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Bad Rom Install

OK here goes. I downloaded and installed the Business Sense Rom. And it installed then rebooted. From their it went down hill. It would continue to loop after reboot and the Droid Red eye. So like an idiot I went into recovery mode and formatted everything in the Mounts option. Now when I turn the phone off and reboot all I get is the Hboot menu and that's it. It will not goto the main phone stuff. Is their a way to get the phone working again or is it a total write off?
Thanks

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falcon26 said:
OK here goes. I downloaded and installed the Business Sense Rom. And it installed then rebooted. From their it went down hill. It would continue to loop after reboot and the Droid Red eye. So like an idiot I went into recovery mode and formatted everything in the Mounts option. Now when I turn the phone off and reboot all I get is the Hboot menu and that's it. It will not goto the main phone stuff. Is their a way to get the phone working again or is it a total write off?
Thanks
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when you restart are you going into hboot or recovery?
Download another rom. I recommend redemptive 2.1.3
Put the rom on your sd card. Go into recovery and flash it. Make sure you wipe data. Don't format anything in mounts option.
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Are you pretty new to rooting? Happened to me awhile back. Wipe cache, davlik. May have to possibly reinstall RUU to stock and reroot but its easy now with unrevoked.
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Correct.....remember while on recovery 'wipe data/factory reset', wipe cache partition' and go to advanced and 'Wipe Dalvik Cache', now install a new ROM. Good luck !

Ok I'll try that. And it first loads Hboot then I can goto recovery. I'll have to buy a microsd card reader first since I don't have one :-( I formatted almost everything on the SD card and internal memory so I'm hoping I can just do what you guys suggested....I'll let you know what happens Thanks for all the help...

Got it to work I installed the default Verizon firmware which was still on 2.1 and its back up and running. Now its downloading the fryo 2.2 update......Thanks for all the help....

[Q] Salvage Mod 1.2.1 won't boot.

I just tried flashing salvage mod and its gapps and it wouldn't boot either time. I also cleared all cache. Anyone know what I can do?

it is salvage mod 1.2.1.

JerenOtt said:
I just tried flashing salvage mod and its gapps and it wouldn't boot either time. I also cleared all cache. Anyone know what I can do?
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What ROM were you on before you flashed Salvage Mod? If it was a sense rom, you need to perform a full wipe (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, boot, system) prior to flashing the new rom. When you said you cleared 'all cache', do you also mean you cleared dalvik cache as well? What recovery are you currently using? I'm on salvage 1.2.1 right now, and I've never had a problem booting it. When you say it won't boot, what does it do? Does it boot loop, or does it hang at the splash screen (white htc evo 4g screen)? The more info the better. I'd basically suggest doing a full wipe though, and try again.

k2buckley said:
What ROM were you on before you flashed Salvage Mod? If it was a sense rom, you need to perform a full wipe (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, boot, system) prior to flashing the new rom. When you said you cleared 'all cache', do you also mean you cleared dalvik cache as well? What recovery are you currently using? I'm on salvage 1.2.1 right now, and I've never had a problem booting it. When you say it won't boot, what does it do? Does it boot loop, or does it hang at the splash screen (white htc evo 4g screen)? The more info the better. I'd basically suggest doing a full wipe though, and try again.
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I was on stock rooted before this. I did clear dalvik cache but I need to do a factory reset like you said. Thanks.

I tried that and it's still doing the same thing. It just sits at a lit up black screen. Any other suggestions?

JerenOtt said:
I was on stock rooted before this. I did clear dalvik cache but I need to do a factory reset like you said. Thanks.
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No problem man. It will boot up after a doing a full wipe, most likely.

JerenOtt said:
I tried that and it's still doing the same thing. It just sits at a lit up black screen. Any other suggestions?
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Can you boot into the bootloader? Power off your device. Simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. After a short pause, a few lines of text should scroll across the screen and then you will see a few options. One of the options will be recovery. Anyway, at the top of the screen, you should see either S-ON or S-OFF. Hopefully, it displays S-OFF. Anyway, select recovery from the set of options and then, as k2buckley has instructed, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING except the SD card itself. When you're done, do not reboot. Go to the flash menu and flash the rom you want to flash. Do not flash the gapps zip yet. Reboot after flashing the rom. I want to make sure you're able to boot into the homescreen. If you're successful, reboot into recovery, wipe cache & dalvik and then flash the gapps.zip. afterwards, reboot. When you're all setup, go back I to recovery and make a nandroid backup.
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also, make sure you got the full ROM, not just the patch for going from 1.2 to 1.2.1. I did that

I was having similar issues, mine went into a boot loop about twice before getting hung up at the initial setup with FCs. I was coming from CM7 Nightly 41 that was acting weird with FC's, I always double wipe cache/dalvik/factory reset. I thought that I might have had a bad download so I re-downloaded, wiped and flashed. I couldn't get past the initial setup so I went back to Ultimate Droid and have been running that for the last 4 days or so with out any major problems except for the Facebook update dicking things up and one random reboot that I had today... I really want to give Salvagemod a shot though since it's Evo-centric.

still not working for me
hey guys... i been trying to boot into salvage mod for the past 2 days... i get it to install just fine i do get the salvage screen up too...
then when the rom is supposed to be loaded up i get the Android dude with emergency call and a crash u keep pressing ok then it goes away and comes back right away... i just wiped everything again and reflashed it and now i am stuck with salvage screen re looping..
any help would be appreciated
thanks

The OP's problem was solved in a second thread by following the below instructions:
Download a fresh copy of both amon RA v2.3 (PC36IMG.zip) and Salvage-Mod 1.2.1 and place both on the root of your SD card. Make sure there is no other file named PC36IMG.zip. on the root of your card. If there is, put that particular file in a folder. Now shutdown your device. Boot into the bootloader screen. The bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install. Follow the prompts to install. Installation should take less than 10 seconds. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the wipe menu and wipe everything except the SD card. Do not reboot. Go to the flash menu and flash Salvage-Mod. This *should* work.
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dougjamal said:
The OP's problem was solved in a second thread by following the below instructions:
Download a fresh copy of both amon RA v2.3? (PC36IMG.zip) and Salvage-Mod 1.2.1 and place both on the root of your SD card. Make sure there is no other file named PC36IMG.zip. on the root of your card. If there is, put that particular file in a folder. Now shutdown your device. Boot into the bootloader screen. The bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install. Follow the prompts to install. Installation should take less than 10 seconds. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the wipe menu and wipe everything except the SD card. Do not reboot. Go to the flash menu and flash Salvage-Mod. This *should* work.
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Glad you got him going Doug. I had asked him to use RA in a PM, and he responded that he liked clockwork and rom manager better, and wouldn't use RA, lol. I'm glad you convinced him otherwise.
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lol....Happy Easter, my friend...
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dougjamal said:
lol....Happy Easter, my friend...
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Thank you Doug, happy Easter to you as well.
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dougjamal said:
The OP's problem was solved in a second thread by following the below instructions:
Download a fresh copy of both amon RA v2.3 (PC36IMG.zip) and Salvage-Mod 1.2.1 and place both on the root of your SD card. Make sure there is no other file named PC36IMG.zip. on the root of your card. If there is, put that particular file in a folder. Now shutdown your device. Boot into the bootloader screen. The bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install. Follow the prompts to install. Installation should take less than 10 seconds. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the wipe menu and wipe everything except the SD card. Do not reboot. Go to the flash menu and flash Salvage-Mod. This *should* work.
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hey thanks a bunch doug... that was the issue darn clockwork..lol.. got it running so far so good
so after i got it running decided to install the gapps stuff too from recovery...and there goes my phone again back to android with emergency call only... going to try installing again without gapps...any tips let me know please..
thanks

Did you wipe cache and dalvik before flashing gapps? Also, are you sure you're using the correct version of gapps for whichever rom you're on?
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k2buckley said:
Did you wipe cache and dalvik before flashing gapps? Also, are you sure you're using the correct version of gapps for whichever rom you're on?
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yup did everything... weird but i got it working now..did everything the same way as b4...its really sweet.. and really fast... thanks a bunch for the help

nxtstep said:
hey thanks a bunch doug... that was the issue darn clockwork..lol.. got it running so far so good
so after i got it running decided to install the gapps stuff too from recovery...and there goes my phone again back to android with emergency call only... going to try installing again without gapps...any tips let me know please..
thanks
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You're very welcome, my friend. I'm glad I was able to help. Take care and have a great day....
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k2buckley said:
What ROM were you on before you flashed Salvage Mod? If it was a sense rom, you need to perform a full wipe (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, boot, system) prior to flashing the new rom. When you said you cleared 'all cache', do you also mean you cleared dalvik cache as well? What recovery are you currently using? I'm on salvage 1.2.1 right now, and I've never had a problem booting it. When you say it won't boot, what does it do? Does it boot loop, or does it hang at the splash screen (white htc evo 4g screen)? The more info the better. I'd basically suggest doing a full wipe though, and try again.
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You're a genius. I was doing a data/factory reset, cache, and dalvik, but not boot and system. When i did those, it worked. Thanks!

Man, I'm stuck in a boot loop.

Ok, So I wanted to change my ROM and I thought I did it right, but obviously that was not the case lol.
Pretty much I flashed the clockwork recovery, had it set to wipe the two things you want to wipe and then once it came back I installed zip from sd card, however, when I thought I was done and restarted my phone it just continuously loops back and forth back and forth.
I know there's a way to fix it since I have a micro sd reader, but how? I've got something REAL important to do tomorrow and not having my phone will be a huge mess.

d3athb4dishonor said:
Ok, So I wanted to change my ROM and I thought I did it right, but obviously that was not the case lol.
Pretty much I flashed the clockwork recovery, had it set to wipe the two things you want to wipe and then once it came back I installed zip from sd card, however, when I thought I was done and restarted my phone it just continuously loops back and forth back and forth.
I know there's a way to fix it since I have a micro sd reader, but how? I've got something REAL important to do tomorrow and not having my phone will be a huge mess.
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What ROM were you on and what ROM are you going to?
What did you wipe?
How did you wipe?
How did you flash?
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OriginalGabriel said:
What ROM were you on and what ROM are you going to?
What did you wipe?
How did you wipe?
How did you flash?
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I was on the stock rom and I was trying use the update-cm-7.0.3-vision-signed
I used Clockwork Recovery to wipe and it already had two options checked to wipe, Pavlik cache and wipe data or whatever it says... Then I flashed into clockwork recovery and I went to install from ZIP, I went and found the rom file on my sd card and pressed install, it took a few moments and was done. I also added the googlepack using the same method right after. Then when I thought I was finished I rebooted my device and its been stuck in a loop ever since.

Appreciate you trying to help, I guess I figured it out with a good ole fashioned guess hahaa.
I went and wiped my phone and data to factory, wiped the Pavlic (which I think I'm saying wrong lol) and then I installed the ROM again and it worked this time.

d3athb4dishonor said:
I was on the stock rom and I was trying use the update-cm-7.0.3-vision-signed
I used Clockwork Recovery to wipe and it already had two options checked to wipe, Pavlik cache and wipe data or whatever it says... Then I flashed into clockwork recovery and I went to install from ZIP, I went and found the rom file on my sd card and pressed install, it took a few moments and was done. I also added the googlepack using the same method right after. Then when I thought I was finished I rebooted my device and its been stuck in a loop ever since.
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I would recommend flashing the superwipe from this thread. there are 3 downloads, Try the standard superwipe first. and use superwipe+ if you have GPS problems.
Super wipe automaticly wipes system, data and cache partitions. Flash the ZIP in recovery as you would flash a ROM.
And it is recommended not to use ROM manager for flashing and to always to it manually in CWM.
So download superwipe, flash superwipe, flash ROM, flash GAPPS and reboot.

I would also recommend flashing cm 7.1 because its an outrageously HUGE upgrade over the one you just flashed.
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Boot Loop after ROM flash

I'm running amon ra, haus mod rev .a
i've partitioned my sd card with 32 swap, 1024 ext2, then to ext3
I've wipes all data/factory reset, then cache, dalvik cash, and data
I then have tried flashing 2 different ROM's and boot leave me stuck in a boot loop after flashing.
I'm not sure what to troubleshoot next.
Thank you in advance for your gracious help.
Chris

TurbineTester said:
I'm running amon ra, haus mod rev .a
i've partitioned my sd card with 32 swap, 1024 ext2, then to ext3
I've wipes all data/factory reset, then cache, dalvik cash, and data
I then have tried flashing 2 different ROM's and boot leave me stuck in a boot loop after flashing.
I'm not sure what to troubleshoot next.
Thank you in advance for your gracious help.
Chris
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First off,what roms did you try flashing and Then you need to wipe everything,from data/factory reset,cache,data,android_secure,SD ext.,system,dalvik-cache,never the SD card.Now understand that sense 3.5 roms take alot of space,so the boots and such take longer and boot more times.

Diablo67 said:
First off,what roms did you try flashing and Then you need to wipe everything,from data/factory reset,cache,data,android_secure,SD ext.,system,dalvik-cache,never the SD card.Now understand that sense 3.5 roms take alot of space,so the boots and such take longer and boot more times.
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I tried Nitrous and Express.
This is the first time i have seen instructions to wipe SD ext and system.
So here is what i did per your instructions.
I went right down the wipe list in amonra haus mod rev .a and performed the following wipe operations:
Wipe ALL userdata/factory reset
Wipe CACHE
Wipe DALVIK-CACHE
WIPE DATA
Wipe SDCARD:.android-secure
Wipe SYSTEM
Wipe SDEXT
Wipe DATA:battery stats
I did not wipe the following:
Wipe BOOT
Wipe SDCARD
Wipe DATA:rotate settings
I then flashed this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542036
I had heard to give everything lots of time to complete, so i have let my phone sit in the boot loop and reboot about 30 consecutive times. I think that's enough time to do something different. I then took the battery out to stop the boot loop, replaced battery and powered on the phone. It continued to boot loop, and i let it sit again for another 5 or so mintues boot looping away. I pulled the battery again and powered it back on and it continued to boot loop. It reboots every 25 seconds and the only thing i see on the screen is a black background with
"htc EVO 4G"
In white letters across the middle.
I Wiped everything again and this time i also did
Wipe DATA:battery stats
I then partitioned the sdcard again, with
SWAP: 32
ext2:1024
then under the partition menu in amonra, i selected
SD:ext2 to ext3
that process complete
Then i go to the main recovery menu and select
USB-MS toggle
and copy over the ROM from my pc to the sd card. this was the only thing i copied over and the sd card is totally empty accept for the 269MB ROM zip file. (in past attempts i have copied over the ENTIRE contents of the sd card that i backed up)
I then flash the zip and wait for it to complete.
It finishes and then goes into the boot loop again. and i've let it continue to try and do anything other than what i have described above. It does not. I pull the battery and it boot loops again.
Is there something else in the partitioning process that i need to do? Do i need to format the sd card first or after?

What you really need to wipe is: boot, system, data, cache, dalvik, and sd ext [if partitiooned], and you're good to go. Wipe the boot, and then try again.

teh roxxorz said:
What you really need to wipe is: boot, system, data, cache, dalvik, and sd ext [if partitiooned], and you're good to go. Wipe the boot, and then try again.
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Thanks for the help!
edit: I wiped everything you said and nothing else and i still get boot loops. It reboots once every 30 seconds or so and i let it keep rebooting for about 8 minutes. Then i popped the battery and let it try to boot again but i got the same boot loop.
Again, i really do appreciate the help, what should i try next?

After flashing the rom wipe cache and dalvik again before reboot if it loops more than 3 full loops pull battery and reboot to recovery wipe cache and dalvik then under.advanced menu fix permissions(uid mismatches) and the wipe cache and dalvik again and reboot when wiping before flashing wipe each option a few times in a row until they complete the wipe rather quickly that will ensure they are wiped properly. U can also try reflashing your recovery or changing recoveries to amon RA 2.3 or amon RA style supersonic recovery v3.11 depending on what recovery you are using currently
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TurbineTester said:
Thanks for the help!
edit: I wiped everything you said and nothing else and i still get boot loops. It reboots once every 30 seconds or so and i let it keep rebooting for about 8 minutes. Then i popped the battery and let it try to boot again but i got the same boot loop.
Again, i really do appreciate the help, what should i try next?
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Are you sure your downloads aren't corrupt somehow?
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
After flashing the rom wipe cache and dalvik again before reboot
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Thanks for your help!
The ROM flash goes directly to a reboot so i never get the chance to wipe anything after it installs.
if it loops more than 3 full loops pull battery and reboot to recovery wipe cache and dalvik then under.advanced menu fix permissions(uid mismatches) and the wipe cache and dalvik again and reboot
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It boot looped again I followed your instructions and i still get the same boot loops.
when wiping before flashing wipe each option a few times in a row until they complete the wipe rather quickly that will ensure they are wiped properly. U can also try reflashing your recovery or changing recoveries to amon RA 2.3 or amon RA style supersonic recovery v3.11 depending on what recovery you are using currently
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The last time i wiped everything about 4 times in rapid succession and then let the phone sit for about 5 minutes before flashing the ROM. Still got boot loops
For the ROM in question the OD posted a specific version of amon ra recovery, Haus Mod, and said it worked. I downloaded that reovery from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542036
What can i try next?

swagstr said:
Are you sure your downloads aren't corrupt somehow?
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someone else suggested that as well. I did md5 checksums on the file i downloaded and on the file as it sat on the card, and both were identical.
This also happens when i try to flash another newer ROM that requires partitioning the sd card.
What should i try to do next?

TurbineTester said:
someone else suggested that as well. I did md5 checksums on the file i downloaded and on the file as it sat on the card, and both were identical.
This also happens when i try to flash another newer ROM that requires partitioning the sd card.
What should i try to do next?
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Are you flashing Apps2SD with the ROM?
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swagstr said:
Are you flashing Apps2SD with the ROM?
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No I'm not. Do i need to?
And how would i do that?

THe thread for the ROM is was trying to flash doesn't mention anything about flashings apps2SD. Is that something that is required for all the newer ROM that require the partitioned SD card?

HTC EVO 4G reboot
After having had the same re-boot problem and reading the postings here and other forums and having tried all the solutions I still have the problem. I can only conclude that it is hardware related. Some of the HTC EVO 4G phones have this defect and there is nothing to do but get a new phone. This is a good reason not to root the phone until you have run the phone long enough to uncover any defects and have your carrier replace the phone. Living with an unreliable phone has made it personal for me. I won't buy another HTC product. What then, is the best Android/iPhone alternative currently?

lordway said:
After having had the same re-boot problem and reading the postings here and other forums and having tried all the solutions I still have the problem. I can only conclude that it is hardware related. Some of the HTC EVO 4G phones have this defect and there is nothing to do but get a new phone. This is a good reason not to root the phone until you have run the phone long enough to uncover any defects and have your carrier replace the phone. Living with an unreliable phone has made it personal for me. I won't buy another HTC product. What then, is the best Android/iPhone alternative currently?
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All products... And I mean all products will have defects. You got the one in a million. And that sucks, it really does. But you need to realize one defective product does not mean ALL HTC phones are terrible. If I were you, I would talk to Sprint and HTC, it may be a long shot. But if this wasn't your fault, one of them should try to help you fix it.
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lordway said:
After having had the same re-boot problem and reading the postings here and other forums and having tried all the solutions I still have the problem. I can only conclude that it is hardware related. Some of the HTC EVO 4G phones have this defect and there is nothing to do but get a new phone. This is a good reason not to root the phone until you have run the phone long enough to uncover any defects and have your carrier replace the phone. Living with an unreliable phone has made it personal for me. I won't buy another HTC product. What then, is the best Android/iPhone alternative currently?
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Same here. But i have had my evo 3D for nearly a year and have had no issues. I only decided to root because all the bloatware that gets added with every system update was killing me, then i found out u can flash ROMs and such. I have a headache from this bootloop issue as well and i was wondering, after you gain S_OFF, HBOOT returns to *** LOCKED *** and i was wondering if that had to be unlocked before flashing, but i havent heard anyone say to do this.

Flashing a ROM and getting stuck on boot is an issue with the ROM usually, flashing a ROM and getting stuck at a black screen that may or may not reboot is usually kernel base mismatch. Flashing a ROM that just plain reboots usually means something is wrong with system boot or one of the caches. Between different ROMs and or ROM bases (stock, modified stock, custom aosp) you need to perform a full system wipe before flashing new rom. I have a guide for the new evo lte but all the relevant knowledge is the same. And sorry for crashing the thread I'm very tired and I thought I was in the lte forums

[Q] How do I fix my phone when it is stuck on the cyanogen mod screen?

After power my phone on and getting passed the Evo 4g screen my phone get stuck on the cyanogen mod screen. My phone was rooted thru revolutionary. I have no access to the computer that my phone was rooted on. Can my phone be fixed?

You need to list the steps you took for us to help. What were you flashing? Did you wipe anything before you flashed? How long are you staying on the CM screen before pulling the battery?
Also take a look at this. Probably needed to do this first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
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You're stuck in what is commonly referred to as a boot loop. I would boot into recovery through the bootloader menu and try wiping Dalvik cache and data. If you're using ClockWorkMod recovery, I'd swap to something else, like Smelkus or another Amon Ra-based recovery. CWM and the OG EVO don't always play well together. I'll be happy to walk you through the steps to do what I've listed above if you need it.
Also, if you can get into recovery and have a ROM on your SD card, you might try re-flashing the ROM. Just make sure you wipe before you flash (I always wipe after flashing, too).
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FinZ28 said:
You're stuck in what is commonly referred to as a boot loop. I would boot into recovery through the bootloader menu and try wiping Dalvik cache and data. If you're using ClockWorkMod recovery, I'd swap to something else, like Smelkus or another Amon Ra-based recovery. CWM and the OG EVO don't always play well together. I'll be happy to walk you through the steps to do what I've listed above if you need it.
Also, if you can get into recovery and have a ROM on your SD card, you might try re-flashing the ROM. Just make sure you wipe before you flash (I always wipe after flashing, too).
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This, and remember that it may take quite a while for CM to boot up after first flashing so don't get too anxious.