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A few questions before first root attempt

Ok, going to follow the SimpleRoot OTA 1.47 how-to, but I have a few questions first.
How do I back up things like my Contacts?
What the latest "radio" and how do I check and get the newest?
How do I wipe caches? Or will the SimpleRoot guide tell me?
Any ROM recommendations? I was thinking of just trying Fresh.
Do I need to do any adb setup prior to starting?
I have been reading through the guides, but there is SO much info here, it takes too long to get through it all. Plus, I'm not even sure of all the questions I need to ask!
Thanks in advance for any and all help!

1. Use Titanium Backup. It will back up whatever you want, I backed up EVERYTHING (apps + system data) and it brought back all my settings, texts, even my scenes. I had to use Unrevoked on my 1.32.651.6 stock build to install TB, followed TheBiles "Idiot-Proof" guide for that part.
2. The radio is the baseband. I actually never flashed mine, and I haven't had issues, but I don't use 4g so I wouldn't know how that works. There are links to a few radios here, but otherwise check the thread or webpage for the custom ROM you want to flash and it might link to the recommended radio.
3. Wiping caches is done through recovery (Amon RA, Clockwork, or using ROM Manager from within a rooted ROM). You do it right before you flash the custom ROM. SimpleRoot will just root the phone, then you'll want to install ROM Manager and use that flash your preferred recovery (that's a whole separate debate).
4. I've been reading up a lot in the last day or two, and Fresh seems to be very popular. I'm using it right now, no problems so far! I've used DC, I had a couple of issues, CM6 is cool but still changing all the time. Go with Fresh at least to get your feet wet. Follow the guide that flipz provides in his Fresh thread.
5. I didn't use SimpleRoot, I rooted manually using ADB. If you're comfortable with using a terminal/command line (or at least typing and following directions) ADB might be a good idea. But if SR gives you a full-root, you don't need ADB at all. It's basically just a telnet connection to your phone.
Hey, whatdya know? I answered them all! There may be better answers, but I think this is all correct. PM me if you need more help, or I'll subscribe to this thread for a few days. I'm new but I'm learning fast and I LOVE this stuff!
Also, here's a good portal for you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709267

Titanium backup works great for most things but you have to be rooted to use it. Your contacts should be backed up directly to your google account if you have done it correctly. When you add a contact to your phone it will ask if you want to add it to google or as a "phone" contact. Make sure you save it as a google contact. Or you can go to your google account on your computer and sync all your contacts. I used SimpleRoot to get my phone started and then I went through this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
That is where I started with everything.....fully unlocked and stock rooted with the newest radio. I also used Amon recovery from SimpleRoot instead of Clockwork. SR will clear all your cache, factory data, etc. Im running Damage Control ROM right now and love it. But it's fun to get your phone rooted and then just start using root apps and go from there. Oh, and the best thing for me about using SR and then going through the next thread I posted is that you dont have to use ADB. ADB is pretty simple but the SR + thread process took me about 25min.

Yeah, on that note, it's super-easy to just make a Nandroid or Clockwork backup of your flash, then flash something else to try it out. If you want to go back, just restore the backup and you're right where you were before.
And, of course, backing up contacts on Google is easier.

Running through the SimpleRoot and it got to Starting Part 2... and it's just hanging out doing nothing, been that way for a few minutes now. I didn't copy the PC36IMG file to the SD card, was I supposed to?
Will it bork anything if I disconnect, switch back to Disk Drive as the connection type and drop the file on the SD card? Do I need to do that? Am I retarded?

Not sure as I went through toast's manual method, but it shouldn't do any damage to start over. If Android is still running, I think the system will still be intact.

Well, I think I figured it out, sort of. I never got prompted to reboot into the bootloader until I disconnected the phone. Once I did that, it told me what to do. But, when I installed the update, the bootloader gave me this message: Main version is older, update fail!
Do I need to use the PC36IMG file for 1.47 now? SimpleRoot did push the PC36IMG file to the phone, btw.

ElectricWraith said:
Well, I think I figured it out, sort of. I never got prompted to reboot into the bootloader until I disconnected the phone. Once I did that, it told me what to do. But, when I installed the update, the bootloader gave me this message: Main version is older, update fail!
Do I need to use the PC36IMG file for 1.47 now? SimpleRoot did push the PC36IMG file to the phone, btw.
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i had the same issue, you need to make sure all the steps are complete before you go into step 4 and boot into bootloader...so make sure after pushing the files you finish step 2 and 4...it worked for me...my pc kept hanging on some steps so i tried it on a different pc and it went throught perfectly the first time around.

Uhh, starting to get a little worried here. I deleted the PCIMG36.zip file per the "Starting Over..." thread, and copied the su-2.1 file on to the SD card. Rebooted into bootloader, selected Recovery per the instructions, now I have a red triangle with and exclamation point and an unresponsive phone!

ElectricWraith said:
Uhh, starting to get a little worried here. I deleted the PCIMG36.zip file per the "Starting Over..." thread, and copied the su-2.1 file on to the SD card. Rebooted into bootloader, selected Recovery per the instructions, now I have a red triangle with and exclamation point and an unresponsive phone!
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you're fine that's just telling you that you're in recovery mode follow the steps....it should tell you to run a command in you're command prompt which will get you into recovery and then you backup nand, wipe, and load image from sd card

Ah, OK. I pulled the battery and it came back to life. Didn't see anything in that thread about commands, but I will read it again.

just boot your phone holding power and volume up button and then when you see the white screen go down to recovery and press the power button...now you should be in recovery mode from there just follow instructions. you should backup nand, wipe cache and wipe data, and install rom from sd card.

That's the problem, following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915, I don't get any instructions for the recovery portion that match what I actually get on the phone. I don't get the different menu so I don't get a chance to flash from the su-2.1 file.
Arrrgh! Here's what I did:
Replaced the PCIMG36.zip file that was in the SimpleRootOTA folder that I downloaded with the PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip file (renamed to PCIMG36.zip)
Ran SimpleRootOTA, followed all instructions
When I got to the place in Step 4 where I was supposed to be prompted to install the update at the bootloader, it didn't happen. I assume that this was due to the fact that I had already applied that update
I unplugged, looked in the root of the SD card, found that the PCIMG36.zip file had not been pushed.
I copied the file on to the SD card, rebooted into the bootloader, let it scan the PCIMG36.zip file and apply the update, then rebooted.
So, that's where it sits now. I'm out of time and can't do anything more with it, so I just re-installed MyBackup and am restoring apps and data.
Any ideas as to what I should do next?

Hopefully you are just transposing numbers in your post? According to the thread you linked, the name of file should be PC36IMG.zip....you are writing PCIMG36.zip....those are very different.
edit...and if you are getting stuck at step 4...that sounds like what you did.

youngdhillon said:
just boot your phone holding power and volume up button .
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volume DOWN button
2. Power off your phone.
3. Hold down the Volume Down and Power buttons until the white screen appears.
4. HBOOT will scan the PC36IMG.zip file. You'll see a blue progress bar on the right side of the screen.
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ElectricWraith said:
That's the problem, following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915, I don't get any instructions for the recovery portion that match what I actually get on the phone. I don't get the different menu so I don't get a chance to flash from the su-2.1 file.
Arrrgh! Here's what I did:
Replaced the PCIMG36.zip file that was in the SimpleRootOTA folder that I downloaded with the PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip file (renamed to PCIMG36.zip)
Ran SimpleRootOTA, followed all instructions
When I got to the place in Step 4 where I was supposed to be prompted to install the update at the bootloader, it didn't happen. I assume that this was due to the fact that I had already applied that update
I unplugged, looked in the root of the SD card, found that the PCIMG36.zip file had not been pushed.
I copied the file on to the SD card, rebooted into the bootloader, let it scan the PCIMG36.zip file and apply the update, then rebooted.
So, that's where it sits now. I'm out of time and can't do anything more with it, so I just re-installed MyBackup and am restoring apps and data.
Any ideas as to what I should do next?
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ok if you has updated without any errors and you're rooted...
1)turn off your phone power it back on holding the volume down button and power button at the same time
2)when you see the white screen with HBoot menu scroll down using volume down button, highlight recovery and press power button.
3)you should now see a different menu (black&green) you are now in recovery from here:
4)select backup nand it will ask you to confirm hit power button and wait till it backs up you're nand
5)go down to wipe data...highlight wipe data hit power, confirm
6)wipe cache...confirm
7)load rom from sd card (you should have the su-2.1 in you're sd card) it will let you choose, choose su-2.1 hit power, confirm and let it finish.
you're done wait for the phone to reboot into you're new rom

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volume DOWN button
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oops sorry about that, volume down

Yes, I was just transposing digits, DERP.
I will try again later. Thanks for all the help!

Well, I just booted into the bootloader, it scanned the PC36IMG.zip file, but didn't do anything else but put me back at the bootlader menu. I selected Recovery, hit the power button, then black screen with image of phone and red triangle w/exclamation point.
No idea what's wrong or what to do now except pull the battery.

ElectricWraith said:
Well, I just booted into the bootloader, it scanned the PC36IMG.zip file, but didn't do anything else but put me back at the bootlader menu. I selected Recovery, hit the power button, then black screen with image of phone and red triangle w/exclamation point.
No idea what's wrong or what to do now except pull the battery.
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I remember this problem and I'm trying to remember what I had to do. It seems like after it scanned the PC36IMG.zip it asked if I wanted to scan and I had to say "no" and then after that I could boot in to recovery. I remember it being some dumb little mistake that I made like 2 times in a row and then had a "d'oh" moment when I realized why I kept getting the red triangle. Man, I'm gonna try to remember this and post later. Hopefully you get it though.

Cannot get in Recovery Screen

Ok, so I had rooted my phone and was attempting to install a custom ROM when I accidentally put the wrong PC36IMG.zip file to my sd card. When it went to HBOOT and asked to update I said yes. It did not update and this is what I get Radio V2- Fail, System- Fail, and WIMax- Fail. When I try to reboot it comes up to the HTC EVO 4G white screen and it stays there. Doesn't do anything. Tried to reload the corret PC36IMG file but I still get the same error. I've been reading through the forum and cannot find find anything that describes my problem. I've tried different solutions but my problem is that I cannot get tomy sdcard and the computer will not recognize my Evo as a drive. I also tried getting to the Recovery screen but it doesn't bring it up. When I select Recovery it goes to the white HTC EVO 4G and it stays there. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Laurido92 said:
Ok, so I had rooted my phone and was attempting to install a custom ROM when I accidentally put the wrong PC36IMG.zip file to my sd card. When it went to HBOOT and asked to update I said yes. It did not update and this is what I get Radio V2- Fail, System- Fail, and WIMax- Fail. When I try to reboot it comes up to the HTC EVO 4G white screen and it stays there. Doesn't do anything. Tried to reload the corret PC36IMG file but I still get the same error. I've been reading through the forum and cannot find find anything that describes my problem. I've tried different solutions but my problem is that I cannot get tomy sdcard and the computer will not recognize my Evo as a drive. I also tried getting to the Recovery screen but it doesn't bring it up. When I select Recovery it goes to the white HTC EVO 4G and it stays there. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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What recovery u useing?
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I really can't tell you. I have no idea. I'm new at this rooting thing so I don't know. How can I find out?
BTW sorry if I posted this in the wrong section.

do you have rom manager on your phone? are you currently rooted?

I thought I was but I cannot do anything or get to any screen thoer than the HBOOT, BOOTLOADER, and HBOOT USB screens. I cannot access the sdcard. I'm pretty much stuck on that white screen. Tried ADB commands but it says no device, or device not recognized. What are my options? Go to Sprint and get a new one? Please help!!!

Try selecting HBOOT USB and push a recovery image through adb commands. Look at Toast's guide "How to Root" in the development forums. Since you can still get to the bootloader screen, you are not bricked. But since you do not have a custom recovery, you will have do a little adb.
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I beleive I have the Amon RA recovery but don't know how to get to it. I will give it a try and see what happens.
Thanks

Can you be a little more specific. I'm trying to do an adb push and it's telling me device not found. Am I doing somthing wrong?

Laurido92 said:
Can you be a little more specific. I'm trying to do an adb push and it's telling me device not found. Am I doing somthing wrong?
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Did you select hboot usb in the bootloader screen? This should allow communication with your PC. If not, you will have to pull the sdcard out of your phone and insert it into a card reader and then copy over a good PC36img.zip file. Then put it back into your phone and press vol dn + power to boot into the bootloader. It should then recognize the .zip file you just loaded and ask you for an update. Press vol up to select yes.
Then go to Amon_RA's thread in the dev forum and follow his instructions on installing his recovery.
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I tried the card reader in my laptop and my pc and neither will recognize the card. I'm going to try my wife's netbook and see if it reads it.
Thanks

wont recognize it... sounds like a bad card or bad microsd to sd adapter
just follow what the others have stated
boot to bootloader, choose hboot usb
your computer will show you the screen like you inserted a sdcard and ask if you want to browse it
do it! and delete the bad file.
then while you are there format the drive in my computer and see what happens.
if nothing,, see my other recomendation.
preferred method ( ??? )
boot to bootloader screen
fastboot will be highlighted, hit the power button, you are now in fastboot mode
then use adb to flash the amon ra 1.8 recovery.
(you can also try "clear storage" but i have never done this so do not know if it only clears sdcard)
just look for that thread in the dev. section and folow the instructions to a T on how to install amon ra 1.8
i made a possible flawed assumption above.
amon ra 1.8 can be flashed using fastboot, i did not do mine that way and assumed it means boot into bootlaoder and choose fastboot, then flash using adb.
if that is incorrect, i apologize.
lastly have you tried pulling the battery.

Ok, here's the latest update. I used my wife's netbook and it read the card. I removed the bad PC36IMG and replaced with a good one. Rebooted to the bootloader menu, updated the PCC36IMG and everything is good.
Thanks to all that helped and recommended different slutions. I really appreciate it.

Safely and Easily unbrick your LG Optimus V

Here's a safe and easy way to unbrick your LG Optimus V. Worked like a charm for me.
First, what happened with me was, I was using Xionia recovery and was wiping in preparation of installing another ROM. Under advance, for curiosity sake I hit "LG Style Wipe", which, from what I understand is just like hitting Factory Reset within the phone in the menu settings. My phone would boot to the screen saying "factory reset...formatting data...formatting cache...do not remove batttery...rebooting", then would sit at the pink LG logo screen. Could not boot into custom recovery at all, no matter what. Could only boot into Emergency Mode.
I wracked my brain trying to use KDZ, KP500 with LG Utility, while in Emergency Recovery to no avail. So finally, here's what I did:
What you'll need is: ROMTools, stock ROM (I made a nandroid backup before I originally rooted), a basic clockwork recovery, and ADB installed on computer.
1) place the recovery in your ADB tools folder
2) prepare a command window: on computer -> Run -> cmd, then start ADB by typing (without the quotes) "cd C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools" then hit enter (or where ever you installed ADB at)
3) Type (without quotes) "adb reboot bootloader", do not hit enter yet.
4) Now, here's the tricky part. Plug phone in to computer. As the phone goes through the Formatting, blah, blah, blah, go back to ADB and hit enter. This may take a few tries. It may say "device offline" or "no device detected". Just keep trying. This is actually the hardest part.
5) Once your phone reboots into bootloader (blue screen), go back to ADB and type (without quotes) "fastboot boot "recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s-1.1.0.img" (or whatever recovery you placed in your ADB tools folder in step 1)...If it fails, just try again. It took me a couple tries.
6) Your phone then should reboot into clockwork recovery. You should now be able to mount your phone as "USB mass storage device" under "mounts and storage". If computer does not connect try unplugging and plugging back into computer. If it still doesn't connect, you may need to reinstall LG drivers, which you can do using ROMTools under flash a recovery. but, ONLY install the drivers which it will do first (3 drivers). after drivers install, exit out.
7) Once you mount your phone to computer, put the stock ROM on your SD card.
8) Choose "install zip from sd card" then choose the stock ROM. Unless you have a nandroid backup of stock ROM. In that case choose "backup and restore", then choose the stock nandroid backup. Once it installs, reboot.
9) The phone will still go through the "Factory reset, formatting, blah, blah, blah" screen, but after it reboots, but it will boot into the stock ROM.
10) Now to get rid of that annoying "Factory reset" boot screen. Once your phone fully boots up, open ROMTools. Type 2 (Flash recovery to phone), then 1 (LG Optimus V), then 1 (install drivers, obtain root, flash recovery), but ONLY install drivers (3 of them) then exit out. If you did this in step 6), you shoot be able to skip this step.
11) Open ROMTools folder and click "one.exe" (SuperOneClick) Once it opens click on "UnRoot". This will unroot your phone. After it goes through everything it may say fail at the end because it can't find the busybox folder. No worries, it should be unrooted. I then downloaded Root Checker (free on the market) just to make sure it worked. Exit out when it finishes.
12) Reboot phone...It should now reboot with now problems, just like new.
13) Now you can re-root, flash your custom recovery, then install your ROM of choice.
This whole process takes only about 15-30 minutes. It took longer to re-install everything from Titanium Backup, lol. I spent 4 days trying to figure things out to unbrick my phone, when this simple and quick procedure took such a short amount of time to fix, lol. Not sure why I didn't try this from the beginning, lol.
Well, hopes this helps anybody that was in the same predicament as me

Thanks, I've got a stone cold brick(only makes it to LG logo). I'll have to try that. I tried every thing you have, plus a few more and nothing's worked so far. Maybe this will work

Good luck. Like i said, hardest part is timing it to get into bootloader. But after that, it was smooth sailing. Hope it works for you as well.
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AndyOpie150 said:
Thanks, I've got a stone cold brick(only makes it to LG logo). I'll have to try that. I tried every thing you have, plus a few more and nothing's worked so far. Maybe this will work
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did it work????

Sorry,had to put it on hold until I can dedicate sufficient time to studying and implementing said tutorial(it usually takes me a couple of days to make sure I understand the material well enough to implement it).
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EDIT: Can't get the computer to recognize the brick. Recognizes the good one fine.

my optimus did not brick, but this info really helps
i can install temporarily, the 3rd party recovery system

un1ocked said:
my optimus did not brick, but this info really helps
i can install temporarily, the 3rd party recovery system
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Glad the info could help
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Dude where were you a couple months ago? lol This exact thing happened to me except I did the Factory Reset from the privacy menu by mistake. Couldn't boot for nothin'. Pulled the battery a whole bunch of times and made it worse. Supposedly flashed a custom recovery with ROMtools, but nothing. I was still in the 30 day window from Best Buy so I just had them replace it with another OV, which they did without question (thank you Best Buy!!). Turns out the new phone was much better than the old one in terms of functionality so I'm happy.
Anyway all that to say thank you for posting this! I know where to go next time I brick! (Which hopefully will be never.)

fyi this does not work on the new Optimus Vs from Virgin Mobile because fastboot is locked.
Also deaver_92, that situation is easy to recover from. Turn phone off, boot into recovery with home, volume up, and power, then restore your nandroid backups.

Umm....just bought a new OV a month and a half ago...i can still fastboot lol....just saying
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omgpk said:
Umm....just bought a new OV a month and a half ago...i can still fastboot lol....just saying
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How do you get into fastboot? Sorry if I sound like a noob, just can't figure it out.

In an ADB command window on your computer or in terminal emulator on your phone, just type
su
reboot bootloader
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Does anyone have the files needed? MultiUpload is down. Please PM me if you have them. I'd greatly appreaciate it

dingermtb said:
Good luck. Like i said, hardest part is timing it to get into bootloader. But after that, it was smooth sailing. Hope it works for you as well.
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I can't even get to boot loader. I can get emergency mode, or the LG screen. ADB renders "no device present"
This is a pretty old thread, my phone is actually an Optimus Slider.

Rooted Htc evo will not boot

My son attempted to root his htc evo to no avail, now it only cycles from the start up to the start up screen. Should I consider the phone dead or is there still hope? Please pm me!
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Hold volume down and power when turning it on. Then tell us what you see, you should be taken to the bootloader screen.

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Hold volume down and power when turning it on. Then tell us what you see, you should be taken to the bootloader screen.
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+1 to this
Snapping a pic with a camera and then uploading it so we can take a look would be the BEST thing to do. Because we'll need a few bits of information from that screen.
Also, once you've gotten to that screen, since you're already there, try to see if you can enter into the phone's recovery system.
1. While on the white Hboot screen (the screen sitlet directed you to) select the bootloader option.
2. The phone will then do a quick scan of the SD card to see if any flashable files exist. If it finds any and asks if you want to load them just select "no (volume down)." It will then take you to the menu screen for the bootloader.
3. Select the option labeled "Recovery."
4. The phone will then bring up the phone's splash screen. The stock splash screen is white and has "ht Evo 4G," or something like that, written in black letters.
5. The phone SHOULD enter recovery mode after displaying the splash screen. If it does then please let us know what recovery is currently loaded on the phone (The name and version of recovery will be displayed on the screen). If it doesn't then let us know that it didn't load into recovery and please let us know what exactly it did. i.e, rebooted, got stuck on splash screen, displayed error message, etc.

These are the only three screens that I can get. I was able to get into recovery only to get stuck on the "triangle" screen. I really appreciate all of your help!
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kenyattabush said:
These are the only three screens that I can get. I was able to get into recovery only to get stuck on the "triangle" screen. I really appreciate all of your help!
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What root method did he use? Did he flash a custom recovery?

It appears he has no recovery. Get the latest ruu and run that from ur PC with the phone hooked to it via usb
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I don't have a clue what he did. I'll try those things. I'm guessing he tried to root using unrevoked, but I'm not really sure.
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kenyattabush said:
These are the only three screens that I can get. I was able to get into recovery only to get stuck on the "triangle" screen. I really appreciate all of your help!
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As long as you see the boot screen you're good. All you need to do is flash a new recovery. Search amon RA evo 4g on google
Having trouble with AOSP? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295702

Like Paranoia said, first thing you need to do is try and install a recovery. The red triangle with the "!" inside of it means that your phone does not have a recovery system. I'll give you a quick "how-to" since it seems like you're not 100% sure what exact steps to take. In order to fix this issue you need to install one such as Amon Ra. Here is how to do it.
1. **CLICK HERE** to download Amon Ra. Download the one labeled PC36IMG.zip.
2. Place PC36IMG.zip onto the root of your SD card. Since you can't boot into your Android system and can't access recovery you will most likely need to remove your SD card, put it in another EVO and mount the card with recovery (I'm not sure if you can mount the sd card through Hboot. I've never tried it before. If you see an option for it then go ahead and try it.). Or you can put it into an adapter and plug it directly into the computer. Either way, make sure the PC36IMG.zip file goes into the root of the sd card. ***IMPORTANT: Make sure that this file is the ONLY PC36IMG.zip file on your SD card. If it's not then you can really screw things up.
3. Put SD card back into phone (if you removed it) and then press and hold the volume down button while pressing the power button. This will bring you into HBoot. Before proceeding, check to see if the phone is rooted. If it is then you will see at the top of the white screen where it says "S-off." This means the phone is rooted. If the phone says "S-on" then the phone is NOT rooted. Once you've checked to see if the phone is rooted use the volume up/down buttons to highlight the selection named "Bootloader" and then press the power button.
4. Your phone will enter the bootloader and will automatically scan for the PC36IMG.zip file. When it finds the file it will ask if you want to apply the update. Select yes by pushing the up volume key. Let the phone do it's thing. Do not pull the battery at all during this process.
5. Once you've completed this step make sure the phone has been rebooted and then try to enter recovery mode. If it worked you will see Amon Ra pop up (check the screenshots from the link provided above to see what the Amon Ra recovery looks like). From here you can flash a custom ROM like MIUI, Cyanogenmod, Swag, Decks, etc. in order to get the system type you want and fix your phone's inability to get past the loading screen. If you decide to flash a ROM at all then please take a look at the link provided in step #6 so that you can successfully flash ROMs without any errors.
6. If the phone is not rooted, or if you want to learn more about flashing ROMs, **CLICK HERE** and read over that thread. There is a ton of helpful information in that thread.
7. If you run into any issues while trying to do any of these steps, or if any of them are unclear at all, just let us know and we'll be happy to help. If you run into something that you are not sure of....don't guess or assume. Give us a shout and let us know what the phone is saying, what a screen looks like, etc. and we will advise you on the best route to take.

Same issue
I have a similar problem it seems as though I lost my recovery (I think). I have Evo 4G and when I hold dwn volume button and pwr button it shows the boot recovery and all that (but says no image no pc36img)when I go select recovery it goes to HTC EVO white screen (after this it usually goes to revolutionary screen) but it reboots and load up in previous rom with limited access and my phone will not read SD Card but pc will. I did a factory data reset.
Upon rebooting the phone, the SD card is no longer registering (i.e. under SD & phone storage the total space says "unavailable" and both the Mount & Format SD card spots are grayed out and inform me to insert SD Card. The card is fine. I just tested it on my sony pc and it reads fine. In device manager I have 3 instances of what Windows calls Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM.
Android Version
2.3.5
HTC Sense
3.0
Software Number
R2R-Rainy-day-1.0
Kernel Version
2.6.35.10.-ChopSuey-v.9.2.7
Baseband
2.15.00.0808
HBoot
6.16.1002
Root
Revolutionary

ChitwnEvo said:
I have a similar problem it seems as though I lost my recovery (I think).
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If you dont have a recovery, get the amonra or clockwork pc36img, place on root of sd card, and flash it through the bootloader

Re:same issue
I just followed the steps using the PC36IMG did yes to the update once it updates asked did I want to reboot I selected yes. Before I go back to the bootloader do I need to remove the PC36IMG zip bc it keeps repeating the installation steps for this zip file or once it updates do not reboot and go straight to recovery.

ChitwnEvo said:
I just followed the steps using the PC36IMG did yes to the update once it updates asked did I want to reboot I selected yes. Before I go back to the bootloader do I need to remove the PC36IMG zip bc it keeps repeating the installation steps for this zip file or once it updates do not reboot and go straight to recovery.
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Yes remove before you go back to the bootloader
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Ok will try that to see if it wrks by the way in my device manager it has 3 instances of what Windows calls Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM and htc sync cant find drivers now when I 1st rooted it I never seen these and when I take my sd card out and place on my pc I see a few files with names qxdm with numbers and then .dm ?????? Never had those either until this all started
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Still nothing @Evo4Gnoob

ChitwnEvo said:
Ok will try that to see if it wrks by the way in my device manager it has 3 instances of what Windows calls Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM and htc sync cant find drivers now when I 1st rooted it I never seen these and when I take my sd card out and place on my pc I see a few files with names qxdm with numbers and then .dm ?????? Never had those either until this all started
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Still nothing @Evo4Gnoob
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Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Still Stuck a Little
Having some problems as posted I follow steps my Device Manager shows "Android USB Device"in the it says "My HTC" (I'm in FastBoot says FastBoot USB on phone).
I pull up cmd and enter destination (C:\cd android-sdk-windows\tools) so now I have
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>is this where I put the command for the sd card fix bc when I do it tells me fastboot is not an internal or external command, operable prgm or batch file. I'm stuck here What could I be missing or doing wrong.

[Q] Incredible not booting into Recovery

Hey guys,
I've been running CM7 on my phone for a quite some time now, but now all of a sudden all my apps force close when opened. I tried a week a go to enter recovery (before the force closes) both manually and from RM with no luck. I can enter bootloader manually but when I choose recovery it just gives me the white HTC Incredible page and sits there with taking the battery out as the only option.
Any suggestions on what the problem is?
Thanks in advance.

Have you tried flashing recovery again?
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does that require RM? Because I can't open it as it FC's on me everytime...

Ok so from bootloader i tried a factory reset, and the same HTC Incredible splash screen. I think the problem is something to with the flashing, because when i start bootloader it says something about some .zip file not having an image. (sorry about sounding like a noob).

Incredible510 said:
Ok so from bootloader i tried a factory reset, and the same HTC Incredible splash screen. I think the problem is something to with the flashing, because when i start bootloader it says something about some .zip file not having an image. (sorry about sounding like a noob).
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Flash recovery thru hboot (vol down plus power while phone is off) as a PB31IMG.zip, RM is not needed. You can get the recovery here http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=28. Download the PB31IMG.zip file and place it on your sd card in no folders. Boot into hboot, it will find the file and prompt to press vol up to apply. Then vol up to reboot. Then boot into hboot and select recovery.
In recovery, wipe everything in mounts and storage and also dalvik cache, and then flash the rom of your choice or restore a known working nandroid.

Thank You! I really appreciate it.
Saved me from throwing my phone at a wall

I downloaded the file, renamed to PB311MG.zip, moved to root of SD card (no folders) and when I boot into hboot, it does not recognize the file. Im just stuck @ bootloader, when I try to boot into recovery, HTC Incredible pops up for a second, and I'm right back where I was. Any clues?

Rocs Macho said:
I downloaded the file, renamed to PB311MG.zip, moved to root of SD card (no folders) and when I boot into hboot, it does not recognize the file. Im just stuck @ bootloader, when I try to boot into recovery, HTC Incredible pops up for a second, and I'm right back where I was. Any clues?
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That is an incorrect label. It must be: PB31IMG.zip
The number "31" is followed by the letter "I" in the .zip file name. Also, have you revealed file extensions with your preferred file explorer? You must avoid labeling the file "PB31IMG.zip.zip"

SlimSnoopOS said:
That is an incorrect label. It must be: PB31IMG.zip
The number "31" is followed by the letter "I" in the .zip file name. Also, have you revealed file extensions with your preferred file explorer? You must avoid labeling the file "PB31IMG.zip.zip"
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2 things....That was a typo on my end....it was a 31IMG, not 311MG, and my mistake was adding the .zip. I was able to get into recovery, did my wipes, and am restoring a back up as I write this. Thanks for the help.

Not a problem so long as everything is squared away for you.