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So I have rooted numerous Evos but never had this problem. It seems to be getting stuck on the White HTC screen. It will not go into recovery or boot to rom, but lets me use HBOOT. Any ideas guys?
Anything guys?...
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On your computer, download a copy of the stock rom PC36IMG.zip, put it on the root of your sd card and load that through hboot....
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Ok trying now...
what method did you use? i used the same method for my hardware 2 evo on my hardware 4 (before i knew that actually mattered) and that happened to me. i had to run the RUU to recover it
ps to Vandelay007: Seinfeld = greatest show in existence
Well it booted using the method above. But the main problem with the phone was before I tried to root, the phone was randomly restarting. So I'm gonna try to RUU and then try to root. Unless any one has a more efficient idea.
So I decided to RUU and same thing happened where it would not boot. Gonna try flashing the pc36img again.
pc36img worked and phone is booting up, but still having the problem with random restarts..... any ideas guys?
CEspaillat said:
pc36img worked and phone is booting up, but still having the problem with random restarts..... any ideas guys?
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Have you ever over clocked.. i think setcpu can store a file on your sd card and cause problems.
No the phone was brought to me stock. They did the sprint update and the restart issues came then. No root. I was attempting to root in order to clear data, but didn't get to boot. Now after ruu, I had to use the 3.70 pc36img to get phone to boot. But it continues to reboot and after 3-4 reboots it will get stuck on white HTC screen. No idea where to start.....
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No the phone was brought to me stock. They did the sprint update and the restart issues came then. No root. I was attempting to root in order to clear data, but didn't get to boot. Now after ruu, I had to use the 3.70 pc36img to get phone to boot. But it continues to reboot and after 3-4 reboots it will get stuck on white HTC screen. No idea where to start.....
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What hboot is it?
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It started as .76 but now with ruu its 2.10
CEspaillat said:
pc36img worked and phone is booting up, but still having the problem with random restarts..... any ideas guys?
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Dude numerous people have been having random reboot with their 4 month old evos like me. You should have it replaced. Load a ruu and return it. Because it will get worse as in as soon as it boots up.
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CEspaillat said:
So I have rooted numerous Evos but never had this problem. It seems to be getting stuck on the White HTC screen. It will not go into recovery or boot to rom, but lets me use HBOOT. Any ideas guys?
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This happened to my 002 randomly one night. Sucked...luckily I had warranty & I got a 004 new evo free. However, the new camera doesn't with with anything! So on every rom I flash without sense kernels I have no camera :/
So is there no way of fixing it?
Just rooted my new DINC, got into the main screen. Went into Clockwork and flashed a nandroid from a different device. Now I cant even get back into CWM. If I hold down and power I get hboot, but anything after that gives me 5 vibrations and blinking green lights. wtf?>
I can actually see CWM for a second, then i get the errors. Is there a bootable CWM, like the NookColor?
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I can actually see CWM for a second, then i get the errors. Is there a bootable CWM, like the NookColor?
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not really that i know of
best bet is to ruu back to stock and start over
EDIT: first link i sent wont help you
http://d01.megashares.com/index.php?d01=CHoQD3B
put this on your sdcard, rename to PB31IMG.ZIP
boot into hboot, when it asks to apply the update, say yes
give that a shot
for future reference, nandroids from phones are not interchangeable
I dont know how to use ADB, and that tutorial assumes you can run zips via recovery, which I cant...
Isn't there a PMBTG113.zip or whatever file I can boot off of in recovery that will restore my phone to stock
DroidHam said:
Isn't there a PMBTG113.zip or whatever file I can boot off of in recovery that will restore my phone to stock
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yea sorry, use the new link and destructions instructions i posted, should get ya running
damn, that link wont start the download
Do you have a micro sd card reader that you can put into your pc or laptop? You need to get that PB31IMG on the root of your card. Then get into hboot to flash.
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Yea, I put it onto the root, applied the PB31IMG and rebooted. Same fcking problem. WTF?!?!
DroidHam,
try pulling the battery, wait around 10 minutes, put the battery in and boot the phone. Yes, it is very important to wait for that long.
Post your results if it booted or not, i had the same issue.
Also let me know if this is a refurbished phone.
ya its a refurb...
I downloaded this:
build-3.26.605.1-release-152016-baseband-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG
Renamed it and it flashed. Then when I rebooted, it doesn't show me CWM anymore, just the HTC screen, a "popping, kind of electric noise", and then 5 vibrations and blank screen, with green blinking LED.
I downloaded the restore above, and renamed it. It doesn't allow me to flash it. It scans it, but never gives me the option to press up to flash.
Keep in mind, S-ON is now set, whereas it was S-Off before.
Previously I was seeing CWM for a split second then it would crash. I dont see CWM anymore but its still crashing at the same point.
If I copied a nandroid backup onto a different phone, it cant be COMPLETELY ****ed right? Just needs to be rebuilt somehow?
So when I put the battery back in in 10 minutes, should I reflash that RUU I mentioned above, or what?
Any ideas?? Going on day 3 w no phone......
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Any ideas?? Going on day 3 w no phone......
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I noticed you mentioned that while powering on you say you are holding down...down is diagnostic mode, you should be holding up to get to recovery.
After applying the ruu. Try re rooting
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How do I root if i can't get past hboot??!
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I attempted to root a new Incredible for a friend and had the same thing happen a few days ago. I was able to create a nandroid backup via CWM recovery, and then flashed CM 6.1. CM then bootlooped when trying to boot for the first time. After this point I was unable to get into recovery. The screen would just go blank and would vibrate multiple times. At one point I did manage to succesfully get into CWM recovery without the screen going blank, but then recovery would not recognize the SD card. I restarted and was never able to get back into recovery.
I then attempted to flash a PB31IMG.ZIP from HBOOT that was supposed to restore it to factory state. At this point the phone when blank in the middle of flashing and would not do anything other than vibrate when I would attempt to power it on.
I told them the phone just inexplicably died and they exchanged it at the Verizon store. Everything went perfect with the replacement phone. I figured what happened was a one time thing, but after reading this I would definately be hesitant to root anyone elses Incredible.
Do all phones have hboot?? I don't wanna get screwed. But this was sent was Asurion.... i really need to fix this. There must be a way please!!!
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Just got off work... do the battery pull, wait 10 min, then the start phone see what happens.
I'm not sure at what point you are with the RUU image at this point so take out your sd card just to be safe.
You are getting into the Qualcomm diagnostic mode, which is basically 5 buzzes and then the green light keeps flashing green correct?
I will be on and off for the next few hours to see your results.
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ya its a refurb...
I downloaded this:
build-3.26.605.1-release-152016-baseband-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG
Renamed it and it flashed. Then when I rebooted, it doesn't show me CWM anymore, just the HTC screen, a "popping, kind of electric noise", and then 5 vibrations and blank screen, with green blinking LED.
I downloaded the restore above, and renamed it. It doesn't allow me to flash it. It scans it, but never gives me the option to press up to flash.
Keep in mind, S-ON is now set, whereas it was S-Off before.
Previously I was seeing CWM for a split second then it would crash. I dont see CWM anymore but its still crashing at the same point.
If I copied a nandroid backup onto a different phone, it cant be COMPLETELY ****ed right? Just needs to be rebuilt somehow?
So when I put the battery back in in 10 minutes, should I reflash that RUU I mentioned above, or what?
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5 vibrate = defective usb plug/phone... time for nother refurb. theres a couple posts on it, happened to me.
I don't know much.. but I'm pretty sure this thread is in the wrong section. Mods should move this to Q&A or General...
Hey guy's, well first off I just want to say I'm a big fan of android and especially xda-developers and all the helpful people on this site. I'm having a pretty big issue, one that I searched for a solution for 2 days now using the search function on here as well as google and many others available and I'm in a corner. I have an EVO 4G I bought from someone off craigslist and everything was fine for 3 weeks then 3 days ago the phone died and i plugged it in with no led light showing the charging status. I thought perhaps it was a bad battery so I bought another battery and with the little life the new battery has it turned on and got stuck on the HTC EVO 4G splash screen.
So I pulled the battery out and re-installed and booted into the bootloader menu only to find out more bad news. When I try to boot into recovery from the bootloader menu it goes to the HTC EVO 4G splash screen and stays there forever. I have tried to clear storage, in which it clears and says everything is ok reboots into the HTC EVO 4G splash screen and gets stuck again, So I'm really concerned now and I cant find a solution anywhere I've tried several different methods to flash amon RA recovery, I downloaded the zip file and changed the name accordingly so the bootloader menu would automatically recognize it and it said installed successfully but still to no avail, and I do not believe I am able to manually flash another recovery method because I cannot get into usb debuggine mode from the phone so I'm not sure how adb would even begin to recognise the phone.......... someone for love of all things fancy please help me!!!! I'm struggling!!! lol
Also this is what appears on my bootloader menu:
supersonic EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.02.0000
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.09.01
If u can boot into recovery u can mount SD card to put a new rom on it. Wipe everything except ur SD card n flash new rom
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If u can boot into recovery u can mount SD card to put a new rom on it. Wipe everything except ur SD card n flash new rom
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I cannot boot into recovery
If you have a card reader,you should be able to download a Rom,put it in the root of your sd card,rename it pc36img.zip,put it back in your phone and flash it through the bootloader.
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BrianBusby2038 said:
If you have a card reader,you should be able to download a Rom,put it in the root of your sd card,rename it pc36img.zip,put it back in your phone and flash it through the bootloader.
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I have already attempted this method twice but I'll give it another shot
Try running RUU update. Download here:
OTA 3.70
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=86NCAM22
Link grabbed from PPCGEEKS user KarlE
this will revert you back to android 2.2, but this should fix your problem.
munesh23 said:
Try running RUU update. Download here:
OTA 3.70
Link grabbed from PPCGEEKS user KarlE
this will revert you back to android 2.2, but this should fix your problem.
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Ok thanks I'll give it a shot any chance you could tell me the best way to apply the RUU update? name change to PC23IMG??
STRteg said:
Ok thanks I'll give it a shot any chance you could tell me the best way to apply the RUU update? name change to PC23IMG??
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all you have to do is download that file and execute it in windows then just follow the instructions.
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all you have to do is download that file and execute it in windows then just follow the instructions.
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downloaded the file and executed it in windows and it reboots the phone from bootloader to bootloader again but phone never comes back on...
Do this, in this order...
Charge battery to full (since there's no way for you to tell how much charge there is you might as well be sure it's full...)
Boot to Bootloader
Select FASTBOOT with volume up/down
Press Power button to go into FASTBOOT
Plug phone in to PC
Run RUU.
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Do this, in this order...
Charge battery to full (since there's no way for you to tell how much charge there is you might as well be sure it's full...)
Boot to Bootloader
Select FASTBOOT with volume up/down
Press Power button to go into FASTBOOT
Plug phone in to PC
Run RUU.
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Hey I tried this method and all was well for the most part and then the executable ruu said that it could not continue because my battery was less than 30% and my phone won't charge for some strange...
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Hey I tried this method and all was well for the most part and then the executable ruu said that it could not continue because my battery was less than 30% and my phone won't charge for some strange...
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The phone doesn't charge in bootloader, turn the phone off and leave it on the charger when it's OFF until the light goes green, then start over.
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The phone doesn't charge in bootloader, turn the phone off and leave it on the charger when it's OFF until the light goes green, then start over.
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Phone is not charging when it's off or at least there is no led lit up or anything
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Phone is not charging when it's off or at least there is no led lit up or anything
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Then it's possibly a bad battery or simply a brick now, because if you can't charge it normally, doing anything to get it working again is futile... If you have another battery try that, or if you can take it to a shop and try one of their batteries in it... That's all I can think of doing...
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Then it's possibly a bad battery or simply a brick now, because if you can't charge it normally, doing anything to get it working again is futile... If you have another battery try that, or if you can take it to a shop and try one of their batteries in it... That's all I can think of doing...
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Well I don't think its a complete brick just yet the usb port can't be bad if fastboot reads the pc when connected and vice versa, however I went to frys and bought a universal battery charger and am charging the battery to full right now. I'll let you know something soon thanks for all your help so far.
Ok so I let the battery charge, re-installed and ran the RUU executable file it flashed and installed successfully but is at the same place still gets stuck on htc evo 4g screen
What Rom and kernel were you on when you discovered it at white screen.
Also, did you just find it at the splash screen? or did it random reboot or just not boot?
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What Rom and kernel were you on when you discovered it at white screen.
Also, did you just find it at the splash screen? or did it random reboot or just not boot?
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Stock as far as I know and the phone died and when i went to recharge it and discovered the white splash screen
Ok I'm really stuck nothing is working for me the RUU ran and flashed properly just to get back stuck at the htc evo 4g screen again I was reading somewhere else that it needs to read S-ON on bootloader to flash the OTA RUU is this correct? and if so how can I change it with unrevoked if I cant get adb to recognize the device?
yup im deff. bricked i went to install the new synergy and i went to boot phone and it just sticks at white htc evo screen i have tryed to install a new pc36img and it installed then i went to recovery and it still gets stuck at the white htc evo screen and just loops so yea im deff bricked lol i know they say if you can get into hboot then your not bricked but hmmm plz help
well not enough info to help but...can you get into recovery...if so try a full wipe and flash a simple and easy stable rom ...say like fresh 4
Ur not bricked if ur phone powers on. Boot to recovery, do a full wipe, and flash a stock rom n c how that goes
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You're not bricked, I've had this happen before. Back up all your meaningful files to your desktop, go into recovery and format your sd card, do it a couple times, then find a PC36IMG zip and put it on your sd card. Try to find a rooted rom if not, you'll have to re-root your phone. I used a 2.2 rom for an easy root with Unrevoked, then started back flashing. Good luck. Its normal for it to sit on the white screen for up to 5 minutes.
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i cant get into recovery when i try from bootloader it just brings the htc screen back up and then stays on that for a few then screen turns black and then the white htc evo screen lol sooo im lost i have tryed to install the pc36img and it asked me to update and i said yes and then hit recoveryand still nothing
Try running an ruu in exe form from your computer.
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how would i do that im not familiar with adb all that well sorry guys
You don't need adb. Download the newest ruu. Its a program run on your pc. It will wipe and replace everything. Its pretty much what htc would use to reflash a phone
We're comin from a pure power source.
to be honest I would surf through this section and General since everyone who phone gets stuck on the white HTC Evo screen first goes its bricked. I think we use that term too loosely in here. I know your not the first person to have this happen to them and I know many others have come out of it. Its just that there are so many different methods. This is where knowing a little adb will help you. If not I suggest learning it quickly.
If you are still S-Off I would try and reflash a recovery preferably Amon and then see if you can get into recovery and you Caulkins format all zip. Hopefully you will be able to do those two functions and if I were you I would load up a stock rooted rom first... Good luck and dont yell bricked till it wont turn on anymore...lol
Evo S3vn said:
yup im deff. bricked i went to install the new synergy and i went to boot phone and it just sticks at white htc evo screen i have tryed to install a new pc36img and it installed then i went to recovery and it still gets stuck at the white htc evo screen and just loops so yea im deff bricked lol i know they say if you can get into hboot then your not bricked but hmmm plz help
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you are not alone on this issue im currently stuck in the same bootloop and cant get into recovery also. i started the post in general yesterday. hopefully someone will come in and help us both soon.
odie145 said:
you are not alone on this issue im currently stuck in the same bootloop and cant get into recovery also. i started the post in general yesterday. hopefully someone will come in and help us both soon.
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Yea but I read your post and aren't you looking for Mac fastboot files? If so try this link it has a zip for a Android Metro file I was trying to repair. There are a couple for Mac files in there adb-mac and fastbot-mac.
I will post this in your thread as well
do what playya said and flash amon_Ra recovery through hboot. try and get that back before you run a ruu. look in the dev section for the ra thread and follow the directions to manually flash it and see if it works. It may just be that you lost your recovery.
well i got it to boot but now it stays booted after i ran ruu and now it stays on for about 2 mins then shuts off hahah well i got a new one coming for free in a few days so im good guys ty
what ruu should i use for the evo the one i installed seems to freeze my phone after boot up and then reboots
Evo S3vn said:
what ruu should i use for the evo the one i installed seems to freeze my phone after boot up and then reboots
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a little more info on the phone you have to use the right one for your radio and Hboot. I would just try and see if you still have s-off and flash a recovery and go from there... Or just say f-it and wait for new phone...
alright here is what happened. i was in twrp2 rc0.2 and was flashing a theme .zip made from the zipthemer app. i wiped cache and dalvik and flashed like normal and then after the flash it gave me an option to reboot system. i clicked it and it should have booted into my rom. instead it showed what would have been the white htc evo splash screen (mine is different) and then went to a black screen, vibrated 5 times, and i have the green notification light flashing.
i pulled the battery. booted into the bootloader and tried to go to recovery. ended up doing the same black screen vibrate etc. so i went back to bootloader to try to reflash the recovery since i still had the pc36img.zip on my sd. it scanned for the file looked like it read it but instead skipped past it and never gave me an option to flash the recovery. i tried multiple times, a series of battery pulls and no luck.
anyone got a clue as to whats up? im thinking i have a bad block and i heard of some jtag program or something to fix it but i have no idea what it is or how to use it.
p.s. yes i did google and i didn't find anything of much use... hell of a Christmas huh?
EDIT: odd. i have been rooted since january and now after this started it says im s-on. think i could use an ruu? the sd wont mount and im pretty sure they run from your sd so is there a way of using and ruu from a computer?
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alright here is what happened. i was in twrp2 rc0.2 and was flashing a theme .zip made from the zipthemer app. i wiped cache and dalvik and flashed like normal and then after the flash it gave me an option to reboot system. i clicked it and it should have booted into my rom. instead it showed what would have been the white htc evo splash screen (mine is different) and then went to a black screen, vibrated 5 times, and i have the green notification light flashing.
i pulled the battery. booted into the bootloader and tried to go to recovery. ended up doing the same black screen vibrate etc. so i went back to bootloader to try to reflash the recovery since i still had the pc36img.zip on my sd. it scanned for the file looked like it read it but instead skipped past it and never gave me an option to flash the recovery. i tried multiple times, a series of battery pulls and no luck.
anyone got a clue as to whats up? im thinking i have a bad block and i heard of some jtag program or something to fix it but i have no idea what it is or how to use it.
p.s. yes i did google and i didn't find anything of much use... hell of a Christmas huh?
EDIT: odd. i have been rooted since january and now after this started it says im s-on. think i could use an ruu? the sd wont mount and im pretty sure they run from your sd so is there a way of using and ruu from a computer?
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You can run a ruu through fastboot
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You can run a ruu through fastboot
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im downloading a 2.2 ruu. ill get back to you as to if it works or not
ok. i try to run the ruu and it gives me a main-version ERROR so i hit close and disconnect my phone. but then a window pops up saying update. so i plug in my phone again go to fastboot but then fastboot freezes and i cant navigate up and down with the volume keys. i then hit update but it just hangs at rebooting to bootloader and wont do anything...
If you can get back to Hboot, try to find a pc36img for the ruu you need and use the Ruu for the phone you have, not just any Ruu.
Use this site: http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/ruu to find your RUU
HipKat said:
If you can get back to Hboot, try to find a pc36img for the ruu you need and use the Ruu for the phone you have, not just any Ruu.
Use this site: http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/ruu to find your RUU
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i tried the sdcard ruu for the latest gb update. it goes through. installs everything ok. but then when it reboots it goes back to the same 5 vibrates and black screen with flashing light.
after i did the sdcard ruu the windows ruu was able to go through unlike before. so i plugged in my phone it did its thing successfully. and again to no avail its still got the 5 vibrate etc.
and other options such as a block remap? i was running decks at the time which is based off cyanogen and i heard that cyanogen had been screwing blocks lately...
edit: i have no idea how a block remap would work... i just saw it in a thread that i believe you posted in like 3 days ago or so...
The 5 vibrates means it's in maintenance mode. (Diagnostics?)
I'm not sure what that means, exactly, but I don't think you're bricked, however, you DID say you were S-on, I believe, so if you are, try to re-root (look up root method for your hboot version) and them flash a recovery (Prefer Amon Ra) if it is successful.
If that works, wipe everything you can, except SD Card, wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache twice, then flash a ROM.
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The 5 vibrates means it's in maintenance mode. (Diagnostics?)
I'm not sure what that means, exactly, but I don't think you're bricked, however, you DID say you were S-on, I believe, so if you are, try to re-root (look up root method for your hboot version) and them flash a recovery (Prefer Amon Ra) if it is successful.
If that works, wipe everything you can, except SD Card, wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache twice, then flash a ROM.
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He can't get sd to mount
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ok. i went to a friends house and just let my evo chill out on my desk and when i got back it booted right up since i got 1 successful ruu in. now that being said it only stays up for about 3 minutes and then shuts off and goes into the vibrate and blink stage so im gonna try a logcat and see if i can get anything useful out of it. there is some hope here boys
ok. i have tried ruu 2 more times. i tried to root a few times. all to no avail. nothing works. i still turns on for only 3 minutes at a time and then goes blank and vibrates.
my device is less than year old but i didn't get a warranty so does anyone know what the deal is with getting a replacement? my bootloader says s-on and its on a stock rom due to the 934759345734 ruu's i did so they won't know i was rooted. so is there like a 1 year manufacturer warranty for this without having to break out $100?
Best bet is to just call Sprint and find out. They may just offer you a trade in.