Hi everybody. I've been working on restoring my evo after constant bootloops and not able to reach the recovery. Apparently this happened after I partitioned my sd card. I tried to update with a new recovery but keep on getting the PU fail message. I was following help from this link:
Link not viewable since I'm not allowed until I have posted 8 times. Sorry. My sd card was corrupted but I formatted it and is all well but still receiving the same message. The help came from Paul E King on goodandevo.net about "how to recover your bricked rooted htc evo 4g or 3d".
Hboot: 6.16.1002
Radio: 2.15.00.0000
Rooted using zedomax gingerbread method
Rom: FEARMEde 8.5 rom
Pick amonRa or drellisde recovery, rename to pc36img and put on root of SD somehow, then open boot loader. It will ask if you want to update. Select yrs (up, I believe). Should be good.
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Same error message. Thanks though. I was told that upgrading my ruu would help but I don't know how to do that.
PabloKoala said:
Same error message. Thanks though. I was told that upgrading my ruu would help but I don't know how to do that.
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Its the same way,download the latest RUU ,if its not already,rename it to PC36IMG and put it on the root of the sd card,then boot into bootloader,it should load the IMG and ask if you want to install the update,hit the volume rocker in the up position and then it will ask you to reboot,hit the up on the volume rocker again,it will reboot and that should do the trick.
Im going to try it right now and will tell what happens next.
Followed steps given and once I'm at bootloader it will recognize the file and parse it but will not ask me to update but returns to the bootloader.
PabloKoala said:
Followed steps given and once I'm at bootloader it will recognize the file and parse it but will not ask me to update but returns to the bootloader.
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It always does that check; if its not asking to update then:
1. The file in named PC36IMG.zip [case sensitive]
2. Missing a file on the inside, like the .txt, desc file, ect.
teh roxxorz said:
It always does that check; if its not asking to update then:
1. The file in named PC36IMG.zip [case sensitive]
2. Missing a file on the inside, like the .txt, desc file, ect.
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updating your RUU will unroot your phone and restore it to factory defaults
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Got the notification earlier today, went ahead and started downloading the update. I turned on 4G, it couldn't get 4G so i turned on wifi when it was at 12%
Download completed, it rebooted, showed the proper update screen, and now it gets to about 15% of the progress bar then shows the slanted triangle with an exclamation mark in it and little android dude under it.
Rebooted, tried again and same thing.
I'm thinking cuz i switched from downloading via 3g to wifi maybe file is corrupt?
I deleted the update file from /sdcard/download and tried again and same thing...
any ideas?
---update--
i pressed discard and then went to back to check for software update and it re-downloaded it but same thing..
Is it cuz its rooted? do i have to remove the root to put the OTA?
btw, its my gf's evo.. if it was mine i'd probably be running some other rom.
--update2--
So i flashed stock recovery then tried again, same thing but this time different images during the install process and the error
Went over to unrevoked's site, installed the unrevoked-forever-son.zip (had to flash clockwork recovery to flash that zip)
That still didn't do it.
Now i'm trying to get stock recovery back on but it won't ask me if i want to install it. I have it as PC36IMG.zip on the root of my sd card. When i first get into HBOOT it shows checking PC36IMG.zip and then no option to press volume up to install/flash it.
ALso i unziped PC36IMG.zip and attempted to flash recovery.img via fastboot but i get this:
[codr]sending 'recovery' (3779 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)[/code]
Anyone know what to do?
I'm having the same issue! Also rooted. I'd really like to not have to flash it from recovery so I don't have to re-do all my settings.
I'm having similar issues, but I'm not as far as you have gone. =)
Could you help me out on reflashing the stock recovery? 3.70 is the first OTA that has come out since I rooted (with unrevoked3), so I'm no expert. I'm downloading a stock PC36IMG.zip, but I don't want to replace everything if I can help it.
Hopefully once I have a stock recovery again I can give you a hand. =)
I'm no expert by any means but, I was rooted when the 1st OTA came out. I just flashed joey-krims stock rom over top my stock rom. I just wiped cache & dalvik cache. Didn't do a factory reset. All apps and data were preserved. And I just flashed joeys most recent update over top the last update, same procedure, same results. Only thing that happed was my weather bug widget had to be put back on the screen.
Milage may vary.
VaughnOnix said:
I'm having similar issues, but I'm not as far as you have gone. =)
Could you help me out on reflashing the stock recovery? 3.70 is the first OTA that has come out since I rooted (with unrevoked3), so I'm no expert. I'm downloading a stock PC36IMG.zip, but I don't want to replace everything if I can help it.
Hopefully once I have a stock recovery again I can give you a hand. =)
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Download the PC36IMG.zip and place it on the root of your SD card. Reboot device while holding volume down, give it a sec and it should prompt you volume up to flash volume down to cancel.
Flashing the recovery will not erase/replace anything but the recovery itself.
there is something that gets missed every time.
the ota will not work unless u r on an odex completely stock rom!!!
when i say complete i mean all apps that came with the stock rom have to still be on it also.
otherwise... dont be surprised if it wont work.
just flash a new rom instead... that would be the better sol here.
aamikam said:
there is something that gets missed every time.
the ota will not work unless u r on an odex completely stock rom!!!
when i say complete i mean all apps that came with the stock rom have to still be on it also.
otherwise... dont be surprised if it wont work.
just flash a new rom instead... that would be the better sol here.
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really?
That sucks... so is everyone that is rooted having the same issue with this OTA or does this happed to all OTA for rooted ussers?
(this is my gf's evo, i got a dell streak which isn't this hard to flash an official realease.. when they do release them is a different story)
yea, same here. Wife and I were running errands so I ran the OTA on her handset - no issues. Tried it on mine and got the same error with the thing over the Android. doh!
If I pop the battery out I can use the phone but now i want the update.
My device is rooted with UnrEVOked. Wife's is not rooted.
I am trying to restore the factory ROM and then try the update and whatever else I can salvage...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=685835
links to the factory ROM
http://rapidshare.com/files/3899834....651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.exe
djliquid said:
yea, same here. Wife and I were running errands so I ran the OTA on her handset - no issues. Tried it on mine and got the same error with the thing over the Android. doh!
If I pop the battery out I can use the phone but now i want the update.
My device is rooted with UnrEVOked. Wife's is not rooted.
I am trying to restore the factory ROM and then try the update and whatever else I can salvage...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=685835
links to the factory ROM
http://rapidshare.com/files/3899834....651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.exe
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Same story here, rooted with unrevoked.
I would flash factory rom as you are doing but if i don't get it back to how it was, my gf would ***** till i die...
Ok this is pretty simple, just did it on my coworkers Evo will be doing mine once I am off call,
1. Use Rom manager to install ra recovery
2. Boot to recovery, and flash zip from SD card ( this step assumes us have copied the downloaded zip using root explorer from cache dir and saved to sd card)
3. Select the OTA 370 blablabla.zip file
4. after flash completes, don't reboot yet, select apply zip from SD card again, and flash root (I used a file called 2.2 root.zip I found on these boards some where)
5. Reboot and when it finishes ur phone will be rooted and updated, running stock recovery
*** note I answered from my phone so I don't have any of the links or files, I will try to place links next time i am at my computer. this will just update and not wipe anything from the phone **
detcup4evr said:
Ok this is pretty simple, just did it on my coworkers Evo will be doing mine once I am off call,
1. Use Rom manager to install ra recovery
2. Boot to recovery, and flash zip from SD card ( this step assumes us have copied the downloaded zip using root explorer from cache dir and saved to sd card)
3. Select the OTA 370 blablabla.zip file
4. after flash completes, don't reboot yet, select apply zip from SD card again, and flash root (I used a file called 2.2 root.zip I found on these boards some where)
5. Reboot and when it finishes ur phone will be rooted and updated, running stock recovery
*** note I answered from my phone so I don't have any of the links or files, I will try to place links next time i am at my computer. this will just update and not wipe anything from the phone **
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Was your co worker rooted and having the same issues with the update failing before you did all this?
This method didn't work for me.
During the install via RA recovery it errors out after
Code:
verifying current system . . .
i get
Code:
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/app/Sprint_Navigation.apk", "E:unknown command [e788c9586bac4af50d9d6df17f6b9eac21fced4" ,]
E:unkown command [a044")]
E:Error in /sdcard/OTA_Supersonic_3.70.651.1-3.29.651.5_releasezq9ss6wyobuo26b5.zip
(Satus 7)
Installation aborted.
Is this all cuz i uninstalled sprint navigation?
fone_fanatic said:
Download the PC36IMG.zip and place it on the root of your SD card. Reboot device while holding volume down, give it a sec and it should prompt you volume up to flash volume down to cancel.
Flashing the recovery will not erase/replace anything but the recovery itself.
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Thanks for the assist. Just to confirm, flashing a zip that weighs in at almost 200mb will only affect the recovery?
ok here is my problem i flash the rom install the update ans my 4G and wifi is having a error what am i doing wrong
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Thanks for the assist. Just to confirm, flashing a zip that weighs in at almost 200mb will only affect the recovery?
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NO you are correct, the 200MB PC36IMG.zip will reset everything!
I was referring to the stock recovery image (3 to 4MB file)
I noticed browsing through the forums and downloading files i need that different recovery and roms are name as PC36IMG.zip
So now everytime i download one, i either rename it or put it in a folder with the proper name..
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ok here is my problem i flash the rom install the update ans my 4G and wifi is having a error what am i doing wrong
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Don't know why that is.. did you download and flash via recovery or you did the OTA update?
via recovery thats how i got it and it's killing me cause i need the update but i rather have a rooted EVO lol
dramadawgz said:
via recovery thats how i got it and it's killing me cause i need the update but i rather have a rooted EVO lol
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Unrevoked will root it..
I'm restoring it to ship rom now then let it do the OTA restore Nandroot data backup and then unrevoked root..
ok ill give that a try cause i just redid it and im still getting the error message
Failing here too.... stuoid.
werxen what problems r u having
Ok, so what i did was downgrade to stock shipped rom
then had to do the 5 or so OTA's and finally on 3.70.651.1 but NOW I can't Root or flash clockwork mod which means i can't restore the nandroid backup
I ran into this post over at androidcentral Yes you can do OTA update if youve unrevoked forever heres how hope that helps you guys as i went through a headache and all this other crap to get this stupid OTA and now i can't even restore my backed up data!
Guess i have to wait for a better way to root the HBOOT 2.10 version
good luck to everyone else
hboot 2.02
hardware 003
Software 3.30
I tried on 2 pcs without luck. Ihave double checked everything but no luck after numerous tries. I have rooted 2 other phones so this isnt my first root. Anyone else been able to get around this issue?
hmmm I booted into hboot and it says S-Off (although its not off) but there is no recovery.
Looks like im up!! My s was off so I manually backed uped my RSA keys just to be safe and proceeded to flash Amon_RA recovery PC36IMG.zip and then I flashed superuser zip and that got me where I needed to go.
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Looks like im up!! My s was off so I manually backed uped my RSA keys just to be safe and proceeded to flash Amon_RA recovery PC36IMG.zip and then I flashed superuser zip and that got me where I needed to go.
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hey..
even iam experiencing same problem..
but i really could not get what you did to make it work.. lol
it would be of great help if you can help me with it.
hboot 0.93
So your s-off now when you boot into boot loader?
I just flashed the recovery and got back up manually with superuser and busy box. You can download superuser from the market or flash a zip as for busy box I installed through Titanium Backup.
I used this method to get my recovery fixed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
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READ THIS GUIDE CAREFULLY SEE POST TWO FOR FAQ OR SEARCH THE THREAD.
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FIX BROKEN RECOVERY
This is really only needed if you rooted with one of the previos guides version 6 or lower or if you installed a different recovery like I told you not to. It installs amon_ra 2.2.1
1) Download File PC36IMG_Recovery.zip and Rename to PC36IMG.zip.
copy to the root of your SDCard and power off phone
2) Power your phone back on into the boot loader by holding power and vol-down until your presented with a white screen. It will read the pc36img.zip and as you if you want to flash. Say yes. Then it will ask if you want to reboot, VOL+UP for yes.
3) If your rom gets tossed in the process. Reboot your phone into bootloader select recovery, and reflash your rom....DONE
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is unrevoked CID issue fixed
Hi..could you fix this issue, I wish know how fix it but I only found really old post without solutions...thanks!!!........
recently got an 0004 evo and rooted with unrevoked3.. did a nandroid backup and im stuck in hboot and it wantsw me to update. i said yes and after it reboots it is stuck on the white htc evo 4g screen.. what do i need to do????
there is no pc36img files on my sd card becuase i did the one click unrevoked3. do i have to push a file to the card? is that where it updates from?
in hboot it says parsing.... (SD ZIP)
and when it checks RADIO_V2 it says Fail-PU
also on BOOTLOADER it says Fail - IC
Please help
I don't fully understand where things wen't south for you, but if you can get into fastboot, then that's great!
Download the auto root .zip from the dev forum; once downloaded, unzip it and go find one of the images that has pc36blah.img, then rename it to whatever the correct pc36.img name is that flashed on the fastboot screen (I forget), then put that image on your SD card, boot up, run fastboot, then it should find the img and ask you to update.
Update -which will take you back to un-rooted stock-, then use the auto root program in that package you download to re-root and install a custom recovery.
Hope this helps,
It helped very much, thank you! !
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Ok so heres the deal, I used unrevoked about a week about to root my EVO and disable the security. I had some problems trying to install a custom rom via the recover program or rom manager. Last night I was messing with it and I set my phone down to go do something and my little brother got a hold of my phone while it was in recovery. He managed to wipe my sd card which had my backup files on the card. Now I cant restore the phone and I cant get a rom to load on my phone. What can I do Im dying without my phone.
Help Please!!! I can get into recovery and bootloader.
It Shows S-Off
HBOOT - 2.10.0001
Touch Panel ATMEL224_16ab
Radio-2.15.00.11.19
October 15, 2010
Oh and Hardware version I believe was 0002
I tried to instal another ROM but I get an error from clockwork about being outdated and Amend Script no longer supported. What do I do?
First, download the PC36IMG.zip for amon_RA. You can get it here. Place the file on the root of your SD card and flash from the bootloader. Installation takes around 10 seconds and yes, the bootloader will autodetect the file. Before doing so, put the rom you want to flash on the SD card. If you want a rooted stock rom, i recommend downloading the ODEXED version from here. After you've flashed amon_RA, reboot into your new recovery, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it EXCEPT the SD card. Afterwards, flash the rom and you should be good to go.
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I have tried that multiple times and It will not detect and load it. It just says something like invalid or no image. If I enable S-On again can I return the phone for warranty replacement?
If you can get into recovery... choose the option to mount via USB (2nd choice I think) use that to transfer a ROM to your sd card and flash it...
Edit: oh you're on clockwork... I'm pretty sure my ROM will flash through clockwork even with new versions... find my Rom...skyraider for evo 4g in the development section and try to flash it...
Double check to make sure the file is not named PC36IMG.ZIP.zip and make sure you didn't download the file ending in .img. If you did, you will have to flash it via ADB. The correct file should work. THIS is the correct file.
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And get rid of ROM Manager.
Make sure the pc36img.zip file isn't named pc36img.zip.zip, too
You can also run RUU and restore it to stock and start over
HipKat said:
And get rid of ROM Manager.
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No doubt! You do not need it.
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If you can't get amon ra to flash, the key for you is finding a ROM that still uses the old script styles...
Search for ROMs from early this year or late last year... just to get you up and running. Once you're running, use ROM manager to flash alternate recovery ( bottom of Rom managers list) and stick with amon
Ok I think it loaded when I got into bootloader there was a little bar on the right side that loaded up to the top and finished. It never asked me it just did it. Now my problem is it says S-On instead of S-Off and I can only get to bootloader and recovery
Flashing amon_RA should not have returned your device to S-ON, but being that you are, you can either flash a ruu or unroot again and flash whatever rom you like.
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It finally worked the RUU detected my phone and installed the last release build. Thank you all for your help!
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Poseidon215 said:
It finally worked the RUU detected my phone and installed the last release build. Thank you all for your help!
Sent from my HTC EVO using XDA App
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You're very welcome. Have a great day...
Hi everybody. I wonder if anybody can help me. I can't find a solution on any previous post. My Droid Inc appears to be semi bricked. I can't load a nandroid backup and it tells me that theres no image found. Im stuck at the wallpaper for MIUI.us, but it doesn't show any icons and there's no response when I touch anything. I can see the toolbar and it even shows some notifications, so the phone is working on some level, but I can't access anything. When I try to reboot into recovery, it tells me image not found. I've tried putting a stock RUU, a different version of MIUI and AOKP on the sd card, but recovery wont read it. I reformatted the sd card and pasted the clockworkmod backup file on it from my pc, but no luck. I have tried every command I can think of on ADB, but the best I can do is reboot the phone into recovery and it does the same thing again. I even tried reflashing using unrevoked. it told me the phone was rooted succesfully, but when I reboot I'm back on MIUI with no icons, just the wallpaper and the toolbar. I'm at the end of my wits here, so I'm hoping one of you guys has any ideas. this is what I see when I get to the HBOOT screen:
Incredible XC Ship S-off
HBOOT-0.92.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.07.28
JUL 23 2010, 18.06:51
SD checking ...
Loading ... [PB31DIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading ...[PB31DIAG,nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Thanks!
When you say no image found, where is it telling you this?
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Shakes27 said:
When you say no image found, where is it telling you this?
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When I go into recovery by holding down the volume and power button. It tries to find the image file but it doesn't. Normally I would have been able to select a backup or install a ROM that I had previously saved on the SD card. But recovery can't see it. I don't know if you saw it but I transcribed in my original post the message that I get when I do this.
You're just booting into the bootloader. You have to scroll down to recovery and push the power button again to get into recovery. Then you'll find all your options for restoring and flashing.
sorry...I was on the phone...
omniatic said:
You're just booting into the bootloader. You have to scroll down to recovery and push the power button again to get into recovery. Then you'll find all your options for restoring and flashing.
sorry...I was on the phone...
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I'm sorry I didn't explain myself clearly. I do scroll down to recovery and push the power button, that's when I get the message no image found.
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I'm sorry I didn't explain myself clearly. I do scroll down to recovery and push the power button, that's when I get the message no image found.
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Are the images on the sd in no folders and named exactly PB31IMG.zip ? Try this one its ruu 4.06.605.3 http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.06.605.3/PB31IMG.zip. You can also try to reflash cwm http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.
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Are the images on the sd in no folders and named exactly PB31IMG.zip ? Try this one its ruu 4.06.605.3 . You can also try to reflash cwm.
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That's it! You did it dude.I've been trying to debrick this phone for a while now. I got the RUU from another website and the guy that gave me the link said I was supposed to rename it recovery.img. This time I pasted the one you gave me and it loaded without any problem. That's what I get for not coming to XDA dev. first. Thanks a lot, man. I love this phone, it's my backup for when something happens to my Gnex or the wife's incredible 2.