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Clockwork recovery after UnrEVOked. Help!

I rooted my Evo last night with no problem and then decided to risk taking chances modding. I ended up replacing the HTC lockscreen with the vanilla one! However, I ended up trying to do a clockwork mod (the one that has the battery number on the top) and now my phone is in bootloop. I can't get my computer to recognize the phone now to download something on it. Anyone know of a way around this?

You should be able to pull the battery and be able to boot right back to recovery. Did you try that? Loops are POST recovery override so I would guess you haven't tried this yet?

edufur said:
You should be able to pull the battery and be able to boot right back to recovery. Did you try that? Loops are POST recovery override so I would guess you haven't tried this yet?
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Yes i'm in recovery but everytime I try to recover it goes into clockwork recovery and bootloops again. My laptop doesn't recognize the phone either.

Have you tried "fastboot?"

edufur said:
Have you tried "fastboot?"
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Yeah I did and I keep getting the error message "Connection failed" on my laptop. I'm on Windows 7

Thanks for taking the time to help me btw

Have you tried a different USB port? Strangely, sometimes Windows gets picky with a particular port / phone combo... and then choosing a different port often fixes connection failures.
Also, did you try factory resetting the phone as well? Like... clear storage... followed by full wipe?

edufur said:
Have you tried a different USB port? Strangely, sometimes Windows gets picky with a particular port / phone combo... and then choosing a different port often fixes connection failures.
Also, did you try factory resetting the phone as well? Like... clear storage... followed by full wipe?
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Yeah I tried to reset factory but it resets it right into "Clockwork recovery." Trying to change ports now.

Yeah my main problem is I downloaded that mod and I need to get the phone back to how it was when I first used the Unrevoked 3.2

try booting to fastboot... then reboot your PC... then use a previously unused USB port... switch things around if you have to.

Actually... I have another idea...
IF you have unrevoked forever on there, I am guessing this should work...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764062&highlight=amon_RA
that thread shows how to easily get switched to amon_RA from clockwork essentially in one easy step... but it requires that you push the img file.. which you are mentioning you cannot do... BUT... if you have a card reader/writer, you can pop your micro SD card out of the phone and into a reader/writer and put the img file in its root... along with a ROM of choice. then boot to the phone and it will automatically ask you if you want to restore the image file. say yes and you will be loaded up with amon!! amon is better. once you have that on there, pull the pcimg36 file off and flash the ROM that you picked from your amon recovery.
does this make sense? if not i can try to give better detail.

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Did you forget something?

What if I can only flash "update.zip?"

edufur said:
Actually... I have another idea...
IF you have unrevoked forever on there, I am guessing this should work...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764062&highlight=amon_RA
that thread shows how to easily get switched to amon_RA from clockwork essentially in one easy step... but it requires that you push the img file.. which you are mentioning you cannot do... BUT... if you have a card reader/writer, you can pop your micro SD card out of the phone and into a reader/writer and put the img file in its root... along with a ROM of choice. then boot to the phone and it will automatically ask you if you want to restore the image file. say yes and you will be loaded up with amon!! amon is better. once you have that on there, pull the pcimg36 file off and flash the ROM that you picked from your amon recovery.
does this make sense? if not i can try to give better detail.
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Okay this worked! What rom should I download? I would like one that has the Vanilla lock screen and then i'll look into Nan unlocking after that. Thank you so much again. I haven't gotten anywhere until that post

Roms, oh the many choices
imwillzillla said:
Okay this worked! What rom should I download? I would like one that has the Vanilla lock screen and then i'll look into Nan unlocking after that. Thank you so much again. I haven't gotten anywhere until that post
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Cyanogenmod6 is simply the best, but it is VERY buggy at best and needs and unlock, which you don't have. I like Ava v7 because of it's simplicity and stability. A lot of people like evio and baked snack though. I don't know why. I don't personally.
Member now woo!

help possible brick not sure!!!!!!!!

I HAVE SEARCHED FOR THE PAST HOUR PLEASE DON'T HATE!!!! I ALWAYS SEARCH WHICH IS WHY MY POST COUNT IS LOW!!!
K so here is my issue was installing an app and it just rebooted in the middle of the install and is now stuck in a bootloop on the white htc evo 4g screen but can still access the bootloader. have already tried flashing a pc36img.zip still nothing. if anyone can help i would greatly appreciate it. and also can't access recovery.
Thanks in advance!!!
UPDATE:NO FIX!!!!!!!! guy at sprint repair store said to file a claim and get a new one, also said say it was lost since it was rooted.

What Rom were u on?
Sent from my amazing Evo on king bliss beta v7

If you can access the bootloader then you are not bricked. If you can get into recovery then the first thing that you should try is to wipe the Cache and Dalvik Cache. If that does not work then something in your data partition may be messed up. The next step would be to wipe Data. You will lose all of you system settings and data by doing this and you will have to reconfigure your accounts and install all of your apps again. If you have a backup (using MyBackup or Titanium) you can restore that just be sure not to restore any system settings that were from a different ROM.

m20120 said:
If you can access the bootloader then you are not bricked. If you can get into recovery then the first thing that you should try is to wipe the Cache and Dalvik Cache. If that does not work then something in your data partition may be messed up. The next step would be to wipe Data. You will lose all of you system settings and data by doing this and you will have to reconfigure your accounts and install all of your apps again. If you have a backup (using MyBackup or Titanium) you can restore that just be sure not to restore any system settings that were from a different ROM.
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Same bootloop when trying to access recovery. Also forgot to add that in op

evo4gnoob said:
What Rom were u on?
Sent from my amazing Evo on king bliss beta v7
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was trying out the runnymede beta sense 3.5 rom everything was working great so i decided to start reinstalling apps and was gonna run it for a couple of days

Try flashing a new recovery manually. I believe amon RA thread has manual instructions
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

What Hboot and radio versions do you have?

shortydoggg said:
What Hboot and radio versions do you have?
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hboot-2.10.0001
radio-2.15.00.11.19
edit: downgraded to eng-0.76

Can you access fastboot usb on your phone (volume down +power buttons at the same time, then power button again on FASTBOOT)? If so, plug your phone to your computer and see what driver you have installed in the device manager from your computer's control panel, under Android Devices.

shortydoggg said:
Can you access fastboot usb on your phone (volume down +power buttons at the same time, then power button again on FASTBOOT)? If so, plug your phone to your computer and see what driver you have installed in the device manager from your computer's control panel, under Android Devices.
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problem with this is i have a macbook pro.
edit: and im a bit of a noob with the fastboot and adb stuff.

odie145 said:
problem with this is i have a macbook pro.
edit: and im a bit of a noob with the fastboot and adb stuff.
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Try this PC36IMG file on your SD card, maybe it will work, or maybe not.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38127313/Root 2.2/PC36IMG.zip
or try running a RUU file from your computer with your phone in Fastboot USB. One can be found here:
http://www.fileserve.com/file/PckGRqz
I'm not sure if it will work on a macbook.

will give those a try and maybe i can find a windows machine soon but at least i still have my hero as a back up

odie145 said:
I HAVE SEARCHED FOR THE PAST HOUR PLEASE DON'T HATE!!!! I ALWAYS SEARCH WHICH IS WHY MY POST COUNT IS LOW!!!
K so here is my issue was installing an app and it just rebooted in the middle of the install and is now stuck in a bootloop on the white htc evo 4g screen but can still access the bootloader. have already tried flashing a pc36img.zip still nothing. if anyone can help i would greatly appreciate it. and also can't access recovery.
Thanks in advance!!!
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Did you use anything like firerat? That really screwed me up once... Might be a bad zip on your card also...

dropzeroc said:
Did you use anything like firerat? That really screwed me up once... Might be a bad zip on your card also...
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wasn't doing anything out of the norm. had just flashed the runnymede beta that morning and decided to keep a few days so i ran my restore from titanium backup and in the middle of the install of one of the apps it did a random reboot and been stuck ever since.
one thing i haven't been able to try is a ruu, has to i haven't got a windows machine to run it on yet.

If anyone has the fastboot binaries for mac and can share it i would greatly appreciate it. it seems all the links im finding for it is now sending me to the new htcdev.com site.

odie145 said:
If anyone has the fastboot binaries for mac and can share it i would greatly appreciate it. it seems all the links im finding for it is now sending me to the new htcdev.com site.
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try this link, there is a download zip in there for a MetroPCS Android phone. Inside that zip files there are two mac files adb-mac and fastboot-mac. Try it out.. hope it helps

Thanks for that link. i did finally get fastboot to recognize my evo on my mac but when i try flashing or erasing anything it say failed(status malformed)
Aso had no luck with tha RUU cant get it to connect to my device what do i need to do to get it to even run (somewhat of a noob question)

You've got to put the ruu on your SD card, as PC36img.zip
Mistress of Mischief

odie145 said:
Thanks for that link. i did finally get fastboot to recognize my evo on my mac but when i try flashing or erasing anything it say failed(status malformed)
Aso had no luck with tha RUU cant get it to connect to my device what do i need to do to get it to even run (somewhat of a noob question)
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did you do a google search for what that meant?

[Q] What am I doing wrong...flashing roms

I just got my gnex today. I had a epic 4g previously and flashed roms constantly so Im not a total noob as far as that goes. I used gnex toolbox to unlock bootloader,root and flash cwm, and then I tried first rom which I like which is miui. It would not boo, it just stuck on the splash screen. no biggie so I flashed factory image back and redid cwm and then flashed aokp and right now I have been staring at a unicorn head and animation for about 5 minutes with no end in sight. Am I doing something wrong? I also flashed franco kernel right after flashing aokp. Do I need to boot into rom first then do kernel?

funny that happened to me too, the first time I rooted and flashed, I fixed permissions and it booted,

Try pulling your battery then rebooting. Sometimes when flashing it will hang in boot the first time. If that doesnt work try flashing the rom only. Im no expert on the nexus but my friend's did that and it worked. Sometimes my i777 does it also but rebooting always has solved it for me. I juat happened to see your post on the main page hope it works for you.
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Ok fixing permissions didnt work, or reflashing. So I decided to reflash factory rom and it has dissappeared from both my downloads folder and gnex toolkit folder so I have to redownload.

Make sure you are doing a proper full wipe. See my signature.
And above all, make sure you are flashing the correct version or rom for your gn. So many versions out now that who knows.

HumanXv2 said:
Ok fixing permissions didnt work, or reflashing. So I decided to reflash factory rom and it has dissappeared from both my downloads folder and gnex toolkit folder so I have to redownload.
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You said that your nandroid disappeared? Sounds like your bootloader may have locked again, this causes a full wipe, explaining how your nandroid disappeared.
Sent using a cell phone....

Am I the only person that finds it amusing that someone says "I'm not a total noob" and "I used a toolkit to unlock, root, and flash..." right after one another?
For the problem at hand, have you tried to just wipe data after flashing the ROM/Kernel combo?

obsanity said:
Make sure you are doing a proper full wipe. See my signature.
And above all, make sure you are flashing the correct version or rom for your gn. So many versions out now that who knows.
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Awesome, worked like a charm. I didnt think about wiping at all. Thanks a lot man

imnuts said:
Am I the only person that finds it amusing that someone says "I'm not a total noob" and "I used a toolkit to unlock, root, and flash..." right after one another?
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My personal favorite is:
"I'm not a noob, I've flashed countless ROMs on my XXX phone before"
"Have you tried using ADB?"
"What's ADB?"

ZeroBarrier said:
My personal favorite is:
"I'm not a noob, I've flashed countless ROMs on my XXX phone before"
"Have you tried using ADB?"
"What's ADB?"
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Ahh masters of the command line scoffing at lesser people.
Move along

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Ahh masters of the command line scoffing at lesser people.
Move along
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actually its more like people dont understand the basics of how to root/unlock phones and then create threads going "HALP i borked my phone!!?!?!"
if you had taken the time to use and learn fastboot, or even how to properly flash a rom, this thread wouldnt have been created.

help with getting mod loaded

Noob. Apologize for asking a newb question, but I believe I've done my homework and I'm sorry if my thread sucks. I searched the forums and could not find an answer.
I've collected data for you, first and foremost.
My system. (according to startup)
***UNLOCKED***
VIVO-W XB Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT 0.98.0000
Radio- 1.09.01.0312
eMMC-boot
July 18, 2011, 12:39:36
I followed a youtube to successfully unlock and root my phone. I've installed clockwork mod, and transferred a mod over to the phone's sd (via USB from my work computer- I dragged and dropped and didnt "push" it via command line. I dont know if that is part of the problem? I also used the Rom Manager program to load/install/restart the phone. That's where I dont know wtf is happening.
Again, my most sincere internet phone newb apoloigies for humbly coming here and asking this...
When I use Clockwork Mod Recovery to install the ROM this is the output on the phone's screen:
Clockwork Mod Recovery v5.0.2.0
Installing sdcard/cm-7.2.0-vivow.zip
(it installs, no error message)
Formatting /cache
Restarts…
And goes to the white HTC screen (where HTC is in green) and never goes beyond that.
I've tried several different ROMs and always with the same result, so it's likely a "me" thing, not a software thing.
TIA for the help.

sleepraider said:
Noob. Apologize for asking a newb question, but I believe I've done my homework and I'm sorry if my thread sucks. I searched the forums and could not find an answer.
I've collected data for you, first and foremost.
My system. (according to startup)
***UNLOCKED***
VIVO-W XB Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT 0.98.0000
Radio- 1.09.01.0312
eMMC-boot
July 18, 2011, 12:39:36
I followed a youtube to successfully unlock and root my phone. I've installed clockwork mod, and transferred a mod over to the phone's sd (via USB from my work computer- I dragged and dropped and didnt "push" it via command line. I dont know if that is part of the problem? I also used the Rom Manager program to load/install/restart the phone. That's where I dont know wtf is happening.
Again, my most sincere internet phone newb apoloigies for humbly coming here and asking this...
When I use Clockwork Mod Recovery to install the ROM this is the output on the phone's screen:
Clockwork Mod Recovery v5.0.2.0
Installing sdcard/cm-7.2.0-vivow.zip
(it installs, no error message)
Formatting /cache
Restarts…
And goes to the white HTC screen (where HTC is in green) and never goes beyond that.
I've tried several different ROMs and always with the same result, so it's likely a "me" thing, not a software thing.
TIA for the help.
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This is your first time flashing a rom?
If so, because you are Dev Unlocked you will have to take the boot.img out of the rom zip, and flash that with fastboot. I don't know the exact instructions, but if you search for that in the forums it should help you get the right directions.

gtdtm said:
you will have to take the boot.img out of the rom zip, and flash that with fastboot.
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It is my first time.
I dont know what the above quoted means, but I'll search for answers using that. Thanks for giving me a heads up.

sleepraider said:
It is my first time.
I dont know what the above quoted means, but I'll search for answers using that. Thanks for giving me a heads up.
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From the viper thread in development:
1. Be s-off (or dev unlock)
2. Install a custom recovery (twrp/4ext)
3. Download the ROM and place it on your external SD card.
4. Do a nandroid backup!
5. Start rom install process and make sure you select to wipe data in aroma
6. Select your desired setup in aroma, and finish
7. Reboot the device and enjoy!
8. If you are dev unlock, you need to pull the boot.img from the rom zip and fastboot it in hboot
All credit to nitsuj, and yes you'll have to do a bit more searching for the particulars. I'd give better info, but I'm s-off (recommended ) and don't use your exact process.

You have to extract the boot.IMG from the Rom zip, then put the .IMG file in your folder where you have fastboot, abd, and other tools you used to unlock the device. Then you hold shift+ right click the folder and "open command window here" then type in the prompt "fastboot flash boot boot.IMG "
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firespitta said:
You have to extract the boot.IMG from the Rom zip, then put the .IMG file in your folder where you have fastboot, abd, and other tools you used to unlock the device. Then you hold shift+ right click the folder and "open command window here" then type in the prompt "fastboot flash boot boot.IMG "
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lol, well that worked-- to some extent-- My phone loads to cyanogenmod7 screen.. but then keeps doing that, over and over. I admit, it's humorous. Sadly, it's less functional than I was hoping for. What to do now?

sleepraider said:
lol, well that worked-- to some extent-- My phone loads to cyanogenmod7 screen.. but then keeps doing that, over and over. I admit, it's humorous. Sadly, it's less functional than I was hoping for. What to do now?
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Try a different ROM using the same procedures. Or go full scale S off n get flash happy
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sleepraider said:
lol, well that worked-- to some extent-- My phone loads to cyanogenmod7 screen.. but then keeps doing that, over and over. I admit, it's humorous. Sadly, it's less functional than I was hoping for. What to do now?
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Ok, I played around a bit, and I think the problem was that when I was doing it via recovery (not through the app I was using before I forgot to clear /data and /cache
Appears to be working now.
Thanks all.

sleepraider said:
Ok, I played around a bit, and I think the problem was that when I was doing it via recovery (not through the app I was using before I forgot to clear /data and /cache
Appears to be working now.
Thanks all.
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Now flash 4ext recovery or another touch recovery, so much easier.
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NeverSeparate said:
Now flash 4ext recovery or another touch recovery, so much easier.
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I dont want to mess with that stuff again for a bit. For now, I want to just get all the settings the way I want them.
There's only one thing that not automatically the way I want it now that I've installed google apps and a few other favorites-- and it's a bluetooth question..
I dont know if this is the right place to ask- but I installed Cyanogenmod 7.2 stable. I really like all the features. Just like with my stock rom, when I get a call in my car, my bluetooth stereo that is paired for music and the phone takes over when I answer the call. I just want it to mute when I'm on the phone, not answer. I dont have a mic in my car, so I dont want to use the stereo for talking, as much as just letting me know I'm getting a call and muting when I pick up. Anyone know of an app/setting for this? My car stereo is a Sony xplod fwiw.

[Q] Recover to stock

Currently my phone cannot boot up, get's stuck at the HTC white screen. I am trying to follow the directions here but I'm having some trouble. I can get into the recovery screen and by doing so it automatically starts loading the PG32IMG.zip file but does not do anything after that and I am unsure how to proceed. So far I have tried installing the .zip using the ClockworkMod Recovery but when I attempt to do so it says it can't open and just says (bad), installation aborted. Currently it is S-ON and I do not know if I can change it to S-OFF if I cannot boot it up. Right now I am waiting for the download to finish for this guide and I will hopefully be able to switch it but in the meantime if anyone has any ideas I would certainly like to hear from you.

Zook024 said:
Currently my phone cannot boot up, get's stuck at the HTC white screen. I am trying to follow the directions here but I'm having some trouble. I can get into the recovery screen and by doing so it automatically starts loading the PG32IMG.zip file but does not do anything after that and I am unsure how to proceed. So far I have tried installing the .zip using the ClockworkMod Recovery but when I attempt to do so it says it can't open and just says (bad), installation aborted. Currently it is S-ON and I do not know if I can change it to S-OFF if I cannot boot it up. Right now I am waiting for the download to finish for this guide and I will hopefully be able to switch it but in the meantime if anyone has any ideas I would certainly like to hear from you.
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What happened before it got stuck at the white screen? Were you trying to flash a rom?

gtdtm said:
What happened before it got stuck at the white screen? Were you trying to flash a rom?
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yes. I managed to root it last night and was attempting to add this rom this morning. I don't remember what steps I took exactly (I knew I should have written it down!) and now it refuses to boot up. I am able to get into the recovery mode and access the SD card by mounting it to my PC but that's it.

Zook024 said:
yes. I managed to root it last night and was attempting to add this rom this morning. I don't remember what steps I took exactly (I knew I should have written it down!) and now it refuses to boot up. I am able to get into the recovery mode and access the SD card by mounting it to my PC but that's it.
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So you are HTC dev unlocked but not s-off if I'm understanding correctly. The flashing steps are a little different. You need to look around for flashing instructions for dev unlocked phones. I believe the Viper rom thread has the instructions, and they work for any rom.

gtdtm said:
So you are HTC dev unlocked but not s-off if I'm understanding correctly. The flashing steps are a little different. You need to look around for flashing instructions for dev unlocked phones. I believe the Viper rom thread has the instructions, and they work for any rom.
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yes you would be correct in that understanding, is this the one you are talking about?

Zook024 said:
yes you would be correct in that understanding, is this the one you are talking about?
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Yes, his install instructions from that OP are:
Be s-off (or dev unlock)
Install a custom recovery (twrp/4ext)
Download the ROM and place it on your external SD card.
Do a nandroid backup!
Start rom install process and make sure you select to wipe data in aroma
Select your desired setup in aroma, and finish
Reboot the device and enjoy!
If you are dev unlock, you need to pull the boot.img from the rom zip and fastboot it in hboot
I'm not dev unlock, so I've never actually done this, which is why I'm not being more specific. The boot.img is already in the zip you downloaded for the rom.
If you look in this thread, the phone is different, but the flash steps should be identical according to my understanding:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28301167&postcount=1

gtdtm said:
Yes, his install instructions from that OP are:
Be s-off (or dev unlock)
Install a custom recovery (twrp/4ext)
Download the ROM and place it on your external SD card.
Do a nandroid backup!
Start rom install process and make sure you select to wipe data in aroma
Select your desired setup in aroma, and finish
Reboot the device and enjoy!
If you are dev unlock, you need to pull the boot.img from the rom zip and fastboot it in hboot
I'm not dev unlock, so I've never actually done this, which is why I'm not being more specific. The boot.img is already in the zip you downloaded for the rom.
If you look in this thread, the phone is different, but the flash steps should be identical according to my understanding:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28301167&postcount=1
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well I managed to install the ROM successfully but it still refuses to boot up, I've run out of ideas at this point, no idea why it refuses to boot up.

Zook024 said:
well I managed to install the ROM successfully but it still refuses to boot up, I've run out of ideas at this point, no idea why it refuses to boot up.
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More details will be very helpful to any of us that might be able to help you.
What rom are you trying to install?
What do you mean by won't boot up. Are you getting past the HTC screen now?

gtdtm said:
More details will be very helpful to any of us that might be able to help you.
What rom are you trying to install?
What do you mean by won't boot up. Are you getting past the HTC screen now?
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my apologies, I had originally attempted to install this ROM. I thought I had followed the directions to the letter, obviously I screwed up somewhere. I then attempted to perform a factory reset from the ClockworkMod Recovery which yielded no results. I then attempted the Viper ROM, again wiping the data and that said installation was successful. Still it refused to boot. I then tried this return to stock and with that, the .zip folder is automatically loaded but then does nothing. As of right now I cannot get past the HTC screen.

Zook024 said:
my apologies, I had originally attempted to install this ROM. I thought I had followed the directions to the letter, obviously I screwed up somewhere. I then attempted to perform a factory reset from the ClockworkMod Recovery which yielded no results. I then attempted the Viper ROM, again wiping the data and that said installation was successful. Still it refused to boot. I then tried this return to stock and with that, the .zip folder is automatically loaded but then does nothing. As of right now I cannot get past the HTC screen.
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Well don't panic first of all. It's not super easy for me to figure out what's going on because your setup is quite different from mine, but I'm willing to offer any knowledge I have gleaned from reading these forums (a lot).
When you tried to go to stock, you went to the bootloader and it found the PG32IMG? Or it just stayed on the options screen of reboot, recovery, factory reset, etc?
If it found the PG32IMG did it give you any messages? Did you check the md5 sum before trying to load it?

gtdtm said:
Well don't panic first of all. It's not super easy for me to figure out what's going on because your setup is quite different from mine, but I'm willing to offer any knowledge I have gleaned from reading these forums (a lot).
When you tried to go to stock, you went to the bootloader and it found the PG32IMG? Or it just stayed on the options screen of reboot, recovery, factory reset, etc?
If it found the PG32IMG did it give you any messages? Did you check the md5 sum before trying to load it?
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haha too late for that, I'm already freaking out. It does find the PG32IMG automatically as I said and proceeds to load it. I was able to catch the message it flashes before it goes back to the default list, "wrong zipped image!" That doesn't sound good. I had not checked the md5sum prior to this, just did so now, says the codes do not match. Pardon my utter cluelessness but what on earth does that mean?

Zook024 said:
haha too late for that, I'm already freaking out. It does find the PG32IMG automatically as I said and proceeds to load it. I was able to catch the message it flashes before it goes back to the default list, "wrong zipped image!" That doesn't sound good. I had not checked the md5sum prior to this, just did so now, says the codes do not match. Pardon my utter cluelessness but what on earth does that mean?
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You need to post the md5 sum from the return to stock thread, it is right below the download. If it doesn't match after that, you have a bad download and need to download it again on a good connection. I can't see the md5 very well in your screenshot, but it looks like it is correct. Then the other thing to check is that windows didn't add an extra .zip to the file name. You'll have to go into folder options and make it show known file types then see if it says it is PG32IMG.zip.zip or something. I'll keep looking around to help, but I'd suggest reading through a lot or all of that return to stock thread.
Is the file in the root of your microsd or in a different folder like downloads?

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You need to post the md5 sum from the return to stock thread, it is right below the download. If it doesn't match after that, you have a bad download and need to download it again on a good connection. I can't see the md5 very well in your screenshot, but it looks like it is correct. Then the other thing to check is that windows didn't add an extra .zip to the file name. You'll have to go into folder options and make it show known file types then see if it says it is PG32IMG.zip.zip or something. I'll keep looking around to help, but I'd suggest reading through a lot or all of that return to stock thread.
Is the file in the root of your microsd or in a different folder like downloads?
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Ok I corrected myself with the md5sum checker and now it confirms the codes match. I then doubled checked the file extension and it looks good as far as I can tell, I did not see a double .zip.zip anywhere, even after I selected "show file extensions of known files". I just tried again and got the same message,
"Checking....[PG32IMG.zip]
Wrong zipped image!
Loading...[PG32IMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!"

Zook024 said:
Ok I corrected myself with the md5sum checker and now it confirms the codes match. I then doubled checked the file extension and it looks good as far as I can tell, I did not see a double .zip.zip anywhere, even after I selected "show file extensions of known files". I just tried again and got the same message,
"Checking....[PG32IMG.zip]
Wrong zipped image!
Loading...[PG32IMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!"
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Well, I'm running out of ideas. Hopefully someone else can chime in. I'd try downloading again and make sure the md5 is good, put it on the root of the microsd, and try one more time. Other than that my knowledge is spent.
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gtdtm said:
Well, I'm running out of ideas. Hopefully someone else can chime in. I'd try downloading again and make sure the md5 is good, put it on the root of the microsd, and try one more time. Other than that my knowledge is spent.
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well I certainly appreciate you trying to help anyways. just on a hunch I tried running through the steps of the HTCdev bootloader which I had originally done and after doing so, it now says the following,
"Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot."
that is interesting, should I try the VIPER ROM again and see what happens now?

Well I am happy to report now I have figured it out! I managed to find this video and by following his steps, I was immediately able to get the Viper ROM up and running. So I guess that is what I was doing wrong, trying to follow the S-Off Method when I had already gone halfway with the HTCDev method. Very glad I was able to get it done tonight, another case of "if I can break it, I can fix it!" case closed.

Zook024 said:
Well I am happy to report now I have figured it out! I managed to find this video and by following his steps, I was immediately able to get the Viper ROM up and running. So I guess that is what I was doing wrong, trying to follow the S-Off Method when I had already gone halfway with the HTCDev method. Very glad I was able to get it done tonight, another case of "if I can break it, I can fix it!" case closed.
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Awesome. I'm glad you figured it out.
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