A few weeks ago I delete my ROM on accident. Never replaced the file...went to flash a new ROM last night, didnt like it so I rebooted and recovered. Now when I turn on the device (Incredible) it only shows the white HTC Incredible screen. Is there ANY way I can fix this? My computer wont read the device when its plugged in so I think Im out of luck...any help?
Do you have any other backups? If so, restore from one of those, then download the Rom you want.
Also, try wiping data, cache & dalvik cache, then retry restoring your backup. If that doesn't work, take the sd card out & use an adapter to connect it to your computer. Download the rom from your computer & save it in the root of your sd card. Put the sd card back in your phone, boot into recovery, wipe & flash.
What he said! Don't panic, as long as you can get into recovery you should be good to go. Just need to get a ROM onto your SD card.
plainjane said:
Do you have any other backups? If so, restore from one of those, then download the Rom you want.
Also, try wiping data, cache & dalvik cache, then retry restoring your backup. If that doesn't work, take the sd card out & use an adapter to connect it to your computer. Download the rom from your computer & save it in the root of your sd card. Put the sd card back in your phone, boot into recovery, wipe & flash.
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Good thought except it wont load! My pc doesnt recognize the phone when I plug it in...I accidnetly deleted the previous ROM THEN backed it up like an idiot. So I have no recovery otherwise I would be sitting pretty.
Any other thoughts?
efeigl said:
Good thought except it wont load! My pc doesnt recognize the phone when I plug it in...I accidnetly deleted the previous ROM THEN backed it up like an idiot. So I have no recovery otherwise I would be sitting pretty.
Any other thoughts?
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Are you without a recovery or without a backup?
Can you get into your recovery screen where you flash a ROM?
plainjane said:
Are you without a recovery or without a backup?
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Nothing to back up to...no ROMS on the phone. When I plug it into the pc it doesnt do anything.
Thoughts?
Ok, you still have not answered the question. We understand there are no ROM's on your phone. Can you get into the recovery screen? That is the screen you go to to install the zip of the ROM that you flashed onto your phone. If you can get to that screen, you can take your SD Card out of your phone. Put it into a micro SD card reader, and put it into your computer. Then you can put a ROM onto your SD card, put it back into your phone, boot into your recovery and flash the new ROM.
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Ok, you still have not answered the question. We understand there are no ROM's on your phone. Can you get into the recovery screen? That is the screen you go to to install the zip of the ROM that you flashed onto your phone. If you can get to that screen, you can take your SD Card out of your phone. Put it into a micro SD card reader, and put it into your computer. Then you can put a ROM onto your SD card, put it back into your phone, boot into your recovery and flash the new ROM.
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OK, sorry...yes I can get into recovery just fine. So, as long as I can get a ROM onto my SD card from my PC I should be good to go?
efeigl said:
OK, sorry...yes I can get into recovery just fine. So, as long as I can get a ROM onto my SD card from my PC I should be good to go?
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Yes, that's what I said in the very first response to your post.
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I had the french rom 2.8
I´ve updated to recovery RAv1.2.0 ... everything works ok.
Reloaded the phone. Entered at new recovery. Format SD Card (3 partitions) and wipe.
Reload the phone ... it stucks at Vodafone red splash screen.
Reloaded the phone. Entered at new recovery. Format SD Card (1 Fat32 particion). Wipe again.
Same problem. Stucks at Vodafone screen.
I can enter at recovery and fastboot.
In fastboot mode my PC doesn´t recognise this device. Drivers are correctly installed but i´ve tried to reinstall it anyway. But it doesn´t work. PC beeps in the way it does when a usb device is plugged but thats all.
What can i do? Any idea?
I think about trying to put the sd in the PC (now i cant but maybe later) and put a new rom update.zip and try to flash it ...
Please help me
i think you wiped one time too many. usually you wipe first, then flash a new rom. wipe erases stuff on your internal memory. only wipe before you flash, not after you flash. it seems you wiped after your installed the new recovery and formated the SD which is not needed and may be the problem.
so yeah try reloading the rom. put your sdcard into a usb reader and transfer the rom to your card. put card back into the phone. reboot into recovery and update.zip flash it. that should work. as long as you can get into recovery theres always a way to fix, not bricked.
NguyenHuu said:
i think you wiped one time too many. usually you wipe first, then flash a new rom. wipe erases stuff on your internal memory. only wipe before you flash, not after you flash. it seems you wiped after your installed the new recovery and formated the SD which is not needed and may be the problem.
so yeah try reloading the rom. put your sdcard into a usb reader and transfer the rom to your card. put card back into the phone. reboot into recovery and update.zip flash it. that should work. as long as you can get into recovery theres always a way to fix, not bricked.
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Ok, thanks a lot. I´ll try that and post the results after that
So i started by downloading the new gingeritis 3d beta 5. I rebooted into recovery, wiped data, cache, and dalvik cache. installed the rom just fine. I rebooted the phone and it just kept showing the splash screen and going black then splash again. I did a battery pull and went to bootloader then to recovery. When i try to install a different rom or do a restore the phone reboots right in the middle of the install/restore.
What do you think the problem is. Can i flash a different rom from the bootloader? is the recovery bad?
Or as a last resort do I have to flash the "Custom upgrade PG05IMG_MR1_upgrade.zip" from the "root your thunderbolt" thread in the bootloader?
Thanks
Ianxcom said:
So i started by downloading the new gingeritis 3d beta 5. I rebooted into recovery, wiped data, cache, and dalvik cache. installed the rom just fine. I rebooted the phone and it just kept showing the splash screen and going black then splash again. I did a battery pull and went to bootloader then to recovery. When i try to install a different rom or do a restore the phone reboots right in the middle of the install/restore.
What do you think the problem is. Can i flash a different rom from the bootloader? is the recovery bad?
Or as a last resort do I have to flash the "Custom upgrade PG05IMG_MR1_upgrade.zip" from the "root your thunderbolt" thread in the bootloader?
Thanks
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Try going back into recovery and wipe the three you've stated again, also "format /system" in mounts and storage. It could be something's not getting wiped properly and creating your problem. Then try installing a ROM. If that doesn't fix your problem then replace your recovery with the one I've attached. Copy it to the root of your SD card and install it from the bootloader. If your recovery is the problem that should fix it. Once you've done that try installing a standard ROM like one of the rooted OTA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161251
Thanks for the help and the attachment. I will try it whe n i Get home since im at work. Whenever i try to wipe anything its like im on a time limit where it will restart ofter like 30 seconds no matter what i do.
Ianxcom said:
Thanks for the help and the attachment. I will try it whe n i Get home since im at work. Whenever i try to wipe anything its like im on a time limit where it will restart ofter like 30 seconds no matter what i do.
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I just remembered that another person had the same problem as you and it turned out that the Micro SD card was the problem. It makes sense since your installing the ROM from the Micro SD card and then the card craps out causing the reboot. If you don't have another Micro SD card you could format the one you have and that might fix it. Of course you would lose any data on the card.
I tried the new recovery, a new sd card, still same problem. Is there something i can flash in bootloader? like the PG05IMG_MR1_Upgrade? or something else?
Ianxcom said:
I tried the new recovery, a new sd card, still same problem. Is there something i can flash in bootloader? like the PG05IMG_MR1_Upgrade? or something else?
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You could download an RUU http://dougpiston.com/ThunderBolt/R..._NV_8k_1.41_9k_1.64_release_182727_signed.zip and rename it to PG05IMG.zip. That will do a factory restore from the bootloader. You would then need to root the phone again. It's possible the memory on your phone is damaged creating the reboots, Lets hope that's not the case.
Thanks! at least that worked.
Ianxcom said:
Thanks! at least that worked.
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Awesome, glad you're up and running again. Remember to delete or rename the PG05IMG.zip on your SD card or next time you go into your bootloader it will try to install the restore RUU again. I've done that before.
I have a updated g2x (gingerbread via Lg updater) installed NVflasher was able to boot into recovery performed a nandroid back up did a full wipe and was going to flash Xbroarders rom until i relized i put it on my internal instead of external so i then tried to flash my back up and got "no file found"did a reboot and all im getting is a black screen wit flashing keys. plz help
Try reflashing Clockwork Mod Recovery.
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Do that, and if you have the means, try to check out the external sd on some other device to see what's going on. I'd start with pulling the battery for a bit and try flashing the backup again.
Also, correct me if I'm wrong but if you didn't flash anything because of misfiling xboarder's rom, there was no reason to use the backup in the first place.
dachinaman said:
I have a updated g2x (gingerbread via Lg updater) installed NVflasher was able to boot into recovery performed a nandroid back up did a full wipe and was going to flash Xbroarders rom until i realized i put it on my internal instead of external so i then tried to flash my back up and got "no file found"did a reboot and all im getting is a black screen wit flashing keys. plz help
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Where did you put your nandroid - internal or external SD? They would have been determined by the recovery option you chose - Internal or External SD. Your stock ROM would download the Xboarder ROM to internal in any case, but your nandroid location depends on the choice above.
Since you did a total wipe, you do not have a ROM installed, so you will not be able to boot up, but you DO NOT have a brick.
You could flash the Recovery again with the Oneclick Recovery tool and choose internal, and then you could flash the Xboarder ROM. After that, see if you can find your backup (in the clockworkmod folder).
gaww said:
Since you did a total wipe, you do not have a ROM installed, so you will not be able to boot up, but you DO NOT have a brick.
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I didn't know that a wipe from cwm clears out the rom. I only ever wiped before flashing something else so I assumed it was more like a factory reset.
heysharon said:
I didn't know that a wipe from cwm clears out the rom. I only ever wiped before flashing something else so I assumed it was more like a factory reset.
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As far as I know, the wipe data/factory reset is exactly that.
There's also a wipe system function, which wipes the entire ROM also. It seems he did that also.
As for fixing the phone, what gaww said haha. If xboarder's mod isn't there, then in recovery while the phone is plugged in, mount the sd card, and put a rom on there using windows explorer or whatever, then disconnect and you should be able to flash it.
dachinaman said:
I have a updated g2x (gingerbread via Lg updater) installed NVflasher was able to boot into recovery performed a nandroid back up did a full wipe and was going to flash Xbroarders rom until i relized i put it on my internal instead of external so i then tried to flash my back up and got "no file found"did a reboot and all im getting is a black screen wit flashing keys. plz help
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Boot into recovery, go down to mount, and mount usb. Then find the file on your internal sd and move it over to the external sdcard. I have had to do that a few times when I forgot to move the file.
WTF is going on, why has this (in the history of this phone) apparently never been asked? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills over here, just trying to flash a simple rom.
i can access mine through CWM.
yes yes, the only thing i noticed that is different on this phone is that when i make a nandroid it puts it on my external sd instead of my internal but it still sees my internal.
If cwm is not recognising the internal sd card....you have a corrupt partition. You need to odin
Stock. Tar boot into stock recovery wipe data/cache 3 times each reboot. Then root/ flash cwm recovery back onto the phone and then wipe and flash your rom
whitesox311 said:
WTF is going on, why has this (in the history of this phone) apparently never been asked? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills over here, just trying to flash a simple rom.
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Are you getting this message after you root the device? I had this same issue and realize I needed to first root the device, open ROM manager to give it root access then reboot. After that it was OK.
silver03wrx said:
If cwm is not recognising the internal sd card....you have a corrupt partition. You need to odin
Stock. Tar boot into stock recovery wipe data/cache 3 times each reboot. Then root/ flash cwm recovery back onto the phone and then wipe and flash your rom
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This............^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have an htc inspire that is rooted and running hd revolution 6.2.0 i was getting rid if the phone and did a factory reset from the phone settings menu and noticed the sd card was checked. i didnt think if anyting of it and it went though its thing. Now the phone is stuck at the htc screen. So can i fix this from the recovery menu or bootloader since i can get into those. please help asap and thank you.
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keananaho said:
I have an htc inspire that is rooted and running hd revolution 6.2.0 i was getting rid if the phone and did a factory reset from the phone settings menu and noticed the sd card was checked. i didnt think if anyting of it and it went though its thing. Now the phone is stuck at the htc screen. So can i fix this from the recovery menu or bootloader since i can get into those. please help asap and thank you.
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I really don't understand why people think when they reset their phone/wipe data and then try to reboot their phone everything will be okay. You have some options. First, since I'm assuming you deleted everything off your SD card, you don't have a back-up available so you will need a computer or some other way to get a ROM zip onto your SD card. First thing, hold the vol. up and power button to boot into HBOOT. From here you will able to get into recovery. From recovery you can either mount your SD card and place another ROM onto your sd card and flash as normal or you can restore your back-up provided you didn't delete it. Another way, which I have no experience in, is you can boot into HBOOT via abd. No idea how to do it but that will also require a computer. If you can't get into Recovery but you can get into HBOOT, I know there is PD98IMG that you can flash via HBOOT that will give you a working ROM.
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I really don't understand why people think when they reset their phone/wipe data and then try to reboot their phone everything will be okay. You have some options. First, since I'm assuming you deleted everything off your SD card, you don't have a back-up available so you will need a computer or some other way to get a ROM zip onto your SD card. First thing, hold the vol. up and power button to boot into HBOOT. From here you will able to get into recovery. From recovery you can either mount your SD card and place another ROM onto your sd card and flash as normal or you can restore your back-up provided you didn't delete it. Another way, which I have no experience in, is you can boot into HBOOT via abd. No idea how to do it but that will also require a computer. If you can't get into Recovery but you can get into HBOOT, I know there is PD98IMG that you can flash via HBOOT that will give you a working ROM.
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i can get into both hboot and recovery. but no back up or anything. So i do have to have a computer?
keananaho said:
i can get into both hboot and recovery. but no back up or anything. So i do have to have a computer?
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Unless you know of another way to get a zip file onto your sd card without a working ROM already or a computer, please let us all know haha, until then you'll need a computer..sorry bud!
in the future, if you ever reset or data wipe (not cache or dalvik cache wipe) always always always flash a new ROM or restore a back-up, as you can tell nothing awesome happens!
thank you not a noob but don't know everything. Thank you again. But if I had a good rom on there and i did what I said why would it not just delete the data on the sd card and then boot up again? Just wondering why. Thank you.
keananaho said:
thank you not a noob but don't know everything. Thank you again. But if I had a good rom on there and i did what I said why would it not just delete the data on the sd card and then boot up again? Just wondering why. Thank you.
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I'm assuming you did the factory reset and not the wipe data from recovery option, so I'm not sure exactly what happens scientifically with the phone itself but when you did it, the reset function probably reset some system files or something on the phone in addition to wiping your SD card. While wiping your SD card won't cause this to happen (I wipe my card from time to time leaving only the clockwork files for my back-ups and photos), whatever the factory reset does to the phone, it changed something that caused the ROM to become unstable and consequently not boot.
Ok thank you. I learn from my mistakes lol thank you again.
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keananaho said:
I have an htc inspire that is rooted and running hd revolution 6.2.0 i was getting rid if the phone and did a factory reset from the phone settings menu and noticed the sd card was checked. i didnt think if anyting of it and it went though its thing. Now the phone is stuck at the htc screen. So can i fix this from the recovery menu or bootloader since i can get into those. please help asap and thank you.
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To answer your question, sure you can do it without a PC, use a MAC
Bustin' your chops. But in reality, if your SD card is empty you'll need to get a ROM downloaded to the SD, and if your phone won't boot then you won't be able to do it from your phone, so you'll need a computer. Once you have a ROM downloaded to the SD, boot to recovery and flash. This is most easily accomplished by booting to recovery, going to mounts and storage, Mount USB Storage. Now your computer will recognize the SD as a mass storage device. Copy the ROM to the SD, unmount mass storage, flash .zip from SD, choose .zip, flash away