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Can't get back into recovery...

I did a search but there were too many random results.
I'm on fresh 0.5.3 and I want to flash the new update but for some reason when I try to get into recovery mode it locks up (tried waiting 15mins) on the white htc evo 4g screen. this is the first time this is happening.
I'm sure that this has happened to someone else so if someone can help a fellow evo user that would be great.

Crazypinoy9 said:
I did a search but there were too many random results.
I'm on fresh 0.5.3 and I want to flash the new update but for some reason when I try to get into recovery mode it locks up (tried waiting 15mins) on the white htc evo 4g screen. this is the first time this is happening.
I'm sure that this has happened to someone else so if someone can help a fellow evo user that would be great.
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i had this same issue while playing around with roms. i just ran the windows recovery batch file found here:
http://www.androidcentral.com/evo-4g-root-instructions
and updated everything properly. which recovery are you using? i use amon-ra, had to make sure it was the proper version. here's the thread i also referred to, which worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721055
make sure you use the portion about getting root after the ota update. let me know how that goes.
edit: i just realized that both links provide the same info. i'd recommend the xda one.

Thanks for the reply.
I'm using the latest amon RA. I tried switching to clockwork but had the same results. I'll definitely try what you suggested and see what happens.
Thanks again!
**Ok so I used the link you provided and hate to admit it but I'm a little confused. I'm still a little bit of a noob when it comes to this stuff. Is there any way you can give me a simple breakdown of what you did to solve this issue? I know it's a lot to ask but I would really appreciate it.**

Crazypinoy9 said:
Thanks for the reply.
I'm using the latest amon RA. I tried switching to clockwork but had the same results. I'll definitely try what you suggested and see what happens.
Thanks again!
**Ok so I used the link you provided and hate to admit it but I'm a little confused. I'm still a little bit of a noob when it comes to this stuff. Is there any way you can give me a simple breakdown of what you did to solve this issue? I know it's a lot to ask but I would really appreciate it.**
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no problem!
i'm assuming you have nand unlocked since you were able to get the fresh rom on it before...
ok, so i'm guessing you're getting the phone with the red exclamation screen?
if so, at this point, go download the files from here:
http://link.geekfor.me/evorecovery
basically, follow the instructions in "Flashing recovery for custom ROMs" here:
http://www.androidcentral.com/evo-4g-root-instructions
that'll give you the recovery menu. once you do that, use the usb toggle option and transfer the files noted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721055 (in the ****ROOTING AFTER OTA 1.47.651.1 (Full Root)**** section)
once you do that, unmount the usb from the recovery on your phone. at this point, you should be able to adb into it via running the "adb shell" command on your command prompt. go through step 5F and on. that should confirm root and nand unlock, with the right amon-ra recovery version.
let me know how that goes. good luck!

shift_ said:
no problem!
i'm assuming you have nand unlocked since you were able to get the fresh rom on it before...
ok, so i'm guessing you're getting the phone with the red exclamation screen?
if so, at this point, go download the files from here:
basically, follow the instructions in "Flashing recovery for custom ROMs" here:
that'll give you the recovery menu. once you do that, use the usb toggle option and transfer the files noted here:
once you do that, unmount the usb from the recovery on your phone. at this point, you should be able to adb into it via running the "adb shell" command on your command prompt. go through step 5F and on. that should confirm root and nand unlock, with the right amon-ra recovery version.
let me know how that goes. good luck!
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Thank you so much! But one thing....I'm not getting that red exclamation point though. it just gets stuck on the white HTC evo 4g boot screen and never goes into recovery.

Crazypinoy9 said:
Thank you so much! But one thing....I'm not getting that red exclamation point though. it just gets stuck on the white HTC evo 4g boot screen and never goes into recovery.
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so, it's stuck at that screen now?
hmm.. it's not looping though, is it?

Can you get into your boot loader?

elegantai said:
Can you get into your boot loader?
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I can pretty much get into the screen has the skateboarding androids and lists the following:
Fastboot
Recovery
As soon as I select recovery it immediately goes to the white loading screen that says "HTC EVO 4G" in black and stops there. If I boot normally into the phone it's fine. For some reason it won't let me into amon-ra.

I very curious in this thread and outcome because I'm trying to flash Amon Ra and get out of Clockwork. However, i ran into not being able to get into Clockwork....but luckily I had ROM manager installed and it finally reloaded Clockwork.
But I need to get AmonRa recovery on my device and I just cant get it to flash....so I'm really interested in the out come of this thread.

Crazypinoy9 said:
I can pretty much get into the screen has the skateboarding androids and lists the following:
Fastboot
Recovery
As soon as I select recovery it immediately goes to the white loading screen that says "HTC EVO 4G" in black and stops there. If I boot normally into the phone it's fine. For some reason it won't let me into amon-ra.
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seems like recovery hasn't been properly installed. did you try running the right pc36img.zip file?

shift_ said:
seems like recovery hasn't been properly installed. did you try running the right pc36img.zip file?
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I just don't understand how this could've happened. I've used the amon-ra recovery with no problems before (flashed damagecontrol and fresh multiple times) which means that it was properly installed. Can it possibly get corrupted some how???

Is my device bricked ?

I used unrevoked3 and rooted my device, now when i wanted to backup things with clockwork my device hangs, after it whas finished backing up i cant get passed the htc logo....instead it reboots and tries again.
I can't do anything, please advice.
Edit: I can go into recovery mode .... but i cant install ruu back :S

MichelN said:
I used unrevoked3 and rooted my device, now when i wanted to backup things with clockwork my device hangs, after it whas finished backing up i cant get passed the htc logo....instead it reboots and tries again.
I can't do anything, please advice.
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Cann you still access recovery ?

Yes.....i also can backup things etc.....but it wont get passed the splash screen for some reason.

wow! for some reason it got fixed
i did a restore.

MichelN said:
Yes.....i also can backup things etc.....but it wont get passed the splash screen for some reason.
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Then you're not bricked, try wiping everything in recovery.
Or reflash a rom via recovery

MichelN said:
wow! for some reason it got fixed
i did a restore.
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As long you can access your bootloader/recovery you're fine man

Thanks for the help anyway....i just want to know what happend as i pulled of the batter 5 times because i couldnt pass the splash.

MichelN said:
wow! for some reason it got fixed
i did a restore.
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It's a known issue with v 3.21. Boot loop after first nandroid.backup. restoring from the backup you have taken is the accepted work around. Should be fine now.
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DeFroST FAQ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6622965&postcount=2

[Q] What do I do if I can't get into Recovery?

I was flashing a TrickDroid ROM just now, having had Jellytime 17.1 previously. I did a full backup and full wipe before attempting to flash the TrickDroid ROM.
I got distracted during the process, and when I came back to my phone, it was showing the Jellytime boot animation, but never gets to the UI.
OK, so I figure I can hold the power and volume down button and get into recovery. Nope. When I try to select Recovery from the boot loader, it doesn't do anything at all.
Am I hosed up for good here?

When you get into hboot does it do the normal check? After that it should let you choose.
If that doesn't work try pulling the battery for a few minutes and try again.
If you have adb you can type:
adb reboot recovery
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
When you get into hboot does it do the normal check? After that it should let you choose.
If that doesn't work try pulling the battery for a few minutes and try again.
If you have adb you can type:
adb reboot recovery
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It does do the check. When I select "recovery" or "factory reset", it just comes back to the bootloader menu without doing anything.
Mike

TheImpalaKid said:
It does do the check. When I select "recovery" or "factory reset", it just comes back to the bootloader menu without doing anything.
Mike
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Perhaps you need to re-flash a recovery but let's wait for someone to double check and confirm.
But then you get the same issue with factory reset (which you shouldn't do).
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If it goes into the bootanimation then you can use ADB. Connect the phone to pc and let it go into the bootloop and then use "adb reboot recovery" from the command line on your pc.
If it stil doesn't work then you'll need to reflash your recovery. Download a recovery image like ClockWorkMod, go into bootloader while connected to pc. It should show "Fastboot USB" on the bootloader screen. Then use ""fastboot flash recovery [name of the image.img]" to flash a new recovery.
Try going into recovery again and see if it helps.

Teichopsia said:
Perhaps you need to re-flash a recovery but let's wait for someone to double check and confirm.
But then you get the same issue with factory reset (which you shouldn't do).
Sent from a dream.
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I tried removing the battery for about 10 minutes, and then tried getting into recovery. The same thing happens when I select "recovery".
I let it sit for about 40 minutes with the JellyTime boot animation running, hoping it would complete, but it never did.
I guess AT&T can reflash it but then I'll have to root it again. I guess that's better than losing the whole thing.
Mike

Its strange though.. flashing a ROM doesn't tamper the recovery partition so it shouldn't have happened.
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TheImpalaKid said:
I tried removing the battery for about 10 minutes, and then tried getting into recovery. The same thing happens when I select "recovery".
I let it sit for about 40 minutes with the JellyTime boot animation running, hoping it would complete, but it never did.
I guess AT&T can reflash it but then I'll have to root it again. I guess that's better than losing the whole thing.
Mike
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You won't need to give it to AT&T.. just run an RUU and root it again if it comes to it.

Just do what the previous member suggested. You both posted at the same time so you might not have seen it.
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Teichopsia said:
Just do what the previous member suggested. You both posted at the same time so you might not have seen it.
Sent from a dream.
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Thanks, I hadn't seen that other reply.
I have been flashing ROMs for about a year, and had never run across this problem. I've never had anything happen that messed up recovery until now.
I will try this when I get home from work today. Thanks to both of you for the help and suggestions.
Mike

TheImpalaKid said:
Thanks, I hadn't seen that other reply.
I have been flashing ROMs for about a year, and had never run across this problem. I've never had anything happen that messed up recovery until now.
I will try this when I get home from work today. Thanks to both of you for the help and suggestions.
Mike
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Ofcourse.. and It shouldn't have happened. ROM's don't mess with the recovery. Even if anything happened during flashing the ROM the recovery partition should not be affected. This is a strange situation indeed.. should be brought to attention of the 4ext recovery developer...

if4ct0r said:
Ofcourse.. and It shouldn't have happened. ROM's don't mess with the recovery. Even if anything happened during flashing the ROM the recovery partition should not be affected. This is a strange situation indeed.. should be brought to attention of the 4ext recovery developer...
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I thought it was pretty weird, too. I've flashed ROMs a ton of times with no problems.
I am using ClockworkModRecovery.
Mike

TheImpalaKid said:
I thought it was pretty weird, too. I've flashed ROMs a ton of times with no problems.
I am using ClockworkModRecovery.
Mike
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Oh.. my bad. I thought I read that you use 4EXT.. :silly:
In anycase.. All is well and solvable if you can reach the bootanimation Just use ADB.

if4ct0r said:
Oh.. my bad. I thought I read that you use 4EXT.. :silly:
In anycase.. All is well and solvable if you can reach the bootanimation Just use ADB.
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I guess... I can't get my laptop to recognize the phone or load any drivers for it. So when I try to run adb, I get no devices.
I have a teenage son who I may sic on this problem.
Mike

You have HTC Sync installed? You have ADB as well? Make sure you have it installed. It installs connectivity drivers for your phone.
If you're indeed getting into bootanimation your phone should be recognized by ADB. After installing HTC Sync, try running "adb devices" if it shows no devices try running "adb kill-server" and then "adb devices" again. If all drivers are correctly installed it should recognize your phone.

Tips: You can get adb by running the advanced ace hack kit once

Update
My two sons were able to finally get the phone reset to factory spec sometime last night. :victory: So I'll have to re-root the phone and then I can restore my ROM from the backups.
One weird thing... the speaker/microphone doesn't work now. This is no big deal as I rarely receive or make calls.
I'm probably not your typical Android user in that I'm 55, and I love to try out the different ROMs that are available. Favorites are BlackIce, Trickdroid, and JellyTime.
Most of my peers have some sort of iPhone and really don't care anything about behind-the-scenes or jailbreaking, etc.
Thanks to everyone who's offered help and information.
Mike
TheImpalaKid

[Q] HELP - dhd stuck on ClockworkMod recovery

Hi,
I just installed the the Revolution ROM on my desire HD and then when i rebooted it it went straight to the revolution reboot menu....
As i am a NOOB i downloaded the Clockwork recovery, reinstalled the revolution rom but same thing happens...
When i reboot the system it starts up (HTC screen) turns off starts back up again and goes straight to "clockworkmod recovery" menu...
I cant even go to the original boot menu...
To make things worst i can only connect usb as storage...
Can anyone please identify my problem and make a step by step solution, as my knowlege on android phones is close to nothing :crying:

madskor said:
Hi,
I just installed the the Revolution ROM on my desire HD and then when i rebooted it it went straight to the revolution reboot menu....
As i am a NOOB i downloaded the Clockwork recovery, reinstalled the revolution rom but same thing happens...
When i reboot the system it starts up (HTC screen) turns off starts back up again and goes straight to "clockworkmod recovery" menu...
I cant even go to the original boot menu...
To make things worst i can only connect usb as storage...
Can anyone please identify my problem and make a step by step solution, as my knowlege on android phones is close to nothing :crying:
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Did you do a full wipe (system, data, and cache) before flashing? Are you S-Off with AAHK or S-On with unlocked bootloader?

bananagranola said:
Did you do a full wipe (system, data, and cache) before flashing? Are you S-Off with AAHK or S-On with unlocked bootloader?
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Yes, i did a full wipe before flashing...
I cant see if i´m S-ON or Off because i can´t go to the original boot menu, but i think its S-Off because the Rom that was in the phone before i messed with it was not the original

madskor said:
Yes, i did a full wipe before flashing...
I cant see if i´m S-ON or Off because i can´t go to the original boot menu, but i think its S-Off because the Rom that was in the phone before i messed with it was not the original
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An unlocked bootloader with S-On still permits flashing of custom ROMs. Is your recovery updated? If not, do that.

bananagranola said:
An unlocked bootloader with S-On still permits flashing of custom ROMs. Is your recovery updated?
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i dont know as i said i´m a huge noob when it comes to tecnology
isn´t there a way to do everythig again, but the right way ?
i already installed revolution 3 or 4 times and it installs just fine but wont start up the right way.... always comes back to this menu....

madskor said:
i dont know as i said i´m a huge noob when it comes to tecnology
isn´t there a way to do everythig again, but the right way ?
i already installed revolution 3 or 4 times and it installs just fine but wont start up the right way.... always comes back to this menu....
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The guide in post #7 of the guide in my signature is pretty clear. Read that. What is important to know is whether your phone is S-On bootloader unlocked or S-Off. Since you didn't hang on the boot splash when you flashed ARHD, I'm guessing S-Off. But just to be safe: to find this information, reboot while holding power and volume-down. That is your bootloader, known as hboot. What does it say? Finally, my hunch is that you need to update your recovery. The guide has instructions for that, but basically, download the image to your computer and flash it from fastboot.
Oh, and you may need to install your drivers on your computer. Install HTC Sync from the HTC website.

bananagranola said:
The guide in post #7 of the guide in my signature is pretty clear. Read that. What is important to know is whether your phone is S-On bootloader unlocked or S-Off. Since you didn't hang on the boot splash when you flashed ARHD, I'm guessing S-Off. But just to be safe: to find this information, reboot while holding power and volume-down. That is your bootloader, known as hboot. What does it say? Finally, my hunch is that you need to update your recovery. The guide has instructions for that, but basically, download the image to your computer and flash it from fastboot.
Oh, and you may need to install your drivers on your computer. Install HTC Sync from the HTC website.
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I´ve tried to turn the phone on wli holding power + volume, but the result is the same.... powers up then down then up again straight to clockwork...
can you give me the link to the instruction? i cant find them
What image do i have to download?
Sorry for all the questions..... and thanks for your patience

madskor said:
I´ve tried to turn the phone on wli holding power + volume, but the result is the same.... powers up then down then up again straight to clockwork...
can you give me the link to the instruction? i cant find them
What image do i have to download?
Sorry for all the questions..... and thanks for your patience
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824379. But if power and volume-down (you're using down, not up, right?) boot into CWM, sounds like a problem with your volume buttons.

bananagranola said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824379. But if power and volume-down (you're using down, not up, right?) boot into CWM, sounds like a problem with your volume buttons.
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OMG.... huge noob mistake.... i was using the volume-up button.... you must be so mad at me right now
I can see it now.... on the top of the boot menu says: *** UNLOCKED *** ACE PUT SHIP S-ON...
so i guess you were right.... whats the best ting to do then?
I think it may something to do with the boot image but dont know how to fix it

Update recovery. Guide has instructions.

bananagranola said:
Update recovery. Guide has instructions.
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Thank you for your patience... i´ll give it a try...
I´ve been trying to solve it by myself for the past 12 hours... i´m exausted
Hope this will fix it....

madskor said:
Thank you for your patience... i´ll give it a try...
I´ve been trying to solve it by myself for the past 12 hours... i´m exausted
Hope this will fix it....
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When you're tired, it's best to get some sleep. Most mistakes happen when sleepy and tired (been there!) so I'd suggest a little shut-eye and continue then
Sounds to me like the problem will get solved pretty soon, just read the guides and don't rush things. If unsure, read the guide (for what-ever you are doing) a second or a third time and don't try doing many things at the same time (ie.don't try updating your radio, rom, & recovery all at the same time ).
Pretty much anything can be fixed as long as you got recovery working so don't stress too much. Best of luck and hope you get your phone working soon :good:

Still havn´t found a solution for my problem, but i think i´m on to something....
I think the problem with my phone is the boot.img.... i can´t flash it correctly...
Dont know what program to use or what file to download.... i tried openning a command list but i and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" as i´ve seen on other posts but i always get "this is not known as an internal or external command, etc...."
What can i doooooooooooooo?!!!! going crazy with this

Hey buddy, stay calm haha. I had the exact same problem. The problem is that although you tried to flash it, you nee to have the boot.img and some files including fastboot.exe. All of the files you need and how to flash the rom are in a guide by glevitan. You can just google it.
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TheJurgenp1 said:
Hey buddy, stay calm haha. I had the exact same problem. The problem is that although you tried to flash it, you nee to have the boot.img and some files including fastboot.exe. All of the files you need and how to flash the rom are in a guide by glevitan. You can just google it.
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I´m trying to keep my cool .... hehehe
the problem is just that... i already googled so many solutions an tried so many things i´m starting to loose hope...
I´m a noob when it comes to these things...
and the fact that english is not my native thong doesnt help either... there are some expressions i dont understand...
Do you still have the link to that solution you mentioned?

You need drivers. Install HTC Sync from the HTC website.

bananagranola said:
You need drivers. Install HTC Sync from the HTC website.
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already done that... on clockwork recovery mode i can mount usb storage and have access to sd card... that means the drivers are ok... right?
also tried to instal fastboot on my pc but when i clic on the application it doesnt open the cmd window....
what else should i do?

You need to type fastboot from the cmd.

bananagranola said:
You need to type fastboot from the cmd.
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already did but it wont recognize the command

Then your drivers aren't working. Uninstall and reinstall with the phone unplugged.

Unable to access Bootmenu and stuck at HTC Menu

Hello, I recently flashed sphongle on my HTC ONE V, and it was working fine. I later installed gapps, which was also working fine (downloaded a few app and recovered my contact etc... using Titanium) for a while until I rebooted the phone. After this I could not get past the loading screen for sphongle. I do not know if Gapps was the issue, but I used version 20130301.
I then went to the my CWM recovery menu and did a factory reset, cleared the cache and tried restoring to the backup I made before I flashed the ROM. After doing this I could not get past the HTC menu. After doing all of this I now cannot access the bootmenu, it instead goes straight to the recovery menu when I hold down the power and volume down button as one would do to access the bootmenu. Because I can't access the bootmenu, I can't use an RUU.
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas I would be very happy.:fingers-crossed:
I'll try to answer any questions people have.

CWM is more trouble than its worth. it doesnt have a boot to bootloader option like twrp? you are in a fix without the ability to access hboot

No it doesn't have the option sadly.
Curtis1973 said:
you are in a fix without the ability to access hboot
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Yep that's pretty much jist of it.

whick kernel are you using ?

I'm using HELLBOY-2013-06-29-4.2

Managed to figure it out myself.:victory:

nostalgickitty said:
Managed to figure it out myself.:victory:
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im curious what you did to get back in to hboot. it may be something users may need to learn how to do if they ever encounter this issue.

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Curtis1973 said:
im curious what you did to get back in to hboot. it may be something users may need to learn how to do if they ever encounter this issue.
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Honestly It's pretty embarrassing, and shows my inexperience at this, but the whole time I tried booting to hboot, my phone was plugged into my computer. Once I unplugged it I could boot into hboot no problem. I guess this would be helpful for new users to know.