I rooted my Epic 4g touch.
I cant get it to go past the start up screen.
I can however put the phone into dowload mode.
I can also get to clockwork.
Ive even reflashed with odin but nothing i do will go past the boot screen.
the boot screen changes everytime i flash but never progresses past this.
please assist, i had a ton of errors with starburst rom, but i watched the video and the comments said to format and that is what caused this issue.
please help in anyway you can.
i really need my phone back up its my only point of contact
If you are using CWR, try erasing your /system before flashing the new rom. It's under the mount option (I think). Also clear the cache and the Delvik Cache too.
Otherwise go get the stock image, flash that with Odin and start over.
That's about all I know, hope it helps.
Thanks for trying...
Ive tried erasing the system clearing the cache and the delvik cache...
ive also tried flashing with odin with the stock image all it does is changes the boot screen but it stays suck there...
at least you tried to help thanks man
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I have been trying a number of different methods to fully root my EVO, yet for the life of me, cannot get a new ROM to flash properly. Each time I try flashing a new ROM, I end up in an endless boot loop & must go back into my SD card & rename my stock ROM back to 'PC36IMG.zip' in order to get out of it. I have heard that this sometimes happens from not erasing the dalvik cache, yet I have tried that too & still no luck.
Does anyone maybe have some pointers on why I may be experiencing this issue each time? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
you rename your stock rom to pc36img.zip? What is a stock rom? Where did you ever read to do that?
I don't know what directions you read, but Something is very wrong.
Well it's A stock ROM that I picked up during the many different methods of rooting I have tried... For some reason, that has been the only way to get my phone to boot after trying to flash a ROM to it...
Most of the time if you wind up in a boot loop after flashing a new rom it's because you didn't wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache before flashing.
If you are using clockwork recovery it may be your problem. It has been reported to not complete wipes fully leading to post flash boot loops. Try amon-ra recovery.
About a month ago I decided I wanted to try out Synergy ROM for my EVO, so I went for God Mode and everything has been running fine...until now. I had installed a kernel earlier this week for underclocking and such, but decided today that I didn't really use it as much as I though so I decided to reflash the HTC stock 4.24. I just did that about 10 minutes ago, I made a backup in case something went wrong and I backed up all my apps/texts as well. It flashed, rebooted...then it got stuck in a boot loop. So I pulled the battery and booted up into the bootloader to go into recovery...when I found every time I hit recovery it would just restart to the bootloader. So I'm not really sure if there is anyway to restore my backup or any other way to boot into recovery. Am I just screwed? Or can I use ADB to boot into recovery/restore my backup? This is sort of my first question post so...If you need any more information just ask.
Thanks,
Suprgamr232
If your phone is still going into bootloops. Connect your phone to your computer and go to adb and type in adb reboot recovery. There you can revert back into a nandroid backup. Hope this helps
Not to be rude, but you didn't read the entire post did you? I can't access my recovery and AFAIK adb doesn't work while it's in a bootloop. Also, I don't think adb recognizes my device when it's in the bootloader either.
Hey im just trying to help, Maybe some how you lost your recovery? Maybe try reflashing your recovery from the bootloader, make sure it named pc36img.zip. See if you can access your recovery after that. What recovery are you using btw, clockworkmod or amon ra? and did you wipe your cache and dalvik cache files through recovery before you flashed your kernel?
If you can access your recovery after reflashing it, Try wiping those in recovery and rebooting, see if it boots into your rom. If not and you still get a boot loop but you can access recovery do a full wipe and reflash your rom or try restoring a nandroid
Not gonna argue with you, so I'll let it slide...I'm using clockworkmod and I did wipe my cache and dalvik cache. ATM I haven't been able to get a hold of a new recovery img for some reason...can never get it to download 100%, will try it soon hopefully.
There's no need to argue Ive heard that clockworkmod doesnt always completely wipe the cache and dalvik maybe try using amon ra this time around http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
Cant hurt to try it. hope you can get it working for ya, gl
Still stuck in the bootloop. I tried restoring but that didn't help. I tried reinstalling the ROM and the kernel I used before and no change, I don't really want to wipe my phone and try it but...I guess it might turn out that way. Before I do though I was wondering if there is anything else I should try?
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Still stuck in the bootloop. I tried restoring but that didn't help. I tried reinstalling the ROM and the kernel I used before and no change, I don't really want to wipe my phone and try it but...I guess it might turn out that way. Before I do though I was wondering if there is anything else I should try?
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You're gona have to do a full wipe [ factory/data, cache, and dalvik ] , reflash your rom, kernel, ect. Once you sign in, boot, ect, you can use titanium backup to restore your apps and data, NOT system settings.
Alrighty then. Did that and everything seems to be working fine...A little disappointed but as long as I have my phone! Thanks for your help!
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Alrighty then. Did that and everything seems to be working fine...A little disappointed but as long as I have my phone! Thanks for your help!
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Glad its working again.
hey guys.. im new to the epic touch 2.. but i been reading alot on it.. and i decided to root. so i got the drivers.. whatched the video recomeneded to root with CWM and i used odin and all went well. so it booted up with the triangle and thats normal. i turned off, went into clockworkmod and flashed the starburst rom and all went well.. but than when it boots up i get the SPRINT logo. i goto about phone and it says starburst under build number. but when i try to go BACK to CWM to apply the theme for starburst it shoots up the STOCK recovery menu instead when i do the volume up and power. so it seems like every time i root it jumps back to stock when i boot up?
im sorry if that was a weird description and i have searched all over.. nothing close to this. im new to this so id appreciate any help.
i just want CWM to STAY so i can keep flashing stuff. everytime i want to flash something i have to go back to Odin and flash the "eg30plus" to be able to access CWM but it only works until i boot up galaxy than CWM gets replaced with the stock recovery!
THANKS I APPRECIATE ANY HELP!
Did you remember to go to Mounts and Storage and Format System before flashing Starburst in addition to wiping data, cache and dalvik?
yes i did mount and storage. format system. i did wipe user data. i did wipe cache and wipe the devik cache or something
Try rebooting to recovery using rom manager and see if that works
Sent from my Galaxy S2
ok so this may sound strange but my phone will not boot up. i have tried flashing different roms and always their boot images via fastboot right after i instal the rom. Right now my device boots up and shows the splash screen and then imediately boots into bootloader mode. i got to this problem by restoring a previous backup and then flashing its boot.img. can anyone help me or tell me whats going on?! it would be much appreciated!!! right now im out of a phone.
Erase the dalvik cache from recovery. Also something else you need to do, but I forgot what.
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Erase the dalvik cache from recovery. Also something else you need to do, but I forgot what.
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thanks, im guessing the next thing is just to flash the recovery image again?
No.
i ended up just wiping data, cache, and formating the system again, followed by restoring the rom and re-downloading the boot.img again and it worked after flashing the boot image the second time. scary stuff...
Have flashed many a ROM on both Fascinate, DesireHD and now GSG3. On the GSG3 have a constant problem. Whenever I flash a TW Rom I get constant bootloops. Every once in a while one will stick. But when I go to restart the bootloops start. No problems with CM or MIUI Roms. Always do Clear Cache, Wipe Data, Clear Dalvik Cache. Have even tried Format Data, System and Cache. Just tried Mobile Odin with the root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.7z tar. Everything went smooth until boot. Get to ATT splash then it starts looping. Can restore to a Nandroid backup. Any help would greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
After Odin flash, boot into recovery and do a factory reset
Seems to be working right now, thanks. Took a good 15 minutes to get to the install screen. Restarted many times until it "locked" in. Will let it run for 24 hrs before I give it the test and reboot. Again thanks for the help.