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Hi everyone,
I need some help. I recently rooted by HTC Desire and loaded Froyo. Everything has been working perfectly. That is until I tried to run a system update.
Firstly, I got the error "cannot verify file-signature", so I renamed the update to SDCARD: update.zip and ran this from the recovery screen.
The update seemed to run fine, until I was asked to reboot the phone... now it's stuck it a constant boot cycle only getting as far as the splash screen.
Can anyone help me ?
If you rooted your phone than don't do system updated scan.
Did you make a nandroid backup after you rooted your phone?
Have you tried rebooting in recovery mode and wipe cache and wipe data/factory and then flash your phone with the rom again?
Could also try just wipeing cache.
If that dosen't work you might have to format the sd card but i wouldn't jump to doing that and if you do that you should mount your sd card via recovery mode and take the data ther you don't want to lose, like your nandroid backup and other stuff.
If not i would try that before you do it you should nandroid backup your phone!
Wiping all user data won't make a difference. A factory reset will remove all data form the data partition but sysyem stays the same, and that is where the problem is.
If you get the signature verification failed it can mean two things. Either the file was not singed or it was singed but got corrupted/changed. What where you trying to flash?
If you can still boot in to recovery, reflash a rom (with a full wipe) you still have on the sd or mount you sd as mass storage and copy a new rom to the sd.
Just in case, to do a factory reset, choose the "CLEAR STORAGE" option which can be found under the HBOOT menu.. That's what I did when my phone kept getting stuck in a bootloop once, I also did a full wipe + dalvik cache wipe, and then flashed the ROM and it worked.
I cannot do a factory reset. I tried it... same issue. The boots to the flash screen, then gets stuck in a loop. Screen off, vibrate/flash screen on, screen off, vibrate/splash screen on, etc, etc.
Looks like I'll need to do something a little more drastic. Re-flash perhaps ?
Yes, you can try without wiping if you want to keep your data but best thing is a full wipe and reflash.
Am haveing the same problem thinking i unrooted my desire and istalled froyo rom did up date.
My problem seems to be little more then just reboot loop i get red triangle at recovery Fake flash didnt help.
Any ideas?
Oh please, give a solution! on this problem!
I've done the same update and got into a boot loop.
The problem is, I can't get into the recovery menu to flash my backup.
And also tried to reflash the recovery, but Unrevoked won't recognize the phone.
WHAT SHOULD I DO??????
So you updated a rooted phone with an OTA update?
could you post more details.
eg. the rom you are using, the original rom that was on the phone, branded etc....
mikep99 said:
So you updated a rooted phone with an OTA update?
could you post more details.
eg. the rom you are using, the original rom that was on the phone, branded etc....
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OK. It's a NOT branded Desire with original Android 2.2 (ROM version 2.10405...), HBOOT 0.93, etc. And yes, I have done system update after Unrevoked rooting (I know it's a mistake)
Any ideas?
download this..
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe
boot your phone into fastboot - power and BACK button.
connect to pc.
your phone should display FASTBOOT USB.
run the exe you downloaded as administrator and with any antivirus turned off.
wait...
done...
this will put your phone back to stock and will wipe everything but not your sdcard.
let us know how you get on
mikep99 said:
download this..
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe
boot your phone into fastboot - power and BACK button.
connect to pc.
your phone should display FASTBOOT USB.
run the exe you downloaded as administrator and with any antivirus turned off.
wait...
done...
this will put your phone back to stock and will wipe everything but not your sdcard.
let us know how you get on
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Thanks, I've already got that answer. Now trying to download the RUU with my poor connection.....
by the way, do I need a sim in the phone during this process?
I don't think it matters.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
Just finished flashing the stock rom. It's really the only way to bring the phone alive
I was in the middle of installing cm7 r2 and I managed to drop my phone and it got shut off. Now when I turn it on it won't get past the first screen, then it resets and brings me to clockworkmod recovery. So I hope there's a way to fix this since I have access to that, but I can't find anything cause really, I don't know what to look for. Any help would be grealy appreciated.
Kaymor said:
I was in the middle of installing cm7 r2 and I managed to drop my phone and it got shut off. Now when I turn it on it won't get past the first screen, then it resets and brings me to clockworkmod recovery. So I hope there's a way to fix this since I have access to that, but I can't find anything cause really, I don't know what to look for. Any help would be grealy appreciated.
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If you can access the bootloader and recovery, then you're most likely fine, and have nothing to worry about. Unless, of course, something was damaged internally (hardware wise) when you dropped it. Do you have any nandroid backups that you made with clockwork recovery? If you do, all you should need to do is restore that backup. I like to do a full wipe (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache) before restoring a backup. If you don't have any nandroid backups, then just use clockwork recovery to install the rom. Assuming CM7 rc2 is already on your sd card ( if it's not, just put CM7 and Gapps on your sd card ), go into clockwork recovery, and select wipe. Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache (under advanced). Go to 'install zip from sd card', find the CM7 rc2 zip. Select it, and let it flash. Once it completes, go back to install frm sd card, and flash the Gapps. Once that's done, reboot. That *should* get you going again. Good luck.
i would try wipe caches, restoring my back up and make sure everything works, then star the process to install cm7 all over again
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If you can access the bootloader and recovery, then you're most likely fine, and have nothing to worry about. Unless, of course, something was damaged internally (hardware wise) when you dropped it. Do you have any nandroid backups that you made with clockwork recovery? If you do, all you should need to do is restore that backup. I like to do a full wipe (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache) before restoring a backup. If you don't have any nandroid backups, then just use clockwork recovery to install the rom. Assuming CM7 rc2 is already on your sd card ( if it's not, just put CM7 and Gapps on your sd card ), go into clockwork recovery, and select wipe. Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache (under advanced). Go to 'install zip from sd card', find the CM7 rc2 zip. Select it, and let it flash. Once it completes, go back to install frm sd card, and flash the Gapps. Once that's done, reboot. That *should* get you going again. Good luck.
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I'm pretty sure no hardware was damaged. Sadly I didn't care enough about the stuff I'd lose to make a back up. I did assume I'd be able to put the rom on my sd card but I can't find a single download for cm7...but thanls for the help, I'm glad to know my phone can be saved , now off to find this file...
Found it, will update if phone will work
Kaymor said:
I'm pretty sure no hardware was damaged. Sadly I didn't care enough about the stuff I'd lose to make a back up. I did assume I'd be able to put the rom on my sd card but I can't find a single download for cm7...but thanls for the help, I'm glad to know my phone can be saved , now off to find this file...
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Look here, gapps are on the bottom of the page, CM7 will be somewhere in the middle
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#HTC_Evo_4G
EDIT: you seem to have found it
Kaymor said:
I'm pretty sure no hardware was damaged. Sadly I didn't care enough about the stuff I'd lose to make a back up. I did assume I'd be able to put the rom on my sd card but I can't find a single download for cm7...but thanls for the help, I'm glad to know my phone can be saved , now off to find this file...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=956187
All the downloads you need should be in the first few posts of this thread. Don't forget about gapps, otherwise you won't have google apps. And once you get everything up and running and stable, I suggest creating a nandroid backup! It only takes about 5-10 minutes, and can save you some real hassles in certain situations. And, since you can't boot into the ROM, you have a couple options to transfer the files to your sd card. 1) Take your sd card out of the phone, and put it in a card reader/adapter, and into your computer. 2) Put it in a different phone to transfer the files 3) the easiest way, is while you're in clockwork recovery, there should be a setting called 'usb ms togge' or something similar to that (i use AR recovery, and that's waht it's called in Ar), and that should mount your sd as a disk drive to your computer. Good luck.
Edit: I took too long, you found it already! Nice. Let us know if it all works out, or if you need more assistance.
Hooray! Phone works again!!! Thanks everyone so much for the quick and helpful replies, I'm impressed by the such friendly community!
Kaymor said:
Hooray! Phone works again!!! Thanks everyone so much for the quick and helpful replies, I'm impressed by the such friendly community!
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You're welcome! Glad you're back up and running again! And yes, XDA is a great community, and houses many knowledgeable, friendly, and very smart people. Welcome aboard.
I have the following problem.
This was the situation:
I wanted to install a custom rom, so I did a full whipe, booted intoo bootloader, erased cache, flashed boot.img and going back to recovery to install the custom rom.
When I wanted to choose the rom on sd, it said: can't mount sd-card.
The only solution I found here on xda was to install the stock recovery, factory reset and flash again the custom recovery. And so I did.
SD-card is mounted, but all my data is lost!! So my question is, will there be a possibility to recover the data (not only photo's, video's and music).
Thanks in advance!
almanbrother said:
I have the following problem.
This was the situation:
I wanted to install a custom rom, so I did a full whipe, booted intoo bootloader, erased cache, flashed boot.img and going back to recovery to install the custom rom.
When I wanted to choose the rom on sd, it said: can't mount sd-card.
The only solution I found here on xda was to install the stock recovery, factory reset and flash again the custom recovery. And so I did.
SD-card is mounted, but all my data is lost!! So my question is, will there be a possibility to recover the data (not only photo's, video's and music).
Thanks in advance!
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that's impossible..there are fake apps out there that pretends to do that but they do not work...
I was afraid of that answer, thanks for the confirmation!
I tried to flash new rom and Kernel . I did the following.
I load Rom zip, Kernel zip, and gapps onto my SD card. I verify that it loaded correctly.
Boot to TWRP recovery and advanced wipe the following:
Davikcache,Data,System,Cache,Internal/SD card,Android Secure,Preload.
Back up to Install in recovery to flash rom and kernel and gapps but nothing there. No file.
Now I can not do anything but reboot to Recovery.
There is nothing in Restore to restore.
Please guide me to restore the OS. Thanks
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
If you want to flash the rom, just mount the partition in recocvery and send the zip via usb and install that.
Thanks @8Fishes for anwer my call for help.
I found a link to restore to Stock from hard bricked and I am able to get it back to Stock Rom.
I redo the Rom flashing again. This time I did not wipe the internal| SD card and I am able to flash the new Rom. I learn a lot from that mistake
dukkha2 said:
Thanks @8Fishes for anwer my call for help.
I found a link to restore to Stock from hard bricked and I am able to get it back to Stock Rom.
I redo the Rom flashing again. This time I did not wipe the internal| SD card and I am able to flash the new Rom. I learn a lot from that mistake
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It is OK to wipe Internal SD but if and only if your backup and ROM files are on external SD card.
Hi guys,
I seem to have this problem where my nandroid backup from TWRP won't boot. I can only get it to boot after flashing the Rom over again after the store (this doesn't erase the data and all my file are still there, I just have to make sure I'm flashing the same Rom version as was part of the backup to avoid issues . But I was wondering if there is something else I should be doing here. I've used TWRP in the past and was just able to back up and restore no problem.
When I back up I make sure my system partition is mounted and I usually backup the default selections (boot/data/system, EFS) . My feeling is somehow the boot partition gets corrupted and won't allow the phone to continue booting, but I'm not sure why?
Any ideas? I'm using TWRP version 3.0.2-0. This happens when restoring nandroid for any rom (so far tried with oxygen/hydrogen/miui and cm14).
Thanks in advance.
I have question regarding TWRP. I always had a phone with an external SD card. This will be my first phone with no external memory. When I install a new ROM I always wiped internal, factory reset and cleared cache. Now can't do that anymore cause that will wipe my internal card and lose my nandroid backup. What are you guys wiping right before you install a ROM?
borijess said:
I have question regarding TWRP. I always had a phone with an external SD card. This will be my first phone with no external memory. When I install a new ROM I always wiped internal, factory reset and cleared cache. Now can't do that anymore cause that will wipe my internal card and lose my nandroid backup. What are you guys wiping right before you install a ROM?
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Standard factory reset on TWRP will erase data, cache and Calvin cache without wiping internal SD card. That's what most people use.
piotrus22 said:
Hi guys,
I seem to have this problem where my nandroid backup from TWRP won't boot. I can only get it to boot after flashing the Rom over again after the store (this doesn't erase the data and all my file are still there, I just have to make sure I'm flashing the same Rom version as was part of the backup to avoid issues . But I was wondering if there is something else I should be doing here. I've used TWRP in the past and was just able to back up and restore no problem.
When I back up I make sure my system partition is mounted and I usually backup the default selections (boot/data/system, EFS) . My feeling is somehow the boot partition gets corrupted and won't allow the phone to continue booting, but I'm not sure why?
Any ideas? I'm using TWRP version 3.0.2-0. This happens when restoring nandroid for any rom (so far tried with oxygen/hydrogen/miui and cm14).
Thanks in advance.
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I don't have any solution for you but I can certainly concur. I've seen this behaviour as well but not as consistently as what you are describing. About 1/3rd of the time my restores don't work as you mentioned and I have to dirty flash the rom to get it to boot. Sometimes the restore even errors out while restoring the System partition in which case I just dirty flash. This is like my 9th or so Android device since Samsung released the SGS1 in whatever year that was and this is the first phone I've ever had this problem with. On previous phones it would happen rarely but nothing like it does on the OP3.
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borijess said:
I have question regarding TWRP. I always had a phone with an external SD card. This will be my first phone with no external memory. When I install a new ROM I always wiped internal, factory reset and cleared cache. Now can't do that anymore cause that will wipe my internal card and lose my nandroid backup. What are you guys wiping right before you install a ROM?
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You can either not wipe internal storage (that is what I do usually) or you can buy an OTG adapter. I think TWRP supports it for our device. You can always copy off your backups via USB then wipe internal then copy your backups back too I think.
Did you for once try wiping the complete device after backing up nans on external storage and thn trying restoring? That would make a difference
Dr-Hack said:
Did you for once try wiping the complete device after backing up nans on external storage and thn trying restoring? That would make a difference
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What?
piotrus22 said:
What?
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I think he is asking to do below procedure -
1.Copy your nandroid backup and other imp stuff to computer
2.boot into TWRP
3.wipe all partitions including internal storage
4.copy nandroid backup to phone
5.restore backup through TWRP
Did you mount system to restore backup?
null0seven said:
Did you mount system to restore backup?
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Yep of course.
JumboMan said:
I think he is asking to do below procedure -
1.Copy your nandroid backup and other imp stuff to computer
2.boot into TWRP
3.wipe all partitions including internal storage
4.copy nandroid backup to phone
5.restore backup through TWRP
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OK. Have not tried this, why would this work and fix my problem? Do I only have to do it once and then all subsequent restores would be fine? Is it a problem with my TWRP? Phone?
piotrus22 said:
OK. Have not tried this, why would this work and fix my problem? Do I only have to do it once and then all subsequent restores would be fine? Is it a problem with my TWRP? Phone?
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its one time procedure. Subsequent restore will be fine.
May be different versions of TWRP will help you with this problem
is this issue had been resolved? because i have also the same problem.. whats the fix for this?
piotrus22 said:
OK. Have not tried this, why would this work and fix my problem? Do I only have to do it once and then all subsequent restores would be fine? Is it a problem with my TWRP? Phone?
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How did you fix your problem? I cant restore my backup also..
it says restore complete but stock in boot logo after... any fix?
toto_vanir said:
How did you fix your problem? I cant restore my backup also..
it says restore complete but stock in boot logo after... any fix?
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Hey man. No I never fixed it. Just flash your Rom over it and it should boot fine.