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What am I doing wrong? Loading baconbits.

So I perm rooted and it says S-Off in fastboot and I have superuser access I believe.
I got rom manager and downloaded clockwork through rm. I try to install rom from SD card, select the baconbits rom, it asks to backup or clear, I have tried both.
The phone boots to htc screen, then shows a black screen with a phone and a red symbol over it. I waited 20 minutes on that screen and nothing happened.
I was able to push vol up and power to get a console but I can't load anything there. It will reboot just fine after that but I have no changes and still cannot overclock.
Does this have something to do with the user keys or whatever?
Thanks in advance for reading this and any help that gets offered. I hate to have my first post on a forum being a "help me" post.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

Go into Rom Manager and try to flash Clockwork recovery again. This has happened to a lot of people... Flash it a second time, and it should be good.
Dan

Did you download the "g2-recovery-test-keys.img" from the 3rd post quoted below?
Place that file in the C:/android/tools or whatever your cd line is, which should in the tools folder. Now go the 6th step. FYI the sixth step I tried from fastboot and recovery, none worked until I reinstalled the drivers my computer kept prompting me for and immedatly got the OKAY's from the 7th step.
Edit: The code "fastboot flash recovery g2-recovery-test-keys.img" should be copied pasted onto your cmd.
ciwrl said:
Noob walkthrough:
1.Setup Android SDK and install drivers/udev rules as needed
2. S-Off your g2 http://goo.gl/Sc134
4. Copy vision-baconbits-0.3.zip to your sdcard, rename it update.zip (you can do this via adb using: adb push vision-baconbits-0.3.zip /sdcard/update.zip)
5. Reboot to fastboot mode (adb reboot bootloader)
6. Flash the recovery http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/vision/g2-recovery-test-keys.img : fastboot flash recovery g2-recovery-test-keys.img (if you get 'waiting for device' your phone either isnt in fastboot mode, or you will need to fix your sdk drivers)
7. You should get two 'OKAY's once recovery flash is complete
8. Press the power button once; then the vol down button to highlight 'recovery'; then the power button again to select the 'recovery' option
9. The phone will reboot to recovery
10. Press volume up+power to show the recovery menu
11. Select the 'Apply:update.zip' option, using volume keys to navigate, and power button as [enter]
12. Once the zip applies, reboot
If you get signature verification errors on the zip, it means your fastboot flash of recovery failed to apply, redo it
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Bingo, That worked. Glad it was that simple. I actually had to flash clockwork a third time to get it to go all the way.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

[HELP] SEMI BRICK desire after flash hboot

i looked in all the android forums without found a solution, this is my last hope...
Start situation:
Desire S-OFF
HBOOT 0.93 CM7r2
Recovery 4EXT TOUCH
ROM Runnymede AIO 5.0.1
What i did:
downloaded data++ hboot and checked MD5
flashed by bootloader with PB99IMG method
What happened:
the recovery didn't start properly, it reloaded in "safe mode" and still not working: "you have to format internal partitions"
What i tried:
flashed cw 5 and cw 3 both can load first screen but when i enter in a menu: black screen and freeze.
So i erase all partition and i flashed all possible kind of hboot and recovery via fastboot shell. no changes, i'm still unable to use a recovery or boot the device.
So i tried to flash a stock unrooted rom extracted from an official ruu, it overwrite all but the bootloader, at the end it doesnt boot, the device rests at the first screen (white background and green htc logo) for more than an hour.
What the device can do:
bootloader, fastboot, first recovery screen.
what can i do? please help me
[SOLVED]
i flashed the last RC version of 4ext via bootloader with PB99IMG ( http://www.4ext.net/PB99IMG.zip ) instead of flash it by fastboot shell and now my desire is back!

Erase storage from bootloader, connect USB, get into fastboot, fastboot erase cache, fastboot flash hboot 'hboot name here'.img, fastboot reboot-bootloader and touch recovery should work!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

TheRealSlimDesire said:
Erase storage from bootloader, connect USB, get into fastboot, fastboot erase cache, fastboot flash hboot 'hboot name here'.img, fastboot reboot-bootloader and touch recovery should work!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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hi,
i alredy tried this method without luck

superdioz said:
i looked in all the android forums without found a solution, this is my last hope...
Start situation:
Desire S-OFF
HBOOT 0.93 CM7r2
Recovery 4EXT TOUCH
ROM Runnymede AIO 5.0.1
What i did:
downloaded data++ hboot and checked MD5
flashed by bootloader with PB99IMG method
What happened:
the recovery didn't start properly, it reloaded in "safe mode" and still not working: "you have to format internal partitions"
What i tried:
flashed cw 5 and cw 3 both can load first screen but when i enter in a menu: black screen and freeze.
So i erase all partition and i flashed all possible kind of hboot and recovery via fastboot shell. no changes, i'm still unable to use a recovery or boot the device.
So i tried to flash a stock unrooted rom extracted from an official ruu, it overwrite all but the bootloader, at the end it doesnt boot, the device rests at the first screen (white background and green htc logo) for more than an hour.
What the device can do:
bootloader, fastboot, first recovery screen.
what can i do? please help me
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Try to reflash hboot, reboot, enter recovery to format all partition, reboot, re-enter in recovery and flash your rom*.
*Don't forget to choose a rom who fit in your /system

animehq said:
Try to reflash hboot, reboot, enter recovery to format all partition, reboot, re-enter in recovery and flash your rom*.
*Don't forget to choose a rom who fit in your /system
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i cant use the recovery, i can see just the first screen, when i try to enter in a menu it freeze in a black screen...

superdioz said:
i cant use the recovery, i can see just the first screen, when i try to enter in a menu it freeze in a black screen...
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just to understand, so when u hit the optical trackball on a menu option on the recovery menu, ur screen become black?

superdioz said:
i cant use the recovery, i can see just the first screen, when i try to enter in a menu it freeze in a black screen...
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Maybe you can try to re-flash the recovery :
fastboot flash recovery 'recovery name here'
Good luck

andQlimax said:
just to understand, so when u hit the optical trackball on a menu option on the recovery menu, ur screen become black?
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exactly, i can see the first screen but when i hit the option it goes in black screen
harm007 said:
Maybe you can try to re-flash the recovery :
fastboot flash recovery 'recovery name here'
Good luck
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Already tried, i tried with: CW2, CW5 and 4EXT, same problem, first screen works, second goes in blank (if there is a background i can still see it but there is no text on it)

Wrong section..
You should post this on Desire Q&A ...

fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase system

anonymous2183 said:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase system
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already tried.

superdioz said:
already tried.
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what your recovery version exactly? beta7 or beta8?

anonymous2183 said:
what your recovery version exactly? beta7 or beta8?
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i tried:
CW 2
CW 5
4EXT Touch beta 7
4EXT Touch beta 8
4EXT Classic

Say hello to guys in service
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium

i had the same problem.
1) flash back previous hboot that was working fine.
2) format all partition without sd card
3) reflash hboot
you should be able to open recovery in normal mode.

I had the same problem as you last night when switching to stock hboot with touch recovery 8 but was fixed by doing what others have mentioned :s

superdioz said:
i tried:
CW 2
CW 5
4EXT Touch beta 7
4EXT Touch beta 8
4EXT Classic
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u can try to check what happen when the screen goes black in recovery (try a stable one like CWM 2.5.0.7 or 5.0.2.0)..for example using adb to check the logs in the folder /cache/recovery/ (or something) and see if there is some error that can help you
anyway thats strange because the recovery to work correctly should need only /cache, /sdcard and trackball working..maybe one of these thing is broken in ur phone..

guys i dont know why, i got it, i flash the last RC version of 4ext via bootloader with PB99IMG ( http://www.4ext.net/PB99IMG.zip ) instead of flash it by fastboot shell and now my desire is back!
thank you all for helping

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[Q] Power button respond prob and Hboot prob

My phones stucked on Fastboot and it doesnt let me to go(select) recovery or anything.It only read PD99IMG.zip files and hardware keys only work to select yes or no(update or not).I was on CWM recovey and i flashed CWM img.But still phones doesnt let me to get into recovery! Still can reads PD99IMG.zip and only doing that. What should i do?I also tried RUU.exe.But it tell me to connect phone via usb even it still connected.
TIA
P.S.
Flashed CWM recovery image through Android Flasher and able to get into recovery! So i restored previous backed up CM.Everything perfect except these things.Now POWER BUTTON DOESNT RESPOND CORRECTLY and STILL CAN'T GET IN TO RECOVERY BY HOLDING VOLUME DOWN+POWER BUTTON. But ROM Manager CAN get in to recovery! What is now?
1st power button didn't work.Then i gave a factory reset. Nothing changed.After few hours,power button begun to respond, but not correctly. I mean,when i press on power button,screen doesn't off. But when i long press on power button and after few seconds,phone respond(show the power button long press menu).Also i can select Power off,reboot etc..This seems a software problem.What shold i do?
Ah.Another thing,I think i have Stock Hboot.Should i flash CM Hboot because i have a CM rom?
TIA

crazykas said:
My phones stucked on Fastboot and it doesnt let me to go(select) recovery or anything.It only read PD99IMG.zip files and hardware keys only work to select yes or no(update or not).I was on CWM recovey and i flashed CWM img.But still phones doesnt let me to get into recovery! Still can reads PD99IMG.zip and only doing that. What should i do?I also tried RUU.exe.But it tell me to connect phone via usb even it still connected.
TIA
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look at my guide

bortak said:
look at my guide
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Thank you very much sir!I already read your guide. This is the part i want.
" [2] ADVANCED BOOT PROBLEMS
S-OFF
"I'm S-OFF, I can't boot recovery and my phone doesn't
boot"
For one reason or another, your recovery image is corrupted
and when you try to boot into recovery, all you get is the
HTC screen and your phone doesn't boot. It is relatively
simple to fix, and there is more than one way to go about
doing this. All you need to do, is to flash a new recovery
image.
Possible causes
- I have no idea, however if somebody has an explanation
then feel free to PM me.
Repairing recovery, booting phone:
NOTE: If you have a PVT4 Device, go to "Flashing custom
recovery". If you are unsure, check just to be safe.
#METHOD 1#
Method One uses Android Flasher to flash the recovery
image.
[STEP1] - Battery pull. Hold the BACK button and the
POWER button to boot into FASTBOOT mode.
[STEP2] - Download Android Flasher
[STEP3] - Download the recovery image . Put it in a place you
can remember.
[STEP4] - Run android flasher, tick "Recovery", and press
"Begin"
[STEP5] - Browse to where you downloaded the recovery
image, select it, and press "open"
[STEP6] - repeat [1] from [STEP4] onwards
#METHOD 2#
Method two uses cmd and requires Android SDK to be set
up.
[STEP1] - Battery pull. Hold the BACK button and the
POWER button to boot into FASTBOOT mode.
[STEP2] - Download the recovery image . Rename it to
"recovery.img" for simplicity, and place it in the following
directory:
Code:
C:\
[STEP3] - then in cmd type the following commands
Code:
cd c:\android-sdk\tools
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
fastboot oem gencheckpt (this command boots you into recovery, ignore the feedback from
[STEP4] - repeat [1] from [STEP4] onwards"
Im trying with AndroidFlasher .Problem is link to recovery.img is not working.Can you tell me the full name of recovery i should google and download?
TIA

download ClockWorkMod recovery for bravo then you can flash any custom rom... 4ext is highly recommended but you should download it via app (download from here)
Is it really necessary to open another thread about your problem?

kotag82 said:
download ClockWorkMod recovery for bravo then you can flash any custom rom... 4ext is highly recommended but you should download it via app (download from here)
Is it really necessary to open another thread about your problem?
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If link is down then use any other recovery from the recoveries section.

[Q] Unable to make a backup using HBOOT Recovery

Hi,
I am having an issue accessing Recovery to make a backup of my current ROM from HBOOT on my HTC Droid Incredible running Cyanogenmod 7.1.0. My phone was rooted using the unrEVOked method listed on the Cyanogenmod web page. I have attempted three methods to access recovery:
1. I load ROM Manager v5.0.0.6 on the phone and then select "Backup Current ROM." The phone reboots into HBOOT v0.92. I use the Volume Down button to highlight "Recovery" and then hit the Power button to select.
2. I load ROM Manager on the phone and then select "Reboot into Recovery." Once in HBOOT, the same steps from method one above.
3. While the phone is turned off I hold Volume Down and Power on the phone to boot into HBOOT directly. Once in HBOOT, the same step from method one above.
However, once I select "Recovery" from within HBOOT, it doesn't actually go into Recovery. Instead, it changes, possibly reloads HBOOT and says "FASTBOOT" at the top, and the selections are different - "Recovery" is no longer an option.
All that to say - I can't make a backup of my current ROM using HBOOT. Suggestions on how I can fix this?

Go into ROM Manager, advanced options, check erase recovery. Now flash recovery in ROM Manager. Reboot into recovery.

tried, unsuccessful
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PonsAsinorem said:
Go into ROM Manager, advanced options, check erase recovery. Now flash recovery in ROM Manager. Reboot into recovery.
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I tried doing that just now, unfortunately, no success. When booted into HBOOT it starts out at the FASTBOOT screen. I select BOOTLOADER which causes the white screen to appear briefly before giving me the bootloader options. However, upon selecting recovery it just flashes the HTC white screen again and puts me back in the FASTBOOt screen.

Assuming your s-off, flash cwm recovery thru hboot as a PB31IMG.zip. http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip. If that dosent work flash back to stock recovery http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/Stock_4.08.605.2/PB31IMG.zip, then reboot and flash back to cwm. Heres how to flash in hboot if you dont already know http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=79

Can't Enter CWM Recovery After Rooting HTC G2

Can't enter CWM recovery after rooting HTC G2
I rooted my HTC G2 and want to upgrade ROM.
However, I can't get into ClockworkMod Recovery mode. When I boot the phone using Power + Home + VolDown I get this screen:
i.imgur.com/h7MjBT0.jpg
(Since I'm too new to embed images these are the HTTP URLs)
But pressing VolDown does nothing. After a few seconds it moves itself along to this screen:
i.imgur.com/3kNbdsR.jpg
And finally back to this screen.
i.imgur.com/Nvgr5o7.jpg
Any ideas what is wrong, or what I need to do to get into CWM recovery so I can install the ROM zip from the sdcard? (Or is there another method I can use to load the ROM and gapps?)

dbooksta said:
I rooted my HTC G2 and want to upgrade ROM.
However, I can't get into ClockworkMod Recovery mode. When I boot the phone using Power + Home + VolDown I get this screen:
i.imgur.com/h7MjBT0.jpg
(Since I'm too new to embed images these are the HTTP URLs)
But pressing VolDown does nothing. After a few seconds it moves itself along to this screen:
i.imgur.com/3kNbdsR.jpg
And finally back to this screen.
i.imgur.com/Nvgr5o7.jpg
Any ideas what is wrong, or what I need to do to get into CWM recovery so I can install the ROM zip from the sdcard? (Or is there another method I can use to load the ROM and gapps?)
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You need to remove the PC10IMG.zip from your SD card, after that you will be able to get into recovery

That does indeed allow me to select Recovery, but that boots me to this screen:
i.imgur.com/e2H7hTi.jpg
What's going wrong now?

dbooksta said:
That does indeed allow me to select Recovery, but that boots me to this screen:
i.imgur.com/e2H7hTi.jpg
What's going wrong now?
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Been a while so I can't say for sure, but I believe that is stock recovery
Take a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348266
You will find links to various recovery options as well as a fastboot guide to flash the image
Pretty much just download appropriate recovery and flash it like
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img

Well I can get the fastboot to recognize the phone, but whether I try to "fastboot flash" an "hboot x.img" or a "recovery x.img" I get
Code:
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
Which appears to be due to the fact that no Cyanogen recovery is available for the vision-compatible builds!
I have no trouble getting that "recovery screen" I showed in the previous message, but I don't understand how to get anything to actually recover.
So I have this kernel (AndromadusMod) that I want to install, but I'm so confused...

dbooksta said:
Well I can get the fastboot to recognize the phone, but whether I try to "fastboot flash" an "hboot x.img" or a "recovery x.img" I get
Which appears to be due to the fact that no Cyanogen recovery is available for the vision-compatible builds!
I have no trouble getting that "recovery screen" I showed in the previous message, but I don't understand how to get anything to actually recover.
So I have this kernel (AndromadusMod) that I want to install, but I'm so confused...
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Boot into bootloader and write down all info on that screen, with this I should be able to help further

demkantor said:
Boot into bootloader and write down all info on that screen, with this I should be able to help further
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Initial boot into ClockworkMod (i.e., Power + Vol Down + TouchPad):
Code:
VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.02.01.15_M2
eMMC-boot
SEP 2 2010, 17:50:38
HBOOT USB PLUG
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
If I select FASTBOOT from that screen then I get
Code:
VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.02.01.15_M2
eMMC-boot
SEP 2 2010, 17:50:38
FASTBOOT USB
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN
At this point if I run "fastboot devices" from the attached computer I get "SH12SRT203241 fastboot".

dbooksta said:
Initial boot into ClockworkMod (i.e., Power + Vol Down + TouchPad):
If I select FASTBOOT from that screen then I get
At this point if I run "fastboot devices" from the attached computer I get "SH12SRT203241 fastboot".
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So right now you do have security flags removed but still a stock bootloader so you can't flash with fastboot
...I'm having troubles with links right now (using an experimental version of xda app) so I'm going to just paste in a quote from an old thread where I was helping someone in a similar situation
demkantor said:
um, md5sum is just well a sum, it is a unique algorithm to make sure the file downloaded matches (complete/ no corruption)
you can flash just the Hboot, but it also makes no difference if you were to flash the same firmware over the same firmware. so you don't need to bother extracting anything. ill post when I get home,
~make nandroid in recovery
~download
~check md5sum
~name PC10IMG.zip
~put on SDcard
~boot to Hboot
~let it run, it will reboot halfway (needs to cycle emmc)
~let it finish
~reboot to recovery (via adb)
~reformat all in recovery
~remove PC10IMG.zip from SD
~restore nandroid and reboot to OS
EDIT:
DROPBOX LINK ill upload to op when i get a minute but for know here is this
md5 for g2:
md5 for dz:
*thanks again to nipqer for pointing out my obvious mistakes creating these!
EDIT:
Not sure if i made this clear earlier - flashing firmware using any method is potentially
dangerous. Although very unlikely if you follow these steps I'm still throwing out the waring.
If at all possible it is still best to use fastboot to flash these as an error will be given
to you and you can fix your issue before you reboot and make things permanent.
The above is also dangerous without having true radio s-off, if you are not sure
if you have true s-off - follow these steps:
download THIS COPY OF GFREE md5sum:
now unzip it and open a command where gfree is on computer - have phone plugged
in, debugging on and screen unlocked (after you type "su" you need to grant superuser permissions.)
Now type:
If this is your output, you are in good shape!
@CID: 11111111 means you have superCID (able to flash all software once locked out of)
@SIMLOCK= 00 means you're sim-unlocked (able to use any carrier's sim card)
@secu_flag: 0 this means your radio is S-OFF (This is the important info needed!)
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
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...looks like it didn't post the links when I quoted.... Check out the fastboot thread from the link I sent earlier... This is post #30 there and those links are still active
If you need help let me know and when I get to a PC I'll link you better

I tried to follow your post, but when I tried su I got "su: permission denied". Proceeding anyway and running gfree_verify I get:
Error: could not open modem device: /dev/smd0
Error: verify could not initialize device!
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Per your recommendation here I also wanted to try switching to 4ext, but when I ran fastboot erase recovery I got:
erasing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
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Flash the custom PC10IMG.zip I made, the link is in that post #30
Do this like before, put on root of sdcard
When its done you will have an engineering bootloader and 4ext recovery
Then just be sure to remove it off SD in order to get into recovery to flash ROM of choice

That is a great image, and 4ext is a great recovery!
However after I reformatted and restored the AndromadusMod.zip the phone just boot cycles to the "htc" screen.
Attached is a current screenshot of the hboot System Info. Should I give up, or am I close?

You have the g2 engineering bootloader now, but the dz one is needed for most ROMs above ICS as it has a larger system partition, do the same thing you did but this time flash the dzPC10IMG.zip from the post I linked you, then ROM and gapps

I think there's something wrong with that dz bootloader: It only ever offers to update [SD ZIP]. I have to physically remove the sdcard and delete the PCIMG10.zip after it runs its install cycle in order to get into recovery; it's impossible to get it to startup in any other mode that allows sdcard access.
After I do delete the PCIMG10.zip, reformat all but sdcard, and install the ROM (which appears to "succeed" suspiciously quickly) I get the boot loop problem again and have to pull the battery to get back into hboot....

Sounds like a bad download, check the md5sum to make sure its good

Yes, MD5 matches that given in the post.

Maybe I misunderstood, so when when flashing the PC10IMG.zip through bootloader it works and changes your bootloader and then you remove the file off sdcard and you are able to get to recovery?
If that all is working then you are in good shape, try another ROM/gapps
Try a gingerbread ROM just to make sure you can get up and running.

Correct. So I just re-wiped and installed this Gingerbread kernel: http://elite-force.eu/elitemod/MOD_EliteKernel_120319.zip
It took a "reasonable" amount of time for 4ext to install that one.
But now it's doing the same boot cycling as before, though much faster than on the JellyBean kernel I previously tried ?
Is there a known stable kernel I should be trying? Maybe I'm as bad at choosing kernels as I am at choosing women....

Haha,
Well a kernel alone won't help, you will need a kernel and a ROM (and probably gapps too)
Try cyanX, its a ROM I put together a few years back, its gingerbread based but has a lot of ICS and jb features back ported to it
Once we know that is working then move on to newer ones

Ah ha: that does help! Putting a JB ROM on did the trick. For some reason in all my reading I didn't get the message that the ROM isn't part of the kernel....
Thank you for all your help!