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Huge Problem Stuck - Please Help Anyone! NO SD or USB

Earlier today I flashed to a new rom and wanted to revert back using a nandroid backup - i tried to move my backups into clockwork folder so I could use clockwork recovery and thats when all hell broke loose
I ended up getting in an endless reboot and when I went into recovery my SD card wouldn't mount. I tried EVERYTHING including the RUU.exe - but no luck it wouldn't complete, SO I was able to add the PC36.IMG (or whatever the exact spelling is) to the SD and it restored that (I used the newest one Toast posted in the 2nd step rooting thread)
Now finally I'm back into android but I have no SD or USB support and again stuck.. Now when I try to reboot recovery I can't even use the update.zip because my phone can't mount the SDCARD within recovery or android. So now I have no idea what to do... Can anyone help? Should I try the RUU.exe on the computer again now that I'm back in android? I don't know if it will work because it seems I have no USB support - I can't ADB or anything.
I posted this in the general section but wasn't getting any hits - sorry if reposting is not allowed I figured more people here could help me fix this quickly!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243

I can't do either because they are dependent on one another it seems

I can't do either because they are dependent on one another it seems
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This does work. Follow the instructions carefully. I had the same issue
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I was going to say the same thing
I had the same problem at one point and i followed the directions on the post and its fine and this is the wrong section for this anyway this should be moved/deleted and look at the board first not to be a **** but way wrong section

Thread moved to Q&A.

Try a hard reset.

Can't boot up now

Hey Guys, can anyone help. I started following the instructions but forgot to put the zip on the phone prior to, I was planning on flashing the Eagleblood ROM. I was thinking I could mount USB from recovery connect to the computer then get the zip over.....that's not working apparently. I only have internal strorage and no SD. Right now I can't boot up, when I hit reboot it just gets stuck at the T-Mobile screen. Can anyone help me get past this?
One last thing I forgot to add as I'm sure someone would say well just do a restore. When I rooted with the method I was never able to do a nandroid or backup through recovery as I kept getting an error again because I only currently have internal storage. I am running the v5.0.2.6 recovery with stock ROM prior to this current issue.
Thanks

First, wrong section to start Thread. This should be in q&a or a response to the thread whose instructions you where following. We have no idea what instructions you are taking about. Please read the stickies and follow the rules. This is not a development post in any form or fashion.
Second, (and i'm only answering cause.... I don't know why, you won't help yourself, not sure why anyone else should) USB storage is fine, use that function in cwm and flash from internal.
If you still can't figure it out, buy an sd card. 2gb for 5 bucks
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[Q] A little assistance would be appreciated!

Hey all! So, a couple weeks back, I flashed a BETA ICS ROM onto my Inspire (Desire HD). Being my normal ignorant, and noob-like self, I completely ignored the fact that the thread said "DEVS ONLY!"
Well, flash forward a couple of weeks, and my Inspire is all but bricked. The ROM did not have mobile data yet, did not have a connection to the micro-SD card, and it was not touchscreen ready yet. I have tried ADB, but to no-avail, my file system knowledge and overall lack of knowledge put me quite a predicament.
I have flashed many ROMs before, but I sincerely messed up big time on this try. So, would any of you be able to help me find a cure for this important issue? Is the fix really simple and easy, and I am just a bonehead?
Thanks!

Not sure what your issue is. You never clearly stated. Does the phone not boot? Stuck in the splash screen? you want to flash a new rom?

marsdta said:
Not sure what your issue is. You never clearly stated. Does the phone not boot? Stuck in the splash screen? you want to flash a new rom?
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Oops, sorry! My problem is that my phone is stuck on the developer ROM, and I would like to fix it somehow. So, yes, I would like to get another ROM, but I have to remove this one first. The phone itself works great, but with no wi-fi, mobile data, and no touchscreen support, it is hard to live with.

Your nowhere near bricked. Going to ask the basics. Did you make a backup before hand? Did you have another rom on your SD card.?
If you answered yes to either then simply boot into recovery and flash the rom/ backup. You mentioned flashing roms before so I left out the steps.
If you answered no then you have two options. You can mount the SD card from within cwr. So download a rom on your PC. Mount the sd card, then flash away. Or take out SD card and use an adapter/other phone to transfer a new rom.

I was not smart enough to back up onto a computer, but I did back up onto the SD card. The only problem with this is that the ROM, and my computer, will not recognize that there is in fact an SD card inserted into the phone. So, in other words, it's like not having an SD card at all.

CWR will still read the sd card. Trust me. boot into CWR and restore your backup. And you be good as gold

Thanks! But, what exactly does CWR stand for? Haha, I'm not the most knowledgeable on the topic of Android, but is it like Clock Work Mod?

iTookTheByte said:
Thanks! But, what exactly does CWR stand for? Haha, I'm not the most knowledgeable on the topic of Android, but is it like Clock Work Mod?
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yeah. CWR stands clockworkmod recovery

Okay, in that case, I'm not sure. All of my old files (CM7, CWM, etc.) were on the SD card, and it is unreachable. I have tried to boot into CWR, but it just gives me a black screen. I feel like this thing is just unable to be fixed!

its fixable. just the black screen in CWR is an obstacle. worst case is you have flash an ruu and start over with the whole rooting. i remember reading about the black screen in CWR give me a few minutes to find them to see what to do next

Okay! Thanks a bunch!

Pull the battery and put back in
Press and hold vol-down
Press power and bootloader will start
Select recovery using vol keys and press power
If you have a backup (you really should, and and if you don't consider this experience a learning one), restore it by selecting the backup / restore option
If no backup, goto mounts and select as storage, plug usb into pc and copy your favorite Rom over, then select back and flash from zip, select the zip and you should all be back up
But please, please I'm all for people learning and experimenting, but might be worth reading some of the basics guides and notes on roms before flashing the next one. Oh, and if I forgot to mention.... Do a backup before flashing ANYTHING saves heartache later, the enjoy
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THANK YOU! I remember this now! Thanks everyone

Your welcome, after all, we all have to learn sometime
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ok i couldn't find the specific thread i was looking for. i remember it being stickied but couldnt find it. did find something that might be usefull but it depends on if you have access to an sd card adapter or other phone to transfer the file needed to reflash CWR. If not i would suggest trying to see if flashing an ruu to help.
edit- I'm confused now. thought you said that when you boot into recovery all you get is a black screen?

Rebooting over and over again

Hello,
sorry if u will find this thread to be repeated, but I was searching so much, and nothing helped me. After all, I think you are my last chance.
So to the problem:
One day I rebooted my Desire Z - rooted, CyanogenMod 7.2.0 RC# ( # is number can't remember which one - 2 or 3). Then I haven't paid attention to it and when I came home I noticed that phone is turned-off. So I turned it on: HTC white screen with green htc logo, CM loading screen and PIN code screen. So i entered PIN everything started loading ( i mean icons in notification bar appeared ) and then it happened: reboot. So again: logo, CM screen, PIN. I was bit slow so I didn't manage to enter PIN code and phone rebooted again. So it appears like it reboots in periods. So I start searching around the internet. I tried some things which I knew how to do, but I always found some problem. For example I can't mount USB storage while in CWM v5.0.2.7.
It appears to be boot loop, but I am not sure because I got to entering PIN code.
Help me, pls... I'm clueless.
P.S.: Sorry for my english, it's not my native language.

helper
YOU HAVE TO REINSTALL HBOOT AND FLASH A NEW ROM I WONT RECOMMEND GOING BACTO YOUR OLD ROM
get the hboot zip from http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html put the file in the root of your sdcard hboot wiil recognize it and asked if you want to update after this remove the memory card use a card reader and on your pc delete the file put it back and enjoy dont forget to flash a new rom since this will delete every thing (oh use the card reader to put the file in you sd since you cant mount it from cmw
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED:good:

strip419 said:
YOU HAVE TO REINSTALL HBOOT AND FLASH A NEW ROM I WONT RECOMMEND GOING BACTO YOUR OLD ROM
get the hboot zip from http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html put the file in the root of your sdcard hboot wiil recognize it and asked if you want to update after this remove the memory card use a card reader and on your pc delete the file put it back and enjoy dont forget to flash a new rom since this will delete every thing (oh use the card reader to put the file in you sd since you cant mount it from cmw
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED:good:
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Umm, don't do that ^^^^^
But it does look like you have some serious issues, try this, boot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik, now flash cm7 on top of it
If it still is causing issues then you need to do a full wipe (even better if you super wipe or fastboot -w)
Then flash ROM of choice, cm7 is great and there are many good Roms based off of cm7 I would also recommend, elitemod or ilwt for a couple nice options
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demkantor said:
Umm, don't do that ^^^^^
But it does look like you have some serious issues, try this, boot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik, now flash cm7 on top of it
If it still is causing issues then you need to do a full wipe (even better if you super wipe or fastboot -w)
Then flash ROM of choice, cm7 is great and there are many good Roms based off of cm7 I would also recommend, elitemod or ilwt for a couple nice options
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I am at work right now and I left phone at home, but I can tell you I tried wiping cache. Problem appeared when I showed log of this wiping and there was something like app2s something with partitions or something like. I already formatted my card in PC (FAT32, not quick format, non-USB card reader - normal one). Should I try different card (card is gold card CID-11111111 (i don't know how many ones ))?
And if I will try what strip419 said, could something possibly happen to my phone ( in wrong way)?

Draftur said:
And if I will try what strip419 said, could something possibly happen to my phone ( in wrong way)?
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I wouldn't bother with reflashing the hboot, I would try more 'non-destructive' solutions first.

Reflashing thé hboot is thé only way to format all partitions do away with any thing that could be doing this of cos you could brick your phone but if you follow rules its gonna be okay if you have adk on your pc then you could use the command tool to clear this but that could do worse damage if you are a noob so its up to you man try or keep looking for a. Solution that will end up like mine any way
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strip419 said:
Reflashing thé hboot is thé only way to format all partitions do away with any thing that could be doing this of cos you could brick your phone but if you follow rules its gonna be okay if you have adk on your pc then you could use the command tool to clear this but that could do worse damage if you are a noob so its up to you man try or keep looking for a. Solution that will end up like mine any way
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... No it's not, 4EXT Recovery -> Wipe/Format -> Format all partitions (except SDcard).

And how does hé get that recovery working when hé cant even boot or can hé flash it from cwm recovery?????
TRY
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strip419 said:
And how does hé get that recovery working when hé cant even boot or can hé flash it from cwm recovery?????
TRY
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You can flash recovery from fastboot or via PC10IMG.zip the same way doing a hboot reinstall would work, except in this case you don't go to such extremes to do the entire hboot over again, just the recovery and go from there. If it's an ENG hboot can use fastboot directly to flash the recovery.img, otherwise you pack it into a PC10IMG.zip and place it on the SD card.
Worse case scenario, the internal memory is fried, and attempting to do a full hboot reinstall would most likely brick it as opposed to only trying to flash a portion.

I had a repetitive reboot issue when flashing a previous ROM as well.
My noob solution was to put PC10IMG.zip back on the SD card, boot to recovery using ADB and then going through the whole process of reinstalling hboot and putting on a known ROM. Didn't brick mine and I'm new to this...
Could have done with finding this forum earlier.

all should know to be careful doing that method, if it were a stock rom and you simply flashed the pc10img.zip with radio hboot, etc in it you could get a brick easy, especially if you don't have a working rom with adb functionality.
what would happen would be (this is if you have eng s-off as most root users do) your phone would begin by flashing the bootloader, after this it would reboot and attempt to flash flash the radio, only problem is the new hboot would be ship s-on and therefore would get stuck, leving you a soft brick with a little luck it would be possible to fix this but it could be that it is unfixable depending on the exact circumstances
all this is just to say be careful what you do, noob or not, if you aren't 100% sure what you are doing when flashing firmware a brick is easy
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I have a similar problem but not sure if it's the same one... When I boot up my phone it goes through all the boot images fine, but when it starts it starts sometimes with my background showing and sometimes in a blank screen but both saying Android System at the top then shortly after shut down (usually shows shutting down not just straight up turns off) I have flashed new roms, reflashed backups, even got a jelly bean rom to go through the optimizing apps screen thing then would go to a blank screen with Android System on top again, and shut down.
Any help would be amazing! I've had my G2 since it's release and would hate to think it ran out of hearts :crying:

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I have a similar problem but not sure if it's the same one... When I boot up my phone it goes through all the boot images fine, but when it starts it starts sometimes with my background showing and sometimes in a blank screen but both saying Android System at the top then shortly after shut down (usually shows shutting down not just straight up turns off) I have flashed new roms, reflashed backups, even got a jelly bean rom to go through the optimizing apps screen thing then would go to a blank screen with Android System on top again, and shut down.
Any help would be amazing! I've had my G2 since it's release and would hate to think it ran out of hearts :crying:
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You have my exact problem! Have you found a fix for it?

Magnumxxxl said:
You have my exact problem! Have you found a fix for it?
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I also have the same problem. I attempted to use superwipe g2 to no avail.
I have clockwork recovery installed, and every custom rom I try to use seems to crash 5-10 seconds after finishing to loading screen for say cm7 or cm9.
I do not have a goldcard so am wondering what the best course of action would be. I am reluctant to follow the Hboot advise as the risks mentioned seem great.

everyone having these issues should go to irc freenode #g2root (just google it) and can receive real time help there. there are too many possiblities of what is going wrong and not enough information being given to help here well.
once things are figured out and all is working post back here to explain what the problem/fix was so future people finding this thread may have an easier time
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demkantor said:
everyone having these issues should go to irc freenode #g2root (just google it) and can receive real time help there. there are too many possiblities of what is going wrong and not enough information being given to help here well.
once things are figured out and all is working post back here to explain what the problem/fix was so future people finding this thread may have an easier time
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What is the hboot way? What does that do? I'll try it, my G2 is already useless now, anything that will fix it including a dangerous way tell me

well hboot (also known as bootloader or spl) is sorta like bios on a pc. but I don't suggest trying anything rash and can't help much unless I know paticulars of your situation, if you give that I can see what I can do, but like I said before if you would like some realtime help go to freenode.
if you want help here give me details, what exactly is your problem, what have you tried to do to fix it, what method specificaly did you use to obtain root, write down everything on your hboot screen (again you get there by holding volume down while powering on)
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demkantor said:
well hboot (also known as bootloader or spl) is sorta like bios on a pc. but I don't suggest trying anything rash and can't help much unless I know paticulars of your situation, if you give that I can see what I can do, but like I said before if you would like some realtime help go to freenode.
if you want help here give me details, what exactly is your problem, what have you tried to do to fix it, what method specificaly did you use to obtain root, write down everything on your hboot screen (again you get there by holding volume down while powering on)
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Well I bought this phone at a swapmeet last year for 40 bucks. Everything worked and it was on gingerbread last year. In a week I googled and found a way to root by using the thread here in the forum by using adb and downgrading to froyo which was a pain for a noob using adb I just add lol, I was on elitemod gb for many months, until I was playing music a few days ago it just rebooted itself and it wouldn't boot correctly. Here's how it goes, htc white screen, boot animation, then it says android system on the top left and all black under and it shuts itself off. EVERY rom I have flashed it does that, I wiped completely and use the superwipe g2+ and still no dice. I couldn't find the 4ext recovery, I need it as a flashable zip to try it.

not really you should be able to flash it via fastboot (which is my opinion the prefered way anyhow) just google search for the image.
but I still need to know what is on your hboot screen or I can't help much further
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not really you should be able to flash it via fastboot (which is my opinion the prefered way anyhow) just google search for the image.
but I still need to know what is on your hboot screen or I can't help much further
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Do you have twitter so I can show you there with ease?

JIUI JB and CWM problem

Hi everyone, hope someone can help...
I’ve been playing around with custom roms for years, on all sorts of phones from my old HTC Hero through to my current Defy, without any problems that I haven’t been able to fix, but this has got me stumped. I've spent ages searching the forums, but haven't found anything relevant - apologies if I've overlooked a thread.
I installed JIUI JB on my trusted Defy, just to see what it was like and fully expecting to be able to re-install my favourite WajkIUI rom. Unfortunately, now I’ve decided to return to a stable rom I’ve run into a bit of a hitch.
I can’t work out how to boot into ClockworkMod recovery to install the zip from my SD card. I’ve tried power button and volume down but only get as far as the Android system recovery, and this obviously won't let me install a normal .zip file. Is there something blindingly obvious I’m missing?
I thought I could install a recovery manager from Play and use that to reboot, but some bug in JIUI JB – or something I’ve inadvertently done! – means that my phone is reporting inadequate internal storage. When I go into Apps in Settings it reports no internal storage at all, so no apps will download.
So now I’m stuck with a smooth but buggy rom, and I can’t replace it. Any ideas or suggestions gratefully received. Thanks in advance for your help.

Reboot and on blue led ress volume down button.....Viola u r in bootmenu....then go to recovery and custom recovery whatever........
And come on dis info is in d open of the guide thread which is a sticky too
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Thank you for your help, that seems to have done the trick.
And apologies too - I knew the info would be somewhere, but I did search and didn't find it. If that's down to my inability to search effectively then mea culpa, but don't blast me for not trying! Sometimes the answer you want doesn't appear, however hard you look.