Ok so baisically my retard side came out last night and i accidently installed electricfire theme from rom manager, when my phone booted it was full of errors so i thought i would put my phone in recovery and reset/clear data etc. Didnt work ofcourse, so i booted into cw recovery to restore my nandroid backup, then notice i had version 5.0.2.8 and not .6 so whenever i try to restore my backup it will stop at certain points in the middle of the restore and reboot then enter boot loop, I can still get to hboot and recovery though. So then i was going to try and put the stock rom zip on my sd card to flash through recovery but my computer wont recognize my phone as a storage disk to put the zipped file on the sd card.. But my computer does recognize that my phone is plugged in when in hboot, but a prompt pops up asking to install driver software etc.... Posting a thread was the last thing i wanted to do but i couldn't seem to find the same problem on the fourms. Any help would be much appreciated thank you.
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Ok so baisically my retard side came out last night and i accidently installed electricfire theme from rom manager, when my phone booted it was full of errors so i thought i would put my phone in recovery and reset/clear data etc. Didnt work ofcourse, so i booted into cw recovery to restore my nandroid backup, then notice i had version 5.0.2.8 and not .6 so whenever i try to restore my backup it will stop at certain points in the middle of the restore and reboot then enter boot loop, I can still get to hboot and recovery though. So then i was going to try and put the stock rom zip on my sd card to flash through recovery but my computer wont recognize my phone as a storage disk to put the zipped file on the sd card.. But my computer does recognize that my phone is plugged in when in hboot, but a prompt pops up asking to install driver software etc.... Posting a thread was the last thing i wanted to do but i couldn't seem to find the same problem on the fourms. Any help would be much appreciated thank you.
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Take the sd card out of the phone. In a card reader, from your computer, copy the cwm 5.0.2.6 file ( www.redmondpie.com/how-to-install-f...overy-on-supported-android-devices-root-only/) the root of your sd card (it should be a PG76IMG.ZIP file). Put the card back in your phone. Take the battery out for about 5 seconds. Put the battery back. Hold the volume down button then press and release the power button. The phone will go on, let it do its thing, it's installing cwm. When it's done, take the battery out again, then take the sd card out. Put it in the pc's card reader and delete the PG76IMG.zip file. Make sure you do this, otherwise it won't work. Put the card back in the phone, also the battery. Now hold the volume down button and press and release the power button. It will look for the PG76IMG.zip file, but it won't find it. When it finishes doing its thing, press the volume down button to where it says recovery, then press the power button and you should now boot into recovery. From here, restore your backup, and you should be good to go. Let this be a lesson and make sure you research and understand what you are doing BEFORE doing it......
Thank you for the reply, ill have to get a card reader then.. haha thank you much appreciated.
I was finally able to get a card reader today.. Worked perfectly. thank you again, much appreciated.
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Hello,
I was taking a nandroid backup through Clockworkmod recovery and after its completion I plugged in the usb cable.
My pc could recognise the device was plugged but I couldn't browse the sd card as usual.
So I rebooted the phone and booted it with vol down+power. Tried there to connect the usb so as to copy the nandroid backup but still nothing, so I selected Fastboot and then reboot.
Now the phone keeps on rebooting before showing the "quietly brilliant" logo.. :S
What is wrong?
Thank you!
Problem solved by restoring the nand backup :S
If there is anything that I should know about this procedure and have done sth wrong please inform me.
i have the same problems. After backup by the rom manger, my mobile can't keep reboot. I have tried restore, but it seems can't read my sd card.I have reformat hte sd card and do a full wipe. After i put back the .zip into the sd card and to flash a rom back, it can't. It seems can't read from my sd card. Can anyone give me a big help? I want to boot up/flash a rom 1st.
i got a big problem, or so it seems at the moment. i downloaded the new MIUI from qr code, hit install (through rom manager) and then unplugged it from the usb cord. so i think the sd card didn't mount (i'm not sure) but it went to bootloader when the screen came back on. where as normally it would install the rom, and then reboot. i can get to clockwork recovery, so it's not bricked or anything. when i hit reboot phone, it sends me back to bootloader. pull the battery, it sends me back to bootloader. what can i do here? i'm at a loss..ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!! thank you
If you're asking how to mount SD in recovery, its under "mounts and storage".
yeah i see that, but i'm not sure which one will work, without further getting myself in a bind. AND, i'm really not sure this is my problem. I'm just assuming... my main problem is figuring out why it won't reboot back to normal.
ah well, nevermind. i just restored a backup. i was hoping to not have to do that, as i lost some stuff.
So earlier, i wanted to format my SD card again and clear off some junk, so I moved everything to my computer and tried formatting with Settings>Storage Erase. However, that just hung up for a long time, so I booted into recovery and formatted the SD card from there.
That went fine, so I mounted the SD card in recovery and copied back my files. But when I restarted, my phone just goes to the bootloader menu. I cant boot back into the ROM anymore; only recovery / bootloader.
Did I mess something up? I do have a nandroid backup, but its a little old.
Thanks
EDIT: Also, when I choose Power Down from the bootloader, it brings the bootloader back up. I think I have to take the battery out if I actually, want it to stay off.
Hey pls help me I'm rooted with revolutionary "rooting for dummies" .... Everything went well the phone was amazing ... I then installed miui rom and loved it also but then the phone stop reading the sd card it wont pick up on it at all I said forget I disnt need it but then it wouldn't connect to wifi I pulled the battery phone wouldn't boot pass htc Evo 4g screen I tried to boot in recovery no luck I rebooted And did a clear storage to forever for the phone to come on but it did the wifi worked still wouldn't read sd card but now It will no longer boot!!!!! Pls pls pls pls help me I'm freaking out!!
What recovery? You try to install a new recovery thru hboot?
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Lovekelly said:
Hey pls help me I'm rooted with revolutionary "rooting for dummies" .... Everything went well the phone was amazing ... I then installed miui rom and loved it also but then the phone stop reading the sd card it wont pick up on it at all I said forget I disnt need it but then it wouldn't connect to wifi I pulled the battery phone wouldn't boot pass htc Evo 4g screen I tried to boot in recovery no luck I rebooted And did a clear storage to forever for the phone to come on but it did the wifi worked still wouldn't read sd card but now It will no longer boot!!!!! Pls pls pls pls help me I'm freaking out!!
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So are you or are you not able to boot in to recovery? Kinda confused. You said that you tried but no luck but then you rebooted and did a clear storage. So were you able to boot in to recovery the second time? If you can, do a full wipe and try flashing a different rom. You can download one to your PC, boot in to recovery, enable the usb drive, push the file to your phone and flash.
Ummm sorry for the confusion .... I'm talking about I held the volume down and power button to get to the screen I believe it's "bootloader" and tried to select recovery so maybe I can do a backup to wen it previously worked but no luck cause the phone wasnt reading the sd card with the backup on it! So I went back to the "bootloader" and did a "clear storage" it worked but the phone took forever to come on.... I did that about 2 times when the phone wouldnt boot pass the htc screen but now it no lingers works doing that! And to answer you guys question no I'm not able to boot in recovery just to bootloader with the options
Fast boot
Recovery
Clear storage
Reboot
USB hboot
If you guys are still confused let me know I will explain further more the phone will not access recovery at All!
As asked... what recovery did you load? Amon_RA or CWM? Also, what HW version do you have?
O I'm very sorry.... CMW
Hw info:
Android version 2.3.4
Baseband version 2.15.00.0808
Kernel version: [email protected] #1 Sat apr 30 04:36:42 edt 2011
Build number: MIUIAndroid 7.29
And to answer your previous question I don't know how to install a new recovery thru hboot .... I hope this helps you
If you can get to your sd card via a card reader to load a new recovery, then follow the steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026. Otherwise, try this first to see if you can at least get sd access again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
Ok will try how do I get a card reader?
If you are on a laptop, most recent ones will have a slot for it and may even have the dock/reader to place it in. You can also get an external one that connects via USB at Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Radio Shack. Basically anywhere that sells SD cards. Usually around the camera section. You can also check tigerdirect.com or newegg.com if you can wait to receive it via mail. They usually have bargains that you can take advantage of. If this is your primary phone, then go to a store to get one so you can get your phone working.
Or if you can't get your hands on a card reader, you could stick your card in a different phone (old phone, friends phone, neighbors phone, phone at sprint store, whatever). Then download amonRa recovery from xda (download the PC36IMG version of it). Move it to the root of SD card (i.e. NOT in any folder) using some sort of file explorer on the borrowed phone.
Then put card back into your Evo, boot into bootloader (using power and volume down method you used earlier).
Bootloader should scan your card, find the PC36IMG, and ask if you want to do the update.
Hope this helps.
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Ok thank you I'm going to do it in the morning will this still work for me even thou my phone won't read my sd card??
Your hboot/bootloader should still read your SD card fine. Unique problem, but should read fine. You remember which hboot version you have?
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No but I'll find out of you tell me how to
Well, not really necessary to know, unless you're trying to use some fastboot commands. But, you said you CAN still get into bootloader by holding volume and pressing power, right? Once in bootloader, it will say your hboot info in upper left corner.
In any case, follow the above info about getting recovery as a PC36IMG onto your SD somehow, and boot into bootloader. Good luck. Report back.
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ok doing it as i type on emore thing was is exactly the root of my sd card?
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ok doing it as i type on emore thing was is exactly the root of my sd card?
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not in any folders
ok thnx you
hey i put the files on the sd card and did the bootloader and it still didnt recognize the sd card at all i wont do anything..... am i doing something wrong or is there another option
Nvm........
Hun?? I'm confused you put nrvm
So I've got a bit of a weird situation here. I was doing a nandroid backup today in preperation of updating to the newest version of Cy mod and at the end it failed. I let it time out and reboot on its own.
After that point my phone was completely borked. The phone will get stuck in a boot loop (black to htc logo, to black over and over) if it's not connected to a computer, however if it's connected via usb it'll boot up into Android.
If it's not connected though, I can get into fast boot, but if I try to get to recovery from there it will get stuck in a boot loop (unless, oddly enough, it is connected via usb to a computer at the time, it seem to have no trouble booting if connected via usb).
Even so, if I do have it connected via usb and manage to boot into android or the bootloader it cannot mount the SD card. I've confirmed that the SD card is properly seated, but do not have the ability to test out other sd cards.
Even more weird is that WiFi and Bluetooth now suddenly will refuse to start up. They worked just fine before I attempted to do the nandroid backup.
And even wierder still, earlier today, after the whole phone went to **** but before now, USB debugging would still work in android but now it will refuse to work, so I can't even adb into it while it's booted. I also, for some reason, can't seem to adb into it while it's in fastboot either.
Basically, right now I have no sd card, and apparently no ability to adb into the phone, it'll boot loop if started without being connected to a pc, but will boot to android if it is connected.
I can still download things from the phone's browser, and I have access to the terminal on the phone. Can this be fixed or am I pretty much boned?
What recovery are using? What rom or kernel?
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What recovery are using? What rom or kernel?
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Rom: CyanogenMod 7.0.3.1
Kernel: 2.6.37.4
Recovery: Rom Manager
Unfortunately I'm really not in a position to change any of those things unless you can come up for a solution to fix the sd card or my problems connecting with ADP, or if I can somehow flash it with the terminal while in android proper.
ROM Manager is not a recovery, it's an app, which makes me think you have CWM.
Since you can boot up while connected and you can get into fastboot (Can you get into Hboot?), I'd drop the PC36IMG for Amon Ra onto your SD Card via a card reader, then boot up by using Vol Down \ Power and when it scans and asks to update, hit yes. then try to get into recovery.
If that fails, you may need to reformat your card, again via a card reader, then run the RUU for your phone and try to flash recovery again.
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ROM Manager is not a recovery, it's an app, which makes me think you have CWM.
Since you can boot up while connected and you can get into fastboot (Can you get into Hboot?), I'd drop the PC36IMG for Amon Ra onto your SD Card via a card reader, then boot up by using Vol Down \ Power and when it scans and asks to update, hit yes. then try to get into recovery.
If that fails, you may need to reformat your card, again via a card reader, then run the RUU for your phone and try to flash recovery again.
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Yeah, sorry I meant CWM, I had a brain fart there.
I cannot mount the SD card. Even if I had a card reader to put that stuff on it I wouldn't be able to use it to update from it, although, maybe the drivers that fastboot run from were unaffected by whatever screwed up my phone, so it might be able to update if I grab a card reader. I'll try this and report back.
Also, I have no issues getting into CWM when my phone is hooked up to my computer via usb, it just will not mount the sd card.
You don't need to mount the SD Card if Hboot will see the file on it.
Okay, here's the deal. Hboot will see a pc36img.zip. It'll load it up, check it, and then won't give me the option to update from it.
Yes I have the engineering hboot (0.76.2000)
If it's any help, I think this all started when I was doing a nandroid backup and the sd card ran out of space.
Is it possible to update an RUU from my computer without using adb?
Okay, here's the deal. Hboot will see a pc36img.zip. It'll load it up, check it, and then won't give me the option to update from it.
Yes I have the engineering hboot (0.76.2000)
If it's any help, I think this all started when I was doing a nandroid backup and the sd card ran out of space.
Is it possible to update an RUU from my computer without using adb?
anyone able to help?
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anyone able to help?
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First thing you're going to need to do is clear some space off your SD card.
Check on the root of it and see if you have any files with "qxdm" in the name. If so, you can use the SD Card fix from here to get your SD card mounted again (you have to be connected to a PC in fastboot mode, with the correct drivers installed, for it to work).
It sounds like your partitions are out of whack, so you really need to flash your misc partition, and that may normalize your device. Problem is, you need working adb to do that. If you can't get into recovery, then that won't work. Can you boot up your device at all? Is it recognized at all over USB? If not, as long as it'll stay on and it's rooted, you can use Wireless ADB to flash the misc partition. I did it here.
When cleaning up your sd check the LOST.DIR folder it may be several gb's and you can just erase the whole folder its similar to the recycle bin on windows and can be safely emptied if its full as it is mostly incomplete or partial files that are created during sd scan on boot and/or created if you unplug the phone from your pc with out properly disconnecting the storage first by right clicking the drive and clicking eject usb drive
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