So I have Droid incredible #1. Rooted s-off. I have before been able to flash custom roms. But I haven't tried for a while, and now I can't do any without it getting caught in a boot loop after it installs and reboots. I've tried cm7, miui, bugless beast, and probably 4 more tonight. All do it, but all let me remove battery and restore back to a backup I have. one possibility is its been so long since I've flashed a ROM, I may be on a custom ROM right now but thinking it's stock. Does it make a difference if I flash a ROM while already in another ROM? I'm not too techy but I have an idea of some stuff. It's not a big deal the phone works fine the way it is its just disappointing not being able to flash one I want. Thank you guys!
When flashing a new ROM, make sure, in recovery, you wipe data/factory reset, wipe system, and wipe boot. Then flash the ROM.
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I have been trying a number of different methods to fully root my EVO, yet for the life of me, cannot get a new ROM to flash properly. Each time I try flashing a new ROM, I end up in an endless boot loop & must go back into my SD card & rename my stock ROM back to 'PC36IMG.zip' in order to get out of it. I have heard that this sometimes happens from not erasing the dalvik cache, yet I have tried that too & still no luck.
Does anyone maybe have some pointers on why I may be experiencing this issue each time? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
you rename your stock rom to pc36img.zip? What is a stock rom? Where did you ever read to do that?
I don't know what directions you read, but Something is very wrong.
Well it's A stock ROM that I picked up during the many different methods of rooting I have tried... For some reason, that has been the only way to get my phone to boot after trying to flash a ROM to it...
Most of the time if you wind up in a boot loop after flashing a new rom it's because you didn't wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache before flashing.
If you are using clockwork recovery it may be your problem. It has been reported to not complete wipes fully leading to post flash boot loops. Try amon-ra recovery.
when i flash a rom and kernal do i flash the rom then boot it up then reboot into recovery and davlik and cache wipe then flash the kernal? or is there a better way?
That's what I usually do. I think devs around here recommend that you do it the way you said.
Yup, that's how I do it.
I usually flash rom then kernel immediatey after. Every once in a while I will get a hung boot screen, but then I will just reflash and do it the way you originally posted. If there are any themes or "fixes" you are trying to flash, I always boot once before flashng.
Non emergency as I still can get into recovery. Don't really care about fixing the boot loop, thought I'd try out an ics rom. Quick question. I hear about odin'ing back to el26. Is this strictly for changing ics roms or do I need to do this from an el29 rom?
If not, I'm assuming, I can just straight up odin a current rooted stock, then recovery, then a fancy rom. This correct? Maybe throw in the wipe script for good measure?
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wipe cache, and dalvik, and try rebooting.
if he doesnt work, wipe everything, do a fresh install.
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Non emergency as I still can get into recovery. Don't really care about fixing the boot loop, thought I'd try out an ics rom. Quick question. I hear about odin'ing back to el26. Is this strictly for changing ics roms or do I need to do this from an el29 rom?
If not, I'm assuming, I can just straight up odin a current rooted stock, then recovery, then a fancy rom. This correct? Maybe throw in the wipe script for good measure?
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If your flashing an ICS ROM, always Odin EL26. Next boot into recovery and flash your ICS ROM of choice.
Yeah, I've tried the wiping caches thing, and still nothing.
It was themed with dark fire, but I decided to go into rom tools and play around.
I started messing with the status bar icons, and poof, boot loop/won't boot.
So i am thinking this is hardware, But i wanted an opinion from you guys on this.
My friends Dinc randomly reboots. Sometimes even in a boot loop.
At first i thought it was his ROM as he was using a rooted ROM then did an OTA update. So we just reflashed his ROM with Anthem Sense 3.0 And it's still does it from time to time.
Only has been two hours and one random reboot, But my phone i've never had a random reboot ever.
Is it hardware? Or software?
Hard to say. A lot of things can cause a random reboot, your kernel, your rom, apps you use, battery issue, etc. Does it do this on all roms, or the stock rom? I would flash a stock rom, with the stock htc kernel, and dont install any apps. Go for a day and see if it still reboots, or reboots less frequently.
I'll have him try that, and so far it's any rom, He had Stock Plus for a while with tiny's kernel and then the stock plus custom one. it also did it before i even rooted it.
Any chance he didn't wipe everything while flashing? I see that as a solution to reboots all over the net.
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I wiped it personally.
Wipe data/Factory reset (i think thats what it's called. third or fourth option down in recovery)
wipe delvik, format system, format boot.
Short Questions: when I flash any ROM, besides official AOKP, my phone goes into bootloop. I'm using CWM. I do a factory reset/cache etc. then flash the new ROM, i.e. stock koodo, but they all just boot loop.
Long Story: I used to have a samsung galaxy ace, and I followed the same persedure, with CWM, and it always worked. I used CWM on my tablet, but the other touch recover has given me problems and never really worked correctly, it wouldn't even install properly. I prefer CWM. From searching around, there is some super wiper, or infamus whiper that clean the phone properly from the recover before flashing. I'm not sure if we're supose to use that before I flash a new ROM, maybe that's why its bootlooping?
What do you do before you flash a ROM? I know the ROM OP have instructions, but they end in a bootloop too.
I believe you have to be more specific if you want to get help, like the version of CWM, ROM you are trying to install and steps you are taking to insall the ROM.
Click mounts & storage, format system/data, yes. Then do all your other wiping like data and caches. Then flash ROM followed by gapps.
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Short Questions: when I flash any ROM, besides official AOKP, my phone goes into bootloop. I'm using CWM. I do a factory reset/cache etc. then flash the new ROM, i.e. stock koodo, but they all just boot loop.
Long Story: I used to have a samsung galaxy ace, and I followed the same persedure, with CWM, and it always worked. I used CWM on my tablet, but the other touch recover has given me problems and never really worked correctly, it wouldn't even install properly. I prefer CWM. From searching around, there is some super wiper, or infamus whiper that clean the phone properly from the recover before flashing. I'm not sure if we're supose to use that before I flash a new ROM, maybe that's why its bootlooping?
What do you do before you flash a ROM? I know the ROM OP have instructions, but they end in a bootloop too.
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You are not formatting system before installing a different base(ROM).
If you format system, data, cache, and delvik you should be good to go.