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HTC Incredible black screen with boot loop, Need help

Ok guys, I've read & search before I made this thread but I seriously need help or suggestions.
I brought a HTC Incredible Droid from a guy for $40. Has Black screen & always says "droid" every minute or so when it's booting up normal. It's AMOLED screen, The screen doesn't flicker or no white lines.
So I'm trying to recover this phone back from the dead. I've tried booting into HBOOT with files i've google & from off this site but no luck as far as I know. The light comes on when it's charging & from normal boot, it vibrates once so it's working normal from what i've read. Need help from the XDA gods to bring it back to life.
Sorry If I post in the wrong section.

Boot into hboot (pull battery, reinsert hold vol down and power at the same time) and see if you are s-on or s-off, and what radio version you are on? It will be at the top of the screen.

cmlusco said:
Boot into hboot (pull battery, reinsert hold vol down and power at the same time) and see if you are s-on or s-off, and what radio version you are on? It will be at the top of the screen.
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Thanks for the reply! it doesn't show anything, it's a blank screen with action going on in the background. I don't know if it's s-on or s-off or what radio it's on, I brought it from someone. How can I check it?

If you cant get into hboot the phone is bricked.

I had a similar problem when I flashed a bad ROM to my droid incredible.
There is a way to get past this seemingly bricked problem but you will need some help of ADB and a lot of patience.
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If I remember right I got past this problem with help from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031666

dkittell said:
I had a similar problem when I flashed a bad ROM to my droid incredible.
There is a way to get past this seemingly bricked problem but you will need some help of ADB and a lot of patience.
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If I remember right I got past this problem with help from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031666
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I've heard about ADB but I don't know where to start. I've installed the USB drivers but that's about it.

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dkittell said:
I had a similar problem when I flashed a bad ROM to my droid incredible.
There is a way to get past this seemingly bricked problem but you will need some help of ADB and a lot of patience.
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If I remember right I got past this problem with help from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031666
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the sites in the link are not avaliable.

willlie12 said:
the sites in the link are not avaliable.
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Yay, zombies!!!!!!!
Try the successor to dougpiston.com:
http://pvillecomp.com/

[q] help pleeeease

I don't know how, but i wound up on the bootloader screen, and no matter if i power off or reboot, it still brings me there only. Then i selected (tried) HBoot. Now i am stuck there. I am on stock only, never unlocked. On 1.29 (SH25). There are following options shown: Fastboot, Recovery, Factory Reset, Simlock, Show Barcode and Image CRC.
All I want to do is boot the phone into regular stock. What shall i select besides Factory Reset? Kindly Help ASAP.
Many Thanks in advance.

veerm said:
I don't know how, but i wound up on the bootloader screen, and no matter if i power off or reboot, it still brings me there only. Then i selected (tried) HBoot. Now i am stuck there. I am on stock only, never unlocked. On 1.29 (SH25). There are following options shown: Fastboot, Recovery, Factory Reset, Simlock, Show Barcode and Image CRC.
All I want to do is boot the phone into regular stock. What shall i select besides Factory Reset? Kindly Help ASAP.
Many Thanks in advance.
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have you tried doing factory reset? i know you will lose stuff but worth trying to see if the phone will work again..well should do..my first thing would be to do factory reset since you tried rebooting.
or go into bootloader and try fastboot reboot (command that is)

Goku80 said:
have you tried doing factory reset? i know you will lose stuff but worth trying to see if the phone will work again..well should do..my first thing would be to do factory reset since you tried rebooting.
or go into bootloader and try fastboot reboot (command that is)
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thanks for quick reply....what would Fastboot do? any idea?

It allows you to perform various functions on your phone via USB and a PC operating system.

Ignition75 said:
It allows you to perform various functions on your phone via USB and a PC operating system.
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what he said basically
use the following commands
"fastboot erase cache"
"fastboot reboot" and see what happens

Oh well, I tried Reboot, Fast Boot as well as Factory Reset. Nothing seems to work . They all restarts the phone and brings back the bootloader screen.
While restarting, right under HTC logo, it momentarily displays: "This build is for development purpose only. Do not distribute outside of HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action."
Guess i will have to bring it back to the retailer.

Seems like you have unlocked and relocked the bootloader.
You will need to download the correct imagine file (RUU) for your phone and follow instructions.
Can you find a guide on the internet?
You will probably have to unlock the bootloader again to get some information from your phone in Fastboot mode.

Ignition75 said:
Seems like you have unlocked and relocked the bootloader.
You will need to download the correct imagine file (RUU) for your phone and follow instructions.
Can you find a guide on the internet?
You will probably have to unlock the bootloader again to get some information from your phone in Fastboot mode.
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he said he never unlocked.. i say he tries factory reset and see if that helps

Here you go my friend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...very_-_what_to_do_in_the_event_of_a_bad_flash
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Goku80 said:
he said he never unlocked.. i say he tries factory reset and see if that helps
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But you only get that blurb once you've relocked the bootloader and it's looping.

Ignition75 said:
Here you go my friend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...very_-_what_to_do_in_the_event_of_a_bad_flash
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But you only get that blurb once you've relocked the bootloader and it's looping.
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oh i see my bad.OP should of said that then.

I tried Factory Reset, It stayed on the splash screen for more than 5 minutes. Then i pressed and hold power button. It restarted the phone back to bootloader screen. It did not look like factory reset was doing anything. What you guys think? Shall i try and wait longer for Factory Reset, does take more than 5 minutes to start doing anything?

Goku80 said:
oh i see my bad.OP should of said that then.
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Hehe no worries, I've just had 2 days of pain staring at that bootloader screen, I know all the variations
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veerm said:
I tried Factory Reset, It stayed on the splash screen for more than 5 minutes. Then i pressed and hold power button. It restarted the phone back to bootloader screen. It did not look like factory reset was doing anything. What you guys think? Shall i try and wait longer for Factory Reset, does take more than 5 minutes to start doing anything?
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No, you should see some action before 5 minutes, sounds like you need a few recovery procedures.
I posted a gread wiki page for you to read in a previous post. It has saved my @ss on more than one occasion.

Ignition75 said:
Here you go my friend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...very_-_what_to_do_in_the_event_of_a_bad_flash
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But you only get that blurb once you've relocked the bootloader and it's looping.
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Have never unlocked. Got the phone two days ago as a replacement for a faulty wifi issue on my earlier HOX HT24.

veerm said:
I tried Factory Reset, It stayed on the splash screen for more than 5 minutes. Then i pressed and hold power button. It restarted the phone back to bootloader screen. It did not look like factory reset was doing anything. What you guys think? Shall i try and wait longer for Factory Reset, does take more than 5 minutes to start doing anything?
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wait bit longer..but maybe try what Ignition has gave you and probably that would help you out better.
what i am thinking is if he locked again maybe it could be he needs the boot.img of the stock firmware he is using
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veerm said:
Have never unlocked. Got the phone two days ago as a replacement for a faulty wifi issue on my earlier HOX HT24.
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they must of send you a refurbished one then...what does it say in bootloader? does it say locked or relocked?

veerm said:
Have never unlocked. Got the phone two days ago as a replacement for a faulty wifi issue on my earlier HOX HT24.
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Hmmm, that's interesting, sounds like you might need to unlock it then and recover it yourself.
Or as you previously said take it back to whomever supplied it to you.
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Goku80 said:
wait bit longer..but maybe try what Ignition has gave you and probably that would help you out better.
what i am thinking is if he locked again maybe it could be he needs the boot.img of the stock firmware he is using
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they must of send you a refurbished one then...what does it say in bootloader? does it say locked or relocked?
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Yes hehe, sounds like the software is "refurbished" as well

It says "Locked"

veerm said:
It says "Locked"
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ok now we have a problem then
try factory reset again and leave it for a few minutes longer

Goku80 said:
ok now we have a problem then
try factory reset again and leave it for a few minutes longer
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Am trying Factory reset again...close to 4 minutes so far
What would "Recovery" do?

veerm said:
Am trying Factory reset again...close to 4 minutes so far
What would "Recovery" do?
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do not know what recovery would do as i never used the stock recovery before.
if it still giving you issues and factory reset does not work i would suggest give it back to retailer asap

Goku80 said:
do not know what recovery would do as i never used the stock recovery before.
if it still giving you issues and factory reset does not work i would suggest give it back to retailer asap
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Yup, factory reset is NOT doing anything, just froze on the splash screen. Guess will have to take it up to the shop. Hopefully this time it will be easier (last time i had very difficult time to get replacement for my HOX with wifi hardware fualt).
You have been real helpful. Thank you so much.

constant boot loop...

the last few days Ive ran 3 different roms that have all crashed on me and now in the middle of the day on wednesday my phone crashed and hasnt booted back up again! It goes to the white evo screen then to a black screen for 2 seconds and reboots over and over and over...I have no idea what to do now...

block said:
the last few days Ive ran 3 different roms that have all crashed on me and now in the middle of the day on wednesday my phone crashed and hasnt booted back up again! It goes to the white evo screen then to a black screen for 2 seconds and reboots over and over and over...I have no idea what to do now...
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clear your data and cache bootloop error will be gone.

amit34521 said:
clear your data and cache bootloop error will be gone.
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cant even get into recovery. just goes flashes to a black screen and begins to reboot over and over again

block said:
cant even get into recovery. just goes flashes to a black screen and begins to reboot over and over again
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you have which device?????
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block said:
cant even get into recovery. just goes flashes to a black screen and begins to reboot over and over again
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an advice for you make sure you mention your device first. it helps us to help you faster.

amit34521 said:
you have which device?????
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an advice for you make sure you mention your device first. it helps us to help you faster.
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The fact that he's posting in the HTC-EVO forum should give a pretty solid clue.
@OP, just do a search on here for white screen or boot loop and you'll find a lot of cases of this and some information on potential fixes

[Q] twrp issue and boot problem

Ok heres the deal. my daughter got ahold of my kindle. we i dont know what she did but she ran something that much i can tell. i powered it off then back on. when it booted, it booted into twrp and ran a recovey script. this is where it hangs up. so i held the power button down to reboot. when it rebooted it boots back into twrp. but it boot to the main menu. i rebooted the kindle though twrp. this time it boots up normal. after it is booted up it shuts down and reboots into twrp back the the recovery script page in twrp and hangs up. i have tried wiping the cashe and dalvick, then reintalling a back up. but the problem is still there. if some one can help me that would be great. it does charge so i got one good thing going for me. if worst comes to worst, i guess a factory reset and then redoing all the work i have done in the past.

Was just stock?
May have been 6.3.3 update
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If so try installing Mt prerooted 6.3.3 in twrp [2014][Pre-Rooted][Stock]System Version 6.3.3-Original Kindle Fire Only
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2793648
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ill give it a try. its a possibility that it updated. usually when it has updated in the past i lost every thing and had to start from scratch.

cheif_of_smoke said:
ill give it a try. its a possibility that it updated. usually when it has updated in the past i lost every thing and had to start from scratch.
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the update requires a compatible recovery to install, if recovery is not compatible, it will get stuck in recovery.

ok so i tried to mount sdcard. it was a no go. was following your vid. my kindle just isnt responing like it should. its geting stuck on simulating actions. not sure what that means. i guess its time to start from scratch. now to remember how to format the kindle to factory. any ideas. haha. i do have a fast boot cable. i could try that method, but you download isnt working right. the codes dont match in md5.

cheif_of_smoke said:
ok so i tried to mount sdcard. it was a no go. was following your vid. my kindle just isnt responing like it should.
likely divers, not recovery
its geting stuck on simulating actions. not sure what that means.
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It should not say simulating anything., that is for testing only, setting need to be unchecked
i guess its time to start from scratch. now to remember how to format the kindle to factory. any ideas. haha. i do have a fast boot cable. i could try that method,
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not necessary, you can boot to fastboot with recovery
but you download isnt working right. the codes dont match in md5.
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3 download options
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Settings>uncheck > simulate most actions for theme testing
nothing should be checked in settings menu
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ok i got the codes to match. its been a while since i used md5. i didnt know about unchecking the setting. im going to try to reinstall my back up and see what happens. i think you just helped me solve what my daughter did to the kindle.

as i was typing my reply to you, i got every thing to work. my daughter messed with the settings in twrp. i will still update using you pre-root. ill let you know how that goes. thanks for the help. now only if i can get a my other kindle to work. ill try messing with the usb. thanks again.

cheif_of_smoke said:
ok i got the codes to match. its been a while since i used md5. i didnt know about unchecking the setting. im going to try to reinstall my back up and see what happens. i think you just helped me solve what my daughter did to the kindle.
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if backup works, check system version
if is 6.3.2 or less it will just redownload the update and try again
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if you hadn't wrote simulate, it would have taken some time before I thought of it.

Note 3 "RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING"!!!

Hey Guys,
okay, my galaxy note 3 from t-mobile is in a steady boot loop for the past 5 hours. I downloaded CWM and tried to back up my original ROM. Now I am getting this stupid message, just like sammydr10, at the top of the screen as it continuously reboots:
RECOVERY BOOTING....
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
I cant do anything to it. when I try to hold down the power, up/dwn and home key, it just keeps doing the same thing as if it has no effect on it. I'm stuck. I've read the comments above but still I can't comprehend what I should do. PLEASE, can someone walk me through it, sorta elementary style, as to what I should do to get my phone back, PLEASE! I'm desperate, frustrated and out of ideas.

daCADman said:
Hey Guys,
okay, my galaxy note 3 from t-mobile is in a steady boot loop for the past 5 hours. I downloaded CWM and tried to back up my original ROM. Now I am getting this stupid message, just like sammydr10, at the top of the screen as it continuously reboots:
RECOVERY BOOTING....
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
I cant do anything to it. when I try to hold down the power, up/dwn and home key, it just keeps doing the same thing as if it has no effect on it. I'm stuck. I've read the comments above but still I can't comprehend what I should do. PLEASE, can someone walk me through it, sorta elementary style, as to what I should do to get my phone back, PLEASE! I'm desperate, frustrated and out of ideas.
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It's probably because of your recovery..what recovery do u have?
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Mine did this while on twrp 3.0+
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Has yours did the no charging indicator while charging when it's powered off?
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To fix the seandroid thing, I went to download mode and flashed twrp 2.8 via odin
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Okay guys, I got it fixed. Here's what I did. I went online and downloaded the original firmware, then with the use of Odin, I flashed it and my phone started working again with no loss of info. I did loose root access as it unrooted my phone. So I had to re-root it, which took about 5 minutes. Now I'm good again. This time I uploaded TWRP instead of CWM. CWM is what started all my problems, it's not working right on my Note 3, but TWRP works great! Thank you everyone for the tips!

daCADman said:
Okay guys, I got it fixed. Here's what I did. I went online and downloaded the original firmware, then with the use of Odin, I flashed it and my phone started working again with no loss of info. I did loose root access as it unrooted my phone. So I had to re-root it, which took about 5 minutes. Now I'm good again. This time I uploaded TWRP instead of CWM. CWM is what started all my problems, it's not working right on my Note 3, but TWRP works great! Thank you everyone for the tips!
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Which version of twrp?
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daCADman said:
Okay guys, I got it fixed. Here's what I did. I went online and downloaded the original firmware, then with the use of Odin, I flashed it and my phone started working again with no loss of info. I did loose root access as it unrooted my phone. So I had to re-root it, which took about 5 minutes. Now I'm good again. This time I uploaded TWRP instead of CWM. CWM is what started all my problems, it's not working right on my Note 3, but TWRP works great! Thank you everyone for the tips!
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Um..u could've accessed download mode and flashed twrp via odin. Lol. Oh well, good job regardless.
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that message pops up for me but it doesnt change anything that the phone does from what i've seen