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Today I started using CyanogenMod 7 nightly build #27 on my HTC Incredible. Everything was going great and I loved gingerebread. I used it for several hours and decided to make it permanent. I unmounted my sd and formatted it on my PC, after making a copy of all its contents of course. I re-mounted the card and started getting low space warnings, so I figured I should just restart. When I restarted, Cyanogen went into an infinite boot loop. No worries, I had a nandroid backup on my PC from a few hours before Cyanogen. I flashed back to rooted 2.2 Sense stock rom. New issue, I can't access anything on the sd. It appears empty, and none of my widgets can load. So I figured why not just start all over re-root and all of that. I followed a downgrade guide for an out of the box experience,(shouldnt have). The downgrade seemed to be successful but now my phone only boots to the white screen with the skateboarding androids. I have Bootloader, Reboot, Reboot Bootloader, & Power Down. I dont think I have root and I dont have clockwork anymore. Maybe if I could get clockwork back I could get back to 2.2 at least and use rom manager to get back to cyanogen 2.3.
What can I do???
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Goto:
http://www.incredibleforum.com/foru...kwork-hangs-htc-incredible-splash-screen.html
Ok, the easiest way to fix this:
1. Format your sd card to FAT32 on your computer
2. DL this recovery zip: http://fourty.net/~berzerker/bamod/PB31IMG-red.zip
3. Place that zip on the root of your sdcard, rename to PB31IMG.zip
4. With the phone off, insert sdcard
5. Hold "Volume Down" and power button until a white screen pops up
6. It should scan for files, and find the zip on the sdcard
7. Press "Volume Up" to confirm update, you should see a progress bar top right.
8. When finished, select "No" when asked to reboot
9. Select "Recovery" with volume keys, confirm with power button.
You should now boot into ClockworkMod recovery. Wipe all data/factory reset, then format your sdcard (optional, just make sure PB31IMG.zip gets erased). You can then mount usb mass storage from "mounts" menu, and copy over CM7.
Stuck at HTC Incredible screen
Hey,
Thanks so much for your quick reply! I was able to flash the recovery you linked me too which has made my day a lot better already, but it seems its not quite over yet.
I wiped all the data, wiped the cache, fomatted the sd, mounted the sd to my pc and copied over CM7.
The first try I also copied over the signed google apps package I received from rom manager, which was in my backup.
Installed them both and the phone never made it past the white HTC Incredible Screen.
So I wiped again and only installed CM7. Same issue.
I have a nandroid backup of 2.2 rooted but otherwise stock HTC Sense rom, but I can't find the recovery on the sd. I copied over my entire old clockwork folder, but its nowhere to be found. I realize the recovery img you gave me looks a lot like clockwork but is titled BAMod Recovery. Could that prevent me from seeing the clockwork folder?
Thanks so much for your help with this!
I'm going to try flashing the radio back to 2.xx
and then try CM6 stable and see what I can get
FU3L said:
I'm going to try flashing the radio back to 2.xx
and then try CM6 stable and see what I can get
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NO!!!
Flashing a radio is probably not the greatest idea.
Instead, do a search for clockworkmod recovery for the inc. The link I gave you was the one I had on hand, since I wrote all that at midnight lol.
Another thing I'd do is to re-download CM7 from the official teamdouche mirror site, along with g-apps, as I have a feeling your backups are somewhat corrupt.
Ok I won't reflash the radio. But right now the radio is 1.xx
Doesn't CM7 require a 2.xx radio? It rolled back during the stupid downgrade I did.
I've started downloading CM7 and g-apps again. And I will replace BAMod with clockwork. I can do that with the same steps as before right? It will just overwrite BAMod?
FU3L said:
1. Ok I won't reflash the radio. But right now the radio is 1.xx
Doesn't CM7 require a 2.xx radio? It rolled back during the stupid downgrade I did.
2. I've started downloading CM7 and g-apps again. And I will replace BAMod with clockwork. I can do that with the same steps as before right? It will just overwrite BAMod?
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1. In that case, yes, flash a 2.XX radio.using a PB31IMG. Froyo and gingerbread both require it.
2. Yep, just follow the steps, it'll just overwrite it.
I flashed the radio successfully, something worked!
However I'm having a hard time getting clockwork. I donwloaded clockwork 2.5.0.7 img
I then put it in a zip called PB31IMG
The phone picks up on it and flashes through some things pretty quick the last being parsing PB31IMG.zip....
Then it just jumps back to HBOOT. It doesn't ask if I want to update like the radio did.
I even tried to push it over fastboot from my pc, but everytime it says Failed remote not allowed.
Since I have the correct radio I am trying to flash CM6.1 to see what happens. BAMod is installing it now. If I can get in and get rom manager it can flash clockwork.
Thats my thinking anyway
It says it installed CM6.1 successfully, but still hangs at white HTC Incredible screen on startup
Wiped and installed CM7 successfully but still hung on white HTC Incredible screen.
Should I try using fastboot on my PC to erase the recovery partition? clockwork just gets rejected everytime, the only thing thats seemingly different about the phone now is having BAMod recovery install things instead of clockwork, which worked...
I miss my incredible
Flashed Amon Recovery, installed CM7 build #27. Still hanging on boot screen.
VICTORY!
Here's how I got it working again:
Head over to h**p://dougpiston.com/?page_id=108 site (due to me being an absolute noob to this forum, I can't post links, so just replace h**p with http) , and pick up the PB31IMG version of the original stock HTC image. Flash it, and everything should start up as fresh as the day you bought it. It seems it loses root and custom recovery though, so just reapply and all should be well.
I'm new to android, coming from the htc diamond/windows mobile.
I'm super interested in getting the bloatware off of my evo, so I want to root and flash a new rom.
I decided to try out unrevoked method of root, because im new to the android platform and it seems super easy.
I ran the program. It does a fair amount of work, but after the first reboot (which doesn't reboot to bootloader) it says it's pushing root, then says that communications were interrupted unexpectedly, try again.
I have tried again and again...have found that many people don't like the unrevoked/clockwork method anyway, and have decided to go manual.
Now, in bootloader, I can see that I have s-off, but since I decided to use a one-click method, I don't really know what else to do. I guess I have security turned off, but do I have root?
mjb digital said:
I'm new to android, coming from the htc diamond/windows mobile.
I'm super interested in getting the bloatware off of my evo, so I want to root and flash a new rom.
I decided to try out unrevoked method of root, because im new to the android platform and it seems super easy.
I ran the program. It does a fair amount of work, but after the first reboot (which doesn't reboot to bootloader) it says it's pushing root, then says that communications were interrupted unexpectedly, try again.
I have tried again and again...have found that many people don't like the unrevoked/clockwork method anyway, and have decided to go manual.
Now, in bootloader, I can see that I have s-off, but since I decided to use a one-click method, I don't really know what else to do. I guess I have security turned off, but do I have root?
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I've read of a lot of people having that issue with Unrevoked, but strangely enough, I've used it many many times, and have never had an issue. Just gotta make sure there are no programs on your computer that can 'talk' to the phone through USB while its happening (htc sync, dropbox, pdanet, music syncing, etc) and have the correct hboot drivers installed.
Anyways, to answer your question, if you are already showing S off, then I'd say you just need to flash a recovery. What happens when you select recovery from the bootloader at this point in time? Do you just get the red triangle? What I would do is put this PC36IMG on your sd card ( its Amon Ra Recovery, V2.3, which better than clockwork in my opinion) Make sure it's on the main directory of your card, and that its named exactly PC36IMG. Boot into the bootloader, and it should then scan and find the PC36IMG and ask you to update. Hit volume up to say yes, and let it flash. That will flash the recovery. Once that finished, try going to recovery and see if everything went smoothly. If so, you should be good to start flashing roms, kernels, removing bloat etc.
If you do still want to do it the manual way, then before doing so, I suggest undoing what Unrevoked did before starting, getting back to stock. To do that, flash the Unrevoked S on tool, to turn S back to on. Then run a PC36IMG of a factory ROM or run an RUU. That will put you completely back to stock, so you can start fresh with whatever method you want to try. Good luck.
Link to RUU's and PC36IMG
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060&highlight=hboot-0.97+ruu
EDIT: also added the Unrevoked S On tool, in case you want to get back to stock, however, you do need a custom recovery installed in order to flash that.
Interesting.
Before going to the easier one-click method from unrEVOked, I did use the pc36img on the sd card. I was in bootloader, I saw it checking the sd card, I saw the blue status bar on the right, but was never asked if I wanted to update. rather, it said that my 'main recovery was newer' ...or something
i just tried the file pc3... file that you gave me and i got the update!
ok so: i have s-off, and i flashed the recovery (that's what I just did, right?)
next, i'm going to go into bootloader and select recovery? that is to make sure that everything went smoothly?
mjb digital said:
Interesting.
Before going to the easier one-click method from unrEVOked, I did use the pc36img on the sd card. I was in bootloader, I saw it checking the sd card, I saw the blue status bar on the right, but was never asked if I wanted to update. rather, it said that my 'main recovery was newer' ...or something
i just tried the file pc3... file that you gave me and i got the update!
ok so: i have s-off, and i flashed the recovery (that's what I just did, right?)
next, i'm going to go into bootloader and select recovery? that is to make sure that everything went smoothly?
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Exactly. That is correct. Let me know what happens when you select recovery now. It should take you to Amon Ra's recovery screen, which is all black with green lettering. If that's the case, then you are rooted, S-off, with custom recovery installed. At that point, I'd boot into the ROM, and make sure everything is operating as normal. If it is, i would go back to the bootloader, select recovery again, and choose backup/restore, to create a nandroid backup (backs up the entire system), so you have a good and working nandroid backup from the point you are currently at right now, which is stock rom, rooted with recovery.
yes i did it and I got the good recovery screen. at the bottom it said amon ra custom recovery (or something like that).
I'll get my backup next!!
Thanks bro.
Last question. RUU is rom update utility just like winmo right? i will just have to run the utility in order to flash a new rom?
mjb digital said:
yes i did it and I got the good recovery screen. at the bottom it said amon ra custom recovery (or something like that).
I'll get my backup next!!
Thanks bro.
Last question. RUU is rom update utility just like winmo right? i will just have to run the utility in order to flash a new rom?
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Don't run the RUU. RUU will restore you back to stock UNrooted. You are good to go on installing and flashing new Roms just as you are, just boot into recovery and do what you need to in there.
mjb digital said:
yes i did it and I got the good recovery screen. at the bottom it said amon ra custom recovery (or something like that).
I'll get my backup next!!
Thanks bro.
Last question. RUU is rom update utility just like winmo right? i will just have to run the utility in order to flash a new rom?
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Sweet, glad it worked for you. As the other guy said, don't run the RUU. I'm not familiar with WinMo, but with Android, you definitely ONLY run RUU if you want to get back to stock unrooted, to bring in for service or something. That will make your phone look like the day you took it out of the box. To flash ROMS on an Evo, you do it all from that custom recovery. You wipe everything from within recovery (data, davlik cache, cache), then select "flash zip from sd card", find your ROM in there (you'd have put it on the sd card ) then choose it and let it flash. Thats it. Happy flashing!
ahhh so i don't even have to unzip the roms anymore....
p.s. performed a successful nandroid backup
8)
mjb digital said:
ahhh so i don't even have to unzip the roms anymore....
p.s. performed a successful nandroid backup
8)
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Precisely. No unzipping the roms at all. You basically just download it, don't unzip/extract it or anything. Drop the (zipped) zip on the main directory of your sd card, boot to recovery, select flash zip, find rom, and thats it. Again, I'm not familiar with winmo at all, so I'm not sure on what the wiping procedures were with that. However, a good rule of thumb here is any time you are going to change a ROM, it is highly recommended to do a complete wipe (wipe data/factory reset, davlik cache, and cache). I also flash calkulins format all.zip, which also wipes boot and system. A fresh and clean wipe gives the new ROM you're about to try the best chance to run the best it can. When you flash anything else at all, such as a kernel, theme, modification etc, you just need to wipe davlik cache and cache. Only a full wipe on ROM changes. I'll attatch calkulin's format all.zip. It's a zip file taht you flash in recovery, and it then wipes everything (except your sd card, it won't touch that)
To whom it may concern:
I have an HTC Evo, which I rooted in October. I havent had the time to do anything with it since then but the root wasnt properly successful when I first did it. Below are several problems that I have noticed:
1) Superuser doesnt show a list of any apps
2) The software which allows you to keep your phone on roam only doesnt work
3) In the hboot/bootloader screen, I dont have an option to create Nandroid backup.
4) Wi-fi tether doesnt work
Those are some of the things that I saw which makes me believe my phone wasnt properly rooted. I need help so I can be fully rooted, and can have all these features.
I rooted my phone using Amon-RA and Unrevoked 3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809197
I posted that thread a while back, but basically the screen at that time said:
Supersonic EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.97.0000
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16AB
RADIO-2.15.00.09.01
Aug 19 2010, 14:29:00
Now it says:
Supersonic EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16AB
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15, 2010, 12:07:00
Your best bet is probably to just run an RUU to unroot the phone. And then just use Unrevoked to root again...
Oh yeah, and just to be safe flash the S-ON zip from Unrevoked just incase something happens in between unrooting and rerooting.
Thank you for your reply. Would you be kind enough to put links to each of those things? So I guess I'll need step by step directions to
1) Run a RUU to unroot the phone.
2) Flash the S-ON zip
4) Latest directions for running unrevoked again
first off, you are fully rooted, thats what the s-off means. i would first try downloading an app that requires root, and run it. it should then say granting superuser permissions, for me the superuser screen gets populated every time i open a root app, if that doesnt work you can try downloading the latest version of superuser from the market, its free. also in bootloader you should see the recovery option, you will find the back up option in there, also you can try downloading an app called quickboot (free), with that app you can reboot your phone straight to recovery and you will find the backup option there. if non of that works you should try to reflash amon ra, maybe yours was corrupted, you can find a new amon ra file somewhere in here in xda. for wifi download an app called wireless tether that one works for me. if all else fails try a new rom most of them support what you want, a rom i would recommend for you is azrael x v4 is the most stable and almost the same as the stock one in your phone
wasvsdal said:
Thank you for your reply. Would you be kind enough to put links to each of those things? So I guess I'll need step by step directions to
1) Run a RUU to unroot the phone.
2) Flash the S-ON zip
4) Latest directions for running unrevoked again
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Unrevoked S-On(Flash before you use the RUU) This is done through recovery.
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip
Get the Latest RUU from here:
http://goo-inside.me/evo/stock/RUU/
There are directions on how to use them at the top, just click the link.
And as far as Unrevoked there is directions on the site I believe.
emcp422 said:
first off, you are fully rooted, thats what the s-off means. i would first try downloading an app that requires root, and run it. it should then say granting superuser permissions, for me the superuser screen gets populated every time i open a root app, if that doesnt work you can try downloading the latest version of superuser from the market, its free. also in bootloader you should see the recovery option, you will find the back up option in there, also you can try downloading an app called quickboot (free), with that app you can reboot your phone straight to recovery and you will find the backup option there. if non of that works you should try to reflash amon ra, maybe yours was corrupted, you can find a new amon ra file somewhere in here in xda. for wifi download an app called wireless tether that one works for me. if all else fails try a new rom most of them support what you want, a rom i would recommend for you is azrael x v4 is the most stable and almost the same as the stock one in your phone
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He could be "fully rooted" if we just judged by the S-OFF.. BUT, if you read what he said about what it said then and now, he did accept a software update somewhere along the way, and I am guessing he didn't flash radios etc. to do so. If you are rooted and accept a Sprint update your phone will still show S-OFF unless you run the S-ON. I guess we are all a little confused, really need to know if he even has a recovery.
The biggest problem I have always had is that I couldnt create a nandroid backup. I just dont have the option in 'Recovery' on the main bootloader screen. Also, I just installed the Rom Manager and tried to flash ClockworkMod, and it said "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands".
wasvsdal said:
The biggest problem I have always had is that I couldnt create a nandroid backup. I just dont have the option in 'Recovery' on the main bootloader screen. Also, I just installed the Rom Manager and tried to flash ClockworkMod, and it said "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands".
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Well to do a nandroid backup you have to have a recovery. If you don't have that option I would bet you are probably not fully rooted. Try the "Root Checker" app in the market from Joey Krim before you follow what I posted earlier just to make sure that you are or are not rooted.
It says "root access is not properly configured or was not granted. Standard su binary location: /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory. SU binary not found in the system declared path"
I guess gotta root the phone again. I downloaded the files you linked (unrevoked forever son) but what do I do with them? Are there step by step instructions for that?
Thank you so much!!!!
Well, since you don't have a recovery you cant really flash the S-On so just go ahead and run the RUU. There are instructions on that on the link above the downloads.
Found them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
What do you mean I dont have recovery? I do have that option when I load up the bootloader screen (volume+down)
wasvsdal said:
What do you mean I dont have recovery? I do have that option when I load up the bootloader screen (volume+down)
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I thought you said you didn't have it earlier.... Well if you do and you can get into recovery flash the S-On. And then use the link at the top of the page you downloaded the RUU from, there are instructions there on how to use the RUU. I wouldnt use the one you posted because its fairly outdated.
I dont have nandroid backup when I go into recovery. Im going to put that file on the root directory of my folder and see if there is anything i can do with it.
wasvsdal said:
I dont have nandroid backup when I go into recovery. Im going to put that file on the root directory of my folder and see if there is anything i can do with it.
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When you select recovery, from the bootloader screen, what happens? Do you successfully boot into a recovery? If so, which one? (amon ra or clockwork). If you don't successfully boot to recovery, and end up at a Screen with an exclamation point and a red triangle, that means that you don't have recovery installed. If you do have recovery (which I don't predict you will), the nandroid backup option would be under the 'backup/restore' section. If you don't have recovery installed, you need to install one. The easiest way for you to do that, is to download this file that I'm attatching. It's Amon Ra V2.3. Put that file on the main directory of your SD card, and then power your phone off. Boot to the bootloader, and wait a few seconds. It should prompt you to update. Select Volume up to say yes. It will then flash a recovery for you. After that, it will ask you to reboot. Select no. Get back to the main screen of your bootloader. Then select recovery. You should now successfully boot into recovery. From this point, I would do a complete wipe of your entire setup, and re flash a new and up to date ROM. That should get you back up and going.
I cant even install the RUU. Because supposedly the directions take me to Recovery and I cant do anything there.
Here is my recovery screen looks like:
First, I get an exclamation point inside a red triangle. Then when I push power+vol.up, it takes me to a screen "Android system recovery <3e>". I have the options to reboot system now, apply sdcard:update.zip, wipe data/factory reset, and wipe cache partition.
sdcard:update.zip gives me an error. Wipe data/factory reset just deletes my text messages and other ****.
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If you don't have recovery installed, you need to install one. The easiest way for you to do that, is to download this file that I'm attatching. It's Amon Ra V2.3. Put that file on the main directory of your SD card, and then power your phone off. Boot to the bootloader, and wait a few seconds. It should prompt you to update. Select Volume up to say yes. It will then flash a recovery for you. After that, it will ask you to reboot. Select no. Get back to the main screen of your bootloader. Then select recovery. You should now successfully boot into recovery. From this point, I would do a complete wipe of your entire setup, and re flash a new and up to date ROM. That should get you back up and going.
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Following this...fingers crossed! What do you mean when you say a "complete wipe of your entire setup"? Does that mean re-root?
OMG YAY!!!! I literally have tears in my eyes at seeing this screen. I think the system recovery installed properly. It now says:
Android system recovery
- Reboot system now
-USB-MS toggle
-Backup/Restore
-Flash zip from sdcard
-Wipe
-Partition
-Mounts
-Other
-Power off
What do i do now?
wasvsdal said:
Following this...fingers crossed! What do you mean when you say a "complete wipe of your entire setup"? Does that mean re-root?
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Yes, follow what I said. I just read your previous post, and you don't have a custom recovery. The screen with the exclamation point means that you don't have a custom recovery, just stock recovery. By wipe of the entire system, I mean this. Once you get recovery installed, one of the options on the recovery screen will be 'wipe'. select that. individually wipe data/factory reset, cache, and dalvik cache. (that will wipe all your user data, apps, settings etc, so be prepared for that) Once you wipe all that, select to 'flash zip from sd card', and then select your rom, and flash it (you will need to download the rom of your choice, and place it on your sd card before you do this). Once you flash the new rom, and it completes, choose to reboot the system. You will then boot into the new rom. The first boot can take much longer than normal, so be patient.
EDIT: Also, I suggest flashing Calkulin's Format All.zip, before you flash the rom. You can still wipe, as I previously instructed, but right after that, flash Calkulin's Format all.zip. (this will gaurantee a complete wipe, for a clean install). Once that's flashed, then choose to flash the rom, and proceed as normal.
Also, if you choose to download a rom that instructs you to update your radios before flashing the rom, you can disregard that. Based off the information you posted from your bootloader, you have the most up to date baseband/radio, which means its 99% likely that you already have the most updated PRI, NV, and Wimax as well. (I'm assuming that you took an OTA update at some point, which would've upgraded you from your initial .97 bootloader, to the new 2.10 bootloader. That same update would've also updated all of your radios, so you're good with that)
I'm literally going to follow your setup haha so I want to install Myn's RLS 5 or VaelPak 3.2 or Evervolv, whichever you think is best. And then should I also install a kernel? Would you happen to have quick links to their instructions, otherwise I can just google them.
Hey guys,
So here's what happened and is happening:
1. I was running a custom ROM (Baked Snack 1.7) on Froyo (2.2). The phone was working fine but I wanted to try Gingerbread 2.3.3 out because I heard it had great battery life.
2. My phone would not update to 2.3.3 from Baked Snack. I thought it might have something to do with it being rooted. I used this method to unroot...and I think I only got through the first part:
http://www.thedroiddemos.com/2010/09/10/how-to-unroot-the-evo-in-2-steps/
I installed the S-On tool like he said to. Then I moved the "new updated version" of PC36IMG (I had the old version on my card already). He said something about the "S-Off" appearing on his phone but not the viewer's...well, mine says S-Off.
So fast forwarding, I got Sprint to push me the update for 2.3.3. It downloaded it, but then a voicemail error came up saying I had 2 voicemails. Then when I called voicemail, it said I had no messages. Sprint said a Sprint store would have to physically go into the phone to erase the error.
I also got a second update message that said there were minor enhancements to Gingerbread. I tried downloading them but the installation failed. Sprint told me to ignore the update, that there had been issues with Gingerbread (and the update) and that they were working on getting these resolved.
Somehow I managed to clear the phone and get back to 2.1. Here's what my system says when I look at the Phone Information:
Firmware Version: 2.1-update1
When I boot into the main bootloader/Recovery menu (Phone Off + Power Button + Volume Down), here's what it says:
Supersonic EVT2-2 ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.76.2000 (PC3610000)
If I click down to Recovery from this menu and press "Power" to enter it, NOW I get a picture of an EVO with a Red Triangle/Exclamation Point. This means I have to take my battery out and restart the phone.
Also, the OTA SimpleRoot procedure doesn't seem to work on the phone either. When I originally set it back, the procedure worked. Now it just goes through the motions on the computer but nothing happens with the phone (rebooting, skating Androids, etc.)
All I want to do is basically put it back 2.2 and re-run Baked Snack 1.7 which was giving me NO issues.
If someone could help me with this issue, I would be very grateful.
Well you have a simple fix. The error you got with the triangle and red ! is you booting into recovery, but no recovery is loaded [stock recovery]. Head over to the development section, and download the recovery of your choice. Personally I recommend in order: twrp [team win recovery project] , amon ra 2.3, cwm 3.0+. After you have your recovery installed, boot back into recovery and flash your baked snack rom. Also, don't manually take an OTA of 2.3.3 as it can't be rooted. if you want to try a gingerbread rom, simply download CM7, evervolv, deck's, ect rom and flash it like any other rom. Just backup your previous rom before flashing so you can go back.
teh roxxorz said:
Well you have a simple fix. The error you got with the triangle and red ! is you booting into recovery, but no recovery is loaded [stock recovery]. Head over to the development section, and download the recovery of your choice. Personally I recommend in order: twrp [team win recovery project] , amon ra 2.3, cwm 3.0+. After you have your recovery installed, boot back into recovery and flash your baked snack rom. Also, don't manually take an OTA of 2.3.3 as it can't be rooted. if you want to try a gingerbread rom, simply download CM7, evervolv, deck's, ect rom and flash it like any other rom. Just backup your previous rom before flashing so you can go back.
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You like TWRP better??
I haven't tried it yet
HipKat said:
You like TWRP better??
I haven't tried it yet
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Basically amon ra, but better. it has some additional options, such as the option to automatically reboot after a successful flash [good for doing a single flash, but if you're doing multiple, checked it at the last flash.] You have the option to compress backups to save space, though it takes a little bit longer, and they have some built in skins you can change at will. And MOAR.
I tried rooting using this method:
http://www.androidcentral.com/evo-4g-root-instructions
I put the PC36IMG on the root of my SD card and let the phone update in bootloader. It seemed to work fine, updated, rebooted the phone, etc.
Then I downloaded ROM Manager so I could let Clockwork install and then install Amon Ra....when ROM Manager tried installing Clockwork, it gave me the following message: "An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!"
It also will not let me flash an alternate recovery. I have the file "recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img" on the root of my SD card right now.
What does this mean? Does this mean I'm not rooted? Or some other issue? I remember eons ago when I tried using this program I got the same message but I don't remember how I got around it. (obviously I did though)
Is there a different way I should install it?
nbakid2000 said:
I tried rooting using this method:
http://www.androidcentral.com/evo-4g-root-instructions
I put the PC36IMG on the root of my SD card and let the phone update in bootloader. It seemed to work fine, updated, rebooted the phone, etc.
Then I downloaded ROM Manager so I could let Clockwork install and then install Amon Ra....when ROM Manager tried installing Clockwork, it gave me the following message: "An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!"
It also will not let me flash an alternate recovery. I have the file "recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img" on the root of my SD card right now.
What does this mean? Does this mean I'm not rooted? Or some other issue? I remember eons ago when I tried using this program I got the same message but I don't remember how I got around it. (obviously I did though)
Is there a different way I should install it?
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That's a bit outdated; use unrevoked. I've already done the linking for you.
1. http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install <- Download and install the modified hboot drivers, follow the instructions.
2. On your phone, enable usb debugging from the applications > development, in settings
3. Connect your phone to your pc via usb cable, leave it on the home screen, no apps should be running; restart the phone just to be sure.
4. http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install <- download and run unrevoked
It'll take 3-5 minutes and reboot about 2 times, don't touch in the process, it'll say done at the end. Also, this will only work if on 2.2 still. if on 2.3.3, you're outta luck.
Okay, forget Rom Manager, forget "rooting" your phone - at least according to the normal use of the word.
Delete any PC36IMG files you may have on your SD card, then download this one of Amon Ra 2.3: http://db.tt/WP0beNa
Don't rename it, don't extract it... just put it on the root of your SD card. Then download whatever rom you want to use. Put it on the root of your SD card or in a folder that you'll remember. Amon Ra (and possibly other recoveries) can flash zips that are inside of folders. Just be sure that you know where it is because you'll need to navigate to it in recovery.
Then boot into the bootloader and let it flash the way you've done with other PC36IMG files. When it asks you to reboot just decline and then select recovery. I would make a backup just in case, then flash your rom.
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Thank you guys, I will try these methods when I get back from work tonight. I really really appreciate it, I was about having a meltdown without my phone (the way I want it).
I'll report back either way. (and yes, I'm still on 2.1-update1)
nbakid2000 said:
Thank you guys, I will try these methods when I get back from work tonight. I really really appreciate it, I was about having a meltdown without my phone (the way I want it).
I'll report back either way. (and yes, I'm still on 2.1-update1)
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Well between plainjane and myself, you'll be rooted before dinner time!
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Well between plainjane and myself, you'll be rooted before dinner time!
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OK, I forgot to mention this earlier...last time I was stuck in the Boot Sequence where it kept looping the Sprint and 4G logo....now that I'm rooted using plainjane's method (thank you) I'm stuck with the same thing.
I flashed the recovery, then flashed the Baked Snack ROM....now I'm in the Baked Snack bootload section....and it just keeps looping.
Is this an issue with my system that can be resolved?
EDIT: So weird. I went back into Recovery and wiped everything and set the phone back to original condition...and voila, Baked Snack comes up as the ROM! So now it appears it's for the most part back to normal and back to where I wanted it....thank you guys again.
Now can anyone point me in the direction of the latest radios, etc. that I can download and flash?
And why would it be giving me those looping problems, and then go back to normal when I cleared/wiped everything?
I mean, I'm happy this happened but I don't want the same things happening if I decide to flash another ROM at some point.
Hi,
I flashed my phone with the HTC 2.3 dev release. Whilst it had some of the new features I wanted, it broke bluetooth to my car which was a deal breaker. I read plenty guides, got revolutionary, s-off'd and installed clockworkmod. That all worked well (seemingly).
I decided to try for the first time a custom rom rather than try and put back the original htc one. I tried leedriod. Used the install from zip method with cwm to install. It installed but just get stuck in a reboot loop. I tried CM7. That installed fine. Whilst the phone is now running with CM7, there are a lot of problems I think related to the boot loader.
If I try to install anything from the sdcard .zip via cwm, it always fails with cannot install zipfile (BAD). Tried hundreds of times! I obviously managed it the first time to get leedroid and cm7 installed.
Cannot establish a connection with the PC to the sdcard when the phone is running and copy anything for more than a few seconds.
usring rom manager, it always says cwm is not installed when it is and trying to re-install hangs near the end.
In cm7, reboot from power button just hangs.
I tried revolutionary again to re-flash cwm. That worked, but no difference. I've a feeling all the above are connected.
I've tried using cwm to do a full wipe, reformat sdcard etc.
Anyone any suggestions? Phone is a bravo with hboot 1.06
First off, rom manager's is pants, don't use it.
Bad zip file is usually a broken download, check the files md5 sum against the original, or just download it again.
Then clear all userdata and try the update.zip again.