Well, problem wasn't fixed, but the phone was lost/stolen; so it's gone and now at least I don't have to worry about this
I've spent the last 6 hours attempting to fix it, after spending 3 hours getting it onto the new network.. Posting this finally as a last resort..
...My previous phone stopped working, so my father gave me his old Sprint HTC Evo 4G. Called Straight Talk, Sprint, Father, Father's Boss (business line, needed pet's first name), Sprint, Straight Talk, paid $15 fee, activated!! Messages come in, 3G data shows, call works.
Fixed!
After a few minutes, I restart the phone as suggested, and BAM!, it begins to restart, and restart, and restart. I decide it must be Sprint bloatware attempting to do Sprint things, so I must root, ROM, and de-bloat.. I was able to get Smelkus Recovery working and flashed Classic v0.1.0 ROM, but it still reboots in 3-5 seconds after successfully starting. I have yet to ninja-in Airplane Mode again, but will try more later as the battery is low (seems it may need to be reset/calibrated)
Please, any and all help would be very much appreciated.. I cannot spring for a new phone right now and I really need to get phone access back online.
Thank you for your time
FIXED
Well, things start to get worse.. Soon enough, it won't even get past the HTC initial power-on screen. I still have access to fastboot, but cannot access stock then Smelkus recovery (starts HTC startup screen loop), nor reach the Sprint start-up screen.
I successfully unlocked the HBoot via HTCDev, then began to attempt to get an actual start by trying to run a few old RUU (signature fails) and flashing manually as another suggested each partition (got boot, radio, userdata, then system.img data length too large).
Still stuck at HTC EVO 4G loop. My biggest obstacles are broken links to builds and lack of complete information about solutions..
Here is my Hboot info:
Code:
*** UNLOCKED ***
SUPERSONIC EVT2-2 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224-16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.01.15
Dec 21 2011,12:50:32
Maybe your device have a Odin-like software that could flash a firmware?
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy Y s5360
Wickedfire.214 said:
Maybe your device have a Odin-like software that could flash a firmware?
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy Y s5360
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As far as I know, I can only fastboot flash at this time. I attempted earlier to install/flash a few RUU and OTA, via fastboot and the P6IMG.zip or something update method: both failed to authenticate. I saw another user mention flashing all specific partitions; but unfortunately, I don't have the files I need for that.
Back to the original problem
Luckily the Smelkus Recovery started working, and I did Super Wipe and flashed Classic v.0.1.0 ROM. It booted up successfully, but now continues to force reboot as soon as it starts up.This first started after a restart soon after activating it on Straight Talk. I once (before only Hboot was accessible) was able to quickly turn it onto Airplane Mode, and after it restarted it stayed on. I foolishly turned Airplane mode off after it had been on a while, hoping it had settled in: it immediately started rebooting again.
The phone had been on for several minutes, received messages, and made a call before I restarted it.. So I don't know why now it can't stay on..
Fixed, but now Battery Issues xD
Nailed it! Finally was able to quickly set Airplane Mode before it restarted. I then used the ROMs de-bloater to rid the system of all Sprint-related items: HTCSprintService, Sprint Hotspot, and several more. Also got rid of all the social networking bloatware, and a few other unnecessaries. I now can safely turn off Airplane Mode But, it seems the battery is juiced out, going from '100%' to dead in a 5 minute call. I'll let it fully charge and reset the battery stats, but I may just have to order a new battery.. Not the worst problem to have
Problem has returned! I've narrowed it down to 2 points: at start-up, 3-5 seconds after boot, and when I try to update the PRL. Any ideas on how to fix this? Originally, before I first restarted the phone after Straight Talk activation, I successfully updated my Profile and PRL, but now it seems to restart the reboot loop.
Related
This is a list of events that I have gone through today. I received a new charger because the old one I had became defective & was charging my phone up & then it would go back down to 0% & then shut off & it would end up in a problem where the phone would not turn on unless I pulled out the battery while the AC was in & then it was able to charge but still it would turn on, on its own to drain the battery when off & this was very frustrating. The charger I have now works but the device acts strange over the last few months doing a task29 & flashing the first ROM after would make that ROM not work & then I had to flash a totally different ROM to make it work. I was using Android & it had died a few times & also I experienced the same thing I did when it would charge up & go back down to 0%. please read below:
I got my new charger today & at 62% of charge I decided to flash to a custom ROM via mem card again well the ROM was a success but when pulling battery out to restart it didnt want to work. So I went to flash again in bootloader by memory card it shut off on me in the middle & restarted into bootloader again & shut off again right away. I did a task29 it worked got it out of bootloader & now the orange led flashes off & on when its off & now ive gotten that to stop. What exactly is wrong with this device?
it was @ 73% and finally setup a ROM NRGY however it ended up shutting off on its self & going into a power boot loop constantly restarting until that ROM can no longer start & now its stuck on the boot screen w/ its info.
I flashed the stock SPL on USB now im going to try to flash the carriers ROM back.
Stock SPL = Successful!
2nd Touch Pro 2 ROM Version Flash = Successful!
Its working for now. Battery is @ 80%
AHH! After charging to 100% idk what it did but when I went into the other room to check out its all possessed.
I have a black screen w/ white text that says:
The device is unable to boot because either you have turned off the device incorrectly or tried to install an application from untrusted source.
Press Volume Up to reset your device or press any other button to cancel.
This operation will delete all your personal data and restore the device to its factory default settings.
IDK how this happened.
When I hit any key it didnt do anything it was stuck until I did a battery pull. Then I restarted the device it was stuck at the boot screen w/ its red info. It erased the entire ROM. Then I tried to do recover mode & it did nothing. I tried to flash the stock ROM again & no results & then again & still no results. I think its now not accepting the ROM at all since from: in the ROM update utility is blank.
Now it decides to get past the boot screen but then it malfunctions again & restarts itself & it tries to setup a 2nd time then after it does & its on sense home for a couple of mins it reboots twice & now its stuck on the boot screen again.
Things that I can think of.
- Isn't your batterie just broken? You will break your batteries when you deplete them completely. Maybe try a new batterie, because you said that you let it die for a few times. It could be that this is causing your problems.
- Did you flash true usb when you were in the bootloader? Give that a try, because I believe that the customruu performs some sort of checks. Maybe this is nonsens, but you can try it.
The battery was fully charged & it was working better than before.
I reflashed the Stock SPL to flash the carriers ROM back & that worked but at anytime it just rebooted for whatever reason to make it so the ROM was unusable at any time I would reboot it would decide to actually go past it seldom. I experienced that at one point oddly it went into setup n it did it again after a while its just acting strange.
If you're back to stock SPL and stock ROM, can't you just send it back for a warranty replacement ?
IDK how old it is. I bought it brand new from ebay.
Viper Matrix Wireless said:
IDK how old it is. I bought it brand new from ebay.
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No warranty bro...
You can try but no warranty 9/10 times.
What ROM are you using? I used to have that issue with my betas.
It wld destroy itself after softreset and I would have to reflash.
Try to flash, turn off right after it boots, turn on and see how that works for ya.
Rep had told me I could get it replaced & they know I bought from ebay. But I havent called them on this yet.
It doesnt work. It usually doesnt go past the boot screen. Flashing does nothing to help it. Whenever it feels like it it may have to stay on for a few mins to go into setup but most of the time it will stay there & reboot, reboot, reboot, reboot each time its a different # of times & it will reset itself at anytime. Ive even had bootloader shut off on me & restart itself during flashing its a pain. I had another issue I didnt mention my device on any custom ROM when I had 0.85 olinex SPL the device would just freeze & not respond every time. Now this is a different situation. I am back of SPL 0.87 which is the default. I flashed the entire carrier ROM which 0.79 was rewritten w/ 0.87 & that was successful but its still rebooting & causing fatal problems including the black screen w/ white text.
UPDATE: I just walked into the kitchen. Somehow the device turned on by itself & now its sitting on the sense home screen. I know its not fixed but idk why it would turn itself on.
Moved as not ROM Development.
Try flashing task 29 1st... Might be because when you flash remnants of the older OS are still there causing trouble. Remember though, you need to have Hard SPLed it 1st....
I got so frustrated I just got done calling T-Mobile Tech Support & they are going to ship me a replacement.
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Try flashing task 29 1st... Might be because when you flash remnants of the older OS are still there causing trouble. Remember though, you need to have Hard SPLed it 1st....
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I thought I would reply to you.
This is what started my problems is when I did a task 29 my device was acting funny afterwards. I did it again about a month later cuz I flashed way too much & it kept getting worse. But Task29 didnt help this time its what caused me to have to flash 2 different ROMs cuz the first one I flash after doesnt work.
I received the battery & it didnt do anything.
I'm still waiting on the replacement to come.
I had to do a factory reset on my phone today from the recovery screen. When it rebooted it said applying update from Verizon. The only thing I can think of is on the FR it reverted to 2.2 then upgraded on loading. I couldnt bypass this though. Maybe if someone can figure out how to do a FR and bypass the auto update we would be back on 2.2. Any thoughts on this?
Can you please post in the correct sections, this is not android development.
Thread moved.
Maybe unactivate your phone first. Then factory reset? No data, no update
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It does it right as I turn it on. Even before it gives me the activate prompt. It shows the HTC boot logo then says updating software from Verizon Wireless. Then it boots up.
GB forcefed
Someone posted that he was able to boot into hboot and clear cashe and dav_,
And the prompting quit and he used AlphaRevX with success.
I think if you did a hard reset then set airplane mode it might work.
I don't know if AlphaRevX works on a phone before it's activated or with data off, or in airplane mode.
Good luck.
I just got my device 2 days ago i was having singal issues so i took it to verizon they exchanged it..When they exchanged it it came with 2.2.1 and i had to pull sd card and put it in airplane mode till i got home and rooted it and have just installed miui
I pulled the sd card and the sim card. Went into the HBoot and did a reset. It still pulled the update so Im not really sure what its doing when it says updating software.
What if you did a hard reset with the battery cover off since that is essentially the antenna?
It was off. Pulled SD card and SIM. I hit factory reset from the HBOOT white screen and then it boots to the HTC bootlogo. And a black screen that shows the OTA logo going to the phone is up and says updating software. Before the phones even booted.
I was meaning like get a different phone activated and do it while it's not activated
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Another idea that may or may not be easy for people is going somewhere that isn't on the Verizon network. I know that the basement of my work doesn't have a signal and when I did a factory reset about a month ago it let my phone boot and skip the activation since it didn't get a signal.
It does the update before it even boots and prompts me to activate.
hboot
Fasinationinmotion said:
It does the update before it even boots and prompts me to activate.
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What hboot version does it show?
Have you tried to clear cash in hboot?
I think if you had a standby phone to swich service to you could get by with getting s-off.
Just make sure the standby phone keeps your data plan, or you might get shoved into a teared plan...
Hi Friends,
I did a lot of searching and tried a bunch of things, but I am not very successful. Can you experts please tell me if my EVO is dead/gone for good?
Symtoms:
My Evo was charging (it was rooted and S-Off), I took the charger cable off, and the phone rebooted.
It went to the White HTC Evo screen that comes before any ROM boots, and basically looped their infinitely.
Since then, the symptoms have switched back and forth from Bootloops on the white screen OR STUCK on the white screen, infinitely.
Currently, I am getting white screen boot loops
Things I have tried:
1. Cleared Storage (via Bootloader/Fastboot)
2. Chose "Recovery" from Bootloader/Fastboot (nothing happens, reboots and stuck on the white screen or loops)
3. Reverted back to S-ON
4. Flashed other Recovery zips
5. Upgraded the Fastboot version
6. Flashed the RUU
Current Situation:
Nothing changed guys... and after the RUU flash (out of which the Radio flash was the only component that FAILED) my PC31IMG.zip files are no longer being promoted for updates in my Fastboot/Bootloader menu.
While the reboots continue on the white screen...
Can't access Recovery
Can't run PC36IMG.zips anymore
Am I done here guys, or is there still anything I can do to save my EVO?
Appreciate ALL your help!
Man I have the same problem execept I'm not rooted or s off if you change the battery and let it sit for awhile off it will turn on but it will reboot in about 5 mintues then get stuck on the sprint 4g screen of the htc screen
Hey theneguy,
Thanks for your response... My phone was rooted, but is now S-On and Unrooted, I believe (I can't tell because I am not able to get in the OS).
I can't get into Recovery and my PC31IMG is not being read now...
Any ideas, friends?
theneguy said:
Man I have the same problem execept I'm not rooted or s off if you change the battery and let it sit for awhile off it will turn on but it will reboot in about 5 mintues then get stuck on the sprint 4g screen of the htc screen
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same thing happened to my son, pulled sd card and it would boot fine, found and deleted a corrupt .img file on sd...all is fine
Latest Update guys:
I tried flashing the RUU via HBoot/Flashboot, and the update failed, but the progress bar at the screen was full/successful. The on-screen wizard tried to take me to the "Recovery" steps, nothing was fixed.
The computer wizard was stuck at: Sending Signature....
And the phone had the full progress bar from the previous flash.
So I yanked the battery out, cause I had no options left.
Well, needless to say, now, NOTHING turns on. The phone doesn't charge, and blah, blah, blah.
So guys, can someone give me a verdict... is my EVO done for good?
Thanks for your help.
I can't get in the recovery eather I tryed pulling the sd card out it is still doing the same thang
ProFragger said:
Hey theneguy,
Thanks for your response... My phone was rooted, but is now S-On and Unrooted, I believe (I can't tell because I am not able to get in the OS).
I can't get into Recovery and my PC31IMG is not being read now...
Any ideas, friends?
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It should be PC36IMG not 31.
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Thanks Mark,
But I don't think it matters anymore... I think with the battery pulled out after a failed RUU.exe installation has truly bricked my phone for good.
It doesn't charge, the battery was good, NOTHING lights up, and I just think it's game over...
MarkEv0 said:
It should be PC36IMG not 31.
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I think you're right...
Friends evo just started doing this today - he didn't make any changes or do anything to the phone to cause this. It just keeps cycling through the sprint splash screen/start up sound over and over.
its not rooted/unlocked - it's stock from sprint
If i try going into recovery, i get the black and white htc evo screen. And then I get an icon of a green arrow with green arrows circling around it and after a few seconds i get a red triangle with an exclamation mark in it, which i assume is a bad thing.
Is there anything I can do to try and fix this?
and again - stock, not rooted/not unlocked - running whatever rom is current with sprint.
thanks
Same here except sometimes times it loads up into android but after a few minutes it starts rebooting again. I rooted the phone to see if that would fix it but still stuck in boot loop with it occassionaly loading into android.
cellington77 said:
Same here except sometimes times it loads up into android but after a few minutes it starts rebooting again. I rooted the phone to see if that would fix it but still stuck in boot loop with it occassionaly loading into android.
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I just fixed my friends phone by doing the following:
downloaded this RUU RUU_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.67.651.3_Radio_2.15.00.12.19_NV_2.33_release_234563_signed.exe
download htc sync
installed htc sync
uninstalled htc sync (keep the drivers).
press the power btn and the volume down button until you get into hboot - wait a few seconds for it to fully boot. Select fastboot. Plug your phone into your pc. Run the RUU - wait a few minutes for it to do it's thing and phone is working now.
not sure how this will work for you if your phone is rooted, as this was done on an unrooted phone.
Infinite boot loop
Stock Evo Infinite Boot Loop
I have been trying to fix my daughter's evo 4g from Sprint. Its at least 2 years old. She no longer uses it because it went into infinite boot loop. Itws not hooked up and is in no warranty.
I have done the hard factory reset. There is no issue with saqving anything on the phone. I have tried everything I could find so far in the forums. I may have missed some things. idk.
Ive wiped cache.
This is what I got in the info on the phone.
supersonic EVT2 Ship s-on
H-2.16.0001
MICROP 841F
TOUCHPANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.05.02
MAR 82011.17.02:15
I tried using the ruu..
RUU_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.67.651.3_Radio_2.15 .00.12.19_NV_2.33_release_234563_signed.exe
MD5 Sum: 045e93a459183b144d29f18fc2a332fa
Still stuck in boot loop. But now it says in pink above supersonic...Locked..oow
Before when I was using recovery I got these messages..
CANT OPEN CACHE/RECOVER/COMMAND
WIPING DATE
CANT OPEN /DATA/CWPHG.ZIP
CANT OPEN /DATA/CWPROP
CANT OPEN CACHE//CWPKG
CANT OPEN cache/cw.prop
formatting cache
data wipe complete
This is completely stock. Never been rooted or changed in any way.
This is my daughter's exact message about problems she was having:
"it seems to me that it gets overheated sometimes. like it seems the battery is getting too hot. i dunno john had the problem with his evo one time but he took it and had sprint reset it which is pretty much the same thing you do yourself i think. his was fixed but mine wasnt.i didnt get sprint to reset it for me. i never dropped it or anything i dont know. i hope you can get it fixed though. i liked the phone when it was working good. it seems like it can go for awhile sometimes without rebooting and i could talk on it but as soon as i would hang up it would go into loop again.it was hot.i even tried making the screen darker so maybe it wouldnt get so hot."
Sorry not to be briefer. Please..anyone with suggestions?
Thanks
Possibly use odin to flash the stock image?
redheadstranger said:
Stock Evo Infinite Boot Loop
I have been trying to fix my daughter's evo 4g from Sprint. Its at least 2 years old. She no longer uses it because it went into infinite boot loop. Itws not hooked up and is in no warranty.
I have done the hard factory reset. There is no issue with saqving anything on the phone. I have tried everything I could find so far in the forums. I may have missed some things. idk.
Ive wiped cache.
This is what I got in the info on the phone.
supersonic EVT2 Ship s-on
H-2.16.0001
MICROP 841F
TOUCHPANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.05.02
MAR 82011.17.02:15
I tried using the ruu..
RUU_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.67.651.3_Radio_2.15 .00.12.19_NV_2.33_release_234563_signed.exe
MD5 Sum: 045e93a459183b144d29f18fc2a332fa
Still stuck in boot loop. But now it says in pink above supersonic...Locked..oow
Before when I was using recovery I got these messages..
CANT OPEN CACHE/RECOVER/COMMAND
WIPING DATE
CANT OPEN /DATA/CWPHG.ZIP
CANT OPEN /DATA/CWPROP
CANT OPEN CACHE//CWPKG
CANT OPEN cache/cw.prop
formatting cache
data wipe complete
This is completely stock. Never been rooted or changed in any way.
This is my daughter's exact message about problems she was having:
"it seems to me that it gets overheated sometimes. like it seems the battery is getting too hot. i dunno john had the problem with his evo one time but he took it and had sprint reset it which is pretty much the same thing you do yourself i think. his was fixed but mine wasnt.i didnt get sprint to reset it for me. i never dropped it or anything i dont know. i hope you can get it fixed though. i liked the phone when it was working good. it seems like it can go for awhile sometimes without rebooting and i could talk on it but as soon as i would hang up it would go into loop again.it was hot.i even tried making the screen darker so maybe it wouldnt get so hot."
Sorry not to be briefer. Please..anyone with suggestions?
Thanks
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Been awhile since i did this. But search "revolutionary s-off". Do this to gain s-off. Download and flash "smelkus recovery" (find directions in post, search xda). Then try wiping everything and installing a room.
Might work, might not... but if not, that's a stylish paper weight
Riding the Uni on the GSIII
Please Help
I've been trying to fix my wife's phone for the last 26 hrs....stayed up all night reading, and reading, and.....reading. All sorts of threads out there, but nothing specific to the problem I'm having.
I was preparing to root her phone (Evo 4g), powered it down, and loaded up HBOOT to check the version numbers and such. I didn't change anything or install anything...simply selected reboot and at that point the phone went into a boot loop.
Eventually it loaded to the lock screen where it said, "no signal" and would proceed from that back to the boot loop. (white screen of death as some say)
the loading time for the 1st and 2nd splash screens are what consumed most of my time. between 6-15 min.
So this is a stock evo 4g, no root, s-on.
I decided that If i wipe the phone and root it, it would most likely resolve the problem. ....apparently not so.
Currently, i now possess a rooted evo 4g.
Revolutionary
supersonic evt3 ship s-off
hboot-6.16.1002
microp-041f
touch panel-atmel224_16ab
radio-2.15.00.05.02
I can access recovery, i'm using RA-supersonic-v4.3-smelkusMOD
I was able to load lewa-12.12.18-supersonic-stable.f78e43.zip
I get to the unlock screen and my touch screen doesn't work.
Is there a way to fix the touch screen? it doesn't respond at all.
before i flashed this one, the only other one I could get to load was Digital Karma V8, that one works with the touch, but I can't get it to load now. It just fires back into the perpetual loop.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a million...
Huh-boy, sounds like a world of hurt you've been going through.
Hmm, I'm running the exact sane setup you are, don't ya love DKV8 (well, when it works for you, of course)?
As for your wife's phone, common sense tells me It's a hardware issue... And what stinks is that to get a recovery on there you need to root, which means you have to get into the phone... Weird. I'm hoping she has a warranty of some sort, might wanna get a new one. Then again, you could still be able to root it using adb or something, try searching that.
As for your phone, have you tried wiping, reflashing, etc? Fixing permissions in smelkus?
And how are you wiping before flashing V8? Personally, I do a factory reset first, then super wipe, then wipe battery stats, rotate stats, temp files.... Pretty much everything but the SD card, then I flash, wipe cache and dalvik, then reboot. Should be a nice and clean install. If that doesn't work, it could be your Rom zip, might've gotten corrupted during download, try downloading again.
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Please Help
I've been trying to fix my wife's phone for the last 26 hrs....stayed up all night reading, and reading, and.....reading. All sorts of threads out there, but nothing specific to the problem I'm having.
I was preparing to root her phone (Evo 4g), powered it down, and loaded up HBOOT to check the version numbers and such. I didn't change anything or install anything...simply selected reboot and at that point the phone went into a boot loop.
Eventually it loaded to the lock screen where it said, "no signal" and would proceed from that back to the boot loop. (white screen of death as some say)
the loading time for the 1st and 2nd splash screens are what consumed most of my time. between 6-15 min.
So this is a stock evo 4g, no root, s-on.
I decided that If i wipe the phone and root it, it would most likely resolve the problem. ....apparently not so.
Currently, i now possess a rooted evo 4g.
Revolutionary
supersonic evt3 ship s-off
hboot-6.16.1002
microp-041f
touch panel-atmel224_16ab
radio-2.15.00.05.02
I can access recovery, i'm using RA-supersonic-v4.3-smelkusMOD
I was able to load lewa-12.12.18-supersonic-stable.f78e43.zip
I get to the unlock screen and my touch screen doesn't work.
Is there a way to fix the touch screen? it doesn't respond at all.
before i flashed this one, the only other one I could get to load was Digital Karma V8, that one works with the touch, but I can't get it to load now. It just fires back into the perpetual loop.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a million...
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I dont have this phone, but I once had a Shift, after I got it back from repairs the touch wasn't working. A simple battery pull fixed it. Hope that is your issue as well eventhough it would be painful for that to be what was wrong with it this whole time. 26 hours is a long time to be awake lol.