Hi,
After accidentally installing D2W over A2SD, I tried to revert to my nandroid. Wouldn't boot. Tried advance restoring over a clean A2SD flash, and it seems
it's the data file that's causing it to get stuck on the HTC screen - I restored just that and it failed to boot.
I'm guessing CWM didn't backup properly (although the MD5 seems to check out fine). Does that mean I've basically lost all my data? Is there a way to salvage anything? Can I extract any data manually?
Wiped everything (except FAT32-partition of SD card) before restoring backup? How long did you wait for booting?
Yup, full wipe. Waiting about 7 mins on the HTC screen after nandroid. Usually takes 1 min to get to the boot screen. Full wiped again, install clean ROM (MIUI), booted fine. I didn't know that CWM could make faulty backups
Just use the best recovery one can currently get:
4EXT Recovery Touch (see my sig).
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Thanks, I'll do that now. Haven't upgraded my recovery since the first unrevoked came out..
Though so far the 4ext app keeps failing to flash the recovery.. even after rebooting / reinstalling busybox
Are you S-OFF?
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Hi everyone,
I need some help. I recently rooted by HTC Desire and loaded Froyo. Everything has been working perfectly. That is until I tried to run a system update.
Firstly, I got the error "cannot verify file-signature", so I renamed the update to SDCARD: update.zip and ran this from the recovery screen.
The update seemed to run fine, until I was asked to reboot the phone... now it's stuck it a constant boot cycle only getting as far as the splash screen.
Can anyone help me ?
If you rooted your phone than don't do system updated scan.
Did you make a nandroid backup after you rooted your phone?
Have you tried rebooting in recovery mode and wipe cache and wipe data/factory and then flash your phone with the rom again?
Could also try just wipeing cache.
If that dosen't work you might have to format the sd card but i wouldn't jump to doing that and if you do that you should mount your sd card via recovery mode and take the data ther you don't want to lose, like your nandroid backup and other stuff.
If not i would try that before you do it you should nandroid backup your phone!
Wiping all user data won't make a difference. A factory reset will remove all data form the data partition but sysyem stays the same, and that is where the problem is.
If you get the signature verification failed it can mean two things. Either the file was not singed or it was singed but got corrupted/changed. What where you trying to flash?
If you can still boot in to recovery, reflash a rom (with a full wipe) you still have on the sd or mount you sd as mass storage and copy a new rom to the sd.
Just in case, to do a factory reset, choose the "CLEAR STORAGE" option which can be found under the HBOOT menu.. That's what I did when my phone kept getting stuck in a bootloop once, I also did a full wipe + dalvik cache wipe, and then flashed the ROM and it worked.
I cannot do a factory reset. I tried it... same issue. The boots to the flash screen, then gets stuck in a loop. Screen off, vibrate/flash screen on, screen off, vibrate/splash screen on, etc, etc.
Looks like I'll need to do something a little more drastic. Re-flash perhaps ?
Yes, you can try without wiping if you want to keep your data but best thing is a full wipe and reflash.
Am haveing the same problem thinking i unrooted my desire and istalled froyo rom did up date.
My problem seems to be little more then just reboot loop i get red triangle at recovery Fake flash didnt help.
Any ideas?
Oh please, give a solution! on this problem!
I've done the same update and got into a boot loop.
The problem is, I can't get into the recovery menu to flash my backup.
And also tried to reflash the recovery, but Unrevoked won't recognize the phone.
WHAT SHOULD I DO??????
So you updated a rooted phone with an OTA update?
could you post more details.
eg. the rom you are using, the original rom that was on the phone, branded etc....
mikep99 said:
So you updated a rooted phone with an OTA update?
could you post more details.
eg. the rom you are using, the original rom that was on the phone, branded etc....
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OK. It's a NOT branded Desire with original Android 2.2 (ROM version 2.10405...), HBOOT 0.93, etc. And yes, I have done system update after Unrevoked rooting (I know it's a mistake)
Any ideas?
download this..
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe
boot your phone into fastboot - power and BACK button.
connect to pc.
your phone should display FASTBOOT USB.
run the exe you downloaded as administrator and with any antivirus turned off.
wait...
done...
this will put your phone back to stock and will wipe everything but not your sdcard.
let us know how you get on
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download this..
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe
boot your phone into fastboot - power and BACK button.
connect to pc.
your phone should display FASTBOOT USB.
run the exe you downloaded as administrator and with any antivirus turned off.
wait...
done...
this will put your phone back to stock and will wipe everything but not your sdcard.
let us know how you get on
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Thanks, I've already got that answer. Now trying to download the RUU with my poor connection.....
by the way, do I need a sim in the phone during this process?
I don't think it matters.
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Just finished flashing the stock rom. It's really the only way to bring the phone alive
i was on Calkulin's_EViO_2_ROM_v1.8 and i rebooted to recovery to restore back to cm7 rc4 but it gives me error error while flashing image. so i try to wipe and reinstall another rom and works but it still stuck in htc logo.
Are you performing a full wipe, factory/data, cache, and dalvik?
yes i performing full wipe and everything im uisng clockworkmod recovery 3.0.0.5. did those and install a rom but still stuck in logo screen and i cant restore i made few backup and none them work!?
Have you tried going into the bootloader, select clear storage [factory reset], then flash the rom? Also are you flashing a kernel?
im just flashing regular rom on using clockworkmod. ived done this flashing roms many times and never happen like this before.
Well at this point, it seems like your old backup may be corrupted. Make a new backup, and then try to restore it.
how i do backup when i already delet wipe already so i jsut need to install another rom and do backup and restore it?
culua said:
how i do backup when i already delet wipe already so i jsut need to install another rom and do backup and restore it?
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Correct, make a backup of your current, flash a new rom, then try and restore.
ok i install Calkulin's_EViO_2_ROM_v1.8 agian backup and try restore but it gives me boot image error same thing.
i had a similar issue. my phone wouldnt even boot past the splash screen but i was able to correct that by flashing the stock evo ruu in hboot from my sd card then reflashing a custom rom over that. im not sure if you have to re-root but in my case i had to run unrevoked again. i had to reflash at least 4 times before my issue resolved but havent had any issues since
can you show me the steps and what i need?
1. Go into recovery, select backup, backup current rom
2. Wipe factory/data, cache, dalvik cache under advanced
3. Flash a new rom, let it boot up, go back to recovery, backup that rom
4. Restore previous backup just made
You can install the official RUU upddate from sprint then download the newest HTC SYNC to your computer then plug in the phone thru the usb and run the RUU file as if you are running an app. Remember this will delete everything includidn your root but you can easily re-root with unrevoked. Hope that helps? I had that problem on my incredible and I did this and it fixed it.
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teh roxxorz said:
1. Go into recovery, select backup, backup current rom
2. Wipe factory/data, cache, dalvik cache under advanced
3. Flash a new rom, let it boot up, go back to recovery, backup that rom
4. Restore previous backup just made
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when i try wipe this thing showed up saying E: unknown volume for path [sd-ext]
culua said:
when i try wipe this thing showed up saying E: unknown volume for path [sd-ext]
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That's a separate partition, that is okay, since you don't have it, no ened to worry about it.
teh roxxorz said:
That's a separate partition, that is okay, since you don't have it, no ened to worry about it.
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i did follow you steps and did restore i keep getting the error image.
pena020563 said:
You can install the official RUU upddate from sprint then download the newest HTC SYNC to your computer then plug in the phone thru the usb and run the RUU file as if you are running an app. Remember this will delete everything includidn your root but you can easily re-root with unrevoked. Hope that helps? I had that problem on my incredible and I did this and it fixed it.
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to unroot do i need 2.2 version to unroot?
If you're on hboot 2.10, you'll need a 3.70 ruu.
im sorry please show me how to unroot my phone since i cant boot up im on bootloader.
Use Sprint Lovers ROM the PC36IMG.zip version put on root of sdcard go into bootloader, update, reboot there you go. No re-root needed. I ALWAYS keep this on my sdcard root just in case. Trust me it saved my EVO more than once. You will lose everything but better lost info than lost phone. Try RA Recovery...better than any IMHO
Hi,
Im currently running CM7 with CustomMTD partitions 150.40.
It was running perfectly till today morning.
I just wanted to hav a nandroid backup so i booted into recovery and performed a nandroid backup asusual it got hanged while backing up system around upto 30mins.
So, i powered it off by removing battery and started to boot normally and it got hanged at htc white screen.
Please guys solve my problem.
EDIT: Forgot it mention that when i boot into recovery its showing the following statements
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
Try flashing the Custom MTD boot attachment before rebooting. If it doesn't work, then try reflashing the ROM again (without wiping - so you don't lose data), then flash the boot attachment and try again.
I jus flashed boot and system images from an old nandroid backup of the same ROM and it booted but data and apps are missing...
I tried what you hav said but thats not working.. So, i did the above steps.
I think that error means it can't read the last log written, its probably because your cache is full when you boot into recovery. Where is your dalvik cache?
I used to get the error all the time when I had a 5mb cache. Never caused a problem though.
Have you tried a different version of cement?????
Edit: cement???? Bloody predictive text at 7am!! I meant cwm.
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my cache partion is of 40MB as i used CustomMTD and around 38.1MB is still free in that partition.
Have you tried a different version of cement?
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Nope...
I have the predictive cement problem too scratch!!! Lol
I've been having problems trying to flash radio for GPS fix,so I redid mtd to stock 250 40 then through rom manager 2.5.0.7 temp I flashed radio and rebooted let everything load/settle then changed mtd back to desired amount( 145 15 ) load/settle again then did nandroid backup. I now got newer radio back with working GPS and mtd.
My point here is try resetting mtd to stock then load it all up and then try nandroid. After which just redo mtd again and restore nandroid with new settings.
P.s you don't need to use the rom manager temp method as your only restoring a backup.
sent from my wilderbeast:buzz
Been using the Alpha version of CM7 for the t989 for over 2 weeks now. Seems like when I rebooted it today it managed to corrupt the data partition.
Symptoms:
-Normal starts loop just after the kernel screen.
-CWM boots and works
-ODIN boots.
-CWM crashes when doing factory reset or restoring the data partition of a backup or formatting the data partition
This happened to me 2 days after installing CM7, the same version I'm still using. I was similarly stuck, but then I tried restoring my nandroid backup and eventually I could re-apply the CM7 zip and the phone started fine to a blank android.
Is there a way to solve this issue with my partitions? I am not too comfortable with re-partitioning it because I'm awake this can damage the boot sectors and brick it quickly if I don't do it just right.
Advice?
Just flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391174 from Odin, reflash cwm, cm7, and you are done. I have done this thrice.
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GBGamer said:
Just flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391174 from Odin, reflash cwm, cm7, and you are done. I have done this thrice.
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did it work???
Thank you
I'm so glad I found this thread, I thought my phone may be unreparable. I was experiencing exactly the same symptoms as the OP on my skyrocket and had considered using ODIN to restore to stock, but I thought the corrupted data partition could cause it to crash during the restore and hard brick the phone.
The restore was successful, but it boot looped for some reason. I then followed the ODIN root method to flash CWM recovery, flashed CM7 from there, booted and used the ROM Manager app to apply a recent backup. All is well.
Allow me to preface this by stating my credentials. I've been rooted and have flashed most every ROM created since day one. I'm no stranger to the processes involved.
Just recently, this started happening. If I create a nandroid backup, then try to restore it, the boot animation just goes forever. It doesn't boot loop, it just keeps going.
This has happened with both CWM3 and CWM5, when trying to restore ICS backups. I've tried flashing the VR Superwipe with no luck either. I've also tried Fixing Permissions.
Has anyone had similar situations that could offer a solution?
Only ICS backups? Did you install a different hboot?
Well I've only tried it with ICS cause I've been running them since January.
I'm using Hboot .92
I personally haven't run into issues with restoring ICS backups using CWM 3.0.0.8. I've done the same process for GB and ICS restore, which is:
1) boot into recovery
2) backup rom
3) flash a new rom then realize I need to restore for some reason
4) boot into recovery then wipe data, format boot, & format system
5) restore and enjoy
I've done this on ICS roms AOKP and CM9 with no issues. I'm not sure how to find a fix if you have used CWM 3 and CWM 5 unsuccessfully.
If you've used the same hboot the whole time that can't be the problem. Try reflashing recovery with ROM Manager and use the "erase recovery before flashing" option.