unsuccessful root - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hey guys i bought this evo off ebay for 100 bucks. the guy tried to root but failed. which made the evo a "soft brick"
S-ON so its not actually rooted its still stock
hboot-2.16.0001
radio-2.15.00.05.02
when i tried to boot normally by just pressing the power button it come to the screen saying evo 4g then it goes black and comes back to the evo 4g screen. its in a loop
i tried this guide from another forum
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...568-how-unbrick-your-soft-bricked-evo-4g.html
unfortuneately it did not work.
this is my first android device. but i did flash/root lots of winmo phones which is kind of a similar process.
so any ideas that could help me out to try to get this workinng again?
thanks alot

you can't root your phone yet. and since you have s-on you might want to take it in. have your tried and pull the battery and boot up?

ocnbrze said:
you can't root your phone yet. and since you have s-on you might want to take it in. have your tried and pull the battery and boot up?
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im not necessarily looking to root just trying to get it out of the loop..i might take it in tomorrow.
how can i boot without a battery??? i doint understand

well pull the battery out to stop the bootloop then put it back in and reboot

tried that now and its not working..I guess ill just go to the sprint store tomorrow.

You'll need to flash the RUU to restore it. Do you know what he tried to get it like that? It sounds like he was able to do something even if he couldn't finish it

xHausx said:
You'll need to flash the RUU to restore it. Do you know what he tried to get it like that? It sounds like he was able to do something even if he couldn't finish it
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no i dont know but i can ask him.. i cant ruu through the computer so i put the pc36img on the sd and tried that way multiple times and its installs everything but then doesnt boot

when i try to re flash it from the sd card everything goes fine. i can even flash to a different radio software but the when it actually tries to boot it just loops.
so u think it might be hardware?????

just run the ruu

I had insurance on mine and dropped it in the bath on purpose....they replaced it
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vabeachfc3s said:
just run the ruu
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it doesnt go past the htv evo 4g screen. so how should i connect it??? via hboot??

i kinda forgot about this i still didnt solve this problem.
does anybody have any ideas on what i should do??

afgomar said:
i kinda forgot about this i still didnt solve this problem.
does anybody have any ideas on what i should do??
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IDK if this will help but you can check out this thread on how to root 2.3 .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218386
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linsalata28 said:
IDK if this will help but you can check out this thread on how to root 2.3 .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218386
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yeah ive already gone through that thread...the problem is i can't get past the boot loader and the computer can not recognize the device.
btw its s-on so its not rooted which makes things even harder.

afgomar said:
yeah ive already gone through that thread...the problem is i can't get past the boot loader and the computer can not recognize the device.
btw its s-on so its not rooted which makes things even harder.
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Yeah sorry I didn't know if you saw that. I have no idea how to fix that problem sorry.
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Boot into HBoot. Run an official RUU like this one: http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/ruu/RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.26.651.6_Radio_2.15.00.07.28_NV_1.40_release_140444_signed.exe. Then go to www.revolutionary.io and download and run the utility. Install the recovery and congratulations you're rooted. I hope this helps you.

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Boot into HBoot. Run an official RUU like this one: http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/ruu/RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.26.651.6_Radio_2.15.00.07.28_NV_1.40_release_140444_signed.exe. Then go to www.revolutionary.io and download and run the utility. Install the recovery and congratulations you're rooted. I hope this helps you.
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so when i run the ruu it doesnt work because it cant recognized the phone. thats my main problem.
does you evo get recognized by the computer when its in hboot/bootloader???
I might have a bad usb port on the phone. (its not the laptop cuz its brand new)

afgomar said:
so when i run the ruu it doesnt work because it cant recognized the phone. thats my main problem.
does you evo get recognized by the computer when its in hboot/bootloader???
I might have a bad usb port on the phone. (its not the laptop cuz its brand new)
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Try running the ruu from fastboot, it should recognize it then. Fastboot is the first option in hboot.
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plainjane said:
Try running the ruu from fastboot, it should recognize it then. Fastboot is the first option in hboot.
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okay so i booted into hboot then clicked on fastboot while i am plugged in via usb. then ran the ruu and it still does not recognize the device.

afgomar said:
okay so i booted into hboot then clicked on fastboot while i am plugged in via usb. then ran the ruu and it still does not recognize the device.
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Actually heading out, but make sure you have the drivers installed, and I think you need htc sync installed while running the RUU; so try that.

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[Q] Recovery Problem

I tried to update my EVO radio this mornig. Now everytime I turn on my phone, it gets stuck in the boot animation. When I reboot to recovery, I get hboot, but when I choose recovery, it gets stuck on white HTC screen. I tried fastboot but after three re-installs of SDK, it still give me a this application fails to start because AdbWinApi.dll was not found. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!!!!
captainphoenixx said:
I tried to update my EVO radio this mornig. Now everytime I turn on my phone, it gets stuck in the boot animation. When I reboot to recovery, I get hboot, but when I choose recovery, it gets stuck on white HTC screen. I tried fastboot but after three re-installs of SDK, it still give me a this application fails to start because AdbWinApi.dll was not found. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!!!!
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Have you tried using an RUU?
How do I load it to my device?
captainphoenixx said:
How do I load it to my device?
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You don't load it to your device. Plug phone in with usb to computer. Launch RUU.exe and see if RUU finds the phone. If it does, then follow onscreen instructions.. Make sure phone is powered on when you launch RUU otherwise it will not recognize... Phone can be on white screen and still possibly be recognized depending on exactly what the problem is... If it is recognized follow onscreen instructions and at the end your phone will work again.
leenypost said:
You don't load it to your device. Plug phone in with usb to computer. Launch RUU.exe and see if RUU finds the phone. If it does, then follow onscreen instructions.. Make sure phone is powered on when you launch RUU otherwise it will not recognize... Phone can be on white screen and still possibly be recognized depending on exactly what the problem is... If it is recognized follow onscreen instructions and at the end your phone will work again.
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If this method doesn't work you need to figure out how to get adb to work again.
Can you get to bootloader? When powered down hold volume down and power button at the same time...if so you can use the 3.30 pc36img posted somewhere in here or I have a copy with Amon recovery....if your rooted.
I Have Amon recovery, but after the update, it still gets stuck, and yes i can get to bootloader, just cant recover or flash
captainphoenixx said:
I Have Amon recovery, but after the update, it still gets stuck, and yes i can get to bootloader, just cant recover or flash
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If you can get to bootloader an RUU should work for you. Give it a shot.
Here's a link to the thread. RUU link is in first post. Download it and follow the instructions I gave you earlier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874091
This is the newest RUU though that you flashed the radio from.. Once you get it working you will have to wait on a Root method that works to re-root the phone. Shouldn't be long. You can try an earlier RUU if you want but you'll have to find that in the Rom Sticky Post.
All you gottado is.put the pc36img on the root of your card and the bootloader will read it for you. Just let it run....
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lawnguy said:
All you gottado is.put the pc36img on the root of your card and the bootloader will read it for you. Just let it run....
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Yep, that should work too. I forgot about that as I frequently just RUU'd and then re-rooted, LOL... Good call.
Get a pc36img.zip, place it on the SD card (not in a folder) and start up bootloader. The rest will be taken care of automatically.
If I was at home id send you one with Amon Ra its saved me a bunch if you don't get it tonight I can send it to you tomorrow ... I will keep checking this thread
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[Q] Black screen of death please help!

ok so i flashed cynogenmod 7 today and i decided that i really wasnt that into it. I want to flash back to stock and when i did it the progress bar flashed red halfway through and the screen went to HTC black and silver with triangle with exclamation points in them. I tried getting tot he bootloader screen but when i push power and volume down button it just stays on the htc with triangles screen. Please help!
Bump. I can't help you but I feel so bad when people are desperate for help and don't get it. So here's a bump to get it noticed
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96camarors said:
ok so i flashed cynogenmod 7 today and i decided that i really wasnt that into it. I want to flash back to stock and when i did it the progress bar flashed red halfway through and the screen went to HTC black and silver with triangle with exclamation points in them. I tried getting tot he bootloader screen but when i push power and volume down button it just stays on the htc with triangles screen. Please help!
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Were you running an RUU when thus happened? Was that how you were getting back to stock? How long has it been on that screen? If your sure its stuck, and is idle, I would do a battery pull, and then see if you can get to the bootloader. If you can, try running the RUU again, but put the phone in fastbood mode when you run the RUU. See if a second time gets it.
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k2buckley said:
Were you running an RUU when thus happened? Was that how you were getting back to stock? How long has it been on that screen? If your sure its stuck, and is idle, I would do a battery pull, and then see if you can get to the bootloader. If you can, try running the RUU again, but put the phone in fastbood mode when you run the RUU. See if a second time gets it.
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I was running ruu and it failed. i have tried several times since including battery pulls and no luck. I keep trying to get to the bootloader but its stuck at that screen. It does not show up in my computer either when i plug it in but using an ruu still works.
When trying to get to bootloader, did you push power / volume down after phone was off? If not, pull battery. Put back in and then power/volume down.
You probably already did this but it sort of sounded like you tried getting to bootloader from the screen you were stuck on.
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The error i get when ruu fails is error 110 file open error. The rom update utility cannot open the requested files or the files are damaged. the ruu cannot continue with the update. Please get a complete ruu package and try again.
96camarors said:
I was running ruu and it failed. i have tried several times since including battery pulls and no luck. I keep trying to get to the bootloader but its stuck at that screen. It does not show up in my computer either when i plug it in but using an ruu still works.
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When you shut your Evo off, and plug it into a wall (AC) plug, do you get a charging led? If you can still run an RUU, it sounds like maybe the one you are using is corrupt, or the wrong one all together. Do you know your bootloader version, software version, and radio versions? Likely you need to download the RUU that matches (or is very close to) your current versions.
I'm on the app, but would otherwise link you to a thread. In the dev section, search for "supersonic shipped roms", thread started by Esp28
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ferfy67 said:
When trying to get to bootloader, did you push power / volume down after phone was off? If not, pull battery. Put back in and then power/volume down.
You probably already did this but it sort of sounded like you tried getting to bootloader from the screen you were stuck on.
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yeah i did that and nothing just stays at the screen
k2buckley said:
When you shut your Evo off, and plug it into a wall (AC) plug, do you get a charging led? If you can still run an RUU, it sounds like maybe the one you are using is corrupt, or the wrong one all together. Do you know your bootloader version, software version, and radio versions? Likely you need to download the RUU that matches (or is very close to) your current versions.
I'm on the app, but would otherwise link you to a thread. In the dev section, search for "supersonic shipped roms", thread started by Esp28
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i am currently trying to download the 3.7 ruu but it keeps canceling itself. i do get a chargin led when plugged into wall. radio is 2.15
96camarors said:
i am currently trying to download the 3.7 ruu but it keeps canceling itself. i do get a chargin led when plugged into wall. radio is 2.15
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Charging led is good. Find a good copy of the 3.70 RUU, make sure its a good download, and run again. When I get home ill link you to my RUU copy in my dropbox if you haven't found one yet.
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k2buckley said:
Charging led is good. Find a good copy of the 3.70 RUU, make sure its a good download, and run again. When I get home ill link you to my RUU copy in my dropbox if you haven't found one yet.
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i found one that works and i have 46min to go. i found a good step-by-step fix for my problem http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-support-troubleshooting/254695-black-error-screen-when-updating-rooted-phone-supersonic-ruu.html and i am praying that it works for me. and thank you for your help so far!
96camarors said:
i found one that works and i have 46min to go. i found a good step-by-step fix for my problem http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-sup...hen-updating-rooted-phone-supersonic-ruu.html and i am praying that it works for me. and thank you for your help so far!
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Cool, your welcome. I bet the good RUU will work. And yes, the other thread looked good. Did u run unrevoked forever? If so, did u flash the s on tool before running RUU?
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k2buckley said:
Cool, your welcome. I bet the good RUU will work. And yes, the other thread looked good. Did u run unrevoked forever? If so, did u flash the s on tool before running RUU?
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i didnt flash s on tool. and that was my problem, i am new to the evo world (just got it sunday) and i had motorola before so the rooting i am used to is way different than htc haha
You get it fixed yet?
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96camarors said:
i didnt flash s on tool. and that was my problem, i am new to the evo world (just got it sunday) and i had motorola before so the rooting i am used to is way different than htc haha
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Yea, the rooting world between different manufacturers differs greatly, apparently. The state you're currently in, you probably have no choice but to run the RUU again. Once you get it to successfully run, and you boot up, back to stock, you'll most likely still be S-off. Now, that's not necessarily bad, unless you're going to take your evo into sprint for any reason. If you leave it S off, if you ever want to reroot, all you'd have to do is flash a PC36IMG of a custom recovery, using the bootloader. At that point, you could flash a ROM or whatever. Also, if you do want to return it to S on, once the RUU completes and you can boot, flash a PC36IMG of a recovery, using the bootloader. At that point, flash the unrevoked S on tool, using recovery. Once you confirm that S is back to ON, then run the RUU again. Then you'll be back to stock, unrooted, S on.
RileyGrant said:
You get it fixed yet?
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not fixed yet 5min left on download
k2buckley said:
Yea, the rooting world between different manufacturers differs greatly, apparently. The state you're currently in, you probably have no choice but to run the RUU again. Once you get it to successfully run, and you boot up, back to stock, you'll most likely still be S-off. Now, that's not necessarily bad, unless you're going to take your evo into sprint for any reason. If you leave it S off, if you ever want to reroot, all you'd have to do is flash a PC36IMG of a custom recovery, using the bootloader. At that point, you could flash a ROM or whatever. Also, if you do want to return it to S on, once the RUU completes and you can boot, flash a PC36IMG of a recovery, using the bootloader. At that point, flash the unrevoked S on tool, using recovery. Once you confirm that S is back to ON, then run the RUU again. Then you'll be back to stock, unrooted, S on.
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ok thanks for the advice. ill probly go back to stock for awhile until i get used to the phone. so if i leave s off then nothing bad while happen with the ruu while im sleeping? i really need to get to sleep asap, got a full day of classes tomorrow haha.
96camarors said:
not fixed yet 5min left on download
ok thanks for the advice. ill probly go back to stock for awhile until i get used to the phone. so if i leave s off then nothing bad while happen with the ruu while im sleeping? i really need to get to sleep asap, got a full day of classes tomorrow haha.
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I'm confused, haha. Nothing bad will happen with the RUU when you're sleeping? I think you do need some sleep brotha! Once you successfully run the RUU, and return to stock, you'll most likely still be S off, since you didn't flash the S on tool. This mean's you'll be on a stock ROM, with S off, and no recovery. Nothing bad will happen by leaving it like this, so long as you don't take it to Sprint with S off. Now, if you do just plan on staying stock for a while, you may want to return to S-on, just in case any unpredictable catastrophic events occur, you're better off having S-on, in case you need to take it back to Sprint. You can always root again rather easily. So I guess my suggestion is to flash a recovery once you're up and running, flash the S on tool, and then run the RUU again. Just to be safe. If you want to root again, you know how
Edit: ^^^^All that is providing you get the RUU to run successfully, which I think you will. You just need a good copy of the right version. If that doesn't work, don't forget you have other options. Such as flashing an RUU as a PC36IMG from the bootloader. Also, you can run an RUU with fastboot. So there is a plan B and C if that doesn't work.
k2buckley said:
I'm confused, haha. Nothing bad will happen with the RUU when you're sleeping? I think you do need some sleep brotha! Once you successfully run the RUU, and return to stock, you'll most likely still be S off, since you didn't flash the S on tool. This mean's you'll be on a stock ROM, with S off, and no recovery. Nothing bad will happen by leaving it like this, so long as you don't take it to Sprint with S off. Now, if you do just plan on staying stock for a while, you may want to return to S-on, just in case any unpredictable catastrophic events occur, you're better off having S-on, in case you need to take it back to Sprint. You can always root again rather easily. So I guess my suggestion is to flash a recovery once you're up and running, flash the S on tool, and then run the RUU again. Just to be safe. If you want to root again, you know how
Edit: ^^^^All that is providing you get the RUU to run successfully, which I think you will. You just need a good copy of the right version. If that doesn't work, don't forget you have other options. Such as flashing an RUU as a PC36IMG from the bootloader. Also, you can run an RUU with fastboot. So there is a plan B and C if that doesn't work.
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ok thank you very much. it worked. thanks for all your help!
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ok thank you very much. it worked. thanks for all your help!
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Sweet, glad to hear it worked. Take care.
Oh yea, are you S on or S off? My guess is S off, if you did use unrevoked forever before.
k2buckley said:
Sweet, glad to hear it worked. Take care.
Oh yea, are you S on or S off? My guess is S off, if you did use unrevoked forever before.
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Yes I am currently s off

[SOLVED] How to fix 5 Vibrate S-ON

Thanks to Calkulin, Dougpiston, and bwthor20 for this fix. It was too late for me, but hopefully not for you. My situation was, after flashing a rom, I was suddenly S-On without recovery. DO NOT FLASH THE RUU!!!!! Just follow this guide and you'll be good:
Thanks bwthor20 for telling me about this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
Now, go to the incredible version of this guide, thanks to Dougpiston:
http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=33
These guides should get you fixed!
Cheers,
dmeadows013
That sucks man very interested in how that happened though, never seen a phone reset it self to s-on before. I think you would have to ruu to get s-off again, that is if you can ruu back to froyo. What rom are you on? Hope you figure something out.
cmlusco said:
That sucks man very interested in how that happened though, never seen a phone reset it self to s-on before. I think you would have to ruu to get s-off again, that is if you can ruu back to froyo. What rom are you on? Hope you figure something out.
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Was attempting to run my very experimental port of the Vigor RUU. Strange because it showed the splash on my last test, but after moving /system/customize to /data/syscustomize, it did this. I'll try the Froyo RUU. I should've thought of that one. Thanks!
Why not flash an old RUU?
Could someone post the Froyo or Eclair PB31IMG? I can't seem to find it...
Official froyo 2.2 PB31IMG.zip
http://dinc.does-it.net/stock_froyo/PB31IMG.zip
cmlusco said:
Official froyo 2.2 PB31IMG.zip
http://dinc.does-it.net/stock_froyo/PB31IMG.zip
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Thanks! Your the man!
There is another thread on here where a guy had the same thing happen to him. Tried to flash a rom then the black screen and 5 vibes. He also lost s-off. I wonder whats going on.
cmlusco said:
There is another thread on here where a guy had the same thing happen to him. Tried to flash a rom then the black screen and 5 vibes. He also lost s-off. I wonder whats going on.
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Hmmmm... That might be it. I'll try to port it again, and see if I get the same result. If I do, that's probably the problem lol
Alright, got the PB31IMG flashed. Problem is, after flashing, it just did the 5 vibe again... Back in HBOOT
dmeadows013 said:
Alright, got the PB31IMG flashed. Problem is, after flashing, it just did the 5 vibe again... Back in HBOOT
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Very strange not sure, if you cant get an ruu to work my guess is some sort of hardware failure.
I would try an ruu exe from your pc.
cmlusco said:
Very strange not sure, if you cant get an ruu to work my guess is some sort of hardware failure.
I would try an ruu exe from your pc.
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Yeah. I'm probably gonna just take it into the Verizon store. There is no way they'll find out I was rooted, as I am now S-ON. I'll see what they say.
Here is the fix!
This happened to me yesterday after installing MIUI. All was working, but when I tried to switch the camera to store on the SD card, it said it wasn't available. Tried to mount/unmount with no luck. Rebooted, and I had the same thing, five vibrations, then just a flashing green LED. A battery pull and either the charger or USB plugged in a PC, and it would boot to recovery. Still couldn't read the SD Card, so no restore. Lots of Googles later I found the fix...right here on XDA. Found a LOT of threads that pretty much said that there is no recovery.
Read On...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
LEAVE THE USB CABLE PLUGGED IN TO YOUR PC FOR ALL OF THIS!
After the SD fix, I could use CWM to restore a known good backup, then copied the two files over to my SD Card and used a terminal app on the phone to run the commands listed in the link. A reboot, and I was back in business. S-OFF was back too. Odd...
dmeadows013 said:
Yeah. I'm probably gonna just take it into the Verizon store. There is no way they'll find out I was rooted, as I am now S-ON. I'll see what they say.
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Worth a try, you might get lucky.
dmeadows013 said:
Yeah. I'm probably gonna just take it into the Verizon store. There is no way they'll find out I was rooted, as I am now S-ON. I'll see what they say.
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I wouldn't. With a USB cable plugged in to the phone and PC, you can get into hboot with a battery pull and powering on while holding volume down. This doesn't seem to work every time, so unplug, remove the battery, then try again. After getting into hboot, you can go to recovery and see CWM if you have it installed.
bwthor20 said:
I wouldn't. With a USB cable plugged in to the phone and PC, you can get into hboot with a battery pull and powering on while holding volume down. This doesn't seem to work every time, so unplug, remove the battery, then try again. After getting into hboot, you can go to recovery and see CWM if you have it installed.
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I can get into HBOOT without being plugged in, just using the normal way. Clicked recovery, booted to the splash and then the black screen and 5 vibes. Anyway, I have installed the RUU, so it would have the stock recovery anyway.
CWM Version
dmeadows013 said:
I can get into HBOOT without being plugged in, just using the normal way. Clicked recovery, booted to the splash and then the black screen and 5 vibes. Anyway, I have installed the RUU, so it would have the stock recovery anyway.
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Try booting with it plugged in to the PC. I could boot that way, and use it, but as soon as I unplugged the USB, it would go to a black screen and 5 vibrations.
bwthor20 said:
Try booting with it plugged in to the PC. I could boot that way, and use it, but as soon as I unplugged the USB, it would go to a black screen and 5 vibrations.
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Well that seemed to work... I plugged it in, and it booted up to the DROID Screen. Then, I unplugged, and black screen vibes. I think I had the same thing as you, but I just had the stock recovery instead because of the RUU. How did you end up fixing the plugged in problem? I'll check out the thread you posted. Thanks man, your a lifesaver.
dmeadows013 said:
Well that seemed to work... I plugged it in, and it booted up to the DROID Screen. Then, I unplugged, and black screen vibes. I think I had the same thing as you, but I just had the stock recovery instead because of the RUU. How did you end up fixing the plugged in problem? I'll check out the thread you posted. Thanks man, your a lifesaver.
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It is the second part of the sequence in the link I posted in the previous thread. Check to see if you can mount your SD Card. If not, you will need to do the first part so you can load the two files on it used in the second part.
bwthor20 said:
It is the second part of the sequence in the link I posted in the previous thread. Check to see if you can mount your SD Card. If not, you will need to do the first part so you can load the two files on it used in the second part.
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Alright, got the SD fixed. Not sure how I will get the USB fix, as I do not have root. Also, for some reason, unRevoked cannot find my phone. Neither will ADB

[Q] Phone won't boot after failed root [w/ Video]

Hey guys.
I'll keep it short and simple. I just had my phone back from insurance. They sent me a replacement. It was originally unbranded. But now it's a T-Mobile handset. I was using Ace Hack kit to root the phone. Half way through the radio.img update the USB just spazzed out. So the phone disconnected.
Now when it boots. The T-Mobile logo appears.. then fades out.
I can boot into the bootloader and use fastboot. I attempted using a RUU to fix it but it just gets stuck on 'sending' until it says Unknown Error.
So I can access it through fastboot USB. Is there any thing I can do with ADB to get it running again? I just got it back today aswell. Damn.
Appreciate all your helps! Thanks!
Take a look at the video
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18951360/Video%205.wmv
Use AND to push CWM to it and flash a custom ROM. You should be good to go!
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How do I know the phone is rooted to flash CWM?
GuyInTheCorner said:
Use AND to push CWM to it and flash a custom ROM. You should be good to go!
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CYNiCAL2KX said:
How do I know the phone is rooted to flash CWM?
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Attempted to do so, just says 'Sending recovery' and hangs there
did you try flashing back to stock using sd card method?
CYNiCAL2KX said:
Attempted to do so, just says 'Sending recovery' and hangs there
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Hmm, try googling it and see if you can get anyone with a similar problem to you cause right now I'm stumped for ideas...
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I haven't tried yet.. Have you got a link to a guide or someting similar?? Thanks!
CYNiCAL2KX said:
Hey guys.
I'll keep it short and simple. I just had my phone back from insurance. They sent me a replacement. It was originally unbranded. But now it's a T-Mobile handset. I was using Ace Hack kit to root the phone. Half way through the radio.img update the USB just spazzed out. So the phone disconnected.
Now when it boots. The T-Mobile logo appears.. then fades out.
I can boot into the bootloader and use fastboot. I attempted using a RUU to fix it but it just gets stuck on 'sending' until it says Unknown Error.
So I can access it through fastboot USB. Is there any thing I can do with ADB to get it running again? I just got it back today aswell. Damn.
Appreciate all your helps! Thanks!
Take a look at the video
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18951360/Video%205.wmv
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that is fully covered in the manual...just plug the phone (if you did not factory reseted it) and run the hack kit from the black screen. That should update and finish the process...
I can't see if you are S-OFF in hboot, but if u are, then just flash CWM recovery and then a custom rom....it's up to you.
glevitan said:
that is fully covered in the manual...just plug the phone (if you did not factory reseted it) and run the hack kit from the black screen. That should update and finish the process...
I can't see if you are S-OFF in hboot, but if u are, then just flash CWM recovery and then a custom rom....it's up to you.
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I did try that. No luck..
ai6908 said:
did you try flashing back to stock using sd card method?
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I could give it a go! Could you post a link to a guide? I did google but I can't seem to find it
If you can enter hboot have you tried a pd98 zip rom.
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CYNiCAL2KX said:
I could give it a go! Could you post a link to a guide? I did google but I can't seem to find it
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http://goo.im/stock/ace/ruu ..go to this site click on any link but i prefer http://goo.im/stock/ace/ruu/PD98IMG....140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155891_signed.zip coz its easy to root afterwards download the zip file rename the file to PD98IMG.ZIP, out it on the root of the sd card boot into bootloader then using the power button click bootloader that will take u to fast boot follow the instructions after that.. if sucessfull u can root the phone with visionary
adilrenzu said:
http://goo.im/stock/ace/ruu ..go to this site click on any link but i prefer http://goo.im/stock/ace/ruu/PD98IMG....140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155891_signed.zip coz its easy to root afterwards download the zip file rename the file to PD98IMG.ZIP, out it on the root of the sd card boot into bootloader then using the power button click bootloader that will take u to fast boot follow the instructions after that.. if sucessfull u can root the phone with visionary
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DO NOT FLASH A FROYO RUU or HBOOT on a device shipped with gb. Your phone will get messed up and its a PITA to fix. The op needs to fix his connection issues before attempting the kit again. The easiest is using a live cd.
A pd98 will also get you back up and running to a useable phone.
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DO NOT FLASH A FROYO RUU or HBOOT on a device shipped with gb. Your phone will get messed up and its a PITA to fix. The op needs to fix his connection issues before attempting the kit again. The easiest is using a live cd.
A pd98 will also get you back up and running to a useable phone.
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SORRY my bad forgot to mention it thnx for mentioning..
Ok, for You to have a working phone You will need to find a ruu for your phone. Flash it in PD98IMG.zip way or vía fastboot....when u have a working phone again then fix Your PC and re run the Hack Kit
And keep the usb plugged in this time, i had same problem with a friend's phone and with the help of aahk irc i managed to flash boot image through adb ( big pain it took almost 30 mins) and afterwards a working ruu and when everything was stock and i ran aahk again my friend's little sister unpluged usb by mistake so i flashed a dhd all night long, the point is kill everything/everyone that might interfear with flasing a phone.
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Tried rooting my note, now it wont boot PLEASE HELP ME
I tried to instal jelly bean (Android 4.1.2 AOKP Milestone 1 Jelly Bean) after 3-5 mins my phone just went blank. at first i thought the screen timedout. but then it didn't work, and still doesn't. Since nothing has popped up on the screen. I took the sd card and my sim card out, and put it on charge. Help me im going to cry.
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I tried to instal jelly bean (Android 4.1.2 AOKP Milestone 1 Jelly Bean) after 3-5 mins my phone just went blank. at first i thought the screen timedout. but then it didn't work, and still doesn't. Since nothing has popped up on the screen. I took the sd card and my sim card out, and put it on charge. Help me im going to cry.
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As far as I know we don't have an AOKP ROM. Where did you get it? Try to boot into recovery by pulling the battery, putting it back, and holding power and volume-down.
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As far as I know we don't have an AOKP ROM. Where did you get it? Try to boot into recovery by pulling the battery and holding power and volume-down.
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i got the akop from this link:
(it wont let me post the link so i had to breack it down)
h ttp: //ww w. ibtimes. co .uk /articles/ 401160/20121103/android412- aokp-milestone1- jellybean- update-galaxynote -n7000 .htm
and when i try to boot into recovery nothing happens (volum up + power + home) & (power + volume down)
please help me
baldeep66 said:
i got the akop from this link:
(it wont let me post the link so i had to breack it down)
h ttp: //ww w. ibtimes. co .uk /articles/ 401160/20121103/android412- aokp-milestone1- jellybean- update-galaxynote -n7000 .htm
and when i try to boot into recovery nothing happens (volum up + power + home) & (power + volume down)
please help me
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That's for Galaxy Note..
Get a ROM from the Dev section of the Desire HD thread here on xda
I bought the xda app. Problem?

[Q] Desire HD Not Booting (Flashing Orange LED)

Hi Guys, hoping someone can help me:
I have a Desire HD that has been rooted with S-OFF, after flashing a new ROM, the device wouldn't boot, when trying to start the device up, it will vibrate 3 times and flash the LED. If I try boot into recovery, it vibrates 5 times with a flashing green LED.
At the moment all I have is ADB access (no fastboot) and can't boot into the bootloader screen.
Through ADB I was able to reflash the recovery using the flash_image tool and I can boot into recovery by connecting the USB cable, I have flashed a few different ROMS through recovery, but the device will still not boot after this, I'm thinking the issue might be the radio image, which I have not been able to flash through flash_image (get -1 error code when trying this).
Any suggestions on how to proceed or what to try would be much appreciated, I'm also not fully clued up on what all can be done through ADB, so any suggestions on that front would also be appreciated.
Did u try runing a ruu.. use AAHK it will help u to flash the ruu provided ur phone is recognised by the computer..
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adilrenzu said:
Did u try runing a ruu.. use AAHK it will help u to flash the ruu provided ur phone is recognised by the computer..
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Thanks for your response.
I have tried running RUU from the PC, which I got from here:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
The utility gives an error saying it cannot connect to the device, does the update utility not require me to boot into the bootloader to work?
I also tried downloading a few of the RUU zips there, but so far I haven't been able to flash them, just get an error "Can't to open <Filename>.zip (bad)", however I have checked that the zips are not corrupt, and I am able to flash other custom roms, not sure why it fails on these.
I also tried a bit with AAHK, but couldn't get it to flash anything, I put the custom rom in the folder as per the instructions, but it failed... perhaps I'm doing it wrong? maybe a bit of a walk through on how I would just flash the ROM through AAHK would help.
When you rooted phone did it say if its s-off in hboot. Try entering hboot. Power phone off then power up phone holding power button and volume down button at same time. If you can enter hboot and it says s-off get the rooted stock pd98img zip which also includes radio. Place on root of sd (no folder) power back up into hboot and let it do its thing. Volume up for yes when asked to install power button when asked to reboot.
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When you rooted phone did it say if its s-off in hboot. Try entering hboot. Power phone off then power up phone holding power button and volume down button at same time. If you can enter hboot and it says s-off get the rooted stock pd98img zip which also includes radio. Place on root of sd (no folder) power back up into hboot and let it do its thing. Volume up for yes when asked to install power button when asked to reboot.
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Yip, my phone was rooted with S-OFF a good while ago, only got the issue recently after flashing a new rom. I can't get into HBOOT, when I try, it vibrates 5 times and flashes the green LED with a blank screen.
Sounds like your bootloader is messed up and not the radio. Search how to push the bootloader img.
Edit: sorry I'm on way to work or I would help you search. But I know there is a thread how to fix bootloader since you cant enter hboot which sounds like its your problem. You need to fix the bootloader. Do a google see what comes up from xda.
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Reinaldo33897 said:
Sounds like your bootloader is messed up and not the radio. Search how to push the bootloader img.
Edit: sorry I'm on way to work or I would help you search. But I know there is a thread how to fix bootloader since you cant enter hboot which sounds like its your problem. You need to fix the bootloader. Do a google see what comes up from xda.
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Ok, thanks, have looked around, not found anything yet, but I'll carry on looking and see what I come up with, appreciate the help.
Any luck with this. I'm in the same pickle. Running JellyTime and it just stopped working. Will not boot, and recovery mode just flashed amber light. It is an android desire hd.
I would say that its a fried emmc chip, if that isn't the case (I doubt) you can use a JTAG and a riff box to recover the phone over OPST, the equipment needed can be quite costly, so taking it to a mobile repair shop that does jtagging, should work
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ftj2006 said:
Ok, thanks, have looked around, not found anything yet, but I'll carry on looking and see what I come up with, appreciate the help.
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Are you able to flash any rom at all? I would try flashing a stock rom if possible. The re-root.
thekool said:
Are you able to flash any rom at all? I would try flashing a stock rom if possible. The re-root.
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Nope, can't flash anything, gave up on it a while ago now though and got a new phone on my contract upgrade.
raczyk said:
Any luck with this. I'm in the same pickle. Running JellyTime and it just stopped working. Will not boot, and recovery mode just flashed amber light. It is an android desire hd.
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Didn't manage to get the device working unfortunately... seemed like the issue may have been hardware related though, hope it's not the same for you and you get it sorted.
raczyk said:
Any luck with this. I'm in the same pickle. Running JellyTime and it just stopped working. Will not boot, and recovery mode just flashed amber light. It is an android desire hd.
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Think it might have been, read that a few places as well but just wanted to try what I could first, thanks for the input though.

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