I'm more of an epic 4g kinda dude but I wanna help my friend out.. he tried to factory reset his evo 4g.. it had a custom rom running android 2.2 with cwm 7 I believe.. whatever he did leaves him at the bootloader screen. can someone help me out and point me in the right direction or tell me how I would factory reset it from here? Thanks
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You can try a RUU
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You can try a RUU
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Wouldn't I need the EVO. To be able to at least boot up to use this method?
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j7jman said:
Wouldn't I need the EVO. To be able to at least boot up to use this method?
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You can do it from FASTBOOT USB or in the operating system, as long as you have the drivers installed.
Also, the phone needs the cache and Dalvik-cache to be cleared from RECOVERY for it to boot from your factory reset.
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You can do it from FASTBOOT USB or in the operating system, as long as you have the drivers installed.
Also, the phone needs the cache and Dalvik-cache to be cleared from RECOVERY for it to boot from your factory reset.
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Ooh ok, not too different from the epic. I'm gonna try that once he drops it off, thanks a lot
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If he happened to wipe something he shouldn't have, you can always just put a rom on the SD card and flash it through recovery. You can RUU, but it isn't necessary. If he wants to stay stock, just grab the stock rooted rom (deodexed if he wants to theme it, odexed otherwise). I don't use ClockworkMod, but you should have a USB-MS toggle somewhere, or it may say mount as disk drive or something. If you don't have a card reader then you can get the rom on the card that way.
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If he happened to wipe something he shouldn't have, you can always just put a rom on the SD card and flash it through recovery. You can RUU, but it isn't necessary. If he wants to stay stock, just grab the stock rooted rom (deodexed if he wants to theme it, odexed otherwise). I don't use ClockworkMod, but you should have a USB-MS toggle somewhere, or it may say mount as disk drive or something. If you don't have a card reader then you can get the rom on the card that way.
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its funny i leterally did all of this and was gonna come and explain what i did, but you did it for me thanks.
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i was doing fine for about a month now( i'm new) and recently i just flashed from cm6 to bakedsnack1.0 the past week my phone was showing the low storage on device and was running really slow. response times were about 4 seconds per digit dialed for a telephone number.
so i tried to reflash that rom. unfortunately it got stuck in a bootloop. so i proceeded in reflahsing kernals, wimax and radio. now it will get out of bootloop however it does the "welcome to bakedsnack" goes to setup then freezes for 10 seconds then does the htc evo4g white screen, "welcome to bakedsnack" and this process repeats over and over.
can someone help me either fix this with custom roms and keeping full root. or cans omeone teach me how to make this phone 100% brand new. as if i just opened it out of the box from sprint. thatw ay i can proceed to start all over.
P.S. i have no knowledge of adb.
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Do you have a nand backup
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Did you wipe between flashes?
Maybe that will help.
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Do you have a nand backup
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well i did do a nand backup once before. however i tried to nand restore and it said wasnt anythign available or something along that line.
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Did you wipe between flashes?
Maybe that will help.
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yes i did. wiped everything. however when i try to wipe dalvik. it just goes back to the menue. kinda like i never pressed anything.
get another rom!!!
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get another rom!!!
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i tried going back to cm6 and it was on the blue x lookin screen for 45 minutes.
Dalvik does that to me too on clockwork but I've never had issues. Try to put a stock rooted Rom on the SD card and do it again.
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Also, you can just put your card into your computer and put the Rom on it that way if you need to.
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Also, you can just put your card into your computer and put the Rom on it that way if you need to.
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heres what im doing. going into recovery. mounting usb storage.
downloading rom. wipe everything. flash rom, reboot. nothing works.
just wiped everything, tried to flashi netarchy kernal(latest one), worked. flashed wimax(latest one) worked, flashed radio(newest one) came up an error. says the file is (bad)
bump please i need a solution
still no help. any suggestions?
haven't had a phone in 2 days almost please i need some help!??
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If you are stuck in a bootloop, use the Clear Storage option in the bootloader menu, then in Recovery, clear the caches and flash your rom.
Try flashing RA recovery and are you nand unlocked?
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Try flashing RA recovery and are you nand unlocked?
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i dont know how to flash ra- i am nand unlocked
Amon RA recovery
I was having some problems flashing roms at one time as well. Turned out to be a corrupted sd card that wouldn't mount. Try to take out the sd card and place it in a card reader. Save the files on there to you desktop and reformat the card. Place it back in the phone and reboot. This may work for you. And the Amon RA recovery and directions are in the Development section of the EVO forum. Most of the time it's on the first page. Good luck.
I am an Atrix user. Never had a problem flashing anything with it. My friend gave me his Evo to root and load a rom on. I was able to root and s-off OK, but just d/l'd a rom and tried to flash. Got stuck on the HTC EVO 4G boot screen. Pulled the battery, then booted into recovery. I did not backup ( I then wiped everything to begin flashing the ROM again. Well, now it seems that I have deleted everything. All b/c I was rushing and not thinking clearly. Anyway, is there ANYWAY to remedy this issue? It powers on to Hboot, but thats as far as it goes.
So you can't get into Recovery from Hboot? What happens when you try to get into recovery? If you can get into Recovery you could wipe everything then flash a ROM. Depends on what happens when you try to get into recovery.
If you couldn't get into recovery, I would download AmonRa as a PC36IMG.zip (link in my signature).
If that doesn't work, you could do something similar to a SBF. It is called a RUU. Search for the one corresponding to his Hboot version, plug up your phone and get to hboot and run it as an .exe. Resets to stock.
Try recovery thing first
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So you can't get into Recovery from Hboot? What happens when you try to get into recovery? If you can get into Recovery you could wipe everything then flash a ROM. Depends on what happens when you try to get into recovery.
If you couldn't get into recovery, I would download AmonRa as a PC36IMG.zip (link in my signature).
If that doesn't work, you could do something similar to a SBF. It is called a RUU. Search for the one corresponding to his Hboot version, plug up your phone and get to hboot and run it as an .exe. Resets to stock.
Try recovery thing first
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Thanks for the quick reply. I am able to get into recovery, but when I choose flash zip-choose, it brings up nothing. Its empty.
I will research the RUU method now!! Thanks again!
If you just erased everything, go to recovery, wipe everything, use USB Toggle (If you have Amon Ra Recovery) put a ROM on your SD Card and try to flash it.
BTW, how long were you on the 4G screen?? Because it's gonna take a while to load the ROM and boot up on the first try
You didn't accidentally wipe and/or partition your SD card, did you? Try flashing AmonRa recovery as PC36IMG.zip (I'm guessing you are using clockwork). After you do that, go into Recovery and partition SD card. Then plug up to computer and mount as MS and transfer your ROMs over to your phone. Wipe everything except for SD (thrice is my rule) and flash the ROM and reboot. First boot takes a while, sometimes 5-10 minutes
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If you just erased everything, go to recovery, wipe everything, use USB Toggle (If you have Amon Ra Recovery) put a ROM on your SD Card and try to flash it.
BTW, how long were you on the 4G screen?? Because it's gonna take a while to load the ROM and boot up on the first try
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Thanks, I will try that! I was on the 4G screen for over 20 mins. I got worried once it went over 10 mins, but let it go. Then once 20 mins went by, I pulled the battery.
Guys, Just wanted to say thanks again! I was able to connect using USB Toggle, put a new ROM on, then flashed. Everything went OK this time around. I spent some time on it while doing my work (I was at work haha) but enjoyed tinkering and learning another device. The quick responses saved me, otherwise my co-worked would of went home phone-less rather then happy. Have a good one guys!
NP. That's what makes sites like XDA so good!
What a great community
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What a great community
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Couldn't agree more. He told me his brother wants me to do the same to his. I might be back Haha!
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So I rooted my phone a few days ago, and it was great. Then I decided I wanted to change ROMs. I flashed a ROM that would give me toggle buttons in my notification bar. The upload was taking such a long time, that I realized something was wrong. Then I saw later in the thread it didn't work for Gingerbread. So I went back and flashed the old ROM. Still wouldn't load. Tried everything, still wouldn't load. Then I factory restored.
Then it got stuck in the Sprint 4G, constantly looping making that annoying sound. So then I downloaded a ROM that was supposed be a factory restore since factory restoring didn't seem to work. Now my phone is stuck on the HTC EVO 4G white screen. I'm freaking out, because I really need my phone for business (and an alarm).
It also shows that it was rooted still, so I don't think I could take it in for a replacement tomorrow. Any help, please?
Can you at least get to bootloader!? Volume+power button. Look for the recovery option. If you are in recovery you are good. Download a rom, preferred sense rom,
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Okay, I don't get the triangle. But I'm still stuck on htc EVO 4G screen.
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Can you at least get to bootloader!? Volume+power button. Look for the recovery option. If you are in recovery you are good. Download a rom, preferred sense rom,
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Okay, I can get into bootloader, I've been working on this for hours. I'm still in S-Off, still stuck on the white HTC EVO 4G screen. I can get into recovery now as well. Used my friends phone with my SD Card to put in a new Recovery image that allowed me to access Recovery again.
Where can I get one of these ROMs? I think my phone still considers itself factory restored. I'm worried there might be missing files and whatnot? Is there anyway to download something that has all the necessary files to install onto my phone via Recovery?
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Okay, I can get into bootloader, I've been working on this for hours. I'm still in S-Off, still stuck on the white HTC EVO 4G screen. I can get into recovery now as well. Used my friends phone with my SD Card to put in a new Recovery image that allowed me to access Recovery again.
Where can I get one of these ROMs? I think my phone still considers itself factory restored. I'm worried there might be missing files and whatnot? Is there anyway to download something that has all the necessary files to install onto my phone via Recovery?
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Download a rom on your computer for the EVO 4g Example are MikG v3.0 and Tommytomatoe's Classic v0.0.5. Once its downloaded on the computer, transfer the file to your sdcard. Put sdcard back into phone. Boot into recovery and wipe everything EXCEPT your sdcard 3 times. While in recovery, go to flash zip from sdcard and flash (install) the ROM. You will be good after that.
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What recovery image are you using?
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You can get the rom here on this site but in the development section and make sure it's a rom for the EVO 4g.
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I believe I am using Amon Ra's. I've been going through different Chrome Tabs, and some of them I've closed by mistake. I'm a little frantic, trying to calm down. I'm downloading a stock ROM and the Warm TwoPointThree mod. Hopefully one of those works.
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Download a rom on your computer for the EVO 4g Example are MikG v3.0 and Tommytomatoe's Classic v0.0.5. Once its downloaded on the computer, transfer the file to your sdcard. Put sdcard back into phone. Boot into recovery and wipe everything EXCEPT your sdcard 3 times. While in recovery, go to flash zip from sdcard and flash (install) the ROM. You will be good after that.
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Didn't see this one. Do I even Wipe SDCARD: .android_secure? What about SDEXT:? I won't touch SDCARD: of course, but those two leave alone or wipe?
It should work. Just like scotty said be sure to wipe everything except SDCARD.
Dont for get to hit THanks?
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It should work. Just like scotty said be sure to wipe everything except SDCARD.
Dont for get to hit THanks?
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But do I ignore just SDCARD, or do I also ignore SDCARD: .android_secure and SDEXT?
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But do I ignore just SDCARD, or do I also ignore SDCARD: .android_secure and SDEXT?
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Just discovered that SDEXT would be a second partition, which I don't have. So I can ignore that. So the question remains, to wipe SDCARD: .android_secure, or not to wipe?
you can wipe sdcard:android_secure Just not SDCARD by its self.
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you can wipe sdcard:android_secure Just not SDCARD by its self.
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Thank you *so* much.
Is it working? Get it to boot on up?
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Just discovered that SDEXT would be a second partition, which I don't have. So I can ignore that. So the question remains, to wipe SDCARD: .android_secure, or not to wipe?
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.android_secure is a folder on your SD card. It holds all the apps you have moved to SD.
It only wipes that folder.
Typical wipe is: Data, System, Cache, Dalvik, .android_secure, Boot (Sometimes).
When you flash a new rom, most of that is replaced with the new dataz.
You probably bootlooped your rom in the beginning. Wipe and reflash if that happens again. Sometimes you can get out of bootloops by just wiping the Cache and Dalvik.
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Is it working? Get it to boot on up?
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SUCCESS! You two are beautiful, and I love you both.
If you need anything else brotha always feel free to pm me.
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SUCCESS! You two are beautiful, and I love you both.
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Glad you got it working.
Now click the link in my sig to my Evo Guide and learn learn learn
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Didn't see this one. Do I even Wipe SDCARD: .android_secure? What about SDEXT:? I won't touch SDCARD: of course, but those two leave alone or wipe?
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Yes wipe everything except for the sdcard.
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Hey guys, quick question.
My friend has an HTC EVO on Spring. Not rooted, nothing. It's completely stock. It just started acting weird. I pulled the battery and it went into bootloop. When i press the volume rockers + on button it will boot into recovery mode? if thats what it's even called.
After a while of bootlooping the phone shows an image of a phone with a triangle with an exclamation point in it.
Any help?
I've got an infuse, so i'm ok with flashing and rooting and whatnot, i jsut dont know how to reset the HTC.
Sounds like an ota update that was interrupted or a bad ota update
Try this.
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Sup...51.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459.exe
Its the original RUU. I think you need HTC Sync to use it. I could be wrong seeing I don't have an EVO.
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Mind posting the hboot and radio
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I started with the basics and wiped the phone data and it booted right up. Now lets see if it stays running...
Just for future reference, is there a way to completely wipe the phone (rom and all) and start fresh?
On the infuse platform we use ODIN. Not sure if there is something similar on the EVO
shooter5635 said:
I started with the basics and wiped the phone data and it booted right up. Now lets see if it stays running...
Just for future reference, is there a way to completely wipe the phone (rom and all) and start fresh?
On the infuse platform we use ODIN. Not sure if there is something similar on the EVO
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On the evo you use a RUU it returns you to complete stock no recovery no root but you will still be s-off. RUUs can be flashed through fastboot or renamed and flash in the bootloader
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On the evo you use a RUU it returns you to complete stock no recovery no root but you will still be s-off. RUUs can be flashed through fastboot or renamed and flash in the bootloader
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Got it. If it locks up again, and i have to flash the RUU, how do i get it onto the sd card/internal memory?
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Got it. If it locks up again, and i have to flash the RUU, how do i get it onto the sd card/internal memory?
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If you have a card reader you can transfer it to the sdcard or use your phone transfer it to the sdcard and put the sdcard back in the evo
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If you have a card reader you can transfer it to the sdcard or use your phone transfer it to the sdcard and put the sdcard back in the evo
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Awesome, Thanks!
Just this morning I was running CM7 on my Evo. I wanted to return to stock. I think i messed up the name of my backup and it was saying not md5 sum. I looked up how to generate a new md5 sum. So I tried restoring my backup and it it couldn't find my boot.img. I tried flashing CM7 again but it just took mr back to Clockworkmod when I rebooted. I don't know what to do now. Please help!
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Just this morning I was running CM7 on my Evo. I wanted to return to stock. I think i messed up the name of my backup and it was saying not md5 sum. I looked up how to generate a new md5 sum. So I tried restoring my backup and it it couldn't find my boot.img. I tried flashing CM7 again but it just took mr back to Clockworkmod when I rebooted. I don't know what to do now. Please help!
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First, use smelkusmod recovery.
Clockwork is the worst recovery for the EVO. Why you ask? It's been known to not wipe properly on the EVO, in turn giving you problems on than newly flashed ROM. After you get done with that, try again, or flash a different rom
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bennyboy78 said:
First, use smelkusmod recovery.
Clockwork is the worst recovery for the EVO. Why you ask? It's been known to not wipe properly on the EVO, in turn giving you problems on than newly flashed ROM. After you get done with that, try again, or flash a different rom
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How do i flash another rom if i can only get into clockworkmod? I can't transfer data from my computer to my evo in recovery, or can I?
Ok I think I should change my question, is there anyway that i can access my SD card if whenever i try turning my phone on it goes into recovery
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Ok I think I should change my question, is there anyway that i can access my SD card if whenever i try turning my phone on it goes into recovery
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Yes there is a way. Connect to your computer via usb. While in recovery, go to mount usb-ms or something of the sort, and that lets you look in the sdcard in window's so you can put a new Rom on there
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bennyboy78 said:
Yes there is a way. Connect to your computer via usb. While in recovery, go to mount usb-ms or something of the sort, and that lets you look in the sdcard in window's so you can put a new Rom on there
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Tried that on mac and my old pc, doesn't work.
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Tried that on mac and my old pc, doesn't work.
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Hmmm. Interesting. That always worked for me. Search YouTube on how to make the comp recognize it with clockwork
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Or if you have a card reader, just put the card in the reader and plug the reader into your PC. Download the Smelkus recovery and whatever ROM you want, then put your card back in your phone. You can install the new recovery through the bootloader so long as the recovery file is named PC36IMG.zip. After installing the new recovery you can go into recovery, wipe everything and install the new ROM.
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Or if you have a card reader, just put the card in the reader and plug the reader into your PC. Download the Smelkus recovery and whatever ROM you want, then put your card back in your phone. You can install the new recovery through the bootloader so long as the recovery file is named PC36IMG.zip. After installing the new recovery you can go into recovery, wipe everything and install the new ROM.
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If i cant figure anything else out I probably get a card reader..
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Hmmm. Interesting. That always worked for me. Search YouTube on how to make the comp recognize it with clockwork
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I am so happy right now! I feel stupid at the same time. Tried plugging it in to a different port. So seems like one of my USB ports aren't working. Who would've thought. Anyway so now im am going to flash that recovery. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Glad you got it working. Don't forget to make a Nandroid backup once you get your new ROM up and running
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No prob
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