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Help! [Q] is this fixable?

my phones been down since last night been having weird issues trying to fix it and i think i bricked it, or possibly clockworkmod is corrupt, its stuck in Hboot,
heres what im looking at:
Supersonic EVT2-3 ship S-OFF
Hboot-0.97.0000
MICROP-041f
Touch Panel-ATMEL.224_16AB
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
AUG 19 2010
when i switch into fastboot an back to bootloader i get
tries to load some zip - no image
tries to load some zip - wrong image
I can boot into CWM 3.0.0.5:
when i try to flash a freshly formatted SD with a rom on it i get
E:failed to mount /sdcard (invalid argument)
E can't mount /SDcard
However i can mount USB storage and see it on my mac, i can reformat it in disk utility no issues.
when i go to reboot it out of CWM i get gabled horizontal lines. then back to hboot.
any ideas? I'm thinking it may be possible to recover it in abd but i dont have it installed or setup right now, do i have any options here?
I'll Try to get eclipse installed and set up now but if anyone knows anything please post it up

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my phones still down, i have eclipse installed now and updated with the abd-plugin
but now i cant find the resource to replace the recovery from fastboot, please help i need a phone lol.

What format did you format your SD card in?
It's basically an easy fix. Just format your SD card to the proper format and load this zip on to your SD cards root. Just rename it to PC36IMG.Zip
http://db.tt/uo4mOhh
When in bootloader, it will find the zip. When it asks you, select yes (Vol up) when its done, select no. (vol down) reboot in recovery and flash your Rom.
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Rename this file to PC36IMG.zip and put it in the root directory of your sd card. Boot into hboot and install this from hboot. It will install aman ra recovery. Once it is installed and you can successfully enter recovery, then reinstall the rom of your choice. Clockworkmod recovery is hit or miss these days and should be avoided. You are using the wrong version of clockwork anyway with your phone it should be the 2.6.0.1 version of clockwork.

Still stuck
sorry guys but im still stuck what i did was hboot/recovery.
once in recovery i put the pc36IMG.zip file into the root folder (using USB STORAGE in storage and mounts) of the freshly formatted (MS-DOS FAT32) 32gb SD
reboot, weird horizontal lines back to hboot, when it initially loads i get:
SD checking....
loading PC36DIAG.zip
No image!
loading PC36DAIG.nbh
No image or wrong image!
loading PC36IMG.zip
No image!
loading PC36IMG.nbh
No image or wrong image!
same with hboot usb when i select at bottom.
grr i need a phone what do i do to flash the new recovery?
i should say i believe this crash happend after running the formatAll.zip

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because my phone is important to me and its still broke. im not seeing any viable solutions

Looks like either you put the file in the wrong place or you didn't rename it right.
Make sure you put it directly on the root of your SD card. This means it should NOT be in any file folder.
Also make sure the name is correct. It should read PC36IMG.zip
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hmmm im pretty sure its screwed because
A) Under mount USB storage, my Evo shows up on the desktop. to make sure its cleaned and there isn't anything hidden in there I simply open Disk Utility, click on the partition "EVO" go to erase and format to ms DOS fat (formats to fat32)
B)tried both files which where both RA 2.2.1 and renamed the files "PC36IMG.zip" (just as shown). Once renamed i draged the file into the now freshly formatted SD Card, no folders just the "/" (root) like i always do, then rebooted.
got the same error.

Do you have a memory card reader? I had a problem when trying to format while in the phone.
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good idea
yes my hackintosh netbook has one, and ill do that right now just to make sure, i never had any of these issues until i updated to clockwork from RA 2.2.2, WHY??????

Clockwork sucks. That simple.
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Your on a mac... do not rename the file 36IMG.zip it's already a zip file.... sometimes you can name it XXX.zip.zip and it will not work

ibcenu said:
Your on a mac... do not rename the file 36IMG.zip it's already a zip file.... sometimes you can name it XXX.zip.zip and it will not work
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You r Right. I think he named it PC36IMG.zip.zip. Just rename the file PC36IMG & boot into bootloader. If the file is named right hboot will see it.
Swyped from CM7 from XDA app.

Actually...
I renamed the ra.zip to pc36IMG.zip, give me a little credit I know about renaming file extensions, btw I fix it by
Formating it through the sd slot, then repartitioned the format as a master boot record becuase by default it was formatting in GUID. I believe this is why a android couldn't read it.

Phone keeps restarting...

k i have a Evo 4g and i was flasing a rom and now the rom doesnt load... just the lockscreen apears then the phone restarts....i did a nandroid back up and tried to restore the back up and same thing happens...
i formated everything and even the sd card and i have that same problem... i also get the 5 vibrates and green light problem sometimes... i have recovery...
what should i do flash PA36IMG.zip from hboot???

What ROM was it?
Did you totally wipe EVERYTHING (Except the SD Card)

it was the mikg 2.1 +3.0 rom... yes i wiped everything except the sd card...
whats weird is the lock screen shows up then just restarts and keeps doing it....

baronsamedi said:
k i have a Evo 4g and i was flasing a rom and now the rom doesnt load... just the lockscreen apears then the phone restarts....i did a nandroid back up and tried to restore the back up and same thing happens...
i formated everything and even the sd card and i have that same problem... i also get the 5 vibrates and green light problem sometimes... i have recovery...
what should i do flash PA36IMG.zip from hboot???
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First of all, go back into recovery and wipe everything in the wipe menu except the SD card and then flash a 'rooted' stock rom (whether ODEX or DE-ODEXED is irrelevant). A link is in my signature. If you can successfully flash a stock rom then it is safe to assume that your current rom is corrupted somehow. Also, what radios & kernel are you using with your current rom? Are they compatible?

i almost feel like when the rom tries to read the sd card it restart..... i did switch sd card same problem

dougjamal said:
First of all, go back into recovery and wipe everything in the wipe menu except the SD card and then flash a 'rooted' stock rom. A link is in my signature. If you can successfully flash a stock rom then it is safe to assume that your current rom is corrupted.
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k will try that now

baronsamedi said:
it was the mikg 2.1 +3.0 rom... yes i wiped everything except the sd card...
whats weird is the lock screen shows up then just restarts and keeps doing it....
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Try downloading and flashing the Synergy rom. It is almost the equivalent of the one you were trying to flash. Let us know if you are successful or not. Disregard my previous post for now, please.

baronsamedi said:
i almost feel like when the rom tries to read the sd card it restart..... i did switch sd card same problem
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It could be and that is why I always suggest a re-partitioning & re-Formatting of SD cards from time to time. Do you happen to have an ext4 partition set up on your card?

dougjamal said:
It could be and that is why I always suggest a re-partitioning & re-Formatting of SD cards from time to time. Do you happen to have an ext4 partition set up on your card?
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no i dont think i did.. i might of just formatted it loaded up the rom... should i back it up and Format it??

baronsamedi said:
no i dont think i did.. i might of just formatted it loaded up the rom... should i back it up and Format it??
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If you are unable to install any other roms, then yes, back up the contents of your card and then, especially if your recovery is amonRA v2.3, re-partition it while in recovery. You should see 'Partition SD card' in the recovery's menu. You will be asked to set a size for the SWAP, ext2 and FAT. If you want to simply have use of the entire card as a FAT, enter 0 for the SWAP & the ext2 partition. If you have lots of 3rd party apps and you plan on installing a rom like Synergy or it's equivalent, you may want to set up an ext3 partition. If you plan to use a Synergy-like rom, I 'suggest' you set up an ext3 partition in this manner:
0 for SWAP
either 1024 or 2048 for the ext2
the rest for FAT and after the process is complete, select 'upgrade ext2 to ext3'. All of this is done from within recovery.
Afterwards, go to the wipe menu and wipe everything in it including the card. Then copy a freshly downloaded copy of the rom you want to use and then flash it.

i tried that.... now the sd card dont want to mount or format... and Synergy rom is doing the same thing it boots to the lock screen the reboots..

If it were me, at this point, I would run the RUU for your phone and then click on this link and follow my guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16013428&postcount=45

by ruu do you mean 3.70.651.1 PC36IMG.ZIP and do i flash it in recovery or hboot?

baronsamedi said:
i tried that.... now the sd card dont want to mount or format... and Synergy rom is doing the same thing it boots to the lock screen the reboots..
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Baron, are you still S-OFF? If you are and if you don't think you need to re-flash your recovery, then I agree with HipKat that you need to flash the ruu. If your hboot version is 2.02/2. 10 then yes, flash the ruu with software 3.70.. If you have a Windows computer, you can download the exe version, connect your device to your pc and then run the exe. You can download either version from the link in my signature.
Posting & replying from my EVO 4G

i am still s-off... with h-boot v 2.10.0001
and im download exe version of RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2.15. 00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.exe now... get back to you soon

If the .exe version doesn't work, then give the PC36IMG version a try. I've used that one and it works well.

i run the app and its giving usb connection error at what state does my phone have to be it for this to work?? im in recovery mode right now... htc recovery..

HipKat said:
If the .exe version doesn't work, then give the PC36IMG version a try. I've used that one and it works well.
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i run it in hboot???

Yep. Make sure it's called PC36IMG.zip and when you boot to Hboot and it does it's scan and asks if you want to update, say yes.
Be ready to flash recovery right after that, btw, so you'll have to get the PC36IMG for recovery on your disk after Hboot Runs RUU. Just let it boot up, if it will and then try to connect to your computer, and swap out the PC36IMG's

i flashed the ruu then Amon_RA-supersonic-v2.3 recovery and it just does the same thing boots to look screen after a few secs it reboots. and sometimes it get stuck at a black screen and green blinking light.. then i have to pull the battery...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhUSZfFld-U

[Q] HBOOT and Recovery

When I select 'RECOVERY' in the 'HBOOT' menu, it shows the HTC Droid Incredible screen and goes to the fastboot/bootloader menu thing. What do I do to get to the recovery screen?

And it also won't let me do a backup or flash a ROM or anything? Any suggestions?

Is your phone root?
Go to hboot and flash the latest recovery maybe that help
http://db.tt/WCFC19bZ

That link is 404'd and my phone is rooted, believe me lol

Mattastrophe said:
That link is 404'd and my phone is rooted, believe me lol
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Flash recovery thru hboot.
Get the recovery here http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=28

cmlusco said:
Flash recovery thru hboot.
Get the recovery here (removed)
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Which one?

Sorry
http://db.tt/TbB0DzxP
Is working now
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Mattastrophe said:
Which one?
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Clockwork 5.0.2.0

Do I have to do a full wipe or anything? Because I can't get to that.

Mattastrophe said:
Do I have to do a full wipe or anything? Because I can't get to that.
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No just flash in hboot. Put it in the root of your SD card and when you get to hboot it will ask if you want to update, hit volume up to accept. Then it will ask if you want to reboot, hit volume down to denied. Then you'll be at the hboot main menu, select restart then recovery
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Kratz17 said:
No just flash in hboot. Put it in the root of your SD card and when you get to hboot it will ask if you want to update, hit volume up to accept. Then it will ask if you want to reboot, hit volume down to denied. Then you'll be at the hboot main menu, select restart then recovery
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It didn't ask if I wanted to update at all.
I've also been having this problem with my SD card. When I put a file on it (such as the recovery file), it goes okay, but then I unmount my phone and plug it back in, mount it, etc, and for some reason the file isn't on there. Same thing when I take files off, such as unneeded stuff. Next time I plug it it, it's still on there. What's up with my SD card?

Mattastrophe said:
It didn't ask if I wanted to update at all.
I've also been having this problem with my SD card. When I put a file on it (such as the recovery file), it goes okay, but then I unmount my phone and plug it back in, mount it, etc, and for some reason the file isn't on there. Same thing when I take files off, such as unneeded stuff. Next time I plug it it, it's still on there. What's up with my SD card?
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Try formatting your SD card into FAT32
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Under properties, it says it is FAT32.

Mattastrophe said:
Under properties, it says it is FAT32.
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If the pc can tell its formated fat32, then you should be able to reformat it.

I reformatted it but it still won't let me copy files on to it.
I mean, it does let me, but once I unmount it, it doesn't stay on the card.

I would try another SD card and try flashing a recovery with fastboot
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot

Help- Can't factory reset or ruu.

cmlusco said:
scottgti said:
CM
I had an Inc for a while, I have moved on to a RAZR maxx. I haven't worked on an Inc for a while. My friend asked me to help her. She is totally stock. Low storage space warning. Factory reset , from ROM or hboot , leads to android with triangle/exclamation mark. I think she tried to update OTA and the download failed. She has 3mb free. Under "SD and phone storage" the internal phone storage lists the total and available space as "unavailable". When I try to go to recovery from hboot it sounds like a bad hard drive, not the phone vibing but a drive spinning up an stopping a couple of times. Any help or recommendations? Thanks.
Scott
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You need to do an ruu thru hboot. Download this http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.15/PB31IMG.zip and place it on your sdcard in no folders. Boot to hboot and wait a few secs, hboot should find the file and prompt you to press vol up to install. That will ensure everything is there and not corrupt.
Then you will want to root the phone, and flash the ext4 no data limit mod, or flash a rom that its built into. That will solve the low space issue.
Fyi, these phones do not have hard drives with spinning disks like pc's. They use flash memory which is a chip, no moving parts.
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I pm'd cm for help, but figured I would start a thread. I tried to do an ruu through hboot, but the file isn't recognized. I formatted the SD on my computer using SD formatter 3.1 and also formatted in the phone. I downloaded the file twice. I tried 2 sd cards. I have flashed radios and such in the past, so I am familiar with the process, and it is ignoring the file on the SD card. The phone boots up and seems to run okay, but I can't factory reset it. I know that it has flash memory, I was trying to make the point that it isn't "vibing", but it is making a slight buzz when recovery is selected. Any help is appreciated.

scottgti said:
I pm'd cm for help, but figured I would start a thread. I tried to do an ruu through hboot, but the file isn't recognized. I formatted the SD on my computer using SD formatter 3.1 and also formatted in the phone. I downloaded the file twice. I tried 2 sd cards. I have flashed radios and such in the past, so I am familiar with the process, and it is ignoring the file on the SD card. The phone boots up and seems to run okay, but I can't factory reset it. I know that it has flash memory, I was trying to make the point that it isn't "vibing", but it is making a slight buzz when recovery is selected. Any help is appreciated.
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What hboot version doed the phone currently have. If its 1.02 or 1.07 you can try to use htcdev site to unlock it, then get a custom recovery on there. If you can accomplish that, then you can see if recovery will see the sdcard. If it can read it, you can wipe everything and flash a custom rom.

cmlusco said:
What hboot version doed the phone currently have. If its 1.02 or 1.07 you can try to use htcdev site to unlock it, then get a custom recovery on there. If you can accomplish that, then you can see if recovery will see the sdcard. If it can read it, you can wipe everything and flash a custom rom.
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It has 0.92.0000.

scottgti said:
It has 0.92.0000.
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Well if you can boot you can try an ruu exe with your pc.

system.ext3.tar file?

I only recently realised that CWM stores backups in .ext3.tar format instead of a .img format. When I search for a way to use adb for recovery, i've only found ways to use a system.img file but not an ext3.tar file. Is there any way to perform a recovery if I have a system.ext3.tar file using adb? or anything else?

mrkmzo said:
I only recently realised that CWM stores backups in .ext3.tar format instead of a .img format. When I search for a way to use adb for recovery, i've only found ways to use a system.img file but not an ext3.tar file. Is there any way to perform a recovery if I have a system.ext3.tar file using adb? or anything else?
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Actually, on the Droid Incredible, system.img should be the format for the system partition. .ext3.tar sounds ok for /data and /cache but not /system.
After verifying the image is for the right device you could format system and untar it to /system after mounting it. Again, I don't think this will work on the incredible as CWM creates .img files for system.
Why can't you use recovery directly anyway?

I can't get into recovery so I'm trying to use it through fastboot. Didn't quite understand can I use the .ext3.tar as an .img?
tiny4579 said:
Actually, on the Droid Incredible, system.img should be the format for the system partition. .ext3.tar sounds ok for /data and /cache but not /system.
After verifying the image is for the right device you could format system and untar it to /system after mounting it. Again, I don't think this will work on the incredible as CWM creates .img files for system.
Why can't you use recovery directly anyway?
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mrkmzo said:
I can't get into recovery so I'm trying to use it through fastboot. Didn't quite understand can I use the .ext3.tar as an .img?
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No. You'd need cwm or adb. Did you already try reflashing recovery in fastboot so you could get to it?
If that doesn't work you may need to ruu.
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I will try reflashing recovery. Do you happen to have the RUU for 6.01.605.05
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No. You'd need cwm or adb. Did you already try reflashing recovery in fastboot so you could get to it?
If that doesn't work you may need to ruu.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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I don't but it should be retrievable.
This should be it at cmlusco's site in PB31IMG.zip format.
http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.15/

Thanks you've been very helpful. I'm downloading the PB31img.zip now. Would flashing the pb31img.zip be the same as flashing the RUU? You wouldn't by chance have a link on how I can flash the PB31img.zip would you? Again, thank you
tiny4579 said:
I don't but it should be retrievable.
This should be it at cmlusco's site in PB31IMG.zip format.
http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.15/
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mrkmzo said:
Thanks you've been very helpful. I'm downloading the PB31img.zip now. Would flashing the pb31img.zip be the same as flashing the RUU? You wouldn't by chance have a link on how I can flash the PB31img.zip would you? Again, thank you
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Place it in the main sdcard folder and then reboot into HBOOT which is hold vol down while turning on the phone. and if it doesn't get picked up, check if the sdcard is formatted as FAT32.
I forgot to mention if you do an RUU update or flash stock via the PB31IMG, it will wipe your internal storage(emmc). You will lose root but not s-off.
Here's a good link for you:
http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22

Thank you! I will try that.
tiny4579 said:
Place it in the main sdcard folder and then reboot into HBOOT which is hold vol down while turning on the phone. and if it doesn't get picked up, check if the sdcard is formatted as FAT32.
I forgot to mention if you do an RUU update or flash stock via the PB31IMG, it will wipe your internal storage(emmc). You will lose root but not s-off.
Here's a good link for you:
http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22
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Ok here's what I did I re-locked phone put the pb31img into the root of the sd card then booted into Hboot it seemed to recognized it and did the"checking" thing then it went right back to the beginning of hboot screen like nothing happened. I checked and it is FAT32, Did I do something wrong?
tiny4579 said:
Place it in the main sdcard folder and then reboot into HBOOT which is hold vol down while turning on the phone. and if it doesn't get picked up, check if the sdcard is formatted as FAT32.
I forgot to mention if you do an RUU update or flash stock via the PB31IMG, it will wipe your internal storage(emmc). You will lose root but not s-off.
Here's a good link for you:
http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22
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mrkmzo said:
Ok here's what I did I re-locked phone put the pb31img into the root of the sd card then booted into Hboot it seemed to recognized it and did the"checking" thing then it went right back to the beginning of hboot screen like nothing happened. I checked and it is FAT32, Did I do something wrong?
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Even though it is already fat32, it is sometimes necessary to reformat it again to get hboot to find the file. Just back it up to a pc, reformat it fat32, and then place only the PB31IMG.zip file on the sdcard and try again.