I was following a video, did not realize i needed to download a ROM before i started. When i realized it i tried to reboot to put on one, and now I am stuck on the HTC start up screen.
Please help
are you using the hack kit or the one click method?
i was following a youtube video, the guy was using bubby's simple root method, i was on his second video when I realized i didn't download a ROM and tried to go back and I think I bricked it
Do you have the PD98IMG file? Should be a zip file.
Yes i do have that
Relax homie, just hold volume down when powering up, make sure the pd98img.zip is on the SD card. Once u enter hboot volume up and down move u around, power button selects, once u get in there hit the first option that is default selected, fast boot I believe, then it will look for the 98 zip, and confirm install, should load u up and get u on ure way
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Anybody know how to get into Bootloader mode on the Inspire 4G? I have tried holding the Volume Down button while restarting and all the phone does is vibrates and reboots normally. Am I missing something?
You're doing it right (Vol Dwn + Power)
Just make sure to hold volume first before you hold power.
Make sure you have fastboot turned off in sense.
I press volume down, then select "restart". Keep holding power down until you get into bootloader.
I take the battery door off to power off, then slap it on real quick then hold volume - down, then hold power button. It can be a little tricky to do. Then ull be in bootloader and have four options to choose from. Ive only done it manually this way because i was in boot loop. Was scared ****less the first time i got boot loop, cause i wasnt sure if there was a way to get to recovery manually lol.
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Are you guys booting into clockworkmod? When I hold down volume and power it goes into that.
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If you manually do the volume button and power button trick it should put you in bootloader mode then you can choose to boot into recovery, ive never had my inspire boot right into recovery unless i choose it in rom manager.
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i tried doing that but it just goes to fastboot the reason that i want it to go to bootloader im trying to re-flash it back to stock...
Power your phone off. Now that your phone is off hold the volume button down and tap the power button. Now you should be in bootloader mode. If your trying to get into recovery mode download rom manager from the marketplace.
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be sure you have Fastboot turned off in Applications.
Another thing you can do is download Quickboot from the market...then boot into bootloader from there. Quickboot>bootloader
Is it really that difficult??lol, for me when I hold the power button while phone is on, it gives me multiple options to reboot , including bootloader and recovery...
If your phones off , then just holy the vol down and off key .
Oh and I have fastboot on and I have no problems.
hyun18 said:
Is it really that difficult??lol, for me when I hold the power button while phone is on, it gives me multiple options to reboot , including bootloader and recovery...
If your phones off , then just holy the vol down and off key .
Oh and I have fastboot on and I have no problems.
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That's because your running a ROM with an extended power menu. Other people might not be.
A lot of the people that are having problems are probably running sense roms and have fastboot on. I got confused by this at first because with fastboot on it doesn't actually shut off so the down and power method doesn't work
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You can download quick boot from the market. Makes so much easier booting into recovery.
yeah Im trying to do that I am able to boot in where it shows Hboot and then you have other options to choice from but Im not all able to select anything it just scans and then go to the scan mode and ask if i want to update
I was thinking about installing the gingerbeast. Has any installed that?
I did a nanadoid back up went into Rom Manger and clicked flash C/W-R and I made that..and I did that backup current ROM also.
Staticpunk84 said:
yeah Im trying to do that I am able to boot in where it shows Hboot and then you have other options to choice from but Im not all able to select anything it just scans and then go to the scan mode and ask if i want to update
I was thinking about installing the gingerbeast. Has any installed that?
I did a nanadoid back up went into Rom Manger and clicked flash C/W-R and I made that..and I did that backup current ROM also.
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Make sure you delete the PD98IMG. That's why its asking you to update. I'm running gingerbeast and absolutley love it.
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Ya you have to move or delete the raidio zip or it will just keep installing it every time hboot
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Make sure you delete the PD98IMG. That's why its asking you to update. I'm running gingerbeast and absolutley love it.
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I thought you had to have the PD98IMG in there. Ok so I have root manager I can just delete from their or is the same way of hooking it to my pc and delete that way
as of now I just dl the ginerbeast zip and I would like to get some help on how to install it and how to uninstall it just in case I want to go back to stock.
Well noob ? here but I have a gears of war wallpaper that I got from zedge that I want to keep if it takes off I can still install that wallpaper back again?
Staticpunk84 said:
I thought you had to have the PD98IMG in there. Ok so I have root manager I can just delete from their or is the same way of hooking it to my pc and delete that way
as of now I just dl the ginerbeast zip and I would like to get some help on how to install it and how to uninstall it just in case I want to go back to stock.
Well noob ? here but I have a gears of war wallpaper that I got from zedge that I want to keep if it takes off I can still install that wallpaper back again?
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You can delete it either using a file manger app like astro, root explorer etc or you can do it by connecting your phone to your PC.
As to flashing a rom. Place the file in the root of your SD card to make it easier to find. I prefer to do my flashing manually. Boot into recovery either through rom manager or through hboot. Scroll down to wipe data/factory reset. Select with power button ans confirm in the next screen. Next go into advanced and select delete dalvik cache. Confirm. Now select go back and choose install from SD card. Scroll to gingerbeast rom and select and confirm.
And yes you'll be able to reads your wallpaper
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You can delete it either using a file manger app like astro, root explorer etc or you can do it by connecting your phone to your PC.
As to flashing a rom. Place the file in the root of your SD card to make it easier to find. I prefer to do my flashing manually. Boot into recovery either through rom manager or through hboot. Scroll down to wipe data/factory reset. Select with power button ans confirm in the next screen. Next go into advanced and select delete dalvik cache. Confirm. Now select go back and choose install from SD card. Scroll to gingerbeast rom and select and confirm.
And yes you'll be able to reads your wallpaper
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awesome man thanks Ill give this a shot and see what its about now i did see online about the android 2.3 gingerbread htc inspire did anyone try this?
Anyone local here that can help me root htc inspire??Would really appreciate it))
niksha said:
Anyone local here that can help me root htc inspire??Would really appreciate it))
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What method are you using? How far did you get?
Have you tried the video? It literally walks you through it. No need to have someone come to your home
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just dloaded the htc sync.hate to uninstall my eset anti virus tho. will it not work if i disable it??
It's just recommended. Should still work.
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HELPPPPPP i got to the stage where it says press power button once to enter HBoot then press enter on your keyboard. It did that and then i pressed enter twice on the keyboard. then what was supposed to come up was the part where it is supposed to say your phone should now search for the PD98IMG.zip. but it never did. then the computer said that it could not recognize the android driver. now the command prompt box is stuck at *daemon started successfully* and is not doing anything and has not for the past 10 min. should i turn off the phone and start all over?
Got it! Now i have to figure out which custom rom to install.Any suggestions??Guess it wasn't that hard after all. Thank god i have a son that knows how to do it!!
ok so i Rooted inspire last nite.Tried getting into recovery mode to put theme on but cant move down on volume key. it automatically goes to h boot and asks me for an update .i press down volume key for no and phone reboots . how do i get into recovery mode
ok so now i Rooted inspire last nite.Tried getting into recovery mode to put theme on but cant move down on volume key. it automatically goes to h boot and asks me for an update .i press down volume key for no and phone reboots . how do i get into recovery mode
niksha said:
ok so now i Rooted inspire last nite.Tried getting into recovery mode to put theme on but cant move down on volume key. it automatically goes to h boot and asks me for an update .i press down volume key for no and phone reboots . how do i get into recovery mode
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You still have a PD98IMG.zip file on your SD card. As long as this is there, bootloader will always try to automatically update with this file through HBoot. You need to remove this file from the SD card and you'll be able to boot to recovery
Rooted inspire last nite.Tried getting into recovery mode to put theme on but cant move down on volume key. it automatically goes to h boot and asks me for an update .i press down volume key for no and phone reboots . how do i get into recovery mode. Thanx
Wrong way to ask questions.
Boot the phone up and delete the zip from your SD card that the hack process left behind. If your phone doesn't see it, it will let you select recovery.
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niksha said:
Rooted inspire last nite.Tried getting into recovery mode to put theme on but cant move down on volume key. it automatically goes to h boot and asks me for an update .i press down volume key for no and phone reboots . how do i get into recovery mode. Thanx
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Future reference - Posts questions in General sub forum.
To answer - you still have a PD98IMG.zip file on your SD card. As long as this is there, bootloader will always try to automatically update with this file through HBoot. You need to remove this file from the SD card and you'll be able to boot to recovery
thanx. Now i have more problems and thesae are major. i have posted in general section., thanx for all the help thus far))
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So I got around to rooting my Inspire 4G this morning using the one-click method, and I am about to flash my first ROM. I downloaded the MIUI ROM and added it to the root folder on the flash drive. At first I tried booting into recovery by pressing the vol down button and power, and it boots to h-boot but at first the buttons dont do anything (it wont scroll down when I press the volume up or down button) then it starts to search for PD98IMG.zip like it did when I was rooting. So I removed the battery and started up the phone, and removed PD98IMG.zip from the SD Card root. turned the phone back off and rebooted into H-Boot menu. And again it started looking for PM98IMG.zip but when it couldnt find the file, it went back to the H-Boot menu, so I scrolled down to "recovery" and hit the power button to select. Once I hit the power button I get a white screen that says "HTC" in green, the screen just fades away and turns black, there it stays, does nothing.
Where do I go from here??????
First post in the right place and second go read the general sticky
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Im not sure why you deleted the zip file and or pulled the bat in hboot. However your gonna wanna go back into hboot and factory default your phone.
From there you will want to read the one click method or perform the root with the hack kit
Drew
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edit: heres a good thread that walks you through both methods
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033353
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Im not sure why you deleted the zip file and or pulled the bat in hboot. However your gonna wanna go back into hboot and factory default your phone.
From there you will want to read the one click method or perform the root with the hack kit
Drew
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edit: heres a good thread that walks you through both methods
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033353
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I took the battery out because the phone was not doing anything. The screen also goes blank when I try to select factory default on the H-Boot screen.
I guess I will try to go back to stock using the guide in the thread
Ok so I am confused.
I just went back and repeated the whole process of the one-click root. When I go to flash a ROM on the phone, do I need to format my SD card before I go to flash a ROM? What specifically do I need to do in between rooting the phone and going to flash the ROM?
When I go into the ROM manager and try to reboot into recovery from the ROM Manager, the phone shuts off, reboots, shows a white screen that says "HTC" in green, then then screen fades away and turns blank and stays there.
when I go into the one-click rooting program, and try to go through the Eng S-OFF tool to see if it will fix the black screen it gives me an error that says "bootloader corrupt"
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So I got around to rooting my Inspire 4G this morning using the one-click method, and I am about to flash my first ROM. I downloaded the MIUI ROM and added it to the root folder on the flash drive. At first I tried booting into recovery by pressing the vol down button and power, and it boots to h-boot but at first the buttons dont do anything (it wont scroll down when I press the volume up or down button) then it starts to search for PD98IMG.zip like it did when I was rooting. So I removed the battery and started up the phone, and removed PD98IMG.zip from the SD Card root. turned the phone back off and rebooted into H-Boot menu. And again it started looking for PM98IMG.zip but when it couldnt find the file, it went back to the H-Boot menu, so I scrolled down to "recovery" and hit the power button to select. Once I hit the power button I get a white screen that says "HTC" in green, the screen just fades away and turns black, there it stays, does nothing.
Where do I go from here??????
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Ok so I am confused.
I just went back and repeated the whole process of the one-click root. When I go to flash a ROM on the phone, do I need to format my SD card before I go to flash a ROM? What specifically do I need to do in between rooting the phone and going to flash the ROM?
When I go into the ROM manager and try to reboot into recovery from the ROM Manager, the phone shuts off, reboots, shows a white screen that says "HTC" in green, then then screen fades away and turns blank and stays there.
when I go into the one-click rooting program, and try to go through the Eng S-OFF tool to see if it will fix the black screen it gives me an error that says "bootloader corrupt"
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have a look at this thread here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019868 maybe it can help with the issues you are having
I've done some poking around here for an answer for about a week, and I can't seem to find anything.
When I put my phone into the manual recovery (Volume Down+Power Button), the phone instantly goes to Hboot and starts loading my goldcard. From there, I can either Re install the root update or do nothing and reboot my phone. It won't let me scroll down to recovery or any of the other things.
Now its not a major problem, I have ROM Manager with clockworkmod. But for certain ROMs they say to install them manually, which I can't do. And just the fact that I want to know why my phone won't let me do it.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Much appreciated.
Only one PD98IMG file on your sd card at a time, and when you are finished flashing it in Hboot then delete it. Otherwise you will be stuck like you are when you enter Hboot.
Try turning off, pulling sd card and then powering up with volume down pushed. It worked for me.
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