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[Q] Stuck at "HTC" loading after reformatting SD

Ok... Well, let's see if I can do my best to explain everything.
I've been using AdamG's "Official Froyo HTC Sense ROM" in my Desire since I got it (about 4 months ago). Recently, my crappy stock SD card corrupted itself and after backing it up, I reformatted it.
Apparently that did something really bad because now my phone wont turn on. It just sits at the "HTC" loading screen. I can get into recovery, but anything I try results in "ADB server out of date. Killing..." and then "Daemon still not running".
I'm at a loss here. I haven't bothered playing with root, or ROMs or anything since I first did it all 4 months ago (without a problem). So treat me like an utter noob.

Have you tried to take the SD card out and reboot?

Take out the SDcard and try booting into Recovery.

you should of done a nandroid, maybe you have formatted your ext partition, if you have you will need to re-flash

I've tried taking the SD card out and all the obvious stuff.
AndroHero said:
you should of done a nandroid, maybe you have formatted your ext partition, if you have you will need to re-flash
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That sounds plausible, that might have been what I did. What's involved in a re-flash? Start from square one? Re-root and all? How do I do all that from where I am now?

No a re-flash would mean flashing just your ROM.
Were you using A2SD?

joe_998 said:
No a re-flash would mean flashing just your ROM.
Were you using A2SD?
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Yes I was.
I managed to get into Recovery and wiped everything from there, the phone now boots to the stock ROM. (stock as in the one I had loaded, AdamG's one). I want to swap to a different ROM, how do I do so from this point?
Also, on another (maybe unrelated) note: When in recovery, it says:
"E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
Does that mean anything?

Pick the ROM you want and put it on the root of your SD card.
Download ROM manager and select Install ROM from SD Card, Look for the ROM you put on your SD Card and select it, Tick Backup Existing ROM and Wipe Data and Cache. Then let ROM manager do it's thing.
Sorry I don't know what "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command" means, I'm a newbie too, I only replied because I formatted my SD card before and had the same problems you're having.

Thanks Joe... Unfortunately, I got a little further into the process and went to flash via the Recovery (rather than in the ROM Manager app)...
...I say "unfortunately" because now I have no system (as it formatted it as part of the process) but I keep getting:
E:Can't mount SDEXT:
E:Failure at line 11:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data SDEXT:
Installation aborted.
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Will the problems ever end?

Moved to Q&A as not development

how did you format your SD? I'm no expert but it looks like your SD EXT partition is still corrupted. I would format and repartition it using Gparted
Heres a guide for gparted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7279872&postcount=3

Haha, I think I got it, it's finishing the flashing process now. I'll let you know if it boots up and runs ok as soon as it does.
I think the problem with "SDEXT" was the ROM itself, it must have been a bad download or something, cause I just tried another one and it seems to be working fine.
Thanks for the help guys, will update ASAP.

Glad you're getting somewhere mate

joe_998 said:
Glad you're getting somewhere mate
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Sonofa--
I think I spoke too soon. I'm pretty sure the phone is now stuck in a bootloop.
I just keep getting the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" boot animation playing, sometimes it plays 5 seconds after another, then I leave it for like a minute before it plays it again. But it's stuck there.
...Unless ROMs have taken A VERY long time to start up since I last flashed. But I doubt it.
...My temper is slowly rising now.

Sent you a PM mate

[Q] E:Can't mount /sdcard

Please help!!!!!!!!!
I rooted my HTC EVO 4g using Unrevoked, it worked fine, then I decided to flash a new rom, followed all the steps and I backed up my stock and wipe data/factory reset and Davik, now my phone doesn't read the sd card, is not even connecting throw usb, not even for charging.
Took the sd card out and did a FAT32 format (4 times already), downloaded the new zip to it and still not reading.
Can't do a restore because I re-formated the sd card and is not reading anyways.
I have another SD card and same thing happens.
As soon as I check install zip from card it reads
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0p1)
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount /sdcard​
Please help, I'm stuck.

zookafg3 said:
Please help!!!!!!!!!
I rooted my HTC EVO 4g using Unrevoked, it worked fine, then I decided to flash a new rom, followed all the steps and I backed up my stock and wipe data/factory reset and Davik, now my phone doesn't read the sd card, is not even connecting throw usb, not even for charging.
Took the sd card out and did a FAT32 format (4 times already), downloaded the new zip to it and still not reading.
Can't do a restore because I re-formated the sd card and is not reading anyways.
I have another SD card and same thing happens.
As soon as I check install zip from card it reads
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0p1)
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount /sdcard​
Please help, I'm stuck.
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You should probably use Amon RA recovery. Just go to ROM Manager and flash it from there.

atapia984 said:
You should probably use Amon RA recovery. Just go to ROM Manager and flash it from there.
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I don't have access to my phone, I can only go to H BOOT or Recovery.
If I connect my USB it reads HBOOT USB PLUG, and because I deleted the stock ROM, I can't send any info to the phone.
It is possible that the debugging is not even on and I can't turn it back on without access to the phone.

I have noticed the the sd card in me EVO is kinda funny. If I push it in all the way my phone won't read it. If I push it in then close the little latch then kinda pull it straight out with my fingernail until the back is right up against the plastic in the slot it reads it. Try that...it might be your problem. If not I would RUU back to stock and take it back to Sprint and get a new one.

That's funny, after all this time, I had to buy another EVO, this time got rooted and flashed myn's warm two point two, played with different kernel's and my new phone is working great.
Still try to figure out how to fix the problem, I think I'm not the only one that had to purchase a new phone after screwing with it.
If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears, I would like to fix this so I can help someone else.

Mmm i had the same problem and i found a links where u can fix that. But i see than im too late..

m3xicanprid3 said:
Mmm i had the same problem and i found a links where u can fix that. But i see than im too late..
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Where can I get the link(s). I would like to fix it anyways.
Thank you.

I have noticed the the sd card in me EVO is kinda funny. If I push it in all the way my phone won't read it. If I push it in then close the little latch then kinda pull it straight out with my fingernail until the back is right up against the plastic in the slot it reads it. Try that...it might be your problem. If not I would RUU back to stock and take it back to Sprint and get a new one.
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didnt think much of it, until i thought about how many times ive had to remove my sdcard because im too lazy to buy a usb cable for my phone. did the trick, thx

Cannot reboot phone...

PLEASE HELP...I am new to this so I hope it is simple. I recieved instruction on how to flash the SNS v1.3 From this Thread on this site.
Sinister Rom [RLV3]-5/12/11|[! Post what you want to see in version 4 !]
Prior to this I performed a Nandroid Backup after flashing Amon RA from ROM Manager. I wiped everything except for the SD Card and attempted to flash the ROM. After an unsuccessful try I tried to reboot phone and it just keeps going to the Bootloader Screen. I also noticed that the PC36IMG.zip file is not being loaded now. It says that image is not found. I have tried several new PC36IMG.zip files from the site and put them on the root of my SD Card using the USB-MB toggle option and it still says wrong or no image found. WHAT do I do? Don't want my phone to die and be bricked...
HELP PLEASE

I think y oi r problem is you dont have an os, try putting a rom on sd card, on bootloader select recovery and flash zip, then look for rom zip file and flash
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i tried flashing SNS v1.3.zip
and
update-cm-7.0.3.1-Supersonic-signed.zip
and got the same results
E:Can't open /sdcard/SNS v1.3.zip
(bad)
Installation Aborted
ANY IDEA?

corey140 said:
i tried flashing SNS v1.3.zip
and
update-cm-7.0.3.1-Supersonic-signed.zip
and got the same results
E:Can't open /sdcard/SNS v1.3.zip
(bad)
Installation Aborted
ANY IDEA?
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Maybe bad download. But, yeah, sounds like you don't have an OS. YOu need to find a good one to flash which should contain everything. Good place to start for noobs would be the new GB leak. It's here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038701
Sounds like you have SD card problem though. Pull the recovery.log using adb:
adb pull /tmp/recovery.log <path on your comp where you want it to go>.txt and post it.

what is adb

corey140 said:
what is adb
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You should really know what adb is before you rooted your phone..
Here is Android Debug bridge(ADB)
Now onto your problem. If you have the option try to use a different micro SD or a different way of transferring a rom to your card.
When I transfer a rom to my micro sd via a cheap ebay adapter I receive that same error. But when I transfer right to my phone or through the adapter that came with my phone it works fine.(I have a SD slot on my computer most newer ones do)

THANKS TO EVERYONE!!! Needed to Wipe SD Card, Partition SD CARD, and reflash ROM...WORKING GREAT NOW!!!

Just curious, but why did you feel the need to double post this... .in the same forum, no less?
And good deal getting it fixed....

[Q] Desire is stuck in a boot loop

Hello. My HTC Desire, that was rooted and flashed to a LeeDroid ROM back in July, just stopped working today. I was listening to music earlier today when all of a sudden it stopped. I took a look at my phone and it says "Unable to play file" or "File not supported"
My phone restarted and it was just stuck in a boot loop. I tried going into recovery but everytime I got there, it restarts again. I was out of options so I went to recovery and erased data and then went and tried to flash a new ROM (CM7). It installs but again it gets stuck in a bootloop.
Any ideas what's wrong?

How is your sd card partitioned? I had the same problem when my 8gb sandisk was damaged. It would still work as an external fat partiton, but forget about using it as an extention to the internal storage.

It has happened to me too, just as you described.
I was able to revert to some old nandroid backup of leedroid 3.0.8.2
Any new rom results in reboots, or something doesnt load completely and im stuck on the unlock screen.
I suspected the SD card but it wasnt it... Replaced and same result
I now suspect the internal nand mem (flash) but couldnt find a way to test it...
If anyone knows the source or solution to this problem please post it
Thanka

Hey, I think I fixed it.
I took out my SD Card, and in my computer, I formatted it (quick format). I put in another rom's zip file in there (I used Cyanogen Mod).
I booted into recovery, went to install zip from SD Card, chose the CM zip, installed it. After installing, while in recovery, I went back and selected clear data and memory (something along those lines). That will remove everything currently on your phone.
From there, I rebooted and everything seems to be working okay.

What if you try some other mod?
Something with sense 3.5 for example ?

junkgoesto said:
What if you try some other mod?
Something with sense 3.5 for example ?
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go for it. But I think the key here is that in recovery, after installing your rom, you need to clear the memory.
Or try doing that first before installing a new rom

Yes, after flashing a ROM do a FULL wipe.. and everything will be okay.... you can trust me! after all you're taking advice from a drunk man!

[Q] help please

okay so i have an evo 4g rooted 2.3 with amon ra custom recovery.. i attempted to flash a new rom synergy i did a full wipe on everything data/system/cache/delvik cache and began to flash the rom the rom got half way through and gave me an error message "opps something went wrong check recovery log" so i decided to just forget flashing that rom so i did another whip completely and decided to just do a nanodroid restore on my old rom. that got half way through and came up with an error message saying " internal memory full" so i did another wipe and tried again but this time i came up with the error E: cannot mount sd card.. I can't even us Mass storage to reformat my card so i pulled it out and reformatted it on my computers sd slot and put the custom recovery back on and the recovery files and yet still i cannot mount sd card... i also get an error when trying to flash a rom E: dev/Block/ a series of numbers and letters. my phone is currently bricked if you ask me but what doesnt make sense is how i can put clockworkmod recovery image PC36IMG.zip and in my bootloader screen it asks me if i want to update so technically my phone is reconizing the sd card but the recovery is not mounting it or accepting it does anyone have any idea and any info they can provide to me? sorry for this long thread lol just wantted to get all the details out.