Hello All,
I recently rooted my EVO3D using the HTCDEV method because the bootloader was version 1.5.
Here are the steps I followed to root (sorry for the copy and past but I want to be as detailed as possible)
Files Used
su 2.3.6.3
TWRP Recovery
Steps Taken:
1)Take both the su.zip and recovery.img files and put them in your sdk tools folder.
2)Now do the following in ur command prompt, hitting enter after each command.
3)Code:adb push recovery.img /sdcard/And,
4)Code:adb push su-2.3.6.3.zip /sdcard/Then,
5)Code:adb reboot bootloaderUr phone will go to fastboot and should look like the after picture above. Now you can flash the twrp recovery, so do,
6)Code:fastboot flash recovery recovery.imgIt will ouput something like this,
7)Code:sending 'recovery' <5068 KB>... OKAY////writing 'recovery'... OKAY///finished. total time: 11.355sNow you have twrp recovery, so you can navigate to it. On ur phone, use the power button to pick bootloader, then scroll down to recovery and pick that. You will then be booted into recovery.
8)Here you can pick "install zip" and then pick the "su-2.3.6.3.zip"
It will flash, the you can pick "back to main menu", then "reboot system now"
9)You will boot back up and have working Superuser. I have had no trouble with Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, Quick Boot or any other app that requires root. Before you do too much, it would be good to go back to recovery and do a Nandroid backup. Always best to get one ready before you start modding anything.
All of this worked fine, and the phone was "unlocked."
Then, I flashed the most recent version of CleanRom (2.7)
Again, the phone worked fine, battery life was a little crappy.
I decided to flash Ziggy's kernel.I flashed the kernel simply by putting on the SD card, and then rebooting into recovery. This worked fine as well, but I noticed some of the buttons for example the menu popups displayed volume where it should have said more, or bluetooth options where it should have said preferences. so this is where the trouble started, I downloaded kernel manager, and flashed silverneedle through that program. Now, I am stuck at the White HTC Splash screen bootloop. The phone turns on and after 15 seconds reboots, and reboots, and reboots.
What Ive attempted:
I have done countless wipes and clears of the dalvik cache and cache
ive formatted the system and the date sections (advanced menu in twrp)
ive reflashed the rom after wiping countless times
ive tried flashing different kernels in recovery to no avail
factory reset and wipe havent helped
im not concerned losing the contents of the SD card
I need help because I already had two phone claims in the past 11 months, and if I claim another lost phone I will lose insurance for life with Asurion (sprint)
anytips or help would be greatly appreciated
i can provide any additional info
Similar situation, Not sure if you've already solved the problem but I'm going to copy paste my solution from another thread...
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but this is a preety derp question. I've gone across the internet and tried a lot of reflashing to repair my sort of "bricked" evo. What happened, was that I had a evo 3d s-on htc bootloader unlocked, with custom recovery -clockwork..anyways I had flashed the leedroid 3d 4.0 rom and It worked the only problem was my wifi, so i attempted to flash another kernel onto it, but I had accidently flashed "Rcmix" kernel which I later found out was cdma =.=. so now my phone keeps rebooting at the htc screen, it would just load up with the green htc letters, then after 10 seconds or so it'd reboot, and then begin the process again. I can boot into bootloader and recovery but whatever I flash doesn't seem to work including restoring my backups...and then the battery died so i couldn't even charge it or go in. But i managed to work out I could load into bootloader from the CMD and the furthest i've gotten to is to have the bootloader show FASTBOOT USB. SO I must be getting somewhere...? I did read that i had to load from the cmd and not just from power+vol down..but I'd appreciate any help towards restoring my phone to the way it is or at least before i flashed the rcmix.
Just a note tho I've tried factory resetting but all i get is that it loads into recovery at the bootloader options i dont get "clear storage" as an option and "restore to factory settings" and what not just boots me into recovery agian.
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I Managed to fix the phoneeee!!!..just for future preferences and anyone else who has this problem...
I followed bits and piece of IL DUCE's advice to izzy spun, the important part was booting the recovery from cmd. I wasn't able to "erase recovery" But I tried just booting it,
First I would remove the battery,
Put it back in,
Plug the usb cable in
1. Type command, from your Adb/fasboot folder, "adb reboot-bootloader"
2. After that I made sure my bootloader said "Fastboot USB", and then I issued the command, "fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooteru.img" or with whatever recovery you had..
3. From there I restored from my backups my original rom. Rebooting, and fixed.
--- and It worked. At the time I was on clock work recovery, i only had the Revolutionary recovery img. Cwm-4.0.14.-shooteru.img to be exact,
after going in there I just cleared the cache and davlik and then, proceeded to restore my backups (I'm not sure if it would've worked if I had re-flashed the leedroid or a custom rom)
and then I simply rebooted the phone, and it got back into my phones original state before leedroid (as I had Only backedup before then)....
Apologies for the lengthly post, but I guess reading does help, but I've been going nuts before I managed to fix this. Just thought I'd leave this post incase someone were to need this.
Same problem
Hi there. I just recently joined so excuse my noobness but i have a similar problem. I recently just rooted my evo 3d sprint with the the boot 1.5 and everything went well. I decided i wanted to overclock my phone so i followed zeemaxs way. Before going into the overclock procedure i decided to do the the RCMIX Evo 3d kernel v. 2.2.3 first so i would have better results when done with the overclock procedure.I bootup the kernel through the recovery mode on the phone butit failed to load so i just reeboted. After that my wifi and 4g stopped working. So i downloaded an app on the market called "flash image GUI" which lets me flash the kernels through the app. I flashed the RCMIX kernel and rebooted and now im stuck ima boot loop. I COULD just go back and back up to my old rom and settings etc...........but the problem is i dintmake any kind of back up or recovery i think. I know i know im stupid and an idiot but i just sort of panicked n ended up with this. If anyone can help please tell me.I do not want to pay for a new phone at full price. PLEASE HELP THIS POOR NOOB!!!!! X(
awsomepanda20 said:
Hi there. I just recently joined so excuse my noobness but i have a similar problem. I recently just rooted my evo 3d sprint with the the boot 1.5 and everything went well. I decided i wanted to overclock my phone so i followed zeemaxs way. Before going into the overclock procedure i decided to do the the RCMIX Evo 3d kernel v. 2.2.3 first so i would have better results when done with the overclock procedure.I bootup the kernel through the recovery mode on the phone butit failed to load so i just reeboted. After that my wifi and 4g stopped working. So i downloaded an app on the market called "flash image GUI" which lets me flash the kernels through the app. I flashed the RCMIX kernel and rebooted and now im stuck ima boot loop. I COULD just go back and back up to my old rom and settings etc...........but the problem is i dintmake any kind of back up or recovery i think. I know i know im stupid and an idiot but i just sort of panicked n ended up with this. If anyone can help please tell me.I do not want to pay for a new phone at full price. PLEASE HELP THIS POOR NOOB!!!!! X(
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What your going to have to do is flash the original kernel you started with. thats why your in a bootloop
Similar problem
Hi everyone!
I have a kind of similar problem, so I won't post it in a new thread.
Yesterday I rooted my phone following this guide: androidforums.com/evo-3d-all-things-root/494212-complete-newbies-guide-rooting-flashing-evo-3d-roms-kernels-using-fastboot . html (i am not allowed to post links to prevent spam).
I unlocked it with htcdev and installed a custom ROM without getting any errors. After restarting the phone, it got into a boot loop; it showed the starting animations of htc and the ROM and then shut down again.
Here some more information:
-Evo 3d Europe gsm
-hboot 1.5
-s-on
-image version 3.28.401
-installed ROMs using clockworkrecoverymod (as proposed in guide)
I have tried these ROMs (all leading to boot loop):
ICS NonSense
Cyanogen Mod 10 – DisarmedToaster (v. 1.4 and 1.5)
Jelly Bean 3d (by Ubuntuz)
SAD 2.1 DEsenseX
I installed the ROMs by doing:
Connect device via usb > flash boot.img via fastboot (from pc) > clear Cashe/UserData/DalvikVM > install rom.zip from sdcard > reboot
I really don't know what to try
Any ideas how I could install a running Android OS are highly appreciated.
Thx for any help
Problem solved!
Ok, I solved the problem by simply relocking the phone and installing the stock ROM with the RUU.exe
RUU.exe
I'm glad someone else mentioned Relocking before running the RUU. I've read several posts be others that have actually stated that Relocking wasn't necessary but in order for the RUU to take you have to Relock. IF you get a chance check out CoolICS Rom and MeanRom both are pretty good.
Thanks all for the help, had to revisit this issue today.
Hi, I have foolishly (possibly?) wiped Android off of my OneX
I was attempting to apply the Tegra tweak and well things went downhill.
I successfully unlocked the bootloader from HTCdev.
I proceeded to apply Interim ClockworkMod to gain root access
This is where things started to go wrong. Any new reboot would only take me to Clockworkmod screen.
I tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599748
clear cache, davik cache... relocking the bootloader - This results in the device constantly rebooting.
I attempted to apply the RUU ROM's ( from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543604)
From within ClockworkMod I was then able to:
adb push One_X_1.26.401.2_odexed.zip /sdcard/
Once there I used ClockworkMod to apply an update zip (which I was hoping was the Stock ROM).
A reboot just brought me back to Clockwork.
I then locked the bootloader ( fastboot oem lock. ) hoping it would then proceed to boot as expected.
It didn't just going to HBOOT or an attempted recovery (isometric view of a phone with a green arrowed circle -> RED triangle).
Please someone help, starting to panic a bit. The fact I can upload, the fact that there is some basic interactions should imply this is fixable, but how?
The boot to recovery sounds like you have the same problem that I had.
Perhaps you followed the same incorrect instructions as I did. See here for a solution.
mwhincup said:
The boot to recovery sounds like you have the same problem that I had.
Perhaps you followed the same incorrect instructions as I did. See here for a solution.
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This may help.
with the locked bootloader you will only be able to run a proper ruu so before even attempting the instruction above unlock your bootloader again and proceed from there.
I might start working on some core .IMG files that can be flashed through fastboot to get you going again tomorrow
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
THANKS!!!
booted back to the lovely ICS desktop
It looks like I did end up flashing RUU since none of the Vodafone branding is present (and it is actually better!)
No idea what went wrong but probably flashed over the boot as hinted at in the other thread.
The provided img files assisted. just need to get this Tegra thing working (not showing up as a running/registered process but thats another story)
Thanks all
Hi guys so I've managed to accidentally bricked my phone and I've been trying to find a way to fix it for days. It's driving me NUTS!!!
So I was trying to install the Harman Kardon feature on my phone buy unlocking it but failed to turn the S-Off. I was following a couple of youtube videos which told me to go to TWRP and wipe all my memory and forgetting to inform the viewers to back everything up until after the video. It's still my fault but my phone is stuck on the logo screen when I try to turn it on which means I deleted the OS. PLEASE HELP!!!
My phone is in this status right now
*** TAMPERED ***
*** RELOCKED ***
*** Security Warning ***
M8_UL PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.18.0.0000
RADIO-1/19.21331147A1.09G
OpenDSP-v38.2.2-00542-M8974.0311
OS-
eMMC-boot 2048MB
Aug 2 2014,00:28:44.0
My computer won't even recognize my phone when its connected to my pc. I absolutely love this phone and if I can fix it, that'll be ****ing out of this world.
Unlock bootloader using your Unlock_code.bin from htc.
Flash custom recovery
Root
Flash rom
Done!!
clown6198 said:
Hi guys so I've managed to accidentally bricked my phone and I've been trying to find a way to fix it for days. It's driving me NUTS!!!
So I was trying to install the Harman Kardon feature on my phone buy unlocking it but failed to turn the S-Off. I was following a couple of youtube videos which told me to go to TWRP and wipe all my memory and forgetting to inform the viewers to back everything up until after the video. It's still my fault but my phone is stuck on the logo screen when I try to turn it on which means I deleted the OS. PLEASE HELP!!!
My phone is in this status right now
*** TAMPERED ***
*** RELOCKED ***
*** Security Warning ***
M8_UL PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.18.0.0000
RADIO-1/19.21331147A1.09G
OpenDSP-v38.2.2-00542-M8974.0311
OS-
eMMC-boot 2048MB
Aug 2 2014,00:28:44.0
My computer won't even recognize my phone when its connected to my pc. I absolutely love this phone and if I can fix it, that'll be ****ing out of this world.
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stathis95194 said:
Unlock bootloader using your Unlock_code.bin from htc.
Flash custom recovery
Root
Flash rom
Done!!
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I got the code and everything but when I connect my phone to the pc. It just makes a noise saying it's connected but I can't do anything.
clown6198 said:
I got the code and everything but when I connect my phone to the pc. It just makes a noise saying it's connected but I can't do anything.
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so what's the output of:
adb devices
Edit: You don't have an OS so adb won't work. Try fastboot devices
Yet another user stuck because they followed a tutorial or video guide, instead of taking the time to learn, read, and really understand the steps and concepts. This is exactly why I discourage such tutorials or YouTube guides (and Toolkits as well), as they leave you completely unequipped to recover if you have a problem, leaving your buddies at XDA to clean up the mess.
YouTube video or not, you shouldn't be doing anything you don't understand, and you shouldn't be wiping anything if you don't understand what the result will be.
You will need to troubleshoot the USB connectivity issue first. From there, unlock the bootloader again, install custom recovery and flash a ROM (as stathis95194 has already stated).
stathis95194 said:
so what's the output of:
adb devices
Edit: You don't have an OS so adb won't work. Try fastboot devices
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So I managed to Unlock my phone again through fastboot via cmd and I have twrp installed. I have no idea how to flash a ROM. If you can help me with that, I'll be forever in your dept
clown6198 said:
So I managed to Unlock my phone again through fastboot via cmd and I have twrp installed. I have no idea how to flash a ROM. If you can help me with that, I'll be forever in your dept
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Either adb push the desired ROM file to the phone's memory, or put a ROM on a removable SD using a card reader (connected to your computer). Then boot into TWRP, select Install, and find the ROM file and flash it.
redpoint73 said:
Either adb push the desired ROM file to the phone's memory, or put a ROM on a removable SD using a card reader (connected to your computer). Then boot into TWRP, select Install, and find the ROM file and flash it.
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will this work even with the S-ON?
clown6198 said:
will this work even with the S-ON?
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Of course. I wouldn't be telling you to do it, otherwise.
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Of course. I wouldn't be telling you to do it, otherwise.
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sorry, so I did send you a message saying if fixed this problem but I guess it didnt. I managed to put a rom in my phone through cmd and I swiped install and goes through the whole installing process. But when I reboot my phone after the installation, it's still stuck in the HTC logo and when I go back to the bootloader, the OS is still empty. What do I do!!!
Honestly, I would just install Philz recovery instead of TWRP and try to either install the ROM zip directly (after a full wipe), or sideload the ROM zip from your PC.
clown6198 said:
sorry, so I did send you a message saying if fixed this problem but I guess it didnt. I managed to put a rom in my phone through cmd and I swiped install and goes through the whole installing process. But when I reboot my phone after the installation, it's still stuck in the HTC logo and when I go back to the bootloader, the OS is still empty. What do I do!!!
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Hmm. It looks like you're on the old radio. If that's the case and you downloaded a ROM based off of the 2.x firmware, you'll get a solid 10 minute boot time. Find a ROM for your device that is based off of the 1.x firmware and download that. To get your device out of the bootloop and back into boot loader/recovery, hold power and volume up for quite some time until the screen shuts off. Then, hold power down while the screen is black and you'll be in the boot loader. From there you can use the arrow keys to select recovery. Of it isn't there, first select fastboot or hboot and look for it there. You should be in recovery, now you can go ahead and push the file to your phone. Ensuring it is a sense ROM based off of the 1.x firmware, go to wipe and do the standard swipe to wipe (will erase app data not pictures or downloads), then go into install and select your ROM and swipe. Be patient while your device turns on for the initial boot, it might take a while but your phone should be functional after that.
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Hmm. It looks like you're on the old radio. If that's the case and you downloaded a ROM based off of the 2.x firmware, you'll get a solid 10 minute boot time.
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That was my initial thought as well (long boot time due to outdated 1.xx firmware) but the hboot and radio number given in post #1 indicate that OP seems to be on 2.xx firmware.
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clown6198 said:
sorry, so I did send you a message saying if fixed this problem but I guess it didnt. I managed to put a rom in my phone through cmd and I swiped install and goes through the whole installing process. But when I reboot my phone after the installation, it's still stuck in the HTC logo and when I go back to the bootloader, the OS is still empty. What do I do!!!
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What ROM did you try?
How long did you wait for the phone to boot? First boot after flashing a ROM will take a while, maybe 5 minutes or so.
OS not indicated on the bootloader screen doesn't mean anything (doesn't necessarily indicate a problem with the OS not installed). Its a known bug, and might be blank even if the OS is present.
As previous replies suggest, try a different ROM or another recovery (Philz/CWM).
Also, make sure you do the default wipe in TWRP (which wipes Dalvik, cache, and data) before flashing any ROM (and likewise in CWM). Other partitions do not need to be wiped (in particular, don't wipe Internal Storage, as you will lose the ROM you just pushed to the phone), but failure to wipe data in itself can cause failure to boot.
redpoint73 said:
That was my initial thought as well (long boot time due to outdated 1.xx firmware) but the hboot and radio number given in post #1 indicate that OP seems to be on 2.xx firmware.
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What ROM did you try?
How long did you wait for the phone to boot? First boot after flashing a ROM will take a while, maybe 5 minutes or so.
OS not indicated on the bootloader screen doesn't mean anything (doesn't necessarily indicate a problem with the OS not installed). Its a known bug, and might be blank even if the OS is present.
As previous replies suggest, try a different ROM or another recovery (Philz/CWM).
Also, make sure you do the default wipe in TWRP (which wipes Dalvik, cache, and data) before flashing any ROM (and likewise in CWM). Other partitions do not need to be wiped (in particular, don't wipe Internal Storage, as you will lose the ROM you just pushed to the phone), but failure to wipe data in itself can cause failure to boot.
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Hi so Im in TWRP. I pushed a ROM called Android_Revolution_HD-One_M8_11.1 which is supposedly the closest rom to a stock one. I tried flashing the ROM many times, Im in the process of flashing it again after whiping like you said. The result is the same. After the installation, the phone goes back into TWRP for a slip second and the screen just phases out and turns off. After that, I have to reboot the phone into bootloader again. No luck in getting the OS started. If you guys can recommend me a ROM to try out that's based off of 1.x like the PHILZ one with a link. that'll be awesome
Thanks,
clown6198
clown6198 said:
After the installation, the phone goes back into TWRP for a slip second and the screen just phases out and turns off. After that, I have to reboot the phone into bootloader again. No luck in getting the OS started. If you guys can recommend me a ROM to try out that's based off of 1.x like the PHILZ one with a link. that'll be awesome
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I don't think the ROM being 1.x based versus 2.x is your issue. The radio number and hboot number you listed in Post #1 indicate you are on firmware compatible with 2.x ROMs. Being on outdated firmware doesn't cause the issue you describe, anyway. With outdated firmware, the ROM will still boot but just stalls for a long time (10 minutes) on the HTC screen before booting properly.
PhilZ is a recovery, not a ROM. You can find it (and a great many other useful things) on this thread sticky at the top of the General section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694600
I'd try adb wipe cache, then flash TWRP again, or install Philz CWM recovery. Then try to flash the ROM again.
You can also try to download the ROM again to make sure it wasn't corrupted during download. The adb push went okay with no errors?
You can also try one of the stock backups from the collection (adb push to phone and Restore using the appropriate recovery TWRP or PhilZ): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
We're getting very close, hang in there.
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That was my initial thought as well (long boot time due to outdated 1.xx firmware) but the hboot and radio number given in post #1 indicate that OP seems to be on 2.xx firmware.
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What ROM did you try?
How long did you wait for the phone to boot? First boot after flashing a ROM will take a while, maybe 5 minutes or so.
OS not indicated on the bootloader screen doesn't mean anything (doesn't necessarily indicate a problem with the OS not installed). Its a known bug, and might be blank even if the OS is present.
As previous replies suggest, try a different ROM or another recovery (Philz/CWM).
Also, make sure you do the default wipe in TWRP (which wipes Dalvik, cache, and data) before flashing any ROM (and likewise in CWM). Other partitions do not need to be wiped (in particular, don't wipe Internal Storage, as you will lose the ROM you just pushed to the phone), but failure to wipe data in itself can cause failure to boot.
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redpoint73 said:
I don't think the ROM being 1.x based versus 2.x is your issue. The radio number and hboot number you listed in Post #1 indicate you are on firmware compatible with 2.x ROMs. Being on outdated firmware doesn't cause the issue you describe, anyway. With outdated firmware, the ROM will still boot but just stalls for a long time (10 minutes) on the HTC screen before booting properly.
PhilZ is a recovery, not a ROM. You can find it (and a great many other useful things) on this thread sticky at the top of the General section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694600
I'd try adb wipe cache, then flash TWRP again, or install Philz CWM recovery. Then try to flash the ROM again.
You can also try to download the ROM again to make sure it wasn't corrupted during download. The adb push went okay with no errors?
You can also try one of the stock backups from the collection (adb push to phone and Restore using the appropriate recovery TWRP or PhilZ): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
We're getting very close, hang in there.
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ahahaha THANK you so much!!!! I got the phone to work but now the problem is, I cant get the sound to work when Im playing music. I installed the harman kardon software and I cant get the music to work at all
clown6198 said:
I installed the harman kardon software and I cant get the music to work at all
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I believe you need appropriate firmware in order to run the HK mod. Not sure where this is discussed, but I've seen it mentioned a few times. Try searching the thread where you go the HK mod.
Just curious, what steps did you take exactly, to get the booted?
redpoint73 said:
I believe you need appropriate firmware in order to run the HK mod. Not sure where this is discussed, but I've seen it mentioned a few times. Try searching the thread where you go the HK mod.
Just curious, what steps did you take exactly, to get the booted?
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Damn. Apparently I need to get s-off in order for the harman kardon to work. Just need to uninstall harman kardon now... But yea sorry all I needed was to flash the rom. I didn't know the booting was going to take 5 mins and over. I thought that I was just stuck on the HTC logo. all I needed was to be patient ahaha Thanks a lot guys
...I think
I would gladly give a better Topic Title but i can't. Maybe you guys can give further troubleshooting assistance.
Actual State:
Can boot to bootloader and Fastboot. Bootloader unlocked and TWRP Recovery installed. There _should_ be a Revolution HD on the device. When device powers up it goes smoothly to the White HTC quietly brilliiance screen (screen brightness begins to flicker) and goes off after (really off, not hanging, plain off). After i cleared boot cache via adb i'm able too see a split second of the htc bootlogo and then goes off right after.
State of device when i began to "fix" it:
BL Locked, No Custom Recovery, Stock recovery dead (Just red triangle), rom maybe was dead too but i don't know.
Last attempts i did were:
1. Flash boot.img through fastboot (Fastboot flash boot boot.img)
2. Flashed the Superwipe script (was desperate)
3. Flash Android Revolution through TWRP-Recovery
First:
I Don't know wich carrier. Boy that bugs me a lot. I'Ve tried Generic, Vodaphone and T-Mobile (since i'm in germany) but no Luck. Is there a possibility to check what RUU i need without a Running ROM? I haven't bought the device i got it from a friend of mine and it went straight to my wife. I've asked, he doesn't know. I'm not so into HTC, so i'm not quite firm concerning Stock restore.
Next:
I think i tried everything except for restoring stock (because.... meh....): I've unlocked the phone. I've flashed CWM aswell as TWRP. I've flashed different boot.img from different roms i've flashed.
I'Ve litteraly did EVERYTHING what seemed like a good idea to me. But now i'm at the end of my knowledge.
My last piece of Information:
After 2 1/2 hours i had a Custom Recovery Running (did the trial and error RUU Method before). I've mounted the SD-Card and it was Blank. There was NOTHING on it except for some Recovery Folders. SD Card is about 24GB. This looks like a lot to me. Is that really normal? Mounting system, data and sd via adb works like a charm.
So if one of you could help me that'd really be cool. If there is some crazy stuff i need to do via adb, please go into detail. I know the basics (how to mount partitions and to push files) nothing more.
But maybe it's just faulty...
Thanks in advance
Hi XDA, many threads here have helped me in the past so time to ask another (probably stupid) question. It's a bit of a long story so I apologise in advance.
I've been running CM (one of the nightly builds from about 3 weeks back, don't have the file so I can't say which) on my phone for a while with no issues until a couple of nights ago when it was overheating (charging while playing a game, stupid I know) so I decided to turn it off so it could cool down without taking it off charge.
The following morning I turn it back on to find that it's getting to the blue android head logo of CM and getting stuck there. First thing I do is reboot into TWRP and flash my backup from right after I installed CM. Reboot and... same result. Okay, no biggie right? Time to reinstall CM (the latest nightly build from yesterday) and Google Apps (nano package) via TWRP and reboot again. Still stuck at the blue android head logo. The reinstall was handled after using the Wipe-Factory Reset function of TWRP, as the guide here explains.
At this point I decide to do a bit of research and learn that it's called a softbrick or bootloop and apparently flashing the stock rom can fix it. The LG software suite won't even recognise the device but a friend of mine found this guide so I attempted to run through it. All goes well until it comes time for the software to connect to the phone - I pop it in download mode while putting the USB cable in, the program says waiting for connection, runs for 14 seconds and says it's trying to put the phone into download mode, at this point it fails saying the phone can't be put into download mode.
Some of the comments beneath the article offer fixes like using USB 2.0 instead of 3.0, putting the program into compatability mode for Win7 and running in administrator mode. To be thorough I tried every USB port on my machine (both 2.0 and 3.0) and run the program in compatability mode (with and without admin mode) for several versions of windows. Same result every time.
Another friend then suggests that somehow permissions got borked and it might be worth reflashing SuperSU to the system but at this point I'm at a loss for how to do that. I have the one click root script that I got from god knows where (not this one because that didn't work for me) that has a SuperSU zip in it, presumably it flashes that to the phone when it runs (found this out the hard way because I've been a moron in the past and tried installing SuperSU through TWRP and broke the boot previously, fixed by re-running the one click root script - this was ages ago before even installing CM.)
So right now I can put the phone into download mode manually, get into TWRP and use all its functions as well as connect to my PC and use ADB functions while the phone's in TWRP but can't boot into CM or flash a stock rom. Any help would be appreciated, I've spent a whole day reading guides, asking friends and clumsily trying to fix this only to get nowhere.
Have u tried installing the stock via TWRP? Via zip ... Wipe cache delvik also..
jinderation said:
Have u tried installing the stock via TWRP? Via zip ... Wipe cache delvik also..
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I haven't tried that, I didn't even know it was possible. Could you give me some more detailed pointers on how to do this? I noticed that the stock ROM I have cames as a .TOT file but CM is several files and folders in the zip. Will it install fine from that zipped up TOT file?
Thank you so much for your time.
When the rom is uploaded by the dev its also uploaded in .zip file place it ur system rom just go into twrp recovery flash the the zip file before flashing wipe cache n delvik too its easy as 1,2,3 search here on xda for ur compatible model
jinderation said:
When the rom is uploaded by the dev its also uploaded in .zip file place it ur system rom just go into twrp recovery flash the the zip file before flashing wipe cache n delvik too its easy as 1,2,3 search here on xda for ur compatible model
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Thank you so much. I got it sorted. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out with my stupidity.