU and then re-root? i read somewhere else that it won't remove my wimax/RSA keys or SD card, is that correct? is there a way to backup my RSA keys before I do anything else? should i do that, re-root, then nandroid, then mess with stuff? i basically wanted a stock Sprint EVO but one that's rooted so i can run root-based apps, that's what I want to get to.
Flash the Amon Ra recovery via the AR pc36img.zip file in hboot method, then reboot to recovery, do a full wipe/factory reset and try to boot to system.
I have gingerbread on my evo 4g....
I'm in the process of trying to root my EVO solely to gain WIFI tethering access for my new TV.
I've read tutorials about rooting here and there over the past year but never felt like i quite got it, so i didn't do it. Well I decided to try it out with this guide:
it won't let me post the url, but it's the one on goodandevo for gingerbread
Everything went well with this process up until the Nandroid backup. I backed up I guess my current stock ROM?(although I don't know where to find it??) I then downloaded the "Wireless-N bug fix" rom and stuck it on my SD card. I then flashed it through my boot screen, then selected the zip......
and here is where i'm at:
1. booted into my phone, it looks completely unchanged(stock rom). HOWEVER, wifi antenna quit working.
2. i went into the boot screen and "s-off" shows so something worked?
3. when i try to install the wifi tethering, it says i'm not rooted.
OBVIOUSLY i'm doing something wrong. the article mentions Amon Ra Recovery as well as PC36IMG.zip and being the noob that i am as it relates to rooting, these mean nothing to me. any help is appreciated.
If you boot into recovery from the bootloader, do you see clockwork or a triangle and red ! ? If you see the latter, you have no recovery, and the amon_ra recovery can be found in the the development section [type it in the search], where you will get the PC36IMG and instructions on how to flash it. Then you can flash the zip in recovery. Also, if you download wireless tether from the market [free] you'll be set to tether.
i went into my bootloader and then recovery. the screen went to the "white HTC EVO" screen, then it loaded into a REVOLUTIONARY screen with this menu
-reboot system now
-apply update from sd card
-wipe data/factory reset
etc.
so you're saying a need the amon-RA and the pc36img.zip? will this fix the wifi antenna problem too? thx again for your help.
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i went into my bootloader and then recovery. the screen went to the "white HTC EVO" screen, then it loaded into a REVOLUTIONARY screen with this menu
-reboot system now
-apply update from sd card
-wipe data/factory reset
etc.
so you're saying a need the amon-RA and the pc36img.zip? will this fix the wifi antenna problem too? thx again for your help.
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I believe the revolutionary is a form a clockwork and you CAN flash your wifi zip now, but you may get an error about amend scripting, ect. And amon_ra will be in the PC36IMG that you flash in the bootloader. From there, you will flash your zip, and you should be good.
i have now flashed 4.24.651.1-802.11n-fix-signed.zip twice from my REVOLUTIONARY recovery screen and it says it loaded successfully, but still won't load apps requiring root, AND wifi is still broken =(
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i have now flashed 4.24.651.1-802.11n-fix-signed.zip twice from my REVOLUTIONARY recovery screen and it says it loaded successfully, but still won't load apps requiring root, AND wifi is still broken =(
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The first part sounds like you don't have superuser installed, or the binaries didn't flash; it happened while I rooted a friend's thunderbolt.
1. download and install superuser from the market
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828 < download and flash the second zip in recovery [the froyo/eclair]
3. go into the superuser app, tap settings, then hit update, and it should be working
And the wifi broke after you flashed the zip?
ok. i flashed the pc36img.zip file and updated. also then reflashed the 4.24.651.1-802.11n-fix-signed.zip and WIFI radio still isn't working??
super bummer
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ok. i flashed the pc36img.zip file and updated. also then reflashed the 4.24.651.1-802.11n-fix-signed.zip and WIFI radio still isn't working??
super bummer
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I would recommend restoring your original backup, because it seems that the zip file broke your wifi, that's when it stopped working correct? Or try flashing a new stock rooted rom of that same firmware and try it again, because I'm sure the wifi driver was under attack.
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I would recommend restoring your original backup, because it seems that the zip file broke your wifi, that's when it stopped working correct? Or try flashing a new stock rooted rom of that same firmware and try it again, because I'm sure the wifi driver was under attack.
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ok tech roxxx. thx. can i restore to my original rom after being rooted? i've never restored, how is that done? i went into bootloader and then recovery, then restore and chose nandroid restore. it said it couldn't find the file?
stuff is confusing sometimes.
also, now that i placed the pc36img.zip on sd root file, everytime i go into bootloader it ask's if i want to update. is it okay to move that file? delete it? what's the way of handing it, and any other zip files for that matter in the root sd?
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ok tech roxxx. thx. can i restore to my original rom after being rooted? i've never restored, how is that done? i went into bootloader and then recovery, then restore and chose nandroid restore. it said it couldn't find the file?
stuff is confusing sometimes.
also, now that i placed the pc36img.zip on sd root file, everytime i go into bootloader it ask's if i want to update. is it okay to move that file? delete it? what's the way of handing it, and any other zip files for that matter in the root sd?
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Sorry, I had to run out. That would be he correct method to restore. Though to handle the PC36IMG, you can delete it, or rename it to somethign else like PC36IMG_amon, so you know what it is for future use, if you ever had to flash the recovery again.
still no wifi? i tried restoring but it said it couldn't find the file?
tried flashing a new radio, but it still won't start up the wifi?
You should have a folder on your sdcard for backup... Not sure what revolutionary calls it... But it has to be there unless you moved it or anything. The recovery looks for an exact folder with exact file names so if anything changed it won't work.
On the wireless n fix, you shouldn't have flashed that as I believe wireless n is already a part of gingerbread... May be wrong but I never had to flash it. All you will need is wifi tether app from market.
At this point you may have to do a full wipe and flash a new ROM, granted you will lose all your data. However you can flash the new Sprint update, which I am on now and it is quite smooth.
Be sure your contacts are backed up to Google. If you have apps you want backed up get Titanium backup. Emails and texts will be gone, though i'm sure there is a way i've never really cared.
Grab this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1243320
Wipe everything in recovery except sdcard then flash the .zip you download from that link.
You will still have a mostly stock Evo but it's rooted with superuser already installed. Then get wireless tether app from the market.
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thank you i'm her old man. i'm going to try what you've said now. i'll post back with results. as for my back up? i'm not sure where it went, and as long as it doesn't mess my phone up, i'm going to clean up my sd card a tad too. i don't think it will harm anything. never should have flashed that rom, goodandevo made it sound benign.
thanks again tho.
**UPDATE**
i downloaded titanium backup and i get an error that "superuser" has forced closed. something is a miss? i'm more than frustrated. i'm really not concerned with email's/contacts since they're all cloud based. what's the easiest way to get a clean root like what you have?? at this point i'd probably drive over my phone if someone said that's what it took....=/
in recovery it says:
wipe ALL usuerdata/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik-cache
wipe SDCARD (don't wipe this i right)
wipe boot
wipe system
wipe SDCARD (don't wipe this)
wipe SDEXT
wipe DATA: batttery
wipe DATA: rotate settings
i'm afraid to wipe "boot" and "system" those sound important. but i'm just doing what you've mentioned.
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in recovery it says:
wipe ALL usuerdata/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik-cache
wipe SDCARD (don't wipe this i right)
wipe boot
wipe system
wipe SDCARD (don't wipe this)
wipe SDEXT
wipe DATA: batttery
wipe DATA: rotate settings
i'm afraid to wipe "boot" and "system" those sound important. but i'm just doing what you've mentioned.
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Yea you need those to boot into the system. Did you flash the rooted stock rom he linked you to, as that would be a quick fix.
Do wipe those they will be replaced when you flash the new ROM
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BAAaaaaRICK!
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Do wipe those they will be replaced when you flash the new ROM
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i wiped them and it bricked my phone. luckily the manager at sprint was uber nice and gave me a replacement since i'd been a longtime customer.
i guess i have no business rooting my phone if i don't understand the process. i figured i'd root it now since evo 4g probably won't be getting anymore MAJOR android updates? but....maybe i should leave this one be.
are there any close to fail safe guides for "rooting for dummies?"
Revolutionary error message
Hello, I am new to the this forum. I did as the best I could to find a relevant forum to post this.
When I run revolutionary to root my HTC Evo 4G I get an error message that reads.
"Failed to communicate with existing ADB (Android Debugging Bridge) service"
I have the lastest SDK and everything downloaded.
Can anyone explain why this keeps happening? (Note: I am running this through vitualbox for windows 7 because my current OS is the windows 8 Developer preview and doesn't install the HTC drivers.
Any help on this would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your time
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Hello, I am new to the this forum. I did as the best I could to find a relevant forum to post this.
When I run revolutionary to root my HTC Evo 4G I get an error message that reads.
"Failed to communicate with existing ADB (Android Debugging Bridge) service"
I have the lastest SDK and everything downloaded.
Can anyone explain why this keeps happening? (Note: I am running this through vitualbox for windows 7 because my current OS is the windows 8 Developer preview and doesn't install the HTC drivers.
Any help on this would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your time
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Happened to me. Had to go run revolutionary manually.
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