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[Q] Droid incredible stuck at "HTC Incredible" screen.

okay, well i've done my share of research on these forums and others, and attempted recovery of this phone a few different ways, and nothing is working. i'll tell you everything i know and have tried, and unless i forget something, i'm at a loss for what else to try.
booting the phone regularly, it sticks on the HTC Incredible boot screen.
pressing power and volume down, i can get to hboot. hboot says:
incrediblec xd ship s-on
hboot-0.92.0000
microp-0417
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.10.07.07
Jul 23, 2010, 10:06:51
HBOOT
<VOLUME UP> to previous item
<Volume down> to next item
<power> to select item
Fastboot
recovery
clear storage
simlock
factory reset
all options but fastboot/simlock vibrate once on reboot and return to HTC Incredible screen
simlock, well i'm not needing i reckon
fastboot brongs up the fastboot menu
bootloader
reboot
reboot bootloader
power down
bootloader returns to hboot
reboot reboots phone
reboot bootloader turns screen black and returns to fastboot
power down (obvious)
fastboot can be booted directly with joystick and power as normal.
i have flashed a PB31IMG with the stock gingerbread on it from hbbot, that goes through the upgrade procedure, and asks me to reboot when its done, but it still sticks at the white screen.
ive tried installing CWM's and the stock recovery from pvillecomp*com
phone reads zip, then returns to hboot menu with no action taken
card is formatted fat 32, yes.

Well you wont be able to flash CWM because of it being S-On. If you were stuck at the HTC screen prior to you trying all of this, it may be a hardware related issue.

U havto reroot (s-off) in order to flash a rom. Try rerooting.
Inc

You would need to downgrade to Froyo to be able to root your phone....

jackbtha1 said:
You would need to downgrade to Froyo to be able to root your phone....
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i'll try the froyo image from pvillecomp and post back my results

Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<vol up> Yes
<vol down> No

cablemirc said:
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<vol up> Yes
<vol down> No
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Unfortunately in order to downgrade your phone needs to be bootable I believe.

jackbtha1 said:
Unfortunately in order to downgrade your phone needs to be bootable I believe.
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expensive brick, if so.

cablemirc said:
expensive brick, if so.
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Yup. I've seen a few Inc that randomly started rebooting and then it stays stuck at the HTC screen. They all turned out to have hardware issues and they are were AMOLED Inc as well. I hope this isn't the case with yours.

cablemirc said:
okay, well i've done my share of research on these forums and others, and attempted recovery of this phone a few different ways, and nothing is working. i'll tell you everything i know and have tried, and unless i forget something, i'm at a loss for what else to try.
booting the phone regularly, it sticks on the HTC Incredible boot screen.
pressing power and volume down, i can get to hboot. hboot says:
incrediblec xd ship s-on
hboot-0.92.0000
microp-0417
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.10.07.07
Jul 23, 2010, 10:06:51
HBOOT
<VOLUME UP> to previous item
<Volume down> to next item
<power> to select item
Fastboot
recovery
clear storage
simlock
factory reset
all options but fastboot/simlock vibrate once on reboot and return to HTC Incredible screen
simlock, well i'm not needing i reckon
fastboot brongs up the fastboot menu
bootloader
reboot
reboot bootloader
power down
bootloader returns to hboot
reboot reboots phone
reboot bootloader turns screen black and returns to fastboot
power down (obvious)
fastboot can be booted directly with joystick and power as normal.
i have flashed a PB31IMG with the stock gingerbread on it from hbbot, that goes through the upgrade procedure, and asks me to reboot when its done, but it still sticks at the white screen.
ive tried installing CWM's and the stock recovery from pvillecomp*com
phone reads zip, then returns to hboot menu with no action taken
card is formatted fat 32, yes.
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sounds like the partitions are mess up. try flashing hboot again to get them to set right. then RUU.exe to get the stock GB back on then try to boot. you will loose any data on the phone with RUU.exe but it might get you a working phone again.

jackbtha1 said:
Yup. I've seen a few Inc that randomly started rebooting
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mine's never done any random reboots.
synisterwolf said:
sounds like the partitions are mess up. try flashing hboot again to get them to set right. then RUU.exe to get the stock GB back on then try to boot. you will loose any data on the phone with RUU.exe but it might get you a working phone again.
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the hboot reflash reads the PB31IMG.zip and returns to hboot screen without offer to reflash. the hboot is .92, as is the version i'm trying to flash. and again, sd card IS fat32.
i used the ruu sucessfully, got all excited to see the new HTC screen in black with the loading bar, but when the flash finished, rebooted the phone, it's still stuck at the white screen. major downer.

no other ideas? paperweight? parts?

Hmmm I am having the exact same issues you are describing and nothing has worked on my phone so far. My phone is currently s-off though. This all started to occur after I did a backup through Rom manager and then also a backup through MIUI rom. A few hours later while it was charging it randomly started the reboot cycle flashing the htc incredible screen. I'll let you know if I am able to fix mine but at the moment it seems were both SOL.

Did you ever find a solution to this problem?

This is a guide I posted in androidforums about a month ago after i went though a bunch of crap to root my phone, hopefully it can be helpful
So, This is the second time I’ve tried to make this post and I feel like I should have known better than to make a giant post like this and then hit submit before copying it to word or something but anyway…..
I thought that I have been through so much to finally get this rooted and have my ROM installed that I thought I am certainly not the only person to have had this problem and I would organize a full instruction guide to Downgrade, root and flash when you have troubles with unrevoked for people who have had similar troubles.
NOTE: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU CAUSE TO YOUR DEVICE, THIS GUIDE IS DESIGNED TO HELP DROID INCREDIBLE USERS WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE ROOTING THEIR PHONES AND I DO NOT KNOW THE EFFECTS A SIMILAR PROCEEDURE WOULD CAUSE TO OTHER PHONES.
First things first, I want to give credit where credit is due. Scotty85 of these forums wrote a large portion of what I am about to tell you and I am simply copying it and I will give you links to his original posts so he gets credit.
Step 1: Downgrade your phone
If your phone already has Android 2.2 on it then you can skip to Step 2
The HTC Incredible cannot be rooted unless it is running android 2.2 froyo, so the first thing you must do is downgrade your phone: I will copy the instructions to here so they are all in one place but here is a link to the original post by Scotty85
http://androidforums.com/incredible...ot-2-3-4-downgrade-get-s-off.html#post3308718
I will provide you with new links because a lot of the ones on Scotty85’s post are dead
First Download These Files:
Hboot Drivers for The droid incredible – from unrevoked
Mini-adb_inc.zip from mediafire
PB31IMG.zip from mediafire
Now, follow the following instructions:
Scotty85 said:
3)prepare to downgrade
-extract the mini-adb_inc .zip. place the extracted folder on the root of your c\ drive. it comtains mtd0,flash_image,and some adb tools.
-extract zergRush.zip. take the image inside,and either copy/paste or drag it into your mini-adb_inc folder
-place the PB31IMG of 2.2 on the root of your sd card. rename PB31IMG. now is a good time to verify that your SD card is formatted "FAT32" by right clicking on the drive that is your phones sd card,then click "properties". if you find your card is formated anything else,youll have to re-format it. start by backing up all files to your PC as reformatting WILL wipe it clean. using your PC,do a full format to FAT32. you can then transfer the files back. *this is important-as your phone will not find the downgrade PB31IMG unless your card is formatted to FAT 32,and the file is correctly named.
4)downgrade with adb. make sure your phone is charged to 100% before starting.
-on windows 7,click the start bubble and type "command" in the search box. this should open a small black command window. from this point forward,all code will be in bold so you know what lines to copy and paste(or type,if you really want to type them all in). additional comments will be blue,and should not be copy/pasted. please note that each line is one command. copy/paste it into the prompt in your command window,and push enter. one line at a time.
at the end of the post,is a copy of my session,to show what the outputs of the entered lines should look like. hopefully,its a little less scary when you know that youre getting the right responses to the things you enter.
-make sure phone is plugged in and usb debugging checked on in charge only mode
-at the promt in your command window:
cd c:\mini-adb_inc this should change your command promt to "mini-adb_inc",indicating youre using that directory.
adb devices this should output your phones serial number,indicating its recognized
md5sums mtd0.img it should output a few things.at the end you should see this number 34307be744275f1db1dd16af04c37839
md5sums flash_image again,it will output some things,then you should see this number: 0098a7dd6600b55fac34fc6645be5d7a
md5sums zergRush again,output stuff, then this number:4a32187446c284c2b975845f3ab9ffc4
*all those numbers must match exactly. if they do then you can procede.
adb push zergRush /data/local/
adb shell this will change your promt to a $
chmod 755 /data/local/zergRush
/data/local/zergRush
this will cause zergRush to start,and it shoudl say "found a gingerbread!" followed by a bunch of other funny stuff.
last thing it says will be: Killing ADB and restarting as root... enjoy!
you should then be returned to your "mini-adb_inc>" prompt
adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb push mtd0.img /sdcard/
adb shell your prompt should change to a #
cd /data/local
chmod 0755 /data/local/flash_image
cd /data/local
./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img
you can now downgrade back to 2.2,so you can run "unrevoked forever" to regain s-off
exit to get out of your adb shell,and back to the "mini-adb_inc" prompt
adb reboot bootloader this will boot your phone to "fastboot" select "bootloader" with the power button.
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Now what you need to do is place PB31IMG.zip onto the root of your sd card and run hboot by when turning on your phone holding down the power and volume-down buttons at the same time. It should automatically find the file and ask if you wish to update and you just need to select “yes”.
Step 2: Flash Clockwork Recovery to your phone
You now need to download a few more files and place them somewhere that will be easy to find.
Unrevoked 3.22 from Mediafire – NOTE: if this link ever becomes broken, you must use version 3.22, 3.32 will NOT work.
Clockwork 5.0.2.0 from PvilleComp.com – make sure you use clockwork 5.0.2.0 with md5: e8ac35ddc1c37000bb0852d1f380b5bb
Next, run unrevoked 3.22, as an administrator if you can. And click file>Custom Recovery… and select the .img file which is inside the Clockwork 5.0.2.0 .zip that you downloaded, you may need to extract the folder first.
Next you can plug in your phone and select charge only and then go to Settings>Applications>development> and enable debugging.
Unrevoked should now recognize your phone and bring up a warning dialogue. Click ok and Unrevoked will run and flash Clockwork 5.0.2.0 to your phone. Do not touch your phone until you see a terminal-like screen on your phone in all blue text on a black background.
At this point just click “reboot system now”- you can navigate clockwork using the up and down volume keys and use the power button for “enter” or you can use the scroll button at the bottom of your droid incredible to navigate and center-click for “enter”.
Step 3: Rooting your phone
You will now need to download a few more files and place them on the root of your sd-card
Superuser.zip – found on androidsu.com – simply select the version of superuser.zip that matches your OS, 2.2 Froyo.
Unrevoked forever – from unrevoked.com – look for the unrevokedforever.zip file download
Like I said, place these files on to the root of your SD card at this time using the mass storage feature of your phone when it is booted into android.
Now, boot your phone into clockwork recovery mode. Simply turn off your phone and hold power + volume-down and it will start the hboot and then select “recovery” using the volume keys to navigate and the power button for “enter”
When booted into clockwork navigate to the “install zip from sd card” option and then find the superuser.zip file that you put onto your sd card. Select yes to install and clockwork will install superuser and root your phone.
At this time your phone is rooted, and if this is all you wanted then congratulations, you’re done! Simply click on “reboot system now” and enjoy your superuser powers responsibly
However, if you want to someday in the future flash a ROM to your phone go ahead and use the same procedure you used to install superuser.zip to install unrevokedforever.zip, this is simple to switch the phone from s-on to s-off, which means that the security is off and it will allow you to install unsigned ROMs to the phone (one’s not signed by HTC)
You may now click “reboot system now” to reboot into android.
Step 4: Installing a ROM
Find a ROM from Cyanogenmod or your favorite developer such as and put it onto the root of your sd card.
At this time you have two options for installing a ROM to your phone: you can either manually go into clockworkmod recovery and wipe the cache, data, and system of your phone and then use the “install zip from sd card” and install the ROM
OR you can install ROM manager to your phone (can be found on Google Play, formally Android Market) and install from there. All you need to do is use the app to reflash Clockwork and then select “Install ROM from SD card” and it will do all of the work for you. You can choose to backup your old ROM or to wipe the cache, but after this runs and completes you will boot into your new ROM.
Note: if you format your sd card before this process and have only the ROM on the card it will run much faster.
You’re done! Congratulations! You may have a ROM that does not have google apps pre-installed but there are many guides online for installing the android market and google apps. For example, for cyanogenmod you can just flash a gapps.zip specific for your version using clockwork and it will push all of the apps for you.
Enjoy your now rooted and flashed phone, and as always, root responsibly.

jackbtha1 said:
You would need to downgrade to Froyo to be able to root your phone....
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That is incorrect. Using unrevoked 2.3 you can root 2.3.4. And you do not need s-off to flash roms! I can flash roms left and right with no problem,and i can even flash kernels. S-off protects flashing radios.
As far as the stuck in hboot and splash screen,you may be stuck with the bootmode stuck to bootloader.
Google is your friend.
Sent from my VTAB1008 using XDA

[Q] many problems

Hello,
my HTC desire has been rooted for like 8 months or so, with Oxygen 2.3.2 ROM installed. Yesterday i had my first problem, my apps began to freeze, and it ended up that my hole phone were froozen. I pulled my battery in and out, nothing happened.
I went into recovery and made a factoery reset, and wiped everything i could (i have read, that it was a good idea) and when i turned my phone up again, i realised that i had deleted my ROM on the phone...
So again... i went in to recovery and tryed to flash my ROM again, but i ran into a problem:
Code:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount /sdcard
after i googled and tryed for like an hour and a half, i got it fixed with
Code:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
fastboot oem eraseconfig
and as i remember i took my batteri out again, and placed my memery-card into my computer, moved my ROM (oxygen 2.3.2) over again. So i tryed to get into recovery, but now it wont get in there, after i press the POWER-button on "Recovery" it just stocks on the HTC load screen, i left it that way the hole night, and when i woke up, nothing was happened...
i pulled my battery out, and now i got some problems just booting up to fastboot/hboot to.
so the problems now:
problems getting into RECORVERY
Sometimes problems booting to HBOOT/FASTBOOT
If you need any information, please tell me so
PS: Im sorry if my english is kind of bad

You should try flashing a new recovery image via fastboot once you get there. That worked for me when i couldnt enter recovery.
Sent from my HTC Runnymede using XDA App

according to....
EvertorN said:
You should try flashing a new recovery image via fastboot once you get there. That worked for me when i couldnt enter recovery.
Sent from my HTC Runnymede using XDA App
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according to: theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-flash-a-new-recovery-image-if-you-are-already-rooted i need to get into the phone and download an app, and i dont got a ROM installed, i kind of deleted it in a way

magnuskahr said:
according to: theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-flash-a-new-recovery-image-if-you-are-already-rooted i need to get into the phone and download an app, and i dont got a ROM installed, i kind of deleted it in a way
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I assume you are S-OFFed so just download a recovery.img file of your recovery, boot into fastboot and flash via fastboot utility your recovery.img file like 'fastboot flash recovery path\to\recovery.img'
Goodluck!

USB functions are working? (Mount/debuging)

alexei_kom said:
I assume you are S-OFFed so just download a recovery.img file of your recovery, boot into fastboot and flash via fastboot utility your recovery.img file like 'fastboot flash recovery path\to\recovery.img'
Goodluck!
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I'm S-ON, will this help:?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275632
"I'm S-ON, I can't boot recovery, and my phone doesn't boot "
This is a bit of a worse situation, as you cannot flash system critical parts such as the recovery image and just restore a backup. This unfortunately means that you will lose all of your data when you attempt to fix the phone.
[STEP1]- Make sure that you have a goldcard. If not, create one from the tutorial.
[STEP2]- Battery pull. Hold the BACK button and the POWER button to boot into FASTBOOT mode.
[STEP3]- Download the latest WWE RUU from here
[STEP4]- Run the RUU and wait for completion WARNING: DO NOT, BY ANY CIRCUMSTANCES INTERRUPT THE PROCESS - THIS WILL MORE THAN LIKELY END UP WITH A BRICKED PHONE - NOT EVEN IF GOD HIMSELF TELLS YOU TO DO SO, OR IF THE US PRESIDENT THREATENS YOU WITH THERMO-NUCLEAR WAR
[STEP5]- Once the phone is booted, you are now returned completely to stock. You will need to re-root again, and I'd recommend S-OFF
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name.vic said:
USB functions are working? (Mount/debuging)
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i dont remember, im in school and was stupid enough not to take the desire with me, i will test later when i come home

What is the hboot version?

name.vic said:
What is the hboot version?
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Again, when i come home i will tjeck it
so in about 4 hours

My freind got the Desire too, and it's as old as mine, and we rooted our phones from the same tutorial.. so i gesh we got the same hboot version??
here is his hboot (as i remember, i got the same) HBOOT-0.93.0001

magnuskahr said:
I'm S-ON, will this help:?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275632
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Are you sure you are S-ON? Because you can't perform these
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
fastboot oem eraseconfig
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if you are S-ON...
Post here your phone specs while in hboot...

last i checked i was on S-ON, i dont know if that were those commands which helped me (but it think it was)

but i will make sure about it, when i get home

now writing what is on the fastboot screen:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
TOUCH PANEL-SYN0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
FASTBOOT
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN

name.vic said:
USB functions are working? (Mount/debuging)
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My pc is making a sound when i connect it, but it wont find the hdd, but i can run
Code:
fastboot oem boot
and the phone boots and stucks and the android-skatbording-screen

i just ran
Code:
fastboot reboot
the phone shut down, and i cant turn it on... any ideas?

magnuskahr said:
i just ran
Code:
fastboot reboot
the phone shut down, and i cant turn it on... any ideas?
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SLCD brick?
Try to pull the battery, power on + back (this will get you into fastboot), wait about 10-20 seconds, then connect it to usb. In fastboot utility type 'fastboot devices' and see if it detects your phone. If it does, run an RUU.

Jep i tryed pull the battery out, i can still not turn it on

magnuskahr said:
Jep i tryed pull the battery out, i can still not turn it on
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If you are SLCD bricked you won't see anything on your screen. Read the previous post I wrote...

i guess that "fastboot utility" is cmd right??
if that so, nothing happend

[Q] Incredible boot loops at white screen, tried many things

I have an Incredible that has Cyanogenmod 7 on it. A couple weeks ago it stopped working in that it would just reboot after the white HTC incredible screen. I can get it to go to Hboot, but if I try to go into Recovery it just reboots immediately.
I flashed a new Hboot successfully, but once it reboots I get stuck in the loop again.
Both Clear Storage and Factory Reset start the boot loop as well.
Anyone have an idea of what I can do or does this sound like a hardware issue? My computer recognizes it, but I'm not sure what good that does me since I can't get it to boot or go into Recovery.
Here's the info from Hboot in case it's helps
Code:
INCREDIBLEC XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.92.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL24_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.07.28
Jul 23 2010, 18:06:51

GreyhoundX said:
I have an Incredible that has Cyanogenmod 7 on it. A couple weeks ago it stopped working in that it would just reboot after the white HTC incredible screen. I can get it to go to Hboot, but if I try to go into Recovery it just reboots immediately.
I flashed a new Hboot successfully, but once it reboots I get stuck in the loop again.
Both Clear Storage and Factory Reset start the boot loop as well.
Anyone have an idea of what I can do or does this sound like a hardware issue? My computer recognizes it, but I'm not sure what good that does me since I can't get it to boot or go into Recovery.
Here's the info from Hboot in case it's helps
Code:
INCREDIBLEC XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.92.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL24_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.07.28
Jul 23 2010, 18:06:51
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I would flash an ruu thru hboot and then do a factory rest from hboot. Then if it boots fine flash cwm recovery thru hboot and then the su binaty thru recovery to regain root. Once you have recovery working again then flash back to cm7 or another rom of your choice thru recovery.
Or you could try to just reflash cwm recovery thru hboot, and then if you can access recovery wipe everything in mounts and storage except sdcard and emmc, and then restore a nandroid or flash a new rom.
RUU's - http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22
Latest cwm recovery - http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip
Latest su binary - http://dinc.does-it.net/SuperUser/SuperUser_3.0.7.zip
How to flash with hboot - http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=79
You may also want to upgrade to the newest radio 2.15.10.07.07 - http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=18

I flashed the PB31IMG from here (wasn't the newest): http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22
The flash seemed to work, but once it rebooted it went into the loop again. All the options in Hboot just throw it into the same white-screen loop, including Factory Reset and Recovery.
The only thing I see different in Hboot is my radio is now 2.15.10.07.07

GreyhoundX said:
I flashed the PB31IMG from here (wasn't the newest): http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22
The flash seemed to work, but once it rebooted it went into the loop again. All the options in Hboot just throw it into the same white-screen loop, including Factory Reset and Recovery.
The only thing I see different in Hboot is my radio is now 2.15.10.07.07
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Try flashing the recovery and then see if you can access it.
If you have adb setup and have fastboot, you can try to erase the recovery partition by typing " fastboot erase recovery " without quotes into a cmd prompt on your pc. And then flash the recovery from above. Sounds like something is either messed up with your boot or recovery partition or img.
You can also try to use fastboot to erase the boot partition " fastboot erase boot " and then try an ruu again.

I tried both Clockwork 5 and Stock HTC from here: http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=28
They both boot-looped after flashing.
When I try to go into Recovery now, I get the white screen then a quick flash of a phone image with a red triangle on top.

GreyhoundX said:
I tried both Clockwork 5 and Stock HTC from here: http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=28
They both boot-looped after flashing.
When I try to go into Recovery now, I get the white screen then a quick flash of a phone image with a red triangle on top.
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That red triangle is the stock recovery, try to do a factory reset now or try the sugestions i added to the post above.

Factory reset doesn't work. It shows me a phone with a green circle then goes into the boot loop.
I'll try the ADB stuff later today when I'm back from work. I've never used it before. Thanks so much for helping.

How do I connect to the phone via ADB when it's in Hboot? I just get "error: device not found" Every tutorial I found requires the phone to be booted to use ADB.

GreyhoundX said:
How do I connect to the phone via ADB when it's in Hboot? I just get "error: device not found" Every tutorial I found requires the phone to be booted to use ADB.
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Adb will not work in hboot but fastboot will. You can use adb in recovery though, not just booted to the os. The error device not found is probably because you were trying adb from hboot, or because you dont have the correct drivers on your pc. Adb and fastboot are 2 different programs, fastboot is not an adb command. If you need the fastboot.exe file or the drivers you can get them here. http://dinc.does-it.net/ADB/ADB-Fastboot-USB-Drivers_v4_(x86)(x64).zip

I ran "fastboot erase boot" and it said "erasing 'boot'...FAILED (remote: not allowed)". Can I try running or flashing something else?
If I run "fastboot devices" it shows my device ID with fastboot next to it so I know it's connecting.
Thanks for putting up with this, can't imagine what caused this.

Hmm not sure, seems it may be some sort of hardware issue or disk failure. If you cant get it to boot after an ruu, and you cant factory reset or access a custom recovery or get fastboot to erase or flash, im not sure what else you could do. My only other sugestion would be to try the ruu.exe that you do from your pc with the phone connected. Flash the stock recovery PB31IMG.zip first before doing so as i believe its required for the ruu.exe. It may work and it may not im not exactly sure how the ruu.exe works as i have never used one, but i believe you just boot into hboot and then run the exe on your pc.

I haven't flashed through Fastboot because I don't know how. I tried flashing a few of the stock images, but I get errors everytime like "whoops: didn't find expected signature" or "archive does not contain android-info.txt".
Is there something I'm doing wrong?

GreyhoundX said:
I haven't flashed through Fastboot because I don't know how. I tried flashing a few of the stock images, but I get errors everytime like "whoops: didn't find expected signature" or "archive does not contain android-info.txt".
Is there something I'm doing wrong?
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Take a PB31IMG.zip ruu ( http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22 ) and rename it update.zip
Put the update.zip file on your pc in the same folder as the fastboot.exe file. (Where adb is installed)
Boot into hboot with the phone pluged in to the pc. Make sure it says fastboot in red at the top of the hboot screen.
Open a cmd prompt to the directory where fastboot.exe is (eg C:\ADB\)
Type without quotes " fastboot update update.zip " and hit enter.
Here is some good info on fastboot.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot

Should I be able to open the zip on my computer? All the ones I download from that site are invalid according to Windows. This is the one I tried (3rd link on that page): http://pvillecomp.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Images/Gingerbread-Stock_PB31IMG.zip
I did exactly what you said and got a similar result to before.
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot update update.zip
Whoops: didn't find expected signature
read_central_directory_entry failed
error: failed to access zipdata in 'ö╓°ÑAa.òo♥Gûl╔←☺☼‼6«T▀ésαu*z¿♥M╦▌‼A←4,<Lσ╡≥↕ ªº─ ΦSÉ╢t↕←Θ■√╣F'

GreyhoundX said:
Should I be able to open the zip on my computer? All the ones I download from that site are invalid according to Windows. This is the one I tried (3rd link on that page): http://pvillecomp.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Images/Gingerbread-Stock_PB31IMG.zip
I did exactly what you said and got a similar result to before.
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot update update.zip
Whoops: didn't find expected signature
read_central_directory_entry failed
error: failed to access zipdata in 'ö╓°ÑAa.òo♥Gûl╔←☺☼‼6«T▀ésαu*z¿♥M╦▌‼A←4,<Lσ╡≥↕ ªº─ ΦSÉ╢t↕←Θ■√╣F'
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Use 7-zip, winzip and winrar dont work the best for android files.

Think I'm just going to give up on this one since the flashing doesn't work...what a hassle. I wish there was some diagnostics tool that would just tell me if the phone is physically broken.

[Q] Fix Bootloop with RUU?

Hey guys.
Couldn't find any other posts so I'm hoping I'm not breaking any rules.
Yes, I'm a n00b. Was handed down an old Desire Z still using Froyo and decided to install Cyanogenmod.
My attempted install didn't get past rooting for reasons unbeknownst to me. I used CM's guide: Installing CM for Vision. I got stuck at Rooting the Desire Z.
I followed it to the letter and made it to step 10. Upon reboot the phone reaches "HTC - quietly brilliant" and sounds it's little jingle. Goes black after a while and plays the jingle/logo again. And again. And again. I have to remove the battery to get it quiet again. I can make it to HBOOT and the screen displays (beware verbosity):
Vision PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.84.2000 (PC10*****)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.18_M3
eMMC-boot
Sep 8 2010, 15:56:38
HBOOT
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN. to next item
<POWER. to select item
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
SYSTEM INFO
IMAGE CRC
I believe the guide I followed installed a custom recovery image. Clockwork Recovery? Accessing RECOVERY results in a quick buzz with HTC logo and a prompt return to FASTBOOT. FACTORY RESET yields the same result. SIMLOCK comes up with "SD init fail !!! Process done, reboot device?" SYSTEM INFO comes up with what the title hints. I'll list if need be. IMAGE CRC comes up with checksums:
hboot: 0x2A125CF4
boot: 0xF7629548
recovery: 0x3921C16D
system: 0xD5CE705B
That's about as far as I can get from concise.
I've downloaded an RUU for it, have the Android SDK and Odin.
I'm not sure if the RUU will fix anything or how to install it. So my question is, how do I get my phone booting again?
Any feedback would be very appreciated.

you used THIS GUIDE? step ten is to check if gfree worked, did it? you didnt need to reboot first to check
anyway looking at your current spl i believe you should be fine, just flash a custom recovery in fastboot - download from CM SITE and check md5
cbc776e7941ebf030e9fa39473d5b6f1
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then boot into fastboot mode and have phone connected to pc
open a cmd in the location of fastboot.exe and type type
fastboot devices
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if you see yours then all is good, if not then you need to set up fastboot.exe (odin is only for sammy)
then type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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and then
fastboot reboot-bootloader
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once rebooted
adb reboot recovery
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now youll be in clockwork and flash a rom from there (i suggest looking into 4ext recovery)
oh and for the above to work you need to change name of recovery you downloaded to recover.img, also need to have changed your path in environmental variables or have the image in same folder as fastboot.exe is in

Thanks!
Thanks so much I owe you big-time. And thanks for the quick reply.
I followed your instructions, got Clockwork up, factory reset, got stock firmware back up and flashed Cyanogenmod and it's all running fine now. (I did have to Cyanogenmod twice) I'll be sure to take a look at 4EXT. Thanks again.

[HELP!] HTC One X Problems!!

Hello everyone!! I have for four hours now, tried to fix my newly bought HTC One X. I have bought this phone, softbricked from a friend for £35, as it was a bargain if I could get the phone to work. Here is my problem:
Phone loads directly into Fastboot when you switch it on. I've searched online, followed countless steps, and it says that I need a RUU file that is higher than my current one. If I can get this file, then I am able to charge it using the USB with script in CMD method, and then follow the steps on the RUU file. My current RUU file number is 4.18.401.4
Now I've searched everywhere for a version higher that's compatible. I cannot find one.
So I think I have to go through the S-OFF method. But I can't due to it booting in fastboot.
From what I know about what has happened to the device. My friend wanted to flash custom rom. He did not do a nandroid backup (He forgot) and then tried to flash the rom which was incomplete. This has left him in Fastboot mode.
All I remember is earlier on when I was experimenting, it saying:
HTC__01 something like that. If that helps at all.
Here is all information about the device. Please!! Please help me!!
***Relocked ***
ENDEAVOURU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.72.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-5.1204.167.31
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: enabled
MODEM PATH: OFF
Jun 21 2013, 18:24:41
Battery level is too low to flash
FASTBOOT USB
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
HBOOT
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN
_________________________________________
This is the first time that I have ever owned a HTC device. Please go friendly on me!! I've only owned Samsungs in the past.

xRapidReload said:
Hello everyone!! I have for four hours now, tried to fix my newly bought HTC One X. I have bought this phone, softbricked from a friend for £35, as it was a bargain if I could get the phone to work. Here is my problem:
Phone loads directly into Fastboot when you switch it on. I've searched online, followed countless steps, and it says that I need a RUU file that is higher than my current one. If I can get this file, then I am able to charge it using the USB with script in CMD method, and then follow the steps on the RUU file. My current RUU file number is 4.18.401.4
Now I've searched everywhere for a version higher that's compatible. I cannot find one.
So I think I have to go through the S-OFF method. But I can't due to it booting in fastboot.
From what I know about what has happened to the device. My friend wanted to flash custom rom. He did not do a nandroid backup (He forgot) and then tried to flash the rom which was incomplete. This has left him in Fastboot mode.
All I remember is earlier on when I was experimenting, it saying:
HTC__01 something like that. If that helps at all.
Here is all information about the device. Please!! Please help me!!
***Relocked ***
ENDEAVOURU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.72.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-5.1204.167.31
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: enabled
MODEM PATH: OFF
Jun 21 2013, 18:24:41
Battery level is too low to flash
FASTBOOT USB
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
HBOOT
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN
_________________________________________
This is the first time that I have ever owned a HTC device. Please go friendly on me!! I've only owned Samsungs in the past.
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No RUU for this high main version you need just to flash custom recovery, then install the rom and flash the boot.img from rom archive and that is everything and the recovery is diferent for KitKat, JB and Lolipop all the 3 recoverys are different

Thant said:
No RUU for this high main version you need just to flash custom recovery, then install the rom and flash the boot.img from rom archive and that is everything and the recovery is diferent for KitKat, JB and Lolipop all the 3 recoverys are different
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING SO FAST! I really wasn't expecting such a fast reply.
So, am I correct in saying.
I find the latest CWM recovery for htc 1x
download it
>>How would I flash it please, through cmd or not, if so, do you have the cmd code by any chance.
Then, I download stock rom from internet, I'm guessing it's going to work similar to the samsungs, I just find any stock rom for the HTC 1 X and it should work fine.
In CWM Recovery, I flash the stock rom as if it were a custom rom.
Wipe Cache
Wipe DavLink
Format
Then flash the boot image and reboot.
I'm guessing that is it and it would work then?
I'm so sorry if I am wrong and you have to explain. This whole S-ON thing and HBOOT is getting to my mind... I'm not used to all this !!
EDIT: i'm not entirely sure what you mean when you say that all three recoveries are different
EDIT2: So when I download the ROM I leave it in the zip folder and just flash like normal. Or do I extract to get the boot.img

xRapidReload said:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING SO FAST! I really wasn't expecting such a fast reply.
So, am I correct in saying.
I find the latest CWM recovery for htc 1x
download it
>>How would I flash it please, through cmd or not, if so, do you have the cmd code by any chance.
Then, I download stock rom from internet, I'm guessing it's going to work similar to the samsungs, I just find any stock rom for the HTC 1 X and it should work fine.
In CWM Recovery, I flash the stock rom as if it were a custom rom.
Wipe Cache
Wipe DavLink
Format
Then flash the boot image and reboot.
I'm guessing that is it and it would work then?
I'm so sorry if I am wrong and you have to explain. This whole S-ON thing and HBOOT is getting to my mind... I'm not used to all this !!
EDIT: i'm not entirely sure what you mean when you say that all three recoveries are different
EDIT2: So when I download the ROM I leave it in the zip folder and just flash like normal. Or do I extract to get the boot.img
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You want to install stock JB rom on your phone then:
1. Download Philz recovery 5.15.9 then go in recovery and mount sd card copy your nandroid backup to a folder on the sd card. For flash recovery use command from cmd fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
2. You are in recovery format data,system cache and dalvik cache then restore your nandroid backup
3. Go in fastboot and flash the boot.img from nandroid backup with the command fastboot flash boot boot.img
4. Reboot and that is

Also you will have to unlock your bootloader again if it is relocked