Phone stuck in cyclic restart after Radio ROM upgrade!
Hi all, I just loaded a new radio ROM (1.12.25.19) onto my phone (I am security unlocked and sim unlocked and hard SPL'd, thanks to Olinex!) and everything looked to work fine, the status bar got to 100% and the phone rebooted as usual after a new ROM load (I have done several radio ROM upgrades without any bother)
However - it is completely stuck in a cyclic reboot. I get the HTC startup screen and then it just reboots again and again. I tried a hard reset and got the confirmation message that it was restored OK, press volume up to boot. However it does the same reboot again and again
Any ideas? Or do i now have a very expensive door wedge
Have you tried flashing again from SD? Maybe that will help.
Doug M.
Yup - I tried to flash from SD but all I get is a message saying "no image found" and then I stay in bootloader, it looks like it's not reading from the SD card properly. I reckon if I can get it to boot from the SD all will be well (I hope
Any ideas??
Are you using a cdma phone? Do you have a raphael?
Hi Farmer Ted - it's a GSM Raphael and not a CDMA phone, thats why i'm surprised the ROM flash failed!
Weird; all I can recommend is trying to flash a stock, shipped rom. Hope you get that sucker working again! What rom are you using? Does it have a newer rilphone in it? I'm just grasping at straws, but maybe if you you a 1.14 rilphone, it doesn't play nice with a 1.12 radio.
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Weird; all I can recommend is trying to flash a stock, shipped rom. Hope you get that sucker working again! What rom are you using? Does it have a newer rilphone in it? I'm just grasping at straws, but maybe if you you a 1.14 rilphone, it doesn't play nice with a 1.12 radio.
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Now you mention it I do have the 1.14 rilphone installed!! How do I get the damn thing to work again? a few people have mention trying to reflash the entire phone via SD, thanks! I think you may have found the problem - now all i need is the solution!
Can you get into bootloader? If so, just try flashing one of the stock roms (that has a radio with it) over the usb connection. If you can't do that, then do an sd card flash. 1 GB cards seem to work the best (that's what I use).
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Can you get into bootloader? If so, just try flashing one of the stock roms (that has a radio with it) over the usb connection. If you can't do that, then do an sd card flash. 1 GB cards seem to work the best (that's what I use).
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Farmer Ted - cracked it! For some reason the SD instal would not work (i tried all my cards incl a 1GB as suggested) and then tried the USB method - and it worked!! Have now got my phone back !!
I owe you a large cyber-beer !!
Awesome! Glad I didn't screw your phone up any worse, lol.
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So, got my self in a bit of trouble today, here's the situation:
- Recently flashed TPC v11 Mega Edition, and had been using it for about a week. Ran across some problems with apps freezing, so I decided I should try to start fresh and reflash a stock ROM.
- Reflashed AT&T Tilt stock ROM (3.57.502.2) via my SD card (my USB is not working, and hasn't in a while).
- Flash seemed like it was going great, but when the phone rebooted the TPC ROM was still there, yet it showed an older radio had been flashed (1.27.14.09)
- Knowing that this wasn't a good situation, I thought I'd try to reflash again via the USB. Began the process, except this time the flash process was now stuck at white "Loading..." screen.
- Thinking it was possibly a issue with my SD Card, I tried reformatting the card with FAT32 and recopying the KAISDIAG.nbh and ROM. Didn't work
- Tried copying a different ROM (TCP V11, a new RADIO, HardSPL 334... didn't work)
Unfortunately, since my USB doesn't work, I don't have an alternative way to flash the device. Surprisingling the TPC v11 ROM and the old RADIO seem to function somewhat, so the device is usable, although it seems as if I'm now stuck with this ROM for good. Also, audio seems not to function now... an unfortunately side effect. I can only assume this is related to the old Radio.
Any ideas as to why my flashing issue might be? ...thanks in advance.
Please consult STICKYs.
Several ways to get around this:
Put the phone into bootloader flash via SD or even computer as dosn't need to sync when in bootloader.
The issue you have with sound is that the stock ROM has a radio so therefore you now have an old radio.
To Flash via SD the ROM file name is KAISIMG.nbh.
Hope this helps any more problems please use a thread already available [Resources] Flashing Your First Kaiser Rom (For Noobs)
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for some reason my phone will not go past the AT&T screen when you turn it on. It will not show what radio or anything. It just shows the AT&T logo and world phone then it resets. I've tried to flash it with the sd card and through usb, yet it will not go past that screen. Any ideas? Thanks
Also for some reason it seems to think that there is no os installed on it. I've tried to install one it says it installs just fine via usb and sd card but once its reset it keeps going to the splash screen and resets its self
Any ideas?...
You probably flashed the wrong rom, didn't you? Hopefully, it was just a cdma rom w/o a radio. Flash a stock fuze rom to fix it. If you flashed a cdma radio, you may be in trouble.
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You probably flashed the wrong rom, didn't you? Hopefully, it was just a cdma rom w/o a radio. Flash a stock fuze rom to fix it. If you flashed a cdma radio, you may be in trouble.
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Nope I had the energy rom on it. That was for a GSM phone. And the stock rom doesn't work either. only radios I put on were GSM as well
I have the same thing on my t-mobile
i had the same thing on my T-Mobile, i cant do nothing to it, i try to format it, but Avtive Sync doesn't connect, PLEASE HELP if u find out something
Hi,
I have my Sensation 2.3.3 S-Off, Super-CID, all that stuff, although it is on stock firmware.
Just wondering, does anyone know from experience or otherwise, will the new 2.3.4 update cause any problems? Bricking caused by update or anything?
I'd rather not S-On manually as I'd have to reflash firmware and I don't want to lose all my personal data, apps, etc.
I don't really care if it goes S-on, as long as it still works!!
Thanks!
P.s. I debranded from Vodafone to Stock Europe, can the CID be rewritten?
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Seriously,
U'v come this far and have not flash'd some InsertCoin 2.2.2 Sense
into your Sensation yet? (2.3.4 with OC safely op to 1.5 GHz)
Check this tread and discover what you'v been missing out on.
Get titanium to backup your apps, spend some quality time with your phone and you'll never regret it!
It was the first thing i did after S-off and rooting.
Flashing the radio could be a little "exciting" but whent without a hitch for me. (and most of us)
You'll never go back.... promise!
Jesus, just realized i sound like an infomercial,....
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Seriously,
U'v come this far and have not flash'd some InsertCoin 2.2.2 Sense
into your Sensation yet? (2.3.4 with OC safely op to 1.5 GHz)
Check this tread and discover what you'v been missing out on.
Get titanium to backup your apps, spend some quality time with your phone and you'll never regret it!
It was the first thing i did after S-off and rooting.
Flashing the radio could be a little "exciting" but whent without a hitch for me. (and most of us)
You'll never go back.... promise!
Jesus, just realized i sound like an infomercial,....
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I have to agree, InsertCoin 2.2.2 Sense rom just rocks. If you want to go to Android 2.3.4, just flash this or one of the other custom roms out there that have been updated already using the EU stock rom.
Flashing InsertCoin now! Seems to be going well.
So much easier than expected!
Thanks for the sales pitch, worked a treat!
On the white HTC boot screen for nearly 20 minutes...
Doesn't seem to be looping, just not doing anything???
ok,... that kinda sucks.....
Did u get it going already?
What guide (if any) did u follow?
At what point did this happen?
Can you adb to it?
It's all good now, wiped data with CWM and reflashed and It's working!
Love the speed... Just need to update the radio and flash the overclock kernel.
When updating the radio CWM keeps saying "wrong zip file" though. Any ideas on what could be going on there?
Also, how do you flash to 2.2.2 and the overclock kernel? Just copy to SD and use CWM?
Thanks!
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
Glad to hear it worked out.
And now to top it all up with a recent radio file and some oc madness
Doing the following is on your own risk! I din't force you to do it,
think before act and don't blame me when [email protected]#g it up.
To flash the radio you should,
Download this radio file,
Make sure the filename is PG58IMG.zip exactly or it will not work.
copy it to the root of your sd card.
Download a md5 checker from te market and check the file, The md5 should match up with this one.
md5: 64a0383b87b4b780cf516f7d7e43b784
If not, redownload & try again.
this is very imporant!!
If you flash a corrupted file you will own a very expensive brick!
Now:
Turn your phone off, take out the battery.....wait a few seconds and put it back in.
power up your phone while holding down the vol- button.
The bootloader will scan for the radio update.
Once it finds the update, select Yes.
Allow the bootloader to finish flashing the updated radio, and boot
The radio file is now flashed.
Remove de PG58IMG.zip file from your SD card BEFORE rebooting your phone or it'll try to flash it again when powering up after draining your battery.
To flash the 2.2.2. ROM
put it on your sd card
recovery - wipe all (data/factory reset)
select the file in cwm en confirm.
Also, Never install a theme on an unbooted fresh install, leads to f/cs.
Kernel can be done in cwm aswell by selecting the file and flashing it.
The tool to oc it is included.
Thats it. Good luck, and let me know.
Wow!
Thanks for the noob-friendly tutorial!!
Will try it later tonight and let you know how it goes.
Just with the radio update, fastboot keeps saying "wrong zip file" or something like that... Md5 was correct but still nothing... Bit will try again
Do I definitely need to wipe everything to flash 2.2.2? I have titanium set up and everything backed up anyway, but just wondering. Losing my data for a third time will make me cry a little!
Again, thank you!!
Sorry, also, in CWM do I just "install zip from sd card" to flash the kernel and 2.2.2 ROM, yeah?
Your welcome
I know it sucks, you don't have to wipe BUT, it can (not saying it will) lead to strange issues like force closes etc.
It's up to you.
About the radio file,
Im pretty sure you have the radio file in the wrong location.
It should be placed in the root of your sd card, not the root of your divice.
So like this /sdcard/PG58IMG.zip
NOT in /PG58IMG.zip
khanley said:
Hey, got the radio working perfectly. Trying to copy the 2.2.2 Rom now and it just wont copy onto the SD through copy and paste or adb push. I have no idea what's wrong with it...
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Are you sure there is enough free space on your SD-card?
If so, try downloading it directly on your phone.
Got everything working! Have insertcoin 2.2.1 with UnityV7 working perfectly (2.2.2 is unstable on my phone... SU, gmail and facebook all force close)
Absolutely delighted with the results! Wont be looking back
Turns out the problem was a bad SD card (which is making me cry since it's a kingston 16GB class 10)
Anyway, thanks for all your help, I really appreciate it!
Nice! Glad it worked out, and sorry for your loss
Sorry to hear 2.2.2 is not stable for you tho.
Baad (the InsertCoin ROM cook) mentioned a few days ago that work is being done on a new kernel especially written for his ROM so maybe that's worth a shot in a couple off days....
Anyways,....glad i could help, happy camping!
Im currently in the middle of uploading a video to youtube to try and show the issue but its like my phone is possessed, i actually bought the phone from a recycle place so I have a 60 days warranty with the phone but I was wondering is there a diagnostic or service mode I can get into on the handset to see if any faults are found
One thing is I thought I was getting an Orange handset which I would have thought would have had some branding on but it didnt and it also didnt have any orange bloatware on but not sure if they do or not on Orange UK handsets? even though i've supercid would it matter if it wasnt an Orange one that I used the orange firmware for 3.32?
It seemed fine when it arrived yesterday on 2.3.4 GB rom but since changing to ICS nothing but bother
Link isnt live yet showing about 12 mins to go at 21:49 UK Time
http://youtu.be/Z2Bvf0FfTlU
My phone is currently
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
Hboot-1.27.1100
Radio-11.22.3504.07_M
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012.17:33:34
Had this problem with Darkforest 6.0.0 and also ARHD 6.5.1 and currently virtuous s4x b3 which has been the worst of the lot and the one in the video
Ok so I flashed back 1.17 firmware and restored a back up of my GB 2.3.4 rom and its working perfectly so my guess is my phone for some reason doesnt like firmware 3.32? which means im going to be pretty much stuck on GB?
Hey, it looks like a sense 4 rom that is running in the video? All those roms are ported from another device.. I'd recommend to try stock ICS with the new firmware, see if that works any better than the ported roms
Ive tried 2 3.6 roms too and they did the same, used the newest firmware
http://www.htcsensationforum.com/htc-sensation-4g-how-to/secret-menu's-in-sensation/
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http://www.htcsensationforum.com/htc-sensation-4g-how-to/secret-menu's-in-sensation/
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thanks, not quite sure what im look at but thanks all the same will take a peek
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thanks, not quite sure what im look at but thanks all the same will take a peek
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In your first post you were looking for a diagnostic mode?
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In your first post you were looking for a diagnostic mode?
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Sorry yeah i am and thanks, just not sure which tests i should be looking at, anyway im now on virtuous_inquisition v4.0.0 but using firmware 3.24 its had one little hissy fit which seems to have gone away when i restarted, also when it starts acting usual screen of and on seems to sort it, its just odd it works perfectly in GB which makes me think its software and not hardware issues?
Just to confirm im doing everything right, was it ok to jump from firmware 1.17 on GB straight to 3.32 for ICS with 3.6?
Method im doing
flash firmware in hboot, pull battery delete the PG58IMG file, put battery back in boot into recovery, full wipe in ext4, then run the superwipe script and then install rom, everything seems to go ok until I begin having the issues as shown above in the video clip, I know that was a sense 4 rom but its done the same in 3 sense 3.6 roms now
Did you tried to flash a stock kernel? Not OC'ed? My bet if every ROM does the same, that there is an issue with the hardware.
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Did you tried to flash a stock kernel? Not OC'ed? My bet if every ROM does the same, that there is an issue with the hardware.
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Hi
I havent as yet, however when I first had problems on darkforest I did try with the 1.2ghz option during flash.
Any recommendations on which to try? So far it seems on on v inquisition v4
Seems to have been ok then this morning I put the phone on charge as it was about 20% remaining, left it charging went back 30mins later or so to check it and it wouldnt wake, not sure if this is a common issue or if its related to the previous problems ive been having?
Ive requested a return from the place I bought it so will see, ill have to make sure I can get it back to how it was, fortunately I have a backup, but ill have to read up on the s-on procedure aswell as getting rid of 4ext
gawd this is doing my nut in, just flashed Android Revolution 6.5.1 using the stock 1.2ghz kernal doing the same so I just have no idea now, going to put firmware 1.7 back on and do a nandroid recovery and see how that goes for the next few days, just wondering if anywhere in the rooting + S-off, unlocking or supercid somethings gone wrong that I didnt see, but afaik it all went fine
format sd card, place only the files you will need.. i.e. firmware and your choice of rom.. reboot phone, flash this firmware "Firmware from 3.24.401.1 & 3.25.401.101 RUU" from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618.. after you flash the firmware, remove the sdcard while the phone is still on, reboot into recovery. Once in recovery, put the sdcard back in, then flash whatever rom you wish to use, just make sure that it supports the firmware, after flashing the rom, remove the sdcard again and reboot phone.. once the phone is booted, turn on usb drive and remove the firmware that's on the sdcard and see how things go.. if things are still messed up, then go for an exchange as at that point, it may be hardware related...
I don't think it has anything to do with superCID or s-off as I can see that you're able to flash any rom to the device.. same with s-off...
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format sd card, place only the files you will need.. i.e. firmware and your choice of rom.. reboot phone, flash this firmware "Firmware from 3.24.401.1 & 3.25.401.101 RUU" from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618.. after you flash the firmware, remove the sdcard while the phone is still on, reboot into recovery. Once in recovery, put the sdcard back in, then flash whatever rom you wish to use, just make sure that it supports the firmware, after flashing the rom, remove the sdcard again and reboot phone.. once the phone is booted, turn on usb drive and remove the firmware that's on the sdcard and see how things go.. if things are still messed up, then go for an exchange as at that point, it may be hardware related...
I don't think it has anything to do with superCID or s-off as I can see that you're able to flash any rom to the device.. same with s-off...
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Thanks, ill give it ago! the only bit is where yousay after flashing firmware remove sdcard whilst on, then reboot into recovery. The only option I get is to reboot no option to reboot into recovery?
anyway
flashed insertcoin 5.1.4 so will see
in order to boot into recovery after flashing the firmware, power off the phone, yank the battery and sdcard, then put the battery back in and power on with the usual power down + power button with the sdcard still out. once in recovery, you will notice that recovery counts down until the sdcard is back in so slip the sdcard back in, give it a sec, then choose the zip file you're going to flash.. flash the rom, remove sdcard and boot into rom.. slip the sdcard back in one final time.. once booted, go into the sdcard and remove the firmware so that it doesn't keep wanting to update everytime you reboot...reboot once more to make sure all is setup and see how it goes.. I'm sure there are easier ways of doing this, but this is one method I've tried and all worked fine... hope this helped..
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in order to boot into recovery after flashing the firmware, power off the phone, yank the battery and sdcard, then put the battery back in and power on with the usual power down + power button with the sdcard still out. once in recovery, you will notice that recovery counts down until the sdcard is back in so slip the sdcard back in, give it a sec, then choose the zip file you're going to flash.. flash the rom, remove sdcard and boot into rom.. slip the sdcard back in one final time.. once booted, go into the sdcard and remove the firmware so that it doesn't keep wanting to update everytime you reboot...reboot once more to make sure all is setup and see how it goes.. I'm sure there are easier ways of doing this, but this is one method I've tried and all worked fine... hope this helped..
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Still the same, flashed back to 1.17 and did nandroid recovery and it works perfectly in GB oh well, the closest Ive had it working on ics was with Virtuous Inquisition v4.0.0. The problem im going to have returning the handset is that it works perfectly as it was sold to me and if I start going on about installing ics roms etc they are likely to refuse a return.
yay!!! think ive cracked it, well not me but at least I think what ive found what the problem was
Spotted this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542192
Thought what the hell, and long story short its worked, not a single issue like before, which leaves me to believe that for whatever reason 4ext recovery wasnt working correctly when flashing firmwares on my phone as when I used it to restore my original backup it worked fine. Installed the rom above that was packaged as a PG58IMG.zip file and it worked great, might try and reinstall clockworkmod and see if that helps as I never actually used it
Fingers crossed its now sorted but so far so good, not a single issue after installing all my apps again
Hi need a bit of help with this one if possible.
start the top..
went to flash leedroids rom..flashed boot image but forgot to pull rom over.
so had various issues getting over in the end had to mess around with recoverys and totally wipe my sd for it to be recognized.
so i solved all this then..now the issue is..of everything i push over..only one rom boots up and installs fine..and that is a cm9 test without sd mounting..so it solves nothing.
any ideas of how to get a rom on there where i can mount the sd..download a rom and put it on..
ill be honest..htc+internal sd card=not happy
ive pushed leedroids..virtuous..utbs rom but nothing.
i tried aokp but it didnt even push.
with these also some get corrupted by a protocol failure..
many questions. currently has cm9 on..but no mounting..so great
Did you already try a factory reset after flashing the stock recovery (e.g. from MoDaCo)?
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Hi rootrider, yeah i followed a post i found..
basically i used the one click toolkit to flash the stock recovery..then cleared storage and all data etc.then installed clockwork back..it doesnt like the working roms though
cm9 is the only one i can boot up..at least it sees the sd card again in clockwork though
Had your problem as well... I don't remember exactly what I did to get out among many other things (sh..).
Had some trouble as well flashing stock recovery with the one click tool kit. It didn't work as expected. So I did it with adb. Just keep on trying, there is a way out.
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My next course of action is, to flash the stock recovery, clear everything,reinstall clockwork then install aokp..if its something with the type of rom.maybe that will work..i can mount..get a rom on the sd and resume business as usual..
debatebale whether itll work lol
If this doesn't help get Thor's hammer and flash your appropriate RUU (again).
Easiest method would be to run an RUU and start over again. I see your vodafone UK so try this one
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/69014495/RU..._2_10.23.31501S.10L_release_258386_signed.exe
It also includes the new radio too !
Just relock bootloader before running it, After its finished unlock and fastboot flash cwm..
easy peasy !!
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thanks people, im running leedroids rom now, seemed my issue was is after pushing the file over i just tried to install immediatley..after a couple of reboots just for the hell of it,untouchables rom started installing...phew..
sadly all my sd contents have gone..very dissapointed with the sd card business!
still least its working again!
thankfully azzle didnt need to go back to ruu
Aye, captain. Glad to read this.