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Ok so i couldn't find this mentioned in the DZ forum, apologies if it has already been.
Basically i have been tring to root my DZ using the rage method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843014
I got all the way to the end, flashed hboot etc, all good, then ran /data/local/tmp/root and recieved the 'mkdir: /system/xbin already exists' error, which i know is usual. So i assumed i'd done things right, waited a minute, then restarted phone.
When i started the phone up it came up with an error saying System UIDs inconsistent. You need to wipe your data partition or you device will be unstable.
I thought this was strange as i hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere. I then went into terminal emulator to see if superuser permissions where on, i typed su, and got permission denied. the $ sign was back in terminal too. I take it my root didn't work? Any suggestions?
And what does this error mean, can i ignore it?
in hboot i get:
Vision PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.84.200 (PC1011000)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 8 2010, 15:56:38
Can anyone offer a solution, or advice on where to look?
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Ok guys, more information
I have downgraded to firmware version 1.34.405.5
My S/N starts HT0B1RT***** if this helps anyone.
Eng Hboot flashed also.
I have looked through heaps of guides, tried cyanogen's wiki, gfree and rage methods. Only thing i haven't resorted to is visionary because i'm hesitant.
I am still worried about this system UID error that appears every time i start up, i am thinking that if i can solve this i may have more luck.
So basically can anyone help me work my way through this? I feel like i have exhausted my searching options, and now am not getting any luck here on xda either.
Thanks in advance for all your help guys.
DID IT!
For fear the mods might have a go at me for constantly posting i will only briefly explain what i did.
I simply formatted sd card, factory reset phone. This removed my UID error.
Then followed this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843014&page=11
And for the first time it worked.
Thats it for me. mods delete this thread if necessary.
You could have fixed the problem without starting from scratch. I just ran into the problem myself and was able to fix it by going into cwm and restoring permissions under the advanced tab. hope this helps anyone who has this same issue, it took me a while to find a solution
lordscipio said:
You could have fixed the problem without starting from scratch. I just ran into the problem myself and was able to fix it by going into cwm and restoring permissions under the advanced tab. hope this helps anyone who has this same issue, it took me a while to find a solution
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Worked for me.
The question is: who or what changed the permissions?
Probably the cleanest solution HERE
I'm at my wit's end here. I've tried searching around (I rarely, if ever, post) and I can't find a solution to my problem so I'm gonna try here.
First thing's first, Device Specs (HTC Evo 4G):
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.76.2000 (PC3610000)
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03-16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Mar 30 2010,11:24:04
Rooted with unrevoked3
Second, what I was running:
Cyanogenmod 7.0 happily running for about a week
What I was doing (at time of crash): Getting coffee... I left my phone on top of my computer (installed Go SMS Pro about 10 minutes prior), came back and it was boot looping from htc evo 4g screen to htc evo 4g screen to etc...
I have tried everything to get this thing running. All I have is fastboot and the bootloader, I can flash recovery using fastboot but they will not load up... I have tried the 3.7 RUU annd it will only detect my device while in fastboot, it runs through the update and acts like it was successful but it goes back to boot looping. I have also tried to do a nandroid restore using fastboot and I can flash every partition (system, userdata, recovery, cache) EXCEPT boot, where I get a FAILED (remote: image update error) message.
Also, I have tried using the eng-pc36img.zip file and the normal PC36img.zip file and, something interesting, it will update all of the files , radio v2, bootloader, system etc.. etc.., but when it gets to "boot" it will immediately shut off, boot back into the bootloader, reload the zip file and continue where it left off... Is it supposed to do that?
Anyways, that is my plight. I hope I've been descriptive enough. Please help and thanks you!
n00barmy said:
I'm at my wit's end here. I've tried searching around (I rarely, if ever, post) and I can't find a solution to my problem so I'm gonna try here.
First thing's first, Device Specs (HTC Evo 4G):
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.76.2000 (PC3610000)
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03-16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Mar 30 2010,11:24:04
Rooted with unrevoked3
Second, what I was running:
Cyanogenmod 7.0 happily running for about a week
What I was doing (at time of crash): Getting coffee... I left my phone on top of my computer (installed Go SMS Pro about 10 minutes prior), came back and it was boot looping from htc evo 4g screen to htc evo 4g screen to etc...
I have tried everything to get this thing running. All I have is fastboot and the bootloader, I can flash recovery using fastboot but they will not load up... I have tried the 3.7 RUU annd it will only detect my device while in fastboot, it runs through the update and acts like it was successful but it goes back to boot looping. I have also tried to do a nandroid restore using fastboot and I can flash every partition (system, userdata, recovery, cache) EXCEPT boot, where I get a FAILED (remote: image update error) message.
Also, I have tried using the eng-pc36img.zip file and the normal PC36img.zip file and, something interesting, it will update all of the files , radio v2, bootloader, system etc.. etc.., but when it gets to "boot" it will immediately shut off, boot back into the bootloader, reload the zip file and continue where it left off... Is it supposed to do that?
Anyways, that is my plight. I hope I've been descriptive enough. Please help and thanks you!
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Well that certainly sounds no good man. It kind of sounds like your boot partition may be corrupted, so it's unable to write to that partition. You have already tried everything I would have suggested (RUU, RUU from fastboot, RUU from PC36IMG, tried reflashing recovery, etc). Your situation sounds identical to what people were experiencing in this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009672, and unfortunately no one ever found a solution, other than replacing the phone. I wish you luck, and hope you're able to recover with one of the available RUU's or PC36IMG.
Oh well...
k2buckley said:
Well that certainly sounds no good man. It kind of sounds like your boot partition may be corrupted, so it's unable to write to that partition. You have already tried everything I would have suggested (RUU, RUU from fastboot, RUU from PC36IMG, tried reflashing recovery, etc). Your situation sounds identical to what people were experiencing in this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009672, and unfortunately no one ever found a solution, other than replacing the phone. I wish you luck, and hope you're able to recover with one of the available RUU's or PC36IMG.
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Well, shucks . I really wanted to be able to figure this out. I've tried and tried and tried and nothing seems to work. Oh, well thanks for putting my mind at ease. Sprint is already replacing it tomorrow. I just wanted to see if I could get this fixed now and be able to pass the information on to others who might be in the same situation. At least I was able to figure out how to downgrade from 2.10 to 0.76!
You don't know of any way of zeroing out the phone's partitions do you? Sorry if that is an odd request but I'm just brainstorming.
n00barmy said:
Well, shucks . I really wanted to be able to figure this out. I've tried and tried and tried and nothing seems to work. Oh, well thanks for putting my mind at ease. Sprint is already replacing it tomorrow. I just wanted to see if I could get this fixed now and be able to pass the information on to others who might be in the same situation. At least I was able to figure out how to downgrade from 2.10 to 0.76!
You don't know of any way of zeroing out the phone's partitions do you? Sorry if that is an odd request but I'm just brainstorming.
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I apologize for the sour news, and wish there was a way for you to recover (maybe there is, but I'm just not aware of it). As far as zeroing out, or erasing all of the partitions, I'm not positive. I know you can do that using fastboot commands ( i beleve), but I don't have a ton of experience with fastboot, other than running an RUU. I'm sure someone else will chime in here and give you the fastboot commands to do that. It would be something like 'fastboot erase recovery', for example if you wanted to erase your recovery partition. I would google up on that a little bit, and see what all you can erase by using fastboot.
k2buckley said:
I apologize for the sour news, and wish there was a way for you to recover (maybe there is, but I'm just not aware of it). As far as zeroing out, or erasing all of the partitions, I'm not positive. I know you can do that using fastboot commands ( i beleve), but I don't have a ton of experience with fastboot, other than running an RUU. I'm sure someone else will chime in here and give you the fastboot commands to do that. It would be something like 'fastboot erase recovery', for example if you wanted to erase your recovery partition. I would google up on that a little bit, and see what all you can erase by using fastboot.
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It's all good. Like I said, they're replacing it anyways, just more for my curiosity. Thanks for showing me that thread. Out of all the threads I looked at I, somehow, missed that one. I see y'all have been at this for a while and I will certainly be watching it even after I get my replacement. I guess I'll have to pull my battery doing a radio install...
Sucks to hear about your phone For my curiosity could you please answer a question or two. A lot of people are chalking this up as a "user error" while others are thinking its CM7 (i dont). Then there is the logical one, to much flashing. I see you do not post often, but you know what to do to get out of a jam, most anyway. Did you flash your phone often, like every time a new rom comes out you would try it? Or more of a moderate flasher, stick to a main rom and flash updates, not counting nightlies. Nightlies would be extreme flashing, lol. Thats all, I am just curious on flashing habits, you did say up downgraded Hboot. I am assuming you did this after the bootloops to gain fastboot access, correct? Downgrading Hboot with the new larger partitions will brick a Evo real quick! Personally I am thinking the reason for the new partitions is related to this problem starting to emerge. If there is a way to "erase" everything and write new partitions via fastboot, those of us with older partitions can avoid this sudden death loop, and fix them for those who catch it...
Just a thought
Thanks
n00barmy said:
Well, shucks . I really wanted to be able to figure this out. I've tried and tried and tried and nothing seems to work. Oh, well thanks for putting my mind at ease. Sprint is already replacing it tomorrow. I just wanted to see if I could get this fixed now and be able to pass the information on to others who might be in the same situation. At least I was able to figure out how to downgrade from 2.10 to 0.76!
You don't know of any way of zeroing out the phone's partitions do you? Sorry if that is an odd request but I'm just brainstorming.
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When did your problem begin? Was it after you downgraded from hboot 2.10? That is a tricky and dangerous feat in and if itself. Can you get to the bootloader screen?
UPDATE: If you can get to the bootloader, try reflashing amon RA v2.3. If you're successful, I would then reflash all of the radios including hboot 2.10 and then a rom...in that order.
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dougjamal said:
When did your problem begin? Was it after you downgraded from hboot 2.10? That is a tricky and dangerous feat in and if itself. Can you get to the bootloader screen?
posting & replying via the XDA Premium app.
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My problem began last friday and no, I only tried the downgrading bit after it started looping. I wanted to be able to use the fastboot commands. Oddly enough, though. I just tried to run the eng-pc36img.zip again and now it did not immediately reset when trying to update "boot" but rather went through the whole thing... It still loops though...
Woah!
Now able to write to boot using fastboot flash boot boot.img...
n00barmy said:
Now able to write to boot using fastboot flash boot boot.img...
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Forward progress is good. So you were able to do that after the last RUU ran? You said it didn't skip over writing the boot.img that time?? However it still loops? Where is it looping at? THe splash screen, correct?
k2buckley said:
Forward progress is good. So you were able to do that after the last RUU ran? You said it didn't skip over writing the boot.img that time?? However it still loops? Where is it looping at? THe splash screen, correct?
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Yes, at the splash screen. It seems I can only manually write this one boot.img in my tools folder. Everything else gets a image update error in fastboot. I was not able to do that after the RUU because it changed my hboot to 2.10 (I think, don't quote me on that).
sucks
Damn im sorry to hear about this..i hope that as mentioned above it isnt from too much flashing!! Cause i am what i would call an extreme flasher..lol i flash just about every new rom that drops to try it out
n00barmy said:
Yes, at the splash screen. It seems I can only manually write this one boot.img in my tools folder. Everything else gets a image update error in fastboot. I was not able to do that after the RUU because it changed my hboot to 2.10 (I think, don't quote me on that).
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I see. And yes, running the most recent RUU would indeed 'upgrade' your bootloader to 2.10.
k2buckley said:
I see. And yes, running the most recent RUU would indeed 'upgrade' your bootloader to 2.10.
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I have a little more info. It seems that the only boot.img that flashes successfully through fastboot is the one located in the eng-pc36img.zip file. I cannot flash any from my nandroid backups from rom manager pro. I have not tried any other boot.img files from any other actual pc36img.zip files. I have another but that will set my hboot to 0.97.
Also, I doubt it is from too many writes. I am still fresh to rooting and I am not flash happy by any means...
n00barmy said:
I have a little more info. It seems that the only boot.img that flashes successfully through fastboot is the one located in the eng-pc36img.zip file. I cannot flash any from my nandroid backups from rom manager pro. I have not tried any other boot.img files from any other actual pc36img.zip files. I have another but that will set my hboot to 0.97.
Also, I doubt it is from too many writes. I am still fresh to rooting and I am not flash happy by any means...
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I also doubt it's from writes. That would be a very hard sell on me. I have flashed hundreds of things I'm sure, between roms, kernels, mods, themes, etc. Probably more than hundreds, lol. I just dont see that causing it.
Keep in mind, that whatever hboot you were on when you created a nandroid backup, is the one you'd also need to be on when restoring it. Therefore, if you're using a boot.img from a nandroiid backup, then I'm fairly certain that you'd need to be on the same hboot as when you created the nandroid backup. I discovered this a few weeks ago, lol. Every nandroid backup I had made was created on .93 hboot. I then downgraded to the ENG. 76 hboot, and got careless and tried to restore a backup from when I was on .93 hboot. That did not go well, and resulted in me only being able to get to fastboot. Fortunately I still had recovery, so I had no problem recovering from that.
Anyways, I'm not sure what to suggest next, unfortunately. I will continue trying to come up with suggestions for ya, but for now I think it's pretty much trial and error for ya. I guess if you already have a new phone coming, you don't have much to lose by messing around with that one. I'm just not sure where to take it from there. I've been down that road, and I failed, lol. I just have no idea what prevents the RUU from running successful. Or even if it appears to be successful, it still yields boot loops. So I'm at a loss on what the actual cause of that may be.
k2buckley said:
I also doubt it's from writes. That would be a very hard sell on me. I have flashed hundreds of things I'm sure, between roms, kernels, mods, themes, etc. Probably more than hundreds, lol. I just dont see that causing it.
Keep in mind, that whatever hboot you were on when you created a nandroid backup, is the one you'd also need to be on when restoring it. Therefore, if you're using a boot.img from a nandroiid backup, then I'm fairly certain that you'd need to be on the same hboot as when you created the nandroid backup. I discovered this a few weeks ago, lol. Every nandroid backup I had made was created on .93 hboot. I then downgraded to the ENG. 76 hboot, and got careless and tried to restore a backup from when I was on .93 hboot. That did not go well, and resulted in me only being able to get to fastboot. Fortunately I still had recovery, so I had no problem recovering from that.
Anyways, I'm not sure what to suggest next, unfortunately. I will continue trying to come up with suggestions for ya, but for now I think it's pretty much trial and error for ya. I guess if you already have a new phone coming, you don't have much to lose by messing around with that one. I'm just not sure where to take it from there. I've been down that road, and I failed, lol. I just have no idea what prevents the RUU from running successful. Or even if it appears to be successful, it still yields boot loops. So I'm at a loss on what the actual cause of that may be.
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Yeah, It's getting replaced so if you have any suggestions, go ahead. I'll try anything, I've got nothing to lose at this point. Maybe we can find a solution before I have to turn it in (hopefully). Thanks for the info on the hboot versions, I didn't know that. It makes sense though. I wonder if I can just switch the hboot from .97 to .76 in that one PC36img file I have and maybe it will run... Don't know but anyways...
Oh, I forgot to mention. I flashed an AmonRA v1.8 recovery earlier and while it didn't load it got farther than ANY other recovery I flashed. After the device shut down it said AmonRA v1.8 at the bottom of the black screen, for a split second, before it would go back into the HTC splash loop. It's not much farther but it worked "better" none the less... Anyways, just some food for thought
n00barmy said:
Yeah, It's getting replaced so if you have any suggestions, go ahead. I'll try anything, I've got nothing to lose at this point. Maybe we can find a solution before I have to turn it in (hopefully). Thanks for the info on the hboot versions, I didn't know that. It makes sense though. I wonder if I can just switch the hboot from .97 to .76 in that one PC36img file I have and maybe it will run... Don't know but anyways...
Oh, I forgot to mention. I flashed an AmonRA v1.8 recovery earlier and while it didn't load it got farther than ANY other recovery I flashed. After the device shut down it said AmonRA v1.8 at the bottom of the black screen, for a split second, before it would go back into the HTC splash loop. It's not much farther but it worked "better" none the less... Anyways, just some food for thought
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That is very interesting that you saw the RA recovery 1.8 at the bottom of the screen for a second. What hardware version is your phone? I believe 1.8.0 is only for phones with the older erase block size, which is hardware 002, and some 003. Some of the later 003 models were the new erase block size, which is 0040000. The old size is 0020000. If you're 0040000, 1.8.0 wouldn't work anyways.
As far as changing hboots go, if you're on 2.02 or 2.10 currently, you can't easily downgrade. If you're on something other than those, you should be able to switch hboots easily.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
irishgreen said:
Damn im sorry to hear about this..i hope that as mentioned above it isnt from too much flashing!! Cause i am what i would call an extreme flasher..lol i flash just about every new rom that drops to try it out
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Same here. Sorry for asking in here but does anyone know is there limit?.... and if yes how many time you can flash it, or may just go randomly?
k2buckley said:
That is very interesting that you saw the RA recovery 1.8 at the bottom of the screen for a second. What hardware version is your phone? I believe 1.8.0 is only for phones with the older erase block size, which is hardware 002, and some 003. Some of the later 003 models were the new erase block size, which is 0040000. The old size is 0020000. If you're 0040000, 1.8.0 wouldn't work anyways.
As far as changing hboots go, if you're on 2.02 or 2.10 currently, you can't easily downgrade. If you're on something other than those, you should be able to switch hboots easily.
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I'm actually not sure how to check that . But, As for the hboots, I have successfully downgraded from 2.10 to .076 three times as of right now. I have a few things I'm going to try in succession and I'll post the results .
n00barmy said:
I'm actually not sure how to check that . But, As for the hboots, I have successfully downgraded from 2.10 to .076 three times as of right now. I have a few things I'm going to try in succession and I'll post the results .
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The only way to check that (that I know of) is issuing a command from a shell. it would be something like cat /proc/mtd.
Is this the method you've been using to downgrade hboot?? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883548&highlight=downgrade+hboot ? Otherwise, I'm not sure... As far as I always understood, if you had the newer erase block size (some 003 and all 004 hardware) then downgrading from 2.02/2.10 hboot was not even possible (without making a brick). If you had hboot 2.02/2.10 on the older erase block size then you would be able to successfully downgrade. Anyhow, good luck with your efforts and please post your results.
Hi everyone,
First off, I'd like to thank the devs for their tireless work. I'm currently using CM 7.0.3, and it's working like a charm. I've been wanting to test out some Sense based ROMS as well, and nothing seems to be working.
LeeDroid 3.0.3. keeps me stuck at the HTC boot screen. Full wipe and then flashed in CMR. Waited two hours and nothing happened. I've tried this approximately 8 or 9 times over the past two days.
RCMix3D KINGDOM v0.2 boots me back into CMR (v.3.0.2.6). I followed the wipe instructions per the attached video. I've reflashed three times in the past hour, same result every time.
I'm currently:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD9815000)
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.09.04.11_M2
eMMC-boot
Am I missing something? I haven't partitioned my SD card yet (and to be completely honest, I'm not exactly sure how to go about doing that without losing my backups), but from what I gathered it doesn't seem to be absolutely essential. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Hi mjchung
mjchung said:
Hi everyone,
First off, I'd like to thank the devs for their tireless work. I'm currently using CM 7.0.3, and it's working like a charm. I've been wanting to test out some Sense based ROMS as well, and nothing seems to be working.
LeeDroid 3.0.3. keeps me stuck at the HTC boot screen. Full wipe and then flashed in CMR. Waited two hours and nothing happened. I've tried this approximately 8 or 9 times over the past two days.
RCMix3D KINGDOM v0.2 boots me back into CMR (v.3.0.2.6). I followed the wipe instructions per the attached video. I've reflashed three times in the past hour, same result every time.
I'm currently:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD9815000)
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.09.04.11_M2
eMMC-boot
Am I missing something? I haven't partitioned my SD card yet (and to be completely honest, I'm not exactly sure how to go about doing that without losing my backups), but from what I gathered it doesn't seem to be absolutely essential. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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It is Not Essential or Needed.
Something you probably did anyway but just in case, did you check the MD5 Checksums to those two no-booting Roms?
Take Care
TheQuest
Are you installing directly from CWM or via ROM Manager? 'Cause ROM Manager can mess up the install, so I'd advice againt using it...
I'm TheQuest said:
Hi mjchung
It is Not Essential or Needed.
Something you probably did anyway but just in case, did you check the MD5 Checksums to those two no-booting Roms?
Take Care
TheQuest
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Thanks for the prompt response-
Uh, looks like you've given me too much credit. I didn't check the MD5 checksums, and now it turns out they don't match. *Facepalm*
Like they say in in-flight safety messages, "the nearest exit may be right behind you".
So do I just try redownloading from different mirrors until they match up?
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tmh said:
Are you installing directly from CWM or via ROM Manager? 'Cause ROM Manager can mess up the install, so I'd advice againt using it...
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Yeah, I made sure not to make this mistake this time after nearly bricking a few weeks back. Thanks for the response though-
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mjchung said:
So do I just try redownloading from different mirrors until they match up?
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That's exactly how you do it
Hrm. So I redownloaded, performed the MD5 checksums, full wipes, installed through recovery. Still stuck on the HTC bootscreen.
BUT. Using AFV, I noticed I get different checksums once the .zip is on my SD card. I'm transferring via card reader. Is there a chance that the transfer process is somehow corrupting my roms?
Everything is possible. If you change anything in the ROM .zip before flashing, that'll change the MD5 as well.
The best way to transfer files is to mount the phone to the PC. Most reliable way.
raze599 said:
The best way to transfer files is to mount the phone to the PC. Most reliable way.
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THANK YOU! After three days of frustration, I've finally been able to flash successfully! I had no idea that transferring via card reader could alter the ROM so dramatically.
Again. THANK YOU!!
Oh, and thanks again to everyone who has chimed in to help me with this (admittedly elementary) issue!
Thanks all around!
I simply have done all i can - and it seems that i cant do it right. Please consider to help me, because im noob.
Before i state my problem i should say that i have googled an crossed xda forum for 4 days and without any improvement.
Problem I have is that, my phone randomly reboots at no particular time or place - but here come the details:
First, for purpose of unlocking phone from SIM lock from carrier, it was S-OFFed and rooted by someone else (previous owner).
Rom was installed - Oxygen 2.3.2. and it worked for few months without bugs.
Then, one day it restarted and stuck in bootloops, but it came up for few seconds, or some time (but not for long), and then again restarted and so on. Eventually it held enough to do a factory reset which generally helped, but with one strange thing - clock couldnt sync and loosed about an hour for 5-6 hours (really strange).
Then i decided to try some other ROM hoping to resolve clock issue.
When I go into HBOOt it says:
--- AlphaRev ---
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010 17:52:10
Then i went here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...p?t=1315961URL and done REALLY step by step whole procedure.
ROM was installed, along with -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1408936
It worked flawllessly for about half an hour an then started rebooting on no particular action - sometimes went up for some time few secs to 10-20 mins an then reboot and sometimes it got stuck in endless loop (only pulling the battery helped).
Since it went wrong, i tried to RESTORE previosly made BACKUP of mentioned OXYGEN ROM, but sadly, same thing happened all the time.
I was devasteted, didnt know what to do so I decided to get back to STOCK ROM via RUU. (thought it would solve the problem)
I used RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.14_Radio_32.49.00 .32U_5.11.05.27_release_224699_signed
Phone stayed S-OFF (obviosly for AlphaRev HBOOT) but have been preety stable comparing what was happening before, in terms: restarted few times for a day and allways rebooted back. Then i inserted other SIM card ant it began again with restarts as soon it went up and been up for 10-20 secs. After few reboots, it stabilised, but had different problem: couldnt add new account, and couldnt remove one I set up at the beginning (message said that i should do FACTORY reset if i want account removed). So I did factory reset - and NOTHING HAPPENED - evrything stayed exactly as it was - with account and everything.
Then i came across BORTAKs Guide ->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275632 and followed step one, although it doesnt exactly match my probs - in terms that my phone boots up most of the time, but restarts randomly...
So I did what I was supposed to do and installed CyanogenMod after following step 10 Amon Ra's Recovery (I have PVT4 device) but same thing continues to happen - reboots, apparently on trying to add account on phone...
SORRY FOR SUCH LONG POST, but Im out of ideas, and new to this so PLEASE< PLEASE HELP me if u somehow can...
Thanks in advice
goxyendzy said:
I simply have done all i can - and it seems that i cant do it right. Please consider to help me, because im noob.
Before i state my problem i should say that i have googled an crossed xda forum for 4 days and without any improvement.
Problem I have is that, my phone randomly reboots at no particular time or place - but here come the details:
First, for purpose of unlocking phone from SIM lock from carrier, it was S-OFFed and rooted by someone else (previous owner).
Rom was installed - Oxygen 2.3.2. and it worked for few months without bugs.
Then, one day it restarted and stuck in bootloops, but it came up for few seconds, or some time (but not for long), and then again restarted and so on. Eventually it held enough to do a factory reset which generally helped, but with one strange thing - clock couldnt sync and loosed about an hour for 5-6 hours (really strange).
Then i decided to try some other ROM hoping to resolve clock issue.
When I go into HBOOt it says:
--- AlphaRev ---
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010 17:52:10
Then i went here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...p?t=1315961URL and done REALLY step by step whole procedure.
ROM was installed, along with -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1408936
It worked flawllessly for about half an hour an then started rebooting on no particular action - sometimes went up for some time few secs to 10-20 mins an then reboot and sometimes it got stuck in endless loop (only pulling the battery helped).
Since it went wrong, i tried to RESTORE previosly made BACKUP of mentioned OXYGEN ROM, but sadly, same thing happened all the time.
I was devasteted, didnt know what to do so I decided to get back to STOCK ROM via RUU. (thought it would solve the problem)
I used RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.14_Radio_32.49.00 .32U_5.11.05.27_release_224699_signed
Phone stayed S-OFF (obviosly for AlphaRev HBOOT) but have been preety stable comparing what was happening before, in terms: restarted few times for a day and allways rebooted back. Then i inserted other SIM card ant it began again with restarts as soon it went up and been up for 10-20 secs. After few reboots, it stabilised, but had different problem: couldnt add new account, and couldnt remove one I set up at the beginning (message said that i should do FACTORY reset if i want account removed). So I did factory reset - and NOTHING HAPPENED - evrything stayed exactly as it was - with account and everything.
Then i came across BORTAKs Guide ->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275632 and followed step one, although it doesnt exactly match my probs - in terms that my phone boots up most of the time, but restarts randomly...
So I did what I was supposed to do and installed CyanogenMod after following step 10 Amon Ra's Recovery (I have PVT4 device) but same thing continues to happen - reboots, apparently on trying to add account on phone...
SORRY FOR SUCH LONG POST, but Im out of ideas, and new to this so PLEASE< PLEASE HELP me if u somehow can...
Thanks in advice
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Did you try to run RUU after flashing Alpharev downgrade to achieve S-ON gain, or you just ran it over Alpharev stock?
Also did you try to format sd card or to remove it from phone and than to boot it up?
It all seems like it was SIM unlocked by a "fake" code so that are the issues that can happen.
Plus: to gain SIM unlock you don't need S-off and root.
nlooooo said:
Did you try to run RUU after flashing Alpharev downgrade to achieve S-ON gain, or you just ran it over Alpharev stock?
Also did you try to format sd card or to remove it from phone and than to boot it up?
It all seems like it was SIM unlocked by a "fake" code so that are the issues that can happen.
Plus: to gain SIM unlock you don't need S-off and root.
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I ran it over Alpharev... Im really new to this so i ask for help.
U say that i should:
1) flash AlphaRev downgrade to achieve S-ON gain (HOW exactly? please link to some guide if exists)
2) then run RUU
I tried formatting SD card later, removed it, even change card and latest ROM (Cyanogen) is on other SD card and its all the same...
Thanks for fast reply
goxyendzy said:
I ran it over Alpharev... Im really new to this so i ask for help.
U say that i should:
1) flash AlphaRev downgrade to achieve S-ON gain (HOW exactly? please link to some guide if exists)
2) then run RUU
I tried formatting SD card later, removed it, even change card and latest ROM (Cyanogen) is on other SD card and its all the same...
Thanks for fast reply
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Yes, both steps. With that you will overwrite both hboot and radio to stock ones, that could be the things that made you problems. You will get S-on after flashing of RUU (I recomend 2.3) when your hboot is overwritten.
This is a good guide how to use ADB and fastboot (you will need fastboot for flashing of hboot):
http://androidforums.com/desire-all...fastboot-windows-updated-1st-june-2011-a.html
But reading your post I think that the problem is with unlocking (SIM). If a guy that sold you the phone said he did it with S-off and root he is laying, as I told you it can't be done with that. The problem can occur when you unlock the phone with a "fake code" that actually removes the part of phone's software used to check for carrier and not replacing critical parts (something like that).
There's a tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943726
Try to run it and see what you will get.
nlooooo said:
Yes, both steps. With that you will overwrite both hboot and radio to stock ones, that could be the things that made you problems. You will get S-on after flashing of RUU (I recomend 2.3) when your hboot is overwritten.
This is a good guide how to use ADB and fastboot (you will need fastboot for flashing of hboot):
http://androidforums.com/desire-all...fastboot-windows-updated-1st-june-2011-a.html
But reading your post I think that the problem is with unlocking (SIM). If a guy that sold you the phone said he did it with S-off and root he is laying, as I told you it can't be done with that. The problem can occur when you unlock the phone with a "fake code" that actually removes the part of phone's software used to check for carrier and not replacing critical parts (something like that).
There's a tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943726
Try to run it and see what you will get.
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Thanks in advance, ill try everything when i setup everything properly. Will update on progress! :good:
OK, at fisrt I have removed both SIM and SD cards and then:
1) flashed AlphaRev downgrade to achieve S-ON
2) then run RUU
Inserted only SIM card, and for now without reboots - but this was only 15 mins ago, so ill keep informing about case after testing, in hope not to get another reboot ever.
What I realised is thatr I dont have recovery?
Is this supposed to be? And how will I resolve problem If something unwanted occur?
Thanks a lot for Your help!
goxyendzy said:
OK, at fisrt I have removed both SIM and SD cards and then:
1) flashed AlphaRev downgrade to achieve S-ON
2) then run RUU
Inserted only SIM card, and for now without reboots - but this was only 15 mins ago, so ill keep informing about case after testing, in hope not to get another reboot ever.
What I realised is thatr I dont have recovery?
Is this supposed to be? And how will I resolve problem If something unwanted occur?
Thanks a lot for Your help!
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You have recovery, but it is stock one (pretty different to custom ones ).
Now after you flashed 2.3 RUU you probably have 1.02 hboot, so go here:
revolutionary.io
Download the tool and follow the process described to achieve s-off and root again (the problem you have have nothing connected with s-off and root but probably with some parts of system software which might be recovered now). During the process you will flash Clockworkmod recovery, from which you will install Superuser.apk. After that reboot the phone and go here:
4ext.net
Download Recovery updater, install it to your phone and flash 4ext recovery. Than from recovery you can restore backup you have from your old rom, but my suggestion is to go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
and find something for you, cause I think that you have to start from scratch to have a proper software (cause you already had problems with previous one).
If you're up to Oxygen again go here:
http://download.oxygen.im/roms/
but I think that there are a few roms on previous link that are based on Oxygen, but a little bit modified with some extra options.
Well, thanks really, but for now I would like to live things as they are...
I dont mind beeng S-ON and not rooted, if phone doesnt reboot again. I just need it functioning, without advanced options.
Are U suggesting that STOCK ROM is not the way I should go?
goxyendzy said:
Well, thanks really, but for now I would like to live things as they are...
I dont mind beeng S-ON and not rooted, if phone doesnt reboot again. I just need it functioning, without advanced options.
Are U suggesting that STOCK ROM is not the way I should go?
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It's the way I went for a long time until I started experimenting, mostly because a lack of space. After that I found the thread I posted (All things desire) and wanted to try some advanced roms (Sense 3.0, 3.5) even made some stuff on my own on that way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23101063#post23101063
My opinion is that stock roms are the best solution foe our device, cause it runs smoothest and I think that Sense is something that brings HTC devices above all other android devices. I've never been a fan of AOSP software but I tried it, just to see how it feels. I even used MIUI rom for some time as the first software option.
Anyway, the story with memory problem stays, but the main point for getting s-off and root again are diagnostic and flashing options cause on s-off device you can flash all crucial partitions that can cause problems (hboot and radio-see attachment) and change partition table layout to gain space (see alpharev.nl)
I hope I helped!
nlooooo said:
It's the way I went for a long time until I started experimenting, mostly because a lack of space. After that I found the thread I posted (All things desire) and wanted to try some advanced roms (Sense 3.0, 3.5) even made some stuff on my own on that way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23101063#post23101063
My opinion is that stock roms are the best solution foe our device, cause it runs smoothest and I think that Sense is something that brings HTC devices above all other android devices. I've never been a fan of AOSP software but I tried it, just to see how it feels. I even used MIUI rom for some time as the first software option.
Anyway, the story with memory problem stays, but the main point for getting s-off and root again are diagnostic and flashing options cause on s-off device you can flash all crucial partitions that can cause problems (hboot and radio-see attachment) and change partition table layout to gain space (see alpharev.nl)
I hope I helped!
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Since there are no reboots yet (I really hope its in past) U have been more than helpful! :good:
I still havent inserted sd card, and been consedering of getting a new one (with higher speed).
Also, as I see that U R my countryman (ko ce kome ako ne svoj svome), U have earned a few drinks when U come to my town!
I will be updating how things are regarding of this case.
Cheers :highfive:
goxyendzy said:
Since there are no reboots yet (I really hope its in past) U have been more than helpful! :good:
I still havent inserted sd card, and been consedering of getting a new one (with higher speed).
Also, as I see that U R my countryman (ko ce kome ako ne svoj svome), U have earned a few drinks when U come to my town!
I will be updating how things are regarding of this case.
Cheers :highfive:
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No problem, I'm holding you for your word!
If you have no reboots try to insert different carriers sim cards and see if it's still unlocked.
reboots again
nlooooo said:
No problem, I'm holding you for your word!
If you have no reboots try to insert different carriers sim cards and see if it's still unlocked.
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Reboots again...
After half a day of normal usage, I tried inserting another SIM (but from same carrier) and it started again...
Not so often but from time to time it reboots.
So I guess, at the end it seems it is hardware fault.
One strange thing thou (and it makes me wonder): When I try removing account it says I should do Factory Reset if I want to change that basic acc. But afrer performing Factory Reset NOTHING happens? Account is still there, along with other settings and/or installed apps.
Any ideas?
Invitation still holds
Hey guys, It's been long time since I've done any rooting or modding to my phone. However my HTC Evo 4G was not working properly at all. I would hit the back button and it would do a completely un-related function such as trying to remove the clock from the home screen. Anyway the phone is rooted I can't remember which version of android it was running, but this is the info at boot.
~Revolutionary~
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-OFF
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.01.15
Mar 8 2011, 17:02:15
What I did was at this menu under HBOOT I guess it would be, I selected recovery which loaded the Android System Recovery and went to wipe and I wiped everything except the sdcard. I did this, because I was very frustrated with this phone and the way it was acting. I did try a normal system restore first to no success.
Now I would just like to get the phone in working order again if possible. I've searched and searched, but I'm not exactly sure what I am looking for. I assume I need to either load a rom somehow or the boot image, but every rom installation video or txt I've read was all done through the app store.
I don't care to search and search, but what is it exactly I need to search for to fix this? All of the "won't boot" threads I've read I didn't see one that was similar to mine.
Many thanks in advance.
Just download a ROM and flash it. It sounds like you have the phantom presses problem. I've had a few devices replaced because of it.
G-Stress said:
Hey guys, It's been long time since I've done any rooting or modding to my phone. However my HTC Evo 4G was not working properly at all. I would hit the back button and it would do a completely un-related function such as trying to remove the clock from the home screen. Anyway the phone is rooted I can't remember which version of android it was running, but this is the info at boot.
~Revolutionary~
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-OFF
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.01.15
Mar 8 2011, 17:02:15
What I did was at this menu under HBOOT I guess it would be, I selected recovery which loaded the Android System Recovery and went to wipe and I wiped everything except the sdcard. I did this, because I was very frustrated with this phone and the way it was acting. I did try a normal system restore first to no success.
Now I would just like to get the phone in working order again if possible. I've searched and searched, but I'm not exactly sure what I am looking for. I assume I need to either load a rom somehow or the boot image, but every rom installation video or txt I've read was all done through the app store.
I don't care to search and search, but what is it exactly I need to search for to fix this? All of the "won't boot" threads I've read I didn't see one that was similar to mine.
Many thanks in advance.
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Download a ROM to your SD card, then boot to recovery. Wipe cache, Dalvik, data and system, then flash the ROM zip file, and reboot.
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FinZ28 said:
Download a ROM to your SD card, then boot to recovery. Wipe cache, Dalvik, data and system, then flash the ROM zip file, and reboot.
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
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Thanks guys for the very quick response! I figured that's what I needed to do, though I've never installed or flashed any roms and I'm sure I can figure that out quite easily. Just been awhile since I did any cell modding.
Again thanks!
G-Stress said:
Thanks guys for the very quick response! I figured that's what I needed to do, though I've never installed or flashed any roms and I'm sure I can figure that out quite easily. Just been awhile since I did any cell modding.
Again thanks!
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No worries, glad you got it worked out:thumbup:
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