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My friend has an Incredible that I rooted with unrevoked and got s-off. It was acting up and rebooting and I was going to go up to his house and fix it but it freaked out before I could get there. It will not turn on or even boot into android at all. It boots up with the HTC Incredible screen and then shuts off and does this over and over again. I put it into recovery or hboot I am not quite sure what you call it (hold power and vol. down) and from there I try to wipe but it will just go back into the boot loop sequence again, if I try to get into recovery, it will do the same thing. What can I do to help him out? He is phoneless right now and we really need to get this fixed. It is s-off and I want to at least try and get it to s-on so I can load the stock ruu on to it, but how am I supposed to do that if I can boot into it and I can't get into clockwork. I tried renaming CWR to the PB3IMG and booting into hboot, but I can't install. Please help. Any suggestions? Thank you for the help.
you say you CAN get to clockwork? if so, can you try to install a rom from your sd card, don't wipe again, just try to install and see what happens? or is it not letting you do even that?
Sorry I cannot get into clockwork. I tried installing CWR through hboot, but was unsuccessful won't even get me to the screen to install. AUtomatically reboots and just goes from the white htc screen to black over and over again.
Anyone have any ideas.. Maybe just to get a-on.
You are not fixing the problem by wiping the phone. The boot loop is caused by a bad install of a ROM and only restoring a clean backup or running the pb31img file froom hboot will fix it.
Did you make a backup before all this happened? If you did then from hboot you should be able to get into recovery and restore the bacukp. In hboot recovery is the second menu option, select it by scrolling down the pressing the power button to start it. Then from recovery select backup/restore and then select restore and it should show you a list of your backups.
If you didn't make a backup then you need to put a copy of the PB31IMG file on the sdcard and then boot into hboot and it should automatically run the update. This will also unroot the phone so you will have to root it with unrevoked again. You also have to have teh correct PB31IMG file for the phone, amoled or slcd as they are not interchanageable and flashing the wrong one will lead to more harder to fix problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786436
Above is a link on how to get back to stock, how to falsh the PB31IMG file from hboot is Part 2. I copied the relevant parts of it below assuming that you have s-off.
1. Make sure you're rooted with clockworkmod recovery.
2. Download the RUU for your phone, either amoled or slcd (don't have a link).
3. Push PB31IMG-3.21.605.1_RUU.zip to your SDCard, renaming it to "PB31IMG.zip" (no quotes)(delete any other PB31IMG.zip you might have on there before pushing).
4. Boot into HBOOT, and it should recognize the PB31IMG.zip. Start the update and go get a drink (it might reboot once or twice, don't worry about it).
5. When that's done, reboot and you're at 2.2 stock!
Try installing cwm twice, its the only way it works for me. As far I can tell your friends phone is fine. Try flashing cwm twice.as I.said b4. Then post.back see if.that works then we will.go.from there
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Thanks guys I will try this and post results. Thanks again.
I am having a somewhat simular problem.
I am unable to flash any other ROM. I can do a backup and restore that backup. But when I boot into recovery, wipe everything, then flash a new ROM, I reboot and my phone just sits on the white screen with HTC Incredible in black letters. I have left the phone like this for more than 30 minutes several times and nothing happens. Phone is not warm/hot after being on this long so I am not sure if it is doing anything at all.
I hate to think I am not able to flash any more ROMs.
I have done a search for my issue and this thread is the closest thing I have found.
Any ideas or help?
Thanks.
Romparoo said:
I am having a somewhat simular problem.
I am unable to flash any other ROM. I can do a backup and restore that backup. But when I boot into recovery, wipe everything, then flash a new ROM, I reboot and my phone just sits on the white screen with HTC Incredible in black letters. I have left the phone like this for more than 30 minutes several times and nothing happens. Phone is not warm/hot after being on this long so I am not sure if it is doing anything at all.
I hate to think I am not able to flash any more ROMs.
I have done a search for my issue and this thread is the closest thing I have found.
Any ideas or help?
Thanks.
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Maybe its just the rom? try downloading another making sure the download is fully complete. Wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik and Format System for good measure and try again.
Romparoo said:
I am having a somewhat simular problem.
I am unable to flash any other ROM. I can do a backup and restore that backup. But when I boot into recovery, wipe everything, then flash a new ROM, I reboot and my phone just sits on the white screen with HTC Incredible in black letters. I have left the phone like this for more than 30 minutes several times and nothing happens. Phone is not warm/hot after being on this long so I am not sure if it is doing anything at all.
I hate to think I am not able to flash any more ROMs.
I have done a search for my issue and this thread is the closest thing I have found.
Any ideas or help?
Thanks.
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Make sure that the kernel the rom your trying to load has is compatible with your phone. I know some will say that kernels dont matter so much, but there are certain kernels that simply dispise my phone. Try going into recovery and flashing a different kernel.
I am in a somewhat similar boat. I cannot get into Recovery. If I power up the phone normally, it does the boot looping. If I go into hboot, I can get it to go through the motions of flashing recovery, and although it appears to be successful, if I try to go into recovery, it basically boot loops, except for one version which puts a few black lines on the screen and THEN boots. So what is my best option, seeing as I cannot get into CWM?
refthemc said:
Maybe its just the rom? try downloading another making sure the download is fully complete. Wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik and Format System for good measure and try again.
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Thanks, I had never done Format System before. Not sure if that is the reason it worked or the new ROM, but I was able to flash the ROM I wanted.
Couldn't find a quote button for one of the last post so I'll just paste it in.
I am in a somewhat similar boat. I cannot get into Recovery. If I power up the phone normally, it does the boot looping. If I go into hboot, I can get it to go through the motions of flashing recovery, and although it appears to be successful, if I try to go into recovery, it basically boot loops, except for one version which puts a few black lines on the screen and THEN boots. So what is my best option, seeing as I cannot get into CWM?
I am thinking that you might have to flash a copy of the recovery image file to get recovery to work again. I'm not sure where you get a copy, used to be at Koush's website. You would then rename it PB31IMG.zip and let hboot flash it. I've only had to reinstall recovery once before myself and that was on a Eris and used hboot through ADB on my pc so not sure if I told yout eh corect way to do it. Sure others will chime in to help.
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Couldn't find a quote button for one of the last post so I'll just paste it in.
I am in a somewhat similar boat. I cannot get into Recovery. If I power up the phone normally, it does the boot looping. If I go into hboot, I can get it to go through the motions of flashing recovery, and although it appears to be successful, if I try to go into recovery, it basically boot loops, except for one version which puts a few black lines on the screen and THEN boots. So what is my best option, seeing as I cannot get into CWM?
I am thinking that you might have to flash a copy of the recovery image file to get recovery to work again. I'm not sure where you get a copy, used to be at Koush's website. You would then rename it PB31IMG.zip and let hboot flash it. I've only had to reinstall recovery once before myself and that was on a Eris and used hboot through ADB on my pc so not sure if I told yout eh corect way to do it. Sure others will chime in to help.
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DINC Recoveries: http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=85
kzoodroid said:
I am thinking that you might have to flash a copy of the recovery image file to get recovery to work again. I'm not sure where you get a copy, used to be at Koush's website. You would then rename it PB31IMG.zip and let hboot flash it. I've only had to reinstall recovery once before myself and that was on a Eris and used hboot through ADB on my pc so not sure if I told yout eh corect way to do it. Sure others will chime in to help.
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I've tried dozens of times with several different recovery images - no go. It goes through the motions of installing the image, but nothing changes. It still won't go into recovery, but just starts boot-looping.
A couple of things to note...
With one of the recoveries flashed, I see Build and some other stuff at the bottom of the screen very briefly before it reboots again.
With 2.5.0.5, I see what looks like the messed up screen that you get when you have SLCD and load an incompatible recovery... but then it reboots quickly.
bradinc said:
A couple of things to note...
With one of the recoveries flashed, I see Build and some other stuff at the bottom of the screen very briefly before it reboots again.
With 2.5.0.5, I see what looks like the messed up screen that you get when you have SLCD and load an incompatible recovery... but then it reboots quickly.
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I would think your only option left is to try and unroot the phone by flashing the RUU, method is in the ROM development section somewhere about getting back to stock 2.2. Then re-root your phone with unrevoked.
kzoodroid said:
I would think your only option left is to try and unroot the phone by flashing the RUU, method is in the ROM development section somewhere about getting back to stock 2.2. Then re-root your phone with unrevoked.
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The main issue with that is the fact that the first step, setting S-on, involves using recovery.
Has anyone used the engineering hboot? I have SLCD, so I can't see what comes up on the screen. If I can find out exactly where it starts and how to get to fastboot in it, I can at least run fastboot commands from my PC and see what's up.
Ok, I loaded the engineering hboot and can run fastboot commands. I was able to flash backup images of system, userdata, recovery.. but nothing changes as far as trying to boot up. I reloaded the .92 hboot so I could see the screen, and I'm right back where I started. I'm hoping now that I can at least run fastboot commands that I can somehow recover, or at least get it to a state where I can return it.
Hi,
This may be a stupid question but I'm new to Samsung phones so I don't know all the details (I've only been using HTC so far).
So I've followed all the steps and got root fine. However, I tried to reboot into recovery afterwards and it's like Clockworkmod has vanished.... It just gets into what looks to me like the stock recovery. Am I doing something wrong or does the phone automatically restore its stock recovery???
Also, can someone explain to me if it is possible to manually flash a recovery from the img file using fastboot like you do on HTC phones?
Oh, and another thing. What's this Odin thing? I never used anything like that with HTC...
Thanks
ovimunt said:
Hi,
This may be a stupid question but I'm new to Samsung phones so I don't know all the details (I've only been using HTC so far).
So I've followed all the steps and got root fine. However, I tried to reboot into recovery afterwards and it's like Clockworkmod has vanished.... It just gets into what looks to me like the stock recovery. Am I doing something wrong or does the phone automatically restore its stock recovery???
Also, can someone explain to me if it is possible to manually flash a recovery from the img file using fastboot like you do on HTC phones?
Oh, and another thing. What's this Odin thing? I never used anything like that with HTC...
Thanks
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May I ask what variant you are using? GT-i9195?
Then please boot your phone into download mode, this can be done by first switching of your phone completely then holding the power button, home button and volume down button until the download screen appears where you press continue. Once you have done that connect your phone using the usb cable and make sure all drivers have been installed! Once the drivers are installed start up Odin uncheck the f.rest time box and click the AP section and then select the recovery file provided by Sir Arco in the root thread.
If you need more help please ask, If it worked then still reply
Odin is the software used to flash files to Samsung phones.
You will need to catch the first recovery boot after flashing the recovery image, or else the stock recovery will be reflashed once the phone boots up. Just reflash the recovery via Odin and make sure to boot into recovery right after the phone reboots after the flash.
Whosat said:
Odin is the software used to flash files to Samsung phones.
You will need to catch the first recovery boot after flashing the recovery image, or else the stock recovery will be reflashed once the phone boots up. Just reflash the recovery via Odin and make sure to boot into recovery right after the phone reboots after the flash.
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Thanks for the response. Yeah, I kind of realized that's what's happening. I've managed to boot into the custom recovery right after the flash and did what I had to do in there, but then after I reboot the phone again, the custom recovery is gone. Is there a way to stop stock recovery being reflashed automatically?
Also, if I want to install a custom kernel, how can I backup the current one so that I can restore it at a later date if I need to? I know how to do this on HTC phones but it all seems to be a bit different on Samsung and I don't want to mess up anything.
How did you reboot? If you select the reboot option in the CWM recovery,it should follow with a question on whether you want to continue rebooting with reverting to stock recovery or not.
Whosat said:
How did you reboot? If you select the reboot option in the CWM recovery,it should follow with a question on whether you want to continue rebooting with reverting to stock recovery or not.
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Umm... yeah, I think it did ask but I just accidentally pressed no before reading what it said... So I guess I'll just have to flash the recovery again and then answer yes to that question.
Thanks
Yes that would be the correct way to do it.
Hope all goes well!
I am having a really strange problem in that I cannot get any custom recovery to boot on my Oppo Find 7. I get a blank screen with twrp, cwm, etc.
When I try and flash the official recovery it goes into recovery but is only using half the screen. The left of the screen is black with half the Oppo logo, and the right has the recovery options flashing about all over the place. Am I doing something obviously wrong? or is the recovery partition corrupt?
I have used both adb and the "recovery installer" tool from this forum.
btw I can boot into the OS fine. It just seems to be a recovery issue.
edit: Solved it. Basically only nameless recovery works, the others are the wrong resolution.
roton said:
I am having a really strange problem in that I cannot get any custom recovery to boot on my Oppo Find 7. I get a blank screen with twrp, cwm, etc.
When I try and flash the official recovery it goes into recovery but is only using half the screen. The left of the screen is black with half the Oppo logo, and the right has the recovery options flashing about all over the place. Am I doing something obviously wrong? or is the recovery partition corrupt?
I have used both adb and the "recovery installer" tool from this forum.
btw I can boot into the OS fine. It just seems to be a recovery issue.
edit: Solved it. Basically only nameless recovery works, the others are the wrong resolution.
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Hey I have the same issue, and guessed it was the resolution as well. Where did you get mentioned recovery? Thanks!
Jirapat S. said:
Hey I have the same issue, and guessed it was the resolution as well. Where did you get mentioned recovery? Thanks!
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/namelessrom/files/recoveries/find7-universal/
Hey, thanks for the quick response. Now that I have a proper recovery, will I get the same issue when falshing the latest TWRP?
Edit: why is my screen all of a sudden all reddish? and when booting the device there seems to be white edges around what is supposed to be black boot screen?!
Did you get your phone from Amazon? Or did it came with COS 1.2.8?
As far as I know, those come with some new hardware that isn't fully supported by custom roms or recoveries.
If it's the case, you better restore the original rom and recovery and just wait until things get fixed.
Yo. (sorry if this thread is already on the board, I couldn't see it after a quick check)
So, I've hit upon quite a snag while trying to update my custom ROM (Android Revolution HD). I made a rookie error of installing this without installing the new firmware.zip first , but I was able to flash the correct firmware.zip (my phone if S-OFF, CID = 02__001). However, after this, my phone went into Android stock recovery <3e> after being in a bootloop, even though I'd already had TWRP installed. Also, ADB on my computer no longer recognises my phone, so I can't flash an img on it; the only option I can now see is to find a zip which I can install from the stock recovery via my SD card, but I can't seem to find one which the stock recovery will let me install.
Anyone have any ideas?
Strangiato said:
Yo. (sorry if this thread is already on the board, I couldn't see it after a quick check)
So, I've hit upon quite a snag while trying to update my custom ROM (Android Revolution HD). I made a rookie error of installing this without installing the new firmware.zip first , but I was able to flash the correct firmware.zip (my phone if S-OFF, CID = 02__001). However, after this, my phone went into Android stock recovery <3e> after being in a bootloop, even though I'd already had TWRP installed. Also, ADB on my computer no longer recognises my phone, so I can't flash an img on it; the only option I can now see is to find a zip which I can install from the stock recovery via my SD card, but I can't seem to find one which the stock recovery will let me install.
Anyone have any ideas?
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the stock recovery can be easily replaced by going to bootloader/FASTBOOT USB, and
Code:
fastboot flash recovery <name of twrp>.img
so that's easy, but it sounds to me like you flashed a firmware pulled from an OTA, which could have a potential problem:
If you didnt flash "OTA firmwares" incrementally, then you may have missed updates.... ie firmwares pulled from OTAs are incremental, because they expect all previous updates to already there, flashing the "latest" does not mean you actually have all the firmware updates
I recommend using "Combined" "NoWipe" firmwares, such as the ones found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/progress-fuu-m8-t2813792
(^^ those also happen to include TWRP, but you can still reflash a newer version using above fastboot command)
this is what a firmware flash would look like: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60259359&postcount=2
nkk71 said:
the stock recovery can be easily replaced by going to bootloader/FASTBOOT USB, and
Code:
fastboot flash recovery <name of twrp>.img
so that's easy, but it sounds to me like you flashed a firmware pulled from an OTA, which could have a potential problem:
If you didnt flash "OTA firmwares" incrementally, then you may have missed updates.... ie firmwares pulled from OTAs are incremental, because they expect all previous updates to already there, flashing the "latest" does not mean you actually have all the firmware updates
I recommend using "Combined" "NoWipe" firmwares, such as the ones found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/progress-fuu-m8-t2813792
(^^ those also happen to include TWRP, but you can still reflash a newer version using above fastboot command)
this is what a firmware flash would look like: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60259359&postcount=2
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Thanks for this info and links to the relevant threads, btw.
My biggest problem was that my computer wouldn't find my phone, so I couldn't use fastboot, but now for some reason, using the HTC One Toolkit that was in the post you linked me to, my computer can now see it. I've hit another snag, though, whereby I'm just after flashing the newest version of TWRP, but now for some reason, it didn't seem to install correctly, as the phone has booted into recovery mode, according to my computer, but is stuck on the opening screen with the pink "Entering Recovery..." message on the top. Also, my computer can't seem to touch it now, as even though the toolkit finds it and sees it in recovery mode, any time I try to reboot it or do any other command, the program crashes. I've no idea what's happened, unfortunately :/
Update: after fiddling around with the HTC Toolkit, I was eventually able to boot my phone into bootloader which, from there, I could install what I needed, so my problem's been resolved. Thanks again for your help, as those links proved very useful.
Glad everything worked out.
By the way:
Strangiato said:
but is stuck on the opening screen with the pink "Entering Recovery..." message on the top.
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^^ is usually caused by using a new version of TWRP with old firmware
good day,
i have an HTC 10 factory unlocked, i had the bootloader unlocked through HTCdev. i then flashed the latest TWRP recovery, attempting to enter revovery....i cant. i din't get the triangle thingy what so ever,it jus displayed the screen like when you're about to enter bootloader mode. then it would restart after that, almost brick it cuz it didn't wanna boot at one pointing time :crying::crying: .i've rooted m7,8 & 9 and never came across something like that. i can't even flash over new rom cuz cmd is given error: can't open recovery. before i attempted bootloader unlock via htcdev, i tried sunshine jus to avoid the hassle and when it was attempting to give me temproot, it failed....3 times so that was useless,leaving me to go manual. any help on this?
Wrong thread. But sounds like recovery didn't flash. Make sure your flashing to recovery partition. Search thread for toolkit, will make it easier.
Fastboot flash recovery recovery. IMG @download mode
I used this tool to safely and successfully install ROM and Recovery.. Maybe you could try..
Thanks to the developer..
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/2016-05-27-fastboot-flashing-firmware-t3387520
Not sure if this helps, but I get the same type of issue when booting to recovery, except my phone is bone stock.
What works for me is right after the symbol comes up, press Vol Up and Power at the same time. If I time it right, recovery mode comes up. Not sure if it will work with TWRP, since I've never used it.
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2WildFirE said:
Fastboot flash recovery recovery. IMG @download mode
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that's what i did but still showing error:can't open recovery