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Bricked phone using unrevoked3.1 PLEASE HELP

Please help, I think I bricked my Incredible and would appreciate any help or suggestions. I used unrevoked3 to root and flash the cynogenmod 6 nightly rom and then the google apps. Today i downloaded v3.1 of unrevoked to update my phone to a newer rom. I downloaded and installed the drivers but when I went to use unrevoked it would just reboot my phone and get stuck on the message "flashing recovery, do not touch phone" and never change, but my phone was just rebooted and working normal. So in the process of trouble shooting the problem I did a hard reset on the phone to see if it would help using a fresh clean rom. But when I went to reboot the phone, it got stuck in a boot loop. So now, my phone wont turn on all the way and I cant get to the recovery screen using unrevoked to utilize my nand backup that I had made. any help would be very appreciated!

11BE-5 said:
Please help, I think I bricked my Incredible and would appreciate any help or suggestions. I used unrevoked3 to root and flash the cynogenmod 6 nightly rom and then the google apps. Today i downloaded v3.1 of unrevoked to update my phone to a newer rom. I downloaded and installed the drivers but when I went to use unrevoked it would just reboot my phone and get stuck on the message "flashing recovery, do not touch phone" and never change, but my phone was just rebooted and working normal. So in the process of trouble shooting the problem I did a hard reset on the phone to see if it would help using a fresh clean rom. But when I went to reboot the phone, it got stuck in a boot loop. So now, my phone wont turn on all the way and I cant get to the recovery screen using unrevoked to utilize my nand backup that I had made. any help would be very appreciated!
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Have you tried this?
While the phone is turned OFF, press and hold the VOL DOWN key and then press and hold the POWER button... (So, you should have VOL DOWN + POWER BUTTON held down) and wait until it boots into HBOOT.
In HBOOT, you should have 4 options: FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, CLEAR STORAGE, SIMLOCK.

11BE-5 said:
Please help, I think I bricked my Incredible and would appreciate any help or suggestions. I used unrevoked3 to root and flash the cynogenmod 6 nightly rom and then the google apps. Today i downloaded v3.1 of unrevoked to update my phone to a newer rom. I downloaded and installed the drivers but when I went to use unrevoked it would just reboot my phone and get stuck on the message "flashing recovery, do not touch phone" and never change, but my phone was just rebooted and working normal. So in the process of trouble shooting the problem I did a hard reset on the phone to see if it would help using a fresh clean rom. But when I went to reboot the phone, it got stuck in a boot loop. So now, my phone wont turn on all the way and I cant get to the recovery screen using unrevoked to utilize my nand backup that I had made. any help would be very appreciated!
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You do realize that you don't use unrevoked to flash ROMs, right? For that, you either boot into CWM Recovery or use ROM Manager.

Yea, but nothing in the hboot menu seems to do anything useful. I just end up back into the reboot loop. Unless you know any tricks in that menu?

najaboy said:
You do realize that you don't use unrevoked to flash ROMs, right? For that, you either boot into CWM Recovery or use ROM Manager.
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Right, but dont I use the unrevoked tool to get into the CWM recovery? maybe I'm missing something, If there is another way to get into the recovery please let me know.

11BE-5 said:
Yea, but nothing in the hboot menu seems to do anything useful. I just end up back into the reboot loop. Unless you know any tricks in that menu?
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Yea, download the ruu, extract the rom.zip from it, rename to PB31IMG.zip and toss on sd card. Your phone will go back to it's factory shipped state.
This thread will help you extract the zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695825&highlight=rom.zip

Shadowmite said:
Yea, download the ruu, extract the rom.zip from it, rename to PB31IMG.zip and toss on sd card. Your phone will go back to it's factory shipped state.
This thread will help you extract the zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695825&highlight=rom.zip
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Shadowmite, you are the man! Didn't think of that before.
Good luck, man.

Shadowmite said:
Yea, download the ruu, extract the rom.zip from it, rename to PB31IMG.zip and toss on sd card. Your phone will go back to it's factory shipped state.
This thread will help you extract the zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695825&highlight=rom.zip
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I cant though, cause my phone wont turn all the way on I cant access my sd card through the computer. Is there any tricks?

11BE-5 said:
Right, but dont I use the unrevoked tool to get into the CWM recovery? maybe I'm missing something, If there is another way to get into the recovery please let me know.
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the unrevoked tool is only to establish root and INSTALL the recovery, not to actually run it for you. to get into recovery you just turn the phone off, then hold volume down + power until it gets to the bootloader, then you just press volume down to highlight recovery and press power to select it. this brings up the recovery. (or download Quick Boot from the market which can automatically reboot your phone in recovery for you.)

11BE-5 said:
I cant though, cause my phone wont turn all the way on I cant access my sd card through the computer. Is there any tricks?
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Um nope. Figure out a way to get the pb31im file onto your SD card. Or your up a creek my friend.

mb02 said:
the unrevoked tool is only to establish root and INSTALL the recovery, not to actually run it for you. to get into recovery you just turn the phone off, then hold volume down + power until it gets to the bootloader, then you just press volume down to highlight recovery and press power to select it. this brings up the recovery. (or download Quick Boot from the market which can automatically reboot your phone in recovery for you.)
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I tried that but it just takes me to the FASTBOOT menu

11BE-5 said:
I cant though, cause my phone wont turn all the way on I cant access my sd card through the computer. Is there any tricks?
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Best trick I know of is this awesome hackers megamart called Walmart which will sell you a excellent hacking device capable of reading sd cards from your pc... I think they call it a sd card reader...
sorry for a little sarcasm, I couldn't resist.

11BE-5 said:
I tried that but it just takes me to the FASTBOOT menu
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/sigh. when the phone is off, you hold volume down + power and it opens the bootloader screen. the options are:
1)fastboot
2)recovery
other options...
by default, fastboot is highlighted. therefore, if you press volume down once, it highlights the recovery option. pressing power after that selects it. this will open up the recovery.

Shadowmite said:
Best trick I know of is this awesome hackers megamart called Walmart which will sell you a excellent hacking device capable of reading sd cards from your pc... I think they call it a sd card reader...
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yes, this would be your last resort if for some reason the recovery doesnt run. this way you can put the pb31img.zip onto your sd card so that when you get into the bootloader it will automatically find the zip and begin running on its own.

mb02 said:
/sigh. when the phone is off, you hold volume down + power and it opens the bootloader screen. the options are:
1)fastboot
2)recovery
other options...
by default, fastboot is highlighted. therefore, if you press volume down once, it highlights the recovery option. pressing power after that selects it. this will open up the recovery.
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thank you, But like i said, when I press recovery it takes me into the fastboot menu like I pressed fastboot instead. Dont ask me why, it just does

Shadowmite said:
Best trick I know of is this awesome hackers megamart called Walmart which will sell you a excellent hacking device capable of reading sd cards from your pc... I think they call it a sd card reader...
sorry for a little sarcasm, I couldn't resist.
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Wow Shadowmite, he set it self up for that one (LOL)
Yeah, you simply need a SD card or microSD card reader--Walmart, Best Buy, your local corner store probably have 'em.
If you decide to get a SD card reader, make sure you have the microSD to SD card adapter (usually comes with the purchase of a microSD card).

11BE-5 said:
thank you, But like i said, when I press recovery it takes me into the fastboot menu like I pressed fastboot instead. Dont ask me why, it just does
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got it. then your only option is to either get an micro sd card reader or borrow a friends phone that has a microsd slot so you can somehow get your sd card connected to your pc to put the pb31img on it, then put the card back in your phone and get into the bootloader. from there the phone will walk you through it. then, only run the unrevoked tool ONCE.

Shadowmite said:
Best trick I know of is this awesome hackers megamart called Walmart which will sell you a excellent hacking device capable of reading sd cards from your pc... I think they call it a sd card reader...
sorry for a little sarcasm, I couldn't resist.
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Lol no problem. I had an idea tho, I think I might be able to use the sd card slot on my eris to download the file onto the Inc sd. Is there any foreseeable issues with that? Just trying to be careful

11BE-5 said:
Lol no problem. I had an idea tho, I think I might be able to use the sd card slot on my eris to download the file onto the Inc sd. Is there any foreseeable issues with that? Just trying to be careful
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nah. just put the file on the root of the card, put it back in your incredible and boot into the bootloader.

Pull battery then put it back in
Hold volume down and power till it boots.
Hit volume down to highlight recovery
Hit power
Hook your phone up to your pc
On phone go to ( partitions ) with optical mouse
Press mouse (enter)
Go to the bottom and mount USBsdcard
On computer copy the .zip you need on the card.
Unmount card on phone
Then reboot in recovery and apply the file by selecting yes.
Hope this helps.
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Phone wont turn on

Guys i really need help. please help me . i havnt slept yet i started 11.pm and now its 1.30pm i didnt sleep. i tried to root my phone using this method : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763558
now my phone wont go pass htc logo . what is wrong?. im going nuts and its not my phone i really need to fix it please help me guys.
i cant turn off the phone uless i take the battery out . i dont even know what to do. so please help me

I've pm'd u dude as it was a lengthy ish reply

lazyeejay said:
I've pm'd u dude as it was a lengthy ish reply
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hey i pmed u bak

I tried to root 'my phone' and 'its not my phone'
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Did you manage to fix this?
If not i may have a solution as i had the same issue some days ago.

inis24 said:
Did you manage to fix this?
If not i may have a solution as i had the same issue some days ago.
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no i havnt been awake since last night . omg it will make my day to have a solution for it

Anyone? Knows?

the_ahmadzais said:
Anyone? Knows?
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Starting 3 threads on the same subject won't help, and is quite annoying.
Keeping everything in one thread will help people to help you.

Can You reach The recovery?
From there go to installation zip and install a new ROM (previously downloaded an copied to the root of your SD)
From recovery usually you can activate SD card for transfering files from the pc.If not, insert the SD on the pc in order to copy the rom.
Dont forget to swipe all from recovery before that and i Hope that you already made a backup of everything with titanium
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eddyther said:
Can You reach The recovery?
From there go to installation zip and install a new ROM (previously downloaded an copied to the root of your SD)
From recovery usually you can activate SD card for transfering files from the pc.If not, insert the SD on the pc in order to copy the rom.
Dont forget to swipe all from recovery before that and i Hope that you already made a backup of everything with titanium
when i go to recovery it turn off the phone or the screen goes black. i dont even know what to do . its been 3 days
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If you can't enter The recovery i don't know how you can flash a new rom.
Maybe you can describe one by one all the steps you made in order to understand where is the problem.

1. Goto http://unrevoked.com and download the software
2. You now have a choice of recovery, Amon RA has released an SLCD version of his recovery, which in my opinion is much better, it has a few more features than Clockwork. I recommend Amon RA, but the choice is yours.
Amon RA Recovery v1.7.0.1 R5 SLCD: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4481275/recovery-RA-desire-v1.7.0.1-R5-SLCD.img
Clockwork v2.5.0.7 SLCD:http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.zip
3. Go to HBOOT, this is done by shutting down your phone and powering on the device while holding the Power button down and pushing Volume down at the same time, once HBOOT is loaded do a wipe (Clear Storage). You can navigate the menus by using the volume rocker and the Power button to select your option.
4. Load Unrevoked and load the custom SLCD recovery file on your PC:
Goto File>Custom Recovery and point it to the recovery image that you downloaded in step 2.
5. Restart your phone, it will take a few minutes because you did a wipe, just wait it will load (up to 5 minutes). As soon as the welcome screen loads plug your phone in to the PC and Unrevoked should do it's thing. If Unrevoked doesn't start, then hit the Menu button go to Settings --> Applications --> Development and enable USB debugging.
6. The phone will restart a couple of times, and will look like it's hanging on the HTC screen but it's not! If the HTC screen is present for more than 5 minutes pull your battery and start again ( I had to do this a couple times myself). If Unrevoked pauses half way through its process, it could be because for some reason you don't have the proper drivers installed. You can load them as Unrevoked does the root process, while the phone is rebooting if Unrevoked pauses and Windows prompts you for a driver point it to the C:\android\tools directory and it will load the drivers and Unrevoked will continue its root process.
7. When Unrevoked is finished you will be left at the recovery screen,
8. *** VERY IMPORTANT*** Before restarting do a "wipe cache partition", "factory reset". And now would be a good time for a Nandroid Backup
9. Now reboot, and Android should load. Check for Superuser Permissions app, if you see it you're good if not restart from step
I followed these instructions i did got superuser on my phone but when I installed busybox and titanium backup it said its not rooted and I installed rom manager from market and try load my leedroid from SD card and it reboot the phone and that was it. I can go to HBOOT but when I pick recovery it turns off the phone or maybe it just blackscreen. My phone did work till I installed the ROM manager from market and messed it up. And thank you soo much for your replys

So You have amon ra?
Go to recovery And make wipe of everything except battery.
Then, put the battery out from The Desire.
Put it back, enter The recovery again and allow SD card (i dont remember now exactly The name of the option) After conecting the Desire to the pc.
Transfer From The pc The new rom.
If you dont have one, look for Modaco custom r9 for Desire, because it is very close to the stock rom. In order to get it you will have to pay but it's worth the price and in the future you Will have full access to new custom ROMS!
Then go (in recovery of amon ra) to flash zip And flash the new rom.

Sorry is recovery when using press volume down and power?

Ya I do have amon ra

And when I go press down volume and power and plug USB to computer my computer doesn't find it. It doesn't show up but it does show on phone USB is plugged

Ok,You press down volume. Now choose 2nd option (recovery) by moving vol down and when in recovery option press power to select.
Desire reboots and enters in amon ra recovery.
From the options choose usb-ms toggle and connect the Desire to the pc. Rest of the steps as explained.

But when I choose recovery the screen goes dark or turns off not sure which 1. When I connect the USB only phone says HBOOT USB plugged nothing on computer

is" your" desire branded? e.g orange, telus
have you tried installing an official ruu preferably a wwe version?

If you enter the recovery and the screen swich off...i can't help you. I don't know how to bypass that issue!
I'm sorry

[q] need help asap!!!!

OK SO, I DONT THINK IM A NOOB, BUT APPARENTLY I AM. MY HTC EVO 4G IS ROOTED, AND IM RUNNING CM7. FOR SOME REASON MY RADIO HAS BEEN ACTING UP. MY CALLS DONT GO OUT, AND MY FRIEND SAYS MY PHONE WOULDNT RING AT ALL. I TRIED TO BACKUP, RESTORE, AND EVEN HARD RESET MY SUPERSONIC. NOW, IM STUCK AT THE BOOT SCREEN. IVE WIPED THE DELVIK, THE DATA, AND THE PARTITION. NOTHING. IT WONT LOAD PAST THE ORIGINAL HTCEVO SCREEN. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO. ALLL I REALLY CAN ACCESS IS THE BOOTLOADER, AND RECOVERY. IN RECOVERY, MY SD-EXT WONT LOAD, I CANT CREATE A BACKUP, AND I CANT RESTORE. WELL I CAN, BUT I CANT MAKE IT PAST THE BOOT SCREEEEEEEEN. HELP PPLS. PLEASE.

Click on amonRA in my signature to download its PC36IMG.zip file and place it on the root of your SD card (not in any folder). Turn off your device. Now simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. After a short pause, a few lines of text will flash across the screen. Look at the top of the screen and see if it says "S-OFF". Hopefully, it does. If it displays "S-ON" then you will need to re-root. Anyway, the bootloader *should* auto-detect the file and prompt you to install it. Follow the prompts to install. Installation should take no more than 10 seconds. When it is complete, select recovery from the available options on the left side of the screen. If all went well, you should boot into your new recovery. If so, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it EXCEPT the SD card. After that, try to flash a rom. Do not attempt to restore a nandroid backup unless your backups were created with amonRA. If you are able to flash a rom, be very patient during the initial boot. It may take a while. Let it finish. Get your mind set to wait 30 minutes even though it shouldn't take that long.
Posting & Replying from my EVO 4G

dougjamal said:
Click on amonRA in my signature to download its PC36IMG.zip file and place it on the root of your SD card (not in any folder). Turn off your device. Now simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. After a short pause, a few lines of text will flash across the screen. Look at the top of the screen and see if it says "S-OFF". Hopefully, it does. If it displays "S-ON" then you will need to re-root. Anyway, the bootloader *should* auto-detect the file and prompt you to install it. Follow the prompts to install. Installation should take no more than 10 seconds. When it is complete, select recovery from the available options on the left side of the screen. If all went well, you should boot into your new recovery. If so, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it EXCEPT the SD card. After that, try to flash a rom. Do not attempt to restore a nandroid backup unless your backups were created with amonRA. If you are able to flash a rom, be very patient during g the initial boot. It may take a while. Let it finish. Get your mind set to wait 30 minutes even though it shouldn't take that long.
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for some reason, i cant place the img on my sd card? its odd but its saying "insert a disk into drive E" unless im doing it wrong, im not sure i can place anything on my sd card without selecting "turn on usb storage" or is there? thanks for the help so far. just a few more tips and ill be on my way.

Can you get to the bootloader and then into recovery from there? If so, then disregard trying to flash amonRA right now. If you can, then select the MS-USB option or its equivalent if your recovery is ClockworkMod to copy a rom or any other file onto the card.
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yea i can. but ive done all. wiped all, and nothing. what EXACTLY should i do?

Since you're able to get to recovery (I am assuming it's ClockworkMod), go to my initial reply and follow the instructions to flash amonRA v2.3 and everything else I stated. In the meantime, I'm going to locate a ruu for you to flash via your PC that *should* get you up and running. By the way, when you boot into the bootloader, what is the hboot version that is listed at the top of the screen?
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dougjamal said:
Since you're able to get to recovery (I am assuming it's ClockworkMod), go to my initial reply and follow the instructions to flash amonRA v2.3 and everything else I stated. In the meantime, I'm going to locate a ruu for you to flash via your PC that *should* get you up and running. By the way, when you boot into the bootloader, what is the hboot version that is listed at the top of the screen?
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supersonic evt3 ship s-off
hboot-2.10.0001
microp-041f
touch panel-atmel224_16ab
radio-2.15.00.11.19
oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
and as far as the amon-ra, i cant put it on my sd card at all. so im not sure how to update. man, i thought i knew about all this stuff from a siimple root, rom, and bootloader. guess i still suck i appreciate your help and patience. thank you.

If your hboot is version 2.10, then download the first RUU listed on THIS page. Connect your device via USB to your PC and then initiate the file. I'm preparing for bed. Take care.
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Do u have any way of putting the PC36IMG on the SD card with your computer. Like a SD card adapter or anything? If so take the SD card out of.your phone and try to put the IMG file on it that way
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If u have Clockwork, u can mount the sdcard while in recovery.
Or use another phone to place the img file in the sdcard.
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Er. I kinda messed up..

I tried that pyramid rom, and since it doesn't boot, I was gonna try to do virtuous, Well I put that image to update the radio, and forgot that I can't get into android to take the image off, and when I need to go into recovery, it tries reading the image, and when I say no to update again, it wants to reboot. How does one get around this?
EDIT: had a smart idea and removed the SD card. all is good now.

Konner920 said:
I tried that pyramid rom, and since it doesn't boot, I was gonna try to do virtuous, Well I put that image to update the radio, and forgot that I can't get into android to take the image off, and when I need to go into recovery, it tries reading the image, and when I say no to update again, it wants to reboot. How does one get around this?
EDIT: had a smart idea and removed the SD card. all is good now.
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In the future when it asks to reboot after saying no to install the image you can press down arrow key and you can go into recovery or reboot into rom
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or in the future...turn off your phone, plug into usb on computer, run command line (assuming you have adb) and just type "adb reboot recovery".
it works even when the phone is off...

If I am understanding you right you have the PG32IMG.zip for the Radio update on the root of your SD card now you cant get into recovery cause it wants to update your radio every time you start the boot loader (Power + Vol dwn)?
am I right?
The way I work around this is to pull the SD card while the boot loader checks for update files.
once you have the ability to go into recovery (You can select recovery) push your SD back in and start recovery!
Then when you get the chance via USB Mass storage or with a file explorer on your DInc2 erase the PG32IMG.zip so you don't have this problem again.
If I helped take a second to thank me!?
Edit: DOH!

AZKJS said:
If I am understanding you right you have the PG32IMG.zip for the Radio update on the root of your SD card now you cant get into recovery cause it wants to update your radio every time you start the boot loader (Power + Vol dwn)?
am I right?
The way I work around this is to pull the SD card while the boot loader checks for update files.
once you have the ability to go into recovery (You can select recovery) push your SD back in and start recovery!
Then when you get the chance via USB Mass storage or with a file explorer on your DInc2 erase the PG32IMG.zip so you don't have this problem again.
If I helped take a second to thank me!?
Edit: DOH!
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I think you dont have to erase the PG32IMG.zip just rename to pPG32IMG and if you need to use that in the future just remove the first p and you are good to go.

[Q] I need help please! Trying to Fix HTC Evo!!

I am hoping someone can help me. My boyfriend recently had his HTC Evo for Sprint rooted to Boost mobile. It was rooted to Syneagy Rom. Things started going wrong for instance, icons disappearing, sound and ringer stopped working, etc. So he was informed he could just reset the phone and things would start working. I tried to do a factory reset both on the rom and on the phone itself. Nothing happened still rooted with more issues. So, I downloaded the free rom software from the android market and in the android magazine they tell you how to install a custom rom. I tried Cyanogen. Everything was fine til it rebooted then I got stuck with the white logo Htc Evo screen. I tried to connect to the pc but wont recognize anything, also tried to download files to my sd card and do the bootloader but no such luck. Any thoughts or ideas, on how I can get this phone to work again even if it means unrooting. Thanks!

Give us the specs of the phone.
Ex: Bootloader
Recovery
How it was rooted (unrevoked, revolutionary, bootloader unlock)
Then we can try to help. I already have a slight idea as to what went on

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Give us the specs of the phone.
Ex: Bootloader
Recovery
How it was rooted (unrevoked, revolutionary, bootloader unlock)
Then we can try to help. I already have a slight idea as to what went on
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I believe it was rooted with revolutionary...I wish I knew more of the specs! He had someone root it for him so I have no idea on some of the info. Sorry

chevygirl2474 said:
I believe it was rooted with revolutionary...I wish I knew more of the specs! He had someone root it for him so I have no idea on some of the info. Sorry
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If you have the phone, go into bootloader. (Hold Power + volume down) and it should say at the top.

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If you have the phone, go into bootloader. (Hold Power + volume down) and it should say at the top.
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Thanks for being so patient with me.
Okay it says ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.2

chevygirl2474 said:
Thanks for being so patient with me.
Okay it says ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.2
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Also restarted it again and it says Revolutionary SuperSonic EVT3 Ship S-OFF HBOOT 6.16.1002 MICRO Chip 041f Touch panel ATMEL224 16ab
Radio 0 2011.17:0215 March 8 2011
Then says fastboot underneath and below that says bootloader....Not sure if you needed that info but thought id list anyways

Start by turning your phone off. Then, press the volume down button, and then press and hold the power button, as you did above. Let the bootloader boot up, and then use the volume keys to move up and down to the recovery option. Then press the power button. The phone will boot into recovery mode. You should see an option that says 'Wipe Menu', or something along those lines. Use the volume keys to change the selection, then use the power button to select it. Select Dalvik cache, and use the power button to confirm that you want to wipe it. Then select data, and wipe it, also. At this point, back out of that menu and reboot the phone and see if the phone will boot up. If it does, you're all set. If not, I'd try flashing the ROM again from the recovery menu. Also, once you get things going, I'd dump ClockworkMod recovery and install Smelkus. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661543
Let us know how it works out. We'll be glad to help any way we can.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand

FinZ28 said:
Start by turning your phone off. Then, press the volume down button, and then press and hold the power button, as you did above. Let the bootloader boot up, and then use the volume keys to move up and down to the recovery option. Then press the power button. The phone will boot into recovery mode. You should see an option that says 'Wipe Menu', or something along those lines. Use the volume keys to change the selection, then use the power button to select it. Select Dalvik cache, and use the power button to confirm that you want to wipe it. Then select data, and wipe it, also. At this point, back out of that menu and reboot the phone and see if the phone will boot up. If it does, you're all set. If not, I'd try flashing the ROM again from the recovery menu. Also, once you get things going, I'd dump ClockworkMod recovery and install Smelkus. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661543
Let us know how it works out. We'll be glad to help any way we can.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
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As stated above, try flashing a rom. Try something other than CM7 because I read somewhere that it doesn't work.on some hboots. If you are looking for stock rooted, check out captain_throwback's 5.07 rom.
Yeah FinZ! Teamwork! :highfive:

death-by-soap said:
As stated above, try flashing a rom. Try something other than CM7 because I read somewhere that it doesn't work.on some hboots. If you are looking for stock rooted, check out captain_throwback's 5.07 rom.
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Okay thanks FinZ and death by soap for your help. Appreciate it. I followed your instructions but will still not boot. Is there any chance you could give me step by step instructions on how to flash a rom. I feel like a newbie. I just want to make sure I am doing it right. Thanks!

Download this ROM to the root of your SD card (not in any folders):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671395
You can download it via recovery, by selecting USB-MS (it may say Mount USB storage, instead) and turning it on. You can also remove the card from the phone and place it in a card reader and hook it up to your computer. If you downloaded the file via recovery, select USB-MS and turn it back off before you go any further once the ROM has downloaded. Boot your phone into recovery mode and follow the wipe instructions I listed above. Then, choose the option to 'Flash .zip file from SD Card' (or whatever it is in ClockworkMod-I can't remember). Find the ROM you downloaded and use the power button to make your selection. When it's done installing, go back to the wipe menu and wipe everything as you did before. Then, back out to the main menu and reboot the phone. Hopefully the phone boots into the ROM
I still also recommend changing recoveries, but for now, let's worry about getting the phone to boot into the ROM, and we'll worry about that later.
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Okay one other question, the sd card is blank....was it suppose to have folders on it? Somehow everything got wiped. I will keep trying. Determined to get the phone to work! Thanks for all your help. It is appreciated! I installed from the link that you posted onto the SD card.
FinZ28 said:
Download this ROM to the root of your SD card (not in any folders):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671395
You can download it via recovery, by selecting USB-MS (it may say Mount USB storage, instead) and turning it on. You can also remove the card from the phone and place it in a card reader and hook it up to your computer. If you downloaded the file via recovery, select USB-MS and turn it back off before you go any further once the ROM has downloaded. Boot your phone into recovery mode and follow the wipe instructions I listed above. Then, choose the option to 'Flash .zip file from SD Card' (or whatever it is in ClockworkMod-I can't remember). Find the ROM you downloaded and use the power button to make your selection. When it's done installing, go back to the wipe menu and wipe everything as you did before. Then, back out to the main menu and reboot the phone. Hopefully the phone boots into the ROM
I still also recommend changing recoveries, but for now, let's worry about getting the phone to boot into the ROM, and we'll worry about that later.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
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chevygirl2474 said:
Okay one other question, the sd card is blank....was it suppose to have folders on it? Somehow everything got wiped. I will keep trying. Determined to get the phone to work! Thanks for all your help. It is appreciated! I installed from the link that you posted onto the SD card.
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Not a problem. Just install the ROM as previously stated, then flash it from recovery. We can worry about formatting the card once we get the phone running properly.
Now that I think about it, though, I wonder if the SD card being wiped is part of the problem here? Just try and flash the ROM, and we'll go from there.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand

FinZ28 said:
Not a problem. Just install the ROM as previously stated, then flash it from recovery. We can worry about formatting the card once we get the phone running properly.
Now that I think about it, though, I wonder if the SD card being wiped is part of the problem here? Just try and flash the ROM, and we'll go from there.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
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May have a corrupted file system on the sd card. We'll worry about that once the phone boots.

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May have a corrupted file system on the sd card. We'll worry about that once the phone boots.
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Its not working. I deleted everything on sd card going to try and download again and start all over.

chevygirl2474 said:
Its not working. I deleted everything on sd card going to try and download again and start all over.
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What do you mean it's not working, exactly? Were you able to boot into recovery and select the ROM and flash it? Walk us through what you did and what happened.
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chevygirl2474 said:
Its not working. I deleted everything on sd card going to try and download again and start all over.
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Did you wipe the card after you downloaded the file? be careful about that!!!

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May have a corrupted file system on the sd card. We'll worry about that once the phone boots.
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Okay so this is what it says everytime I try to load info...Install from SD card, finding update package, opening update package, E:cant open sdcard/update zip no such file or directory installation aborted.
Do you think I am better off buying another phone? I am wondering if this phone is just corrupt. Had issues from the time I had it rooted.

Sounds like an issue with the SD card, not the phone itself.
One more thing to try without changing cards out. Rename the file on the card PC36IMG.zip (make sure there is no extra .zip extension on it or this won't work). Make sure the file is on the card, and turn the phone off. Load into the bootloader by pressing volume down+power. After a few seconds, you should be prompted as to whether or not you wish to install the update. Use the volume keys to move up and down, and use the power button to make your selection. If successful, the new ROM will load and you can reboot your phone. If not, we may need to look at swapping SD cards.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand

FinZ28 said:
Sounds like an issue with the SD card, not the phone itself.
One more thing to try without changing cards out. Rename the file on the card PC36IMG.zip (make sure there is no extra .zip extension on it or this won't work). Make sure the file is on the card, and turn the phone off. Load into the bootloader by pressing volume down+power. After a few seconds, you should be prompted as to whether or not you wish to install the update. Use the volume keys to move up and down, and use the power button to make your selection. If successful, the new ROM will load and you can reboot your phone. If not, we may need to look at swapping SD cards.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
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I tried another SD Card....I renamed the file and it says image not found or wrong image...
I appreciate all your help, but I think this phone is trashed. I will prob pick up another EVO. Hope you both have a great evening!

chevygirl2474 said:
I tried another SD Card....I renamed the file and it says image not found or wrong image...
I appreciate all your help, but I think this phone is trashed. I will prob pick up another EVO. Hope you both have a great evening!
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Okay update!! I tried once again and it let me update it. It now says Install from sdcard complete! Installed the zip folder!