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[Q] Black HTC screen with 4 exclamation marks after RUU Update. Solved

Hi all. I have a major issue with my fiancée's phone. I tryed to downgrade from Alpharev CM7 hboot using an RUU. My mistake as I got an error saying "incorrect version". In the hboot it displays as the system did not load after the RUU error. So now I get a black HTC screen with 4 exclamation marks 1 in each corner
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this appears when I connect the phone via USB. But when I take it off USB it displays this . So these are the only 2 screens I have access to, I can flash stuff via fastboot using CMD prompt but nothing has succeeded so far. I do not have access to the normal hboot and fastboot menus. Any ideas are very welcome.
Save me.
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Did you try flashing a ruu the pb99img.zip way?
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Since you still have the alpharev/revolutionary hboot, use the downgrader from alpharev site. Flash it, then flash any ruu the normal way. Dont do it if you dont have a goldcard though. You can also fastboot flash any nandroid backup from fastboot mode

Why does the goldcard make a difference when doing an RUU update?
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dexter93 said:
Did you try flashing a ruu the pb99img.zip way?
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I have not done this how do I do this from fastboot?
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Ok so problem solved. Did a backup of a good desire and then flashed via fastboot the boot.img, cache.img, recovery.img and system.img.
I did all of this after I had rolled back the hboot from the Alpherev CM7 version to the stock alpharev hboot so same as on the other phone.
I then typed 'fastboot boot OEM' and hey presto booted up into gingervillan. Yay.
I then booted back into recovery and wiped all userdata and flashed a brand new version of the ROM and all is good and peacfull.
Oh and used a gold card when doing it.
Thanks for your help guys.
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How did you roll back to the stock alpharev hboot?
I am having the exact same problem after trying to downgrade from Alpharev CM7 hboot using an RUU.

You have to fastboot flash it. See fastboot faq linked in my signature
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Thanks rootSU. Managed to fix the phone thanks to reading your help over at android forums.

[HOWTO] ROOT T-Mobile SGSII via ODIN -- Updated Recovery

ROOT THE T-MOBILE SGSII​
This Method will flash a recovery Image and then you can flash the superuser .zip file to root the phone.
This requires minor knowledge. But BE CAREFUL Because this can harm your phone!
First Things you need to have:
*You Need ODIN 1.8++(CLICK ME)
*The USB Drivers for Our SGSII
*Clockworkmod which you are going to flash via ODIN
Code:
md5sum - 8bf6802a84d85aa7da0c1976c0f129d1
*Superuser+Su files to flash thru clockworkmod later on!
*SDCARD installed for CWR
How to Root the phone...
*Before We get things rolling, Make sure the Phone is recognized by your PC.
*Put the Superuser .zip file on your internal SD
*Take the battery out and place it back
*Hold both Vol up + Vol down, and plug the USB cable in.
*On ODIN, Select the PDA button and browse to the recovery-cwm-hercules.tar
*Select Start and see the magic do its thing.
*It should flash the file to Recovery and reboot the phone.
*Take the battery out again and now boot into recovery
*Power off phone, unplug USB, Hold Both Vol up + Vol down and Hit power
*PERFORM NANDROID BACKUP FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY*
*Select Install zip from sdcard, choose the Superuser .zip and let it finish.
*Reboot!
*Now Lets delete some bloat ok? Be careful of what you delete!
***Thanks To Slayher for ROOTING the phone, i just created this small guide for you all to use.

Thank u.....first time being first
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Here we go!

Alright!!!!! The moment is here!!

Has this been tested before?
I got the balls.
Ima go for it. If I brick, then I'm sure there's a debricking method in a few days/weeks.

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Su!!!!!!
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teshxx said:
Su!!!!!!
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So worked ?

UPS dropped my phone off earlier today at the house. Can't wait to get home and try this. I don't think it will boot up for the first time before it's rooted.

Aweesomme can anyone confirm root?
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cant wait to try this!!!!ty to everyone who helped

|Melvin| said:
So worked ?
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yes sir. making a full dump for entropy now.

Amazing! Thank you, I'll try it soon!
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CozzaFrenzyy said:
Aweesomme can anyone confirm root?
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The installation in recovery returns with an error that /sdcard could not be opened if one doesn't have a real SD card, I suppose.
It's not going for me...
Tips?

Any of you guys can help me get a SGSII for development? Im gonna sell my sensation to a friend for around 340 - 50 and my TMO discount will get the SGSII to 441... Now Im needing around 100 but 10 people who donates 10 can make it. Help me out guys and see the GOODIES ill get for you all.. You might wanna open a thread here at XDA for BOUNTY...And you all can make it. You all know i never ask for donations or else but this is kind of a help for me to get the phone and pay you back with my work which you all know and know it aint a bad work. Please help me do my BeastMOD II (thats gonna be the name.) for the TMO SGSII... THANKS guys

Fnally
I'll be trying this once i hear a few more success stories lol

"Error in /emmc/download/su-3.0.5-efgh-signed.zip"
after Creating SYSTEM:xbin/su sym link
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ROOT confirmed working!
Error was unmounting /system in the update-script of the su*.zip file.
Will upload 3 pics for proof!

iPathik said:
I'll be trying this once i hear a few more success stories lol
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recovery is perfect, i did get an error when trying to flash su. i had to flash it from my internal storage. just deleted all the crap with root explorer

mikeyinid said:
recovery is perfect, i did get an error when trying to flash su. i had to flash it from my internal storage. just deleted all the crap with root explorer
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What do u mean by internal storage...can you explain please just in case i get the same error

Noob question
So if i follow the intrusctions on the first post, i will be "rooted" right
SO now after that is done, how do i proceed to remove all the tmobile crap?

iPathik said:
What do u mean by internal storage...can you explain please just in case i get the same error
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the phone has internal storage and an sd slot. if you dont have an sd you only have internal

Advice Please :) Just tried revoked to root

I just ran revoked, I did not click yes to accept clockwork. I then clicked recovery and now my phone has the picture of a phone with a caution symbol - The power button doesn't work, whether I press it or hold it - same with VD+Powerbutton. It's been about 5 minutes so far, I'm fine with waiting - just would like to get some advice from a seasoned rooter I had my old EVO rooted but broke my phone and haven't bothered to root my new one until now.
baseband = 2.15.00.0808
kernel = 2.6.35.10-g13578ee [email protected] #1
software = 4.54.651.1
pri = 2.15_003
hardware version = 0004
HBOOT-2.16.0001
RADIO-2.15.00.0808
I'm assuming the only way to power it down is pull the battery - but again, would rather get some advice - I know sometimes you just need to wait things out.
Thanks!

If you have gingerbread 2.3.3 don't use revoked. Use revolutionary
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UrInsan3 said:
I just ran revoked, I did not click yes to accept clockwork. I then clicked recovery and now my phone has the picture of a phone with a caution symbol - The power button doesn't work, whether I press it or hold it - same with VD+Powerbutton. It's been about 5 minutes so far, I'm fine with waiting - just would like to get some advice from a seasoned rooter I had my old EVO rooted but broke my phone and haven't bothered to root my new one until now.
baseband = 2.15.00.0808
kernel = 2.6.35.10-g13578ee [email protected] #1
software = 4.54.651.1
pri = 2.15_003
hardware version = 0004
HBOOT-2.16.0001
RADIO-2.15.00.0808
I'm assuming the only way to power it down is pull the battery - but again, would rather get some advice - I know sometimes you just need to wait things out.
Thanks!
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You just don't have a recovery just drop a recovery onto your SD card and rename it PC36IMG.zip and the bootloader will scan for it and accept it and you should be set ONLY DO THIS IF YOUR S-OFF
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Also think you mean revolutionary and not unrevoked
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scottypeterson said:
If you have gingerbread 2.3.3 don't use revoked. Use revolutionary
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I used Revolutionary - sorry I misread the thread title Thanks for pointing that out though.
evo4gnoob said:
You just don't have a recovery just drop a recovery onto your SD card and rename it PC36IMG.zip and the bootloader will scan for it and accept it and you should be set ONLY DO THIS IF YOUR S-OFF
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Just read through the sticky and found that (Didn't realize it went past the first post)
Step 1 on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218386 says to download SuperUser - Is that the recovery? If so, I didn't rename it and I guess that would be the case.
All I've done so far is run revolutionary. Is it okay to pull my battery and reboot? And will I lose root/need to re-do revolutionary if I do that?
Thanks!

UrInsan3 said:
I used Revolutionary - sorry I misread the thread title Thanks for pointing that out though.
Just read through the sticky and found that (Didn't realize it went past the first post)
Step 1 on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218386 says to download SuperUser - Is that the recovery? If so, I didn't rename it and I guess that would be the case.
All I've done so far is run revolutionary. Is it okay to pull my battery and reboot? And will I lose root/need to re-do revolutionary if I do that?
Thanks!
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If you look in the evo 4g development section search amon RA and it will be in PC36IMG.zip that you flash in the bootloader. No superuser is what you will be flashing through the recovery once you have it setup. Should be okay to pull the battery
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If your s-off you should be fine and you should have revolutionary on the top of the bootloader so you wouldn't have to use revolutionary again
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Here's a visual I'm on my phone so can't do much
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evo4gnoob said:
If you look in the evo 4g development section search amon RA and it will be in PC36IMG.zip that you flash in the bootloader. No superuser is what you will be flashing through the recovery once you have it setup. Should be okay to pull the battery
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Perfect, thanks!
evo4gnoob said:
If your s-off you should be fine and you should have revolutionary on the top of the bootloader so you wouldn't have to use revolutionary again
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Thanks for the clarification!
evo4gnoob said:
Here's a visual I'm on my phone so can't do much
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Lol I can't see that picture at all
Alright - Thank you for the help, looks like I have my original issue fixed! Now I just have another one though, if you all could be so helpful again
I *DO* have S-OFF; however I just downloaded ROM Manager and it's stating I'm not rooted: "You must root your phone for ROM Manager to function. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su" or "system/xbin/su".... "
Keep in mind, I'm still running my original setup and have not flashed any ROMs yet.
Any ideas?

UrInsan3 said:
Perfect, thanks!
Thanks for the clarification!
Lol I can't see that picture at all
Alright - Thank you for the help, looks like I have my original issue fixed! Now I just have another one though, if you all could be so helpful again
I *DO* have S-OFF; however I just downloaded ROM Manager and it's stating I'm not rooted: "You must root your phone for ROM Manager to function. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su" or "system/xbin/su".... "
Keep in mind, I'm still running my original setup and have not flashed any ROMs yet.
Any ideas?
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Did you flash a recovery through to bootloader yet? Once you flash a recovery you have to flash the su file through the recovery and you'll be rooted
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evo4gnoob said:
Did you flash a recovery through to bootloader yet? Once you flash a recovery you have to flash the su file through the recovery and you'll be rooted
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Thanks ! I appreciate all the help!

UrInsan3 said:
Thanks ! I appreciate all the help!
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im actually at a computer now so heres the link to the recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026 just put the PC36IMG.zip on the root of the sd card(not in any folders) and then go to the bootloader and accept the update and then reboot and you will have a recovery then in the recovery go to install zip from sdcard then choose zip and choose the superuser zip and then reboot and you will be set

Problem booting into CWM

I just recently rooted my Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Sprint) and I am having a hard time getting into the CWM recovery. Granted, the CWM recovery stays put, but getting into it is the problem. I hold down both volume buttons + power and my phone brings up "shell has been granted super user permissions" over and over.
The only way I can get into CWM is by installing ROM manager and selecting the option to boot into the recovery. I'm just afraid when something goes wrong and I need to go into recovery, I can't and basically screwed lol. If someone could give me some info or help me diagnose the problem I'd greatly appreciate it.
Sent from my GNEX.

which version of CWM?

Look in your super user app and see if the logging is set to access only. If it's not change it & try again.

Zepius said:
which version of CWM?
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I'm on 6.0.1.0.
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3rdstring said:
Look in your super user app and see if the logging is set to access only. If it's not change it & try again.
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Where do you go to see that? Settings in the su app?
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regular CWM or CWM touch?
another thing to try is to flash twrp and see if the same thing happens.

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This is what I have. I went under the settings in the app and unchecked the log. I'll try again.
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This is what I am getting and it happens 15-20 times in a row.
Sent from my GNEX.

Zepius said:
regular CWM or CWM touch?
another thing to try is to flash twrp and see if the same thing happens.
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Yeah I am using the standard CWM, not the CWM touch recovery.
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If I try going back into fast boot and just flashing a different recovery, can I just do that? Or do I need to go all the way back? My boot loader is done, cwm is on there, I just don't really know what the problem could be lol. Never had an issue like this one.
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those images arent working for me btw
EDIT:
you can go into fastboot and flash a recovery by itself
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img

Zepius said:
those images arent working for me btw
EDIT:
you can go into fastboot and flash a recovery by itself
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
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Cool, I'll charge her up and try that. Do you have a download for the touch recovery, or do I have to go treasure hunting online? ROM manager asked me to pay money for the touch recovery LOL.
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Dj21o said:
Cool, I'll charge her up and try that. Do you have a download for the touch recovery, or do I have to go treasure hunting online? ROM manager asked me to pay money for the touch recovery LOL.
Sent from my GNEX.
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why pay for it? just get it from clockworkmod's site: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
also try twrp too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592691

This is the text I get when attempting to go into recovery.
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I had this problem and was able to fix it by using rom manager - > fix permissions. Rebooted into cwm
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MicroNuts said:
I had this problem and was able to fix it by using rom manager - > fix permissions. Rebooted into cwm
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Ermahgerd I hope this fixes it lol. 1 sec.
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Dj21o said:
This is the text I get when attempting to go into recovery.
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so you're trying to reboot to recovery from the power off menu?

Nope. This is what I got in rom manager.
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3rdstring said:
Look in your super user app and see if the logging is set to access only. If it's not change it & try again.
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Dj21o said:
Where do you go to see that? Settings in the su app?
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Sorry I was looking at the setting in SuperSU but I saw similar complaints (Shell repeatedly being grated SU permission) & this was the fix (work around).

Galaxy Nexus completely formatted.

As the title says,I've completely formatted my galaxy nexus(data,system,cache,internal storage,dalvik cache),how i can upload a rom and flash it?(the device can go only in recovery or fastboot mode).

Francescooo said:
As the title says,I've completely formatted my galaxy nexus(data,system,cache,internal storage,dalvik cache),how i can upload a rom and flash it?(the device can go only in recovery or fastboot mode).
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Use fastboot to flash a recovery image and from there flash a ROM. With a little digging I think there is even a way to fastboot flash a ROM, or you could always use a RUU and just root it again.

Francescooo said:
As the title says,I've completely formatted my galaxy nexus(data,system,cache,internal storage,dalvik cache),how i can upload a rom and flash it?(the device can go only in recovery or fastboot mode).
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Boot into recovery, plug into a PC, open a command prompt and type: adb push name-of-ROM.zip /sdcard/

twistedumbrella said:
Use fastboot to flash a recovery image and from there flash a ROM. With a little digging I think there is even a way to fastboot flash a ROM, or you could always use a RUU and just root it again.
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Yes,but the problem is:how can i upload the rom image in the phone if it is only in recovery?

flash one of the factory images using fastboot. you can then install cwm and copy whichever ROM you want to and flash it in recovery

IINexusII said:
flash one of the factory images using fastboot. you can then install cwm and copy whichever ROM you want to and flash it in recovery
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I'll do it with the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit,thanks for your help.

Francescooo said:
I'll do it with the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit,thanks for your help.
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Uh-oh...
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strumcat said:
Uh-oh...
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LOL!
HALP!!?! I haz bricked my fone!

Francescooo said:
I'll do it with the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit,thanks for your help.
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Do not use the Toolkit! Higher chance of bricking devices! Just use fastboot commands, what's wrong with that?
On your computer, just download a ROM, put it in the same directory as adb and fastboot, type in "adb push ROMNAME.zip /sdcard/" while on recovery mode. Not that hard! This way, you can educate yourself, so you don't need to ask for help again!
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Help! I'm having the same problem to, but I can't seem to get my computer to make a usb connection.
I've had a connection prior to formatting it, now it won't connect. Any ideas?

cipherfx said:
Help! I'm having the same problem to, but I can't seem to get my computer to make a usb connection.
I've had a connection prior to formatting it, now it won't connect. Any ideas?
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It sounds like your drivers may not be installed correctly. A few posts above yours is one by efrant. Read through the guides linked in his sig. One of them has some great information about drivers and making sure you've got them installed right. It looks a little intimidating at first, but read through a couple of times and it won't seem quite so overwhelming. If you're like me and need some information to compare against, check out Jubakuba's guides as well. They are both covering about the same thing, just explaining it a little differently.
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cipherfx said:
Help! I'm having the same problem to, but I can't seem to get my computer to make a usb connection.
I've had a connection prior to formatting it, now it won't connect. Any ideas?
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The toolkit wont help you now, will it?
Uninstall drivers, reboot pc, put phone in recovery, connect to pc, feed it the naked drivers, use adb binary for windows which i'm sure is attached to one of the few guides.
Push the rom, flash, done.
Sent from my i9250

efrant said:
LOL!
HALP!!?! I haz bricked my fone!
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I see where the problem comes from...
Will the next nexus have a longer screen?

efrant said:
LOL!
HALP!!?! I haz bricked my fone!
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I loled
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