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So you are looking at this because you have recently rooted your phone. You are probably trying to flash your first rom and either, you booted into recovery and it was a black screen, or your tried flashing a rom from rom manager and it goes to a black screen.
Now most dev's have a faq posted to eliminate new posts popping up every day, but here I will attempt to tell you how to fix this.
FIRST MAKE A BACKUP the screen will go black when it is backing up, but wait 10-15 minutes and your phone will reboot.
Currently there are three options. There are other options, but these are more user friendly.
Option 1
1. Place This(thanks to nsnc) file on the root of your sd card, boot into hboot by turning off fast boot, restart, hold power+vol down.
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Option 2 (longer then option 3):
1. You can return your phone completely to stock removing root and s-off. You can find a very helpful link to do that here.
2. Once your phone has been completely returned to stock, download the Hack Kit(thanks to attn1). Make sure you follow the instructions completely, and to a tee.
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Option 3:
1. You are going to need to eng s-off the phone using the one click eng s-off Here(thanks to jkoljo).
2. Once you eng s-off and have a working cwm it is highly recommended you turn eng s-off, on. So that you only have radio s-off. You can do that by using this PD98IMG. Download and place on the root of your sd card. You will need to boot into hboot using power+volume down. When it asks you to update select yes with the volume buttons. (note this is just like flashing a new rom so it will do a full wipe)
Once you have radio s-off you may have to flash an older CWM recovery, but you can now restore your backup if you wish to.
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Currently these are the known ways to fix this problem. If more ways should arise they will be added to this post.
Please be sure to READ the dev's FAQ section as well.
*NOTE*
I am not responsible for anything that may happen to your phone this post is solely to help those in need in the easiest way possible.
Hope this helps.
What about this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003086&highlight=eng
I considered using that, but I wanted to make the process more user friendly.
did you see the update at the bottom of the first post? I put that PD98IMG.zip on the root of my sd and then went to hboot and let it find the file. Worked great.
mudknot2005 said:
So you are looking at this because you have recently rooted your phone. You are probably trying to flash your first rom and either, you booted into recovery and it was a black screen, or your tried flashing a rom from rom manager and it goes to a black screen.
Now most dev's have a faq posted to eliminate new posts popping up every day, but here I will attempt to tell you how to fix this.
FIRST MAKE A BACKUP the screen will go black when it is backing up, but wait 10-15 minutes and your phone will reboot.
Currently there are two easy options. There are other options, but these are more user friendly.
Currently these are the known ways to fix this problem. If more ways should arise they will be added to this post.
Please be sure to READ the dev's FAQ section as well.
*NOTE*
I am not responsible for anything that may happen to your phone this post is solely to help those in need in the easiest way possible.
Hope this helps.
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i ran option 2. still have a blank screen when i boot into recovery. did i miss a step somewhere?
No sir you didn't, I need to update the OP.
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No sir you didn't, I need to update the OP.
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hey, in any case, i found a link to download a new 'hboot' and that corrected my issue. can now boot into cwm just fine.
i've attached it here, but it will have to be renamed before use (take off the -fixesclockworkmod)
thank you misterbbq
misterbbq said:
hey, in any case, i found a link to download a new 'hboot' and that corrected my issue. can now boot into cwm just fine.
i've attached it here, but it will have to be renamed before use (take off the -fixesclockworkmod)
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I think we have an easiest method .... Thanks misterbbq that worked great can now boot into clockwork....
misterbbq said:
hey, in any case, i found a link to download a new 'hboot' and that corrected my issue. can now boot into cwm just fine.
i've attached it here, but it will have to be renamed before use (take off the -fixesclockworkmod)
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The only thing I ask is that you post the post where you found it/ and or the person who made it.
Am I to understand all we have to do is put this PD98img.zip file on the SD Card (after renaming it) and it will clear up the CWM problem we are having without doing Eng-S-off? This seems pretty easy, but I am curious about what ROM it is when we reflash, is it the Stock AT&T?
bmolloy said:
Am I to understand all we have to do is put this PD98img.zip file on the SD Card (after renaming it) and it will clear up the CWM problem we are having without doing Eng-S-off? This seems pretty easy, but I am curious about what ROM it is when we reflash, is it the Stock AT&T?
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This is not a ROM file, just a repaired bootloader that installs using hboot. AFAIK, it leaves whatever ROM you are using intact. In fact, on my phone, it didn't change a thing, other than clockwork now works...
See my post above. NSNC posted this fix a while back. The PD98IMG is in the update of the OP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003086&highlight=eng
It works well so far. I used it myself.
OP updated
worked like a charm, thanks guys!
Worked great for me too. At last, let the ROM flashing begin! Thanks for finding this.
I believe I am suffering from this problem. It's been 15 minutes + though and I am still in that screen. Should I pull the battery and reinstall it?
Thanks in advance.
Randybobandy said:
I believe I am suffering from this problem. It's been 15 minutes + though and I am still in that screen. Should I pull the battery and reinstall it?
Thanks in advance.
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Not sure where you are at in the process, could you elaborate a little bit more as to what you have done and where you are at ?
mudknot2005 said:
Not sure where you are at in the process, could you elaborate a little bit more as to what you have done and where you are at ?
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Sure: My phone has been rooted, I entered CWM, downloaded Cyanogenmod and attempted to flash it. I followed the prompts, backed everything up, and when installation (I guess you call it that?) began it went to a black screen.
It is still in that screen, I just tried holding down the power but nothing occurred.
Randybobandy said:
Sure: My phone has been rooted, I entered CWM, downloaded Cyanogenmod and attempted to flash it. I followed the prompts, backed everything up, and when installation (I guess you call it that?) began it went to a black screen.
It is still in that screen, I just tried holding down the power but nothing occurred.
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It might of failed to flash, I would pull the battery, place the PD98IMG from the first post from option number one place it on your sd card (not in a file and do not unpack) boot into hboot using power and volume down, It will flash the file from hboot, once it has flashed remove the PD98IMG from your sd card, boot into hboot again go to recovery from hboot. See if that works.
So here's the situation. I've been running NoSensi 1.0.4 ROM w/o problems for the past month but all of a sudden tonight my phone started to freeze up. I would take the battery out and turn it back on but after a few minutes the phone would freeze up again. So I decided to try to flash the new version on NoSensi (1.0.8) and the first step was to flash the NoSensi_EXT4_Wipe and it was almost complete in CWM when it froze up and wouldn't respond. Waited a few more minutes to be sure it wasn't just taking a while so I took the battery out and went back into recovery. In CWM, I see the menu options but when I try to select install from SD, the CWM menu would reset every few seconds and leave me at the main screen.
So now I'm stuck with a phone that won't boot cause I don't have a proper ROM on and can't install a new ROM cause CWM is messed up.
Any ideas on how I can reinstall CWM or something?
First off, can you boot to hboot? And next do you have adb set up on your PC or Mac?
I'm gonna be honest with you, I can't really help you all the way but can give you the things you need to get started. And if anyone reads this and knows more about this please help thanks
Sent from my CM7 Nightly HTC Desire HD
Yes, I believe I can get into HBOOT, I get the white screen where the option of going into recovery of HBOOT. I do have adb on my PC, but don't know how to use it unless I have instructions.
Okay I remember going through the threads and saw something on using the PD98 img that has the recovery img inside instead of the system img. Ill look around but probably in the morning since its almost 2 for me. Or if someone knows what I'm talking that'd be great
Sent from my CM7 Nightly HTC Desire HD
bluizzo said:
Okay I remember going through the threads and saw something on using the PD98 img that has the recovery img inside instead of the system img. Ill look around but probably in the morning since its almost 2 for me. Or if someone knows what I'm talking that'd be great
Sent from my CM7 Nightly HTC Desire HD
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I built a recovery PD98IMG for a user yesterday. It is the recovery I've been using since I rooted. It is v3.0.2.5 with offmode power mod, but It doesn't have any EXT4 support (don't get me started on EXT4).
CWM Recovery v3.0.2.5 in PD98IMG format:
http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip
Rename to exactly "PD98IMG.zip" and place it on the root (top level directory) of your sdcard, then boot to HBOOT and it should pick it up and prompt you to install.
I'm worried that there may be some hardware problem with your device if it keeps freezing up like that. It might just be a loose battery or loose sim holder, but it might be worse. I'd try to install a stock RUU just to be sure. You can install this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191793
It is completely stock and you'll lose root, but not S-OFF so re-rooting is easy. You can instead, install my rooted version of this ROM too. Identical to stock except that the system and boot images are properly rooted and busybox is installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438
If you must send it in for repairs and need to restore to factory settings, I have a tool for that too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
Good luck and I hope it's just firmware related.
Gene Poole said:
I built a recovery PD98IMG for a user yesterday. It is the recovery I've been using since I rooted. It is v3.0.2.5 with offmode power mod, but It doesn't have any EXT4 support (don't get me started on EXT4).
CWM Recovery v3.0.2.5 in PD98IMG format:
http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip
Rename to exactly "PD98IMG.zip" and place it on the root (top level directory) of your sdcard, then boot to HBOOT and it should pick it up and prompt you to install.
I'm worried that there may be some hardware problem with your device if it keeps freezing up like that. It might just be a loose battery or loose sim holder, but it might be worse. I'd try to install a stock RUU just to be sure. You can install this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191793
It is completely stock and you'll lose root, but not S-OFF so re-rooting is easy. You can instead, install my rooted version of this ROM too. Identical to stock except that the system and boot images are properly rooted and busybox is installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438
If you must send it in for repairs and need to restore to factory settings, I have a tool for that too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
Good luck and I hope it's just firmware related.
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Got CWM back with this, thanks so much! I tried doing the same method that was mentioned in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019868 but kept having issues with CWM resetting every 2 seconds which didn't allow me to use it at all. Your file worked and am flashing a ROM on now. Hopefully the random freezing was just random so I'm just going to do a fresh install of a ROM
Gene Poole said:
I built a recovery PD98IMG for a user yesterday. It is the recovery I've been using since I rooted. It is v3.0.2.5 with offmode power mod, but It doesn't have any EXT4 support (don't get me started on EXT4).
CWM Recovery v3.0.2.5 in PD98IMG format:
http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip
Rename to exactly "PD98IMG.zip" and place it on the root (top level directory) of your sdcard, then boot to HBOOT and it should pick it up and prompt you to install.
I'm worried that there may be some hardware problem with your device if it keeps freezing up like that. It might just be a loose battery or loose sim holder, but it might be worse. I'd try to install a stock RUU just to be sure. You can install this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191793
It is completely stock and you'll lose root, but not S-OFF so re-rooting is easy. You can instead, install my rooted version of this ROM too. Identical to stock except that the system and boot images are properly rooted and busybox is installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438
If you must send it in for repairs and need to restore to factory settings, I have a tool for that too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
Good luck and I hope it's just firmware related.
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Yay that's what I was looking for, thanks soo much
Sent from my CM7 Nightly HTC Desire HD
so it seems it may be a hardware issue after all... sigh. Going to look to see if I can pick up another one for cheap on craigslist or something now cause mine was also used of CL about 5 months ago.
dtothesquare said:
so it seems it may be a hardware issue after all... sigh. Going to look to see if I can pick up another one for cheap on craigslist or something now cause mine was also used of CL about 5 months ago.
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HTC warranties the device for a year. I don't think any Inspire is a year old yet so you might want to call them first. Even if not covered by warranty, HTC is pretty reasonable on repairs.
Gene Poole said:
HTC warranties the device for a year. I don't think any Inspire is a year old yet so you might want to call them first. Even if not covered by warranty, HTC is pretty reasonable on repairs.
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Cool, thanks for the tip, i'll try to get stock by on then call them up
So I'm trying to run the PD98IMG image in HBoot, but its not auto-running anymore. Any ideas on how to manually have it run?
- EDIT: Nvm, it was due to bad sdcard
Gene Poole said:
I built a recovery PD98IMG for a user yesterday. It is the recovery I've been using since I rooted. It is v3.0.2.5 with offmode power mod, but It doesn't have any EXT4 support (don't get me started on EXT4).
CWM Recovery v3.0.2.5 in PD98IMG format:
http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip
Rename to exactly "PD98IMG.zip" and place it on the root (top level directory) of your sdcard, then boot to HBOOT and it should pick it up and prompt you to install.
I'm worried that there may be some hardware problem with your device if it keeps freezing up like that. It might just be a loose battery or loose sim holder, but it might be worse. I'd try to install a stock RUU just to be sure. You can install this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191793
It is completely stock and you'll lose root, but not S-OFF so re-rooting is easy. You can instead, install my rooted version of this ROM too. Identical to stock except that the system and boot images are properly rooted and busybox is installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438
If you must send it in for repairs and need to restore to factory settings, I have a tool for that too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
Good luck and I hope it's just firmware related.
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So I tried reverting back to stock via the PD98IMG method with both the gingerbread and complete stock in the post you mentioned. Both them it updates fine but on the reboot it just hangs on the white htc screen. Any recommendations? Would HTC warranty if it's stuck like that?
It sounds like a hardware problem to me. The first and most obvious sign that a phone has been rooted is the S-OFF in the HBOOT screen. They probably won't warranty it if this is still set. Unfortunately, you need a functioning phone to get to the point that you can re-apply S-ON. I'm really not sure what advice I can give you at this point.
Gene Poole said:
It sounds like a hardware problem to me. The first and most obvious sign that a phone has been rooted is the S-OFF in the HBOOT screen. They probably won't warranty it if this is still set. Unfortunately, you need a functioning phone to get to the point that you can re-apply S-ON. I'm really not sure what advice I can give you at this point.
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I figured as much. Oh well, going to miss the Inspire, really did like it except for that stupid battery door. Picked up a used captivate for cheap to hold me over until my next phone. Thanks for your help!
Missing CWM / No Recovery
Through a long string of mistakes, I'm stuck with an Inspire that will not load Recovery (just get black screen with phone icon and red exclamation point).
This thread was the best match I could find. I used the method above (renamed Gene Pool's file to PD98IMG.zip, placed on SD root), but HBOOT does not seem to find it during the startup scan.
Here is what I've got:
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.0007
I've tried 2 different SD cards - I got into this mess because radio updates were not being found in PD98IMG.zip files either, so feel like its an HBOOT problem.
Any ideas?
ctownj30 said:
Through a long string of mistakes, I'm stuck with an Inspire that will not load Recovery (just get black screen with phone icon and red exclamation point).
This thread was the best match I could find. I used the method above (renamed Gene Pool's file to PD98IMG.zip, placed on SD root), but HBOOT does not seem to find it during the startup scan.
Here is what I've got:
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.0007
I've tried 2 different SD cards - I got into this mess because radio updates were not being found in PD98IMG.zip files either, so feel like its an HBOOT problem.
Any ideas?
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If you are sure you renamed it correctly (Windows didn't mangle the name with its stupid "hide extensions" feature) and you are S-OFF, then the only other thing it could be is a bad or weak SD Card. Do you have a spare to try?
I solved this. Figured it was not reading my SD cards so I reformatted one (FAT32), redid everything, and was able to re-flash CWM. Bizarre, since the same card has been used successfully several times on this phone.
As the title suggests I am stock gingerbread (the one pushed then oulled back). I would like to remain this way until cm7 has become official for the thunderbolt or at least until it has a few of the bugs ironed out in the rom so we don't have to flash fixes.
Anyway I am familiar with the method of renaming otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak and I have done that.
I wonder if others have had success blocking ota's with that method?
Is anyone familiar with a better method?
recDNA said:
As the title suggests I am stock gingerbread (the one pushed then oulled back). I would like to remain this way until cm7 has become official for the thunderbolt or at least until it has a few of the bugs ironed out in the rom so we don't have to flash fixes.
Anyway I am familiar with the method of renaming otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak and I have done that.
I wonder if others have had success blocking ota's with that method?
Is anyone familiar with a better method?
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well, renaming files at least works for boot animations & such, so i don't see why it wouldn't work for that ota file. normally, if it's something i don't want/need, i'll either freeze it or remove it entirely. try 'Anttek App Manager'(it's free).
additionally, i wouldn't wait around on an "official" CM7 for the Thunderbolt as that may never happen. i find at least that the latest 'SHIFTAO5P" roms that dhacker is now working on are the most stable ones and seem to have everything working ok.
recDNA said:
As the title suggests I am stock gingerbread (the one pushed then oulled back). I would like to remain this way until cm7 has become official for the thunderbolt or at least until it has a few of the bugs ironed out in the rom so we don't have to flash fixes.
Anyway I am familiar with the method of renaming otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak and I have done that.
I wonder if others have had success blocking ota's with that method?
Is anyone familiar with a better method?
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Has anyone actually tried the method I mentioned
Did it work
Now that an ota IS being pushed I guess i'll find out the hard way unless someone can help me out?
I got a OTA request right before I updated from Stock Rooted Gingerbread to the current stock rooted.
Now I'm on the current version same as OTA but rooted, renamed otacert.zip.bak but still had in the software update "deferred update pending".
Not sure how to stop this. Any help appreciated.
Can't u accept the OTA n just reinstall Superuser as long as ur S-Off? Been awhile so I can't remember.
Sent from my ADR6400L using xda premium
I accepted the OTA this evening & now I'm stuck. It shut down to then reboot & I ended up stuck at the triangle ! screen for over an hour.
Removing the battery & turning it on allows me to get it back, but as soon as the system is loaded it powers down again to complete the update...
Rooted via Revolutionary method & I'm stuck until someone with more xp comes along & can point me in the correct direction.
My bad.
Tantalin said:
I accepted the OTA this evening & now I'm stuck. It shut down to then reboot & I ended up stuck at the triangle ! screen for over an hour.
Removing the battery & turning it on allows me to get it back, but as soon as the system is loaded it powers down again to complete the update...
Rooted via Revolutionary method & I'm stuck until someone with more xp comes along & can point me in the correct direction.
My bad.
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Rev method copies its own version of hboot and does not allow an OTA to copy over its own version. I could be completely wrong since i didnt use Revo to root my phone but you may want to try powering to hboot menu if you can power on you can get there, and try flashing the rooted version after full system wipe.
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Could you just restore a nandroid?
I noticed when I updated manually (with help from mike and grlantern) that the file I had renamed otacerts.zip.bak is now back to otacerts.zip. I don't know if the update process created a new version or what but the date next to the zip folder is August, not October.
Is it possible for you to get to hboot by holding volume down as you push power key, then choose recovery, then restore to a nandroid (assuming you ever backed up your rooted rom).
I'm not sure if recovery will still be available though if the update made you s-on.
I'm no expert so perhaps you may want to wait for grlantern to chime in.
recDNA said:
I noticed when I updated manually (with help from mike and grlantern) that the file I had renamed otacerts.zip.bak is now back to otacerts.zip. I don't know if the update process created a new version or what but the date next to the zip folder is August, not October.
Is it possible for you to get to hboot by holding volume down as you push power key, then choose recovery, then restore to a nandroid (assuming you ever backed up your rooted rom).
I'm not sure if recovery will still be available though if the update made you s-on.
I'm no expert so perhaps you may want to wait for grlantern to chime in.
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1. Have you ever looked at other files in there or files in windows. They don't update files that don't need updates so some files could be from launch of Thunderbolt if the file did not need an update.
2. Revo protects you from an RUU gaining S-On with its version of Hboot. I think the process of returning to stock by flashing an RUU is just for the ADB method which is what I used. I think Revo has to use a different method to regain stock.
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You realize I was trying to give tanalin an idea of how to get his phone working again right?
I just thought he might be able to get into recovery and restore a nandroid or even wipe everything and install a custom rom? Of course I don't know if he can get into cwm.
recDNA said:
You realize I was trying to give tanalin an idea of how to get his phone working again right?
I just thought he might be able to get into recovery and restore a nandroid or even wipe everything and install a custom rom? Of course I don't know if he can get into cwm.
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I was answering your file question while telling him why his OTA didn't work cause of the hboot problem
If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
Grnlantern79 said:
1. Have you ever looked at other files in there or files in windows. They don't update files that don't need updates so some files could be from launch of Thunderbolt if the file did not need an update.
2. Revo protects you from an RUU gaining S-On with its version of Hboot. I think the process of returning to stock by flashing an RUU is just for the ADB method which is what I used. I think Revo has to use a different method to regain stock.
If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
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I'm in the same pickle as tantalin. Let me ask some dumb questions:
- I can get to the CWM recovery screen. Are you saying I could do a factory re-set, then restore the ROM pre-update? Would I have to have backed up before the OTA (which I didn't, as I only rooted yesterday...argh).
Thanks for your help.
Keep in mind Im a beginner too so you may want to wait for someone with more experience.
CHECK WITH AN EXPERIENCED USER BEFORE FOLLOWING MY DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS
Yes, you would have had to have a rom to restore to. You could try wiping data, cache, and dalvik cache but I don't know whether phone would boot.
Another alternative would be to shut off phone, take out flash card, copy a custom rom like bamf forever 1.0.8 or the rooted version of the update on the sdcard. Put sdcard back in phone, turn on phone whole holding volume key down. Go to recovery. Wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache (under advanced choices)Choose instal from sdcard. Browse to custom rom you put on sdcard. Choose it and install.
Keep in mind Im a beginner too so you may want to wait for someone with more experience.
TOTALLY INADVERTENT SUCCESS!!
I booted into clockworkmod recovery, deleted the cache partition, then under "advanced", I deleted the dalvik cache. I have literally no idea what either of these two things are, but since a factory reset was my worst case scenario, jimmy cracked corn and I didn't care.
Rebooted recovery (accidentally), then rebooted the phone. An error message saying the update failed! Happy day!
Now I can back the phone up properly, and go forward. So worried I'd lose all my apps and information not backed up to my Exchange server! Phew!!!!
If you have a rooted stock phone, and then you accept an OTA or load an RUU, you WILL lose root and the custom recovery program. But you SHOULD still be S-Off. If you are in that position right now, you need to re-flash the custom recovery to be able reload the SU app to regain root.
If you are actually back in S-on, you need to restart the root process from the beginning.
THEN BACK UP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE....
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Fastlivin said:
TOTALLY INADVERTENT SUCCESS!!
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Good job.
Fastlivin said:
TOTALLY INADVERTENT SUCCESS!!
I booted into clockworkmod recovery, deleted the cache partition, then under "advanced", I deleted the dalvik cache. I have literally no idea what either of these two things are, but since a factory reset was my worst case scenario, jimmy cracked corn and I didn't care.
Rebooted recovery (accidentally), then rebooted the phone. An error message saying the update failed! Happy day!
Now I can back the phone up properly, and go forward. So worried I'd lose all my apps and information not backed up to my Exchange server! Phew!!!!
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Excellent! I know that phew feeling all to well!
Now please, PLEASE READ THIS THREAD (You'll be glad you did!)
http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=829066
Grnlantern79 said:
Rev method copies its own version of hboot and does not allow an OTA to copy over its own version. I could be completely wrong since i didnt use Revo to root my phone but you may want to try powering to hboot menu if you can power on you can get there, and try flashing the rooted version after full system wipe.
If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
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I was able to get to HBOOT & I followed the steps in the 3rd post of this thread starting at step 5.
I didn't wipe anything (Wipe data, cache, and dalvik), so I don't know what the short term or long term effects are.
I used TiBup & My Backup Pro to restore my SMS/MMS...I don't really want to go any further until I know if I should go back & wipe those things & then do it over...anyone?
I ended up in the exact situation as the op. I went back to stock rooted with perm S-Off and the update got pushed to my phone.
When I noticed the phone trying to update but stuck at the screen you are describing I pulled the battery and went into recovery from hboot. In recovery under mounts there is an option to turn on sd storage or something like that. I've used it before so I knew it would allow me to access the sd card from pc. I then downloaded the rooted rom of the ota. Then I unmounted the phone from pc, rebooted recovery, and went through the normal rom installation.
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The only issue to me seems if you have something on the phone not backed up you want to keep. Even if the update installs and it updates the bootloader back to s-on, revolutionary root still works so you cam just re-root.
Edit: I recommend you head over to thunderboltforums to at least restore the bootloader to stock s-off if you want to accept the update and re-root.
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Hi everyone,
yesterday I wanted to load a custom ICS rom on my HTC Sensation XE. I did S-off the phone, got root access. I downloaded the firmware, rom, and a super wipe zip file for the new rom. Put them all on my sd card and flashed them.
After I flashed the wipe file and the rom the phone was booting up and couldn't go further than boot screen, so I tried several times, wiped the phone and etc.
After few times trying when i went to the recovery, it gave me a message to update and I said yes! I think I shouldn't cause after that it tried to update something in recovery and it failed, system reboot and phone shut down.
since then i can't even turn on the phone!!!! I've got battery charged nearly 80% so the problem is not the battery. Can any of you guys please help me?
So to clarify, it wont start when you press Vol down and Power on at the same time?
No nothing happens!!! like i can't do anything with it or even make it work to a point that I can restore my backed up firmware etc...
device manager detects it though, but cant install the driver....
nbdelmore said:
No nothing happens!!! like i can't do anything with it or even make it work to a point that I can restore my backed up firmware etc...
device manager detects it though, but cant install the driver....
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Yeah it soundslikeyou have Becker it some how. You may want to check out this thread, that is if you want to Teutonic do it yourself. But be warned I annotated 100% sure this will work on your Sensation. The other option is to try for warranty exchange or find someone to JTAG your Sensation. I can put you in touch with someone that can JTAG it if all else fails and you don't mind sending your phone off for a two or three days.
did u flash a non xe rom, did u do the supercid
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Yeah it soundslikeyou have Becker it some how. You may want to check out this thread, that is if you want to Teutonic do it yourself. But be warned I annotated 100% sure this will work on your Sensation. The other option is to try for warranty exchange or find someone to JTAG your Sensation. I can put you in touch with someone that can JTAG it if all else fails and you don't mind sending your phone off for a two or three days.
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thanks for your answer macgnolia, I will give it a try this arvo and I let u know later with my result. I might need you to hook me up with someone who can fix it for me later on if i couldn't fix it on my own in few hours though.
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did u flash a non xe rom, did u do the supercid
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well I think i did. Im really not sure as of now cause i did so many things to fix the issue and finally i got it broken completely! but right now the problem is i cant even trun on the phone to go to recovery and check if it is spercid or not!
Most probably you didn't delete the PG58IMG (firmware) from sd card after flashing firmware. So each time you reboot into bootloader it asks to update in a never ending loop.
Delete any PG58IMG from sd card and reboot bootloader then go to recovery and flash the rom.
Also, what rom you were trying to flash and what firmware? what is the version of your Hboot? 1.27?
Hope it helps
kualmente said:
Most probably you didn't delete the PG58IMG (firmware) from sd card after flashing firmware. So each time you reboot into bootloader it asks to update in a never ending loop.
Delete any PG58IMG from sd card and reboot bootloader then go to recovery and flash the rom.
Also, what rom you were trying to flash and what firmware? what is the version of your Hboot? 1.27?
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yes true, i had the zip file on the sdcard and when it booted up the last time, it asked me to update and I selected yes (and I think I shouldn't) since then I cant turn on the device at all. I just took the sdcard out and deleted the PG58IMG.zip file but still nothing happened!
I was trying to flash revolution HD rom 6.6.1 if i'm not mistaken. is there any way that I can check the version of my HBOOT now? cause I'm not sure if it was 1.27 or not (as far as I remember, it was)
Pull out and reinsert the battery?
Power on while keeping pressed volume down + power button doesn't work? It should bring you to the bootloader.
It doesnt matter if you updated twice or three times the same PG58IMG. It is important that it was the right one.
All bootloader flashable zips are named PG58IMG but the content might be different (firmware, recoveries, spashscreen and even full roms etc etc).
Also, did you install a custom recovery or not? it is necessary to have a custom recovery to flash any custom rom
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No nothing happens!!! like i can't do anything with it or even make it work to a point that I can restore my backed up firmware etc...
device manager detects it though, but cant install the driver....
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what is it detected as?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21989107
follow this step by step, make sure u dont skip anything and when your phone is up and running dont forget to press the thanks button. if u need help along the way you can ask.
flashing file with bootloader is different from the custom rom.
flash 3.32 pg.. file approx 11-13 mb then without rebooting pull battery out and back in then reboot into recovery and flash the rom file and you are good to go.
panjaby said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21989107
follow this step by step, make sure u dont skip anything and when your phone is up and running dont forget to press the thanks button. if u need help along the way you can ask.
flashing file with bootloader is different from the custom rom.
flash 3.32 pg.. file approx 11-13 mb then without rebooting pull battery out and back in then reboot into recovery and flash the rom file and you are good to go.
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How can the OP do this, the device will not even turn on to boot into fastboot or the bootloader therefore the instructions in the thread you linked are pretty much useless to the OP. It seems that the OP has hard bricked the device somehow,maybe fried the processor Blythe back to back flashes or fried the NAND memory with the back to back flashes, who really knows at this point. But right now my money is on JTAG or replacing the mainboard willbe the only fix.
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How can the OP do this, the device will not even turn on to boot into fastboot or the bootloader therefore the instructions in the thread you linked are pretty much useless to the OP. It seems that the OP has hard bricked the device somehow,maybe fried the processor Blythe back to back flashes or fried the NAND memory with the back to back flashes, who really knows at this point. But right now my money is on JTAG or replacing the mainboard willbe the only fix.
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he mentioned nothing about trying it with adb/sdk fastboot using command prompt,
i was in similar situation with my friends phone last week, after 3 days of searching and reading i finally followed that thread and now the sensation is running ordroid 2.1 rom. the buttons on the phone got disabled somehow. had to manually install drivers in device manager, like he mentioned that comp detects the phone. so before giving up adb/sdk is worth a try atleast in my case it was.
Well, i'm sorry for you, man
Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
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Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
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There was no need to open new thread. Someone would have answered you in the old one.
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Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
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What, no wiping between flashes? There's your problem.
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Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
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umm...maybe you should have known that a rom is not an update...it is a new rom. Also, if you read the instructions to flash in the rom thread you will find that all roms need a full wipe when coming from a different one....
PLEASE, A BRICK DEVICE IS JUST THAT.....A BRICK......yours is messed for not doing things properly..
If you look in search like you said you are aware of it. You would have came across same threads about this so called brick phone and it has to do with the pd98img file in the majority of this issue but nope guess not..
Or even like the other member said wipe cache delvik user data etc..
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If you can still get into bootloader (by holding down the volume down and power button while the phone is off) then you can possibly save your phone. You'll need to find a Stock RUU image of the Inspire 4G's rom. It will be a PD98IMG.zip file. Place that on your sdcard. Don't extract it just copy and paste. Then open bootloader. Press the power button to select hboot. Then let it run its course.
I'm pretty sure this can fix your issue. If someone wants to intervene then by all means go ahead.
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If you can still get into bootloader (by holding down the volume down and power button while the phone is off) then you can possibly save your phone. You'll need to find a Stock RUU image of the Inspire 4G's rom. It will be a PD98IMG.zip file. Place that on your sdcard. Don't extract it just copy and paste. Then open bootloader. Press the power button to select hboot. Then let it run its course.
I'm pretty sure this can fix your issue. If someone wants to intervene then by all means go ahead.
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Your right I had to restore my buddies phone and I used genes pool thread to return to stock but...when I copy and rename it it was PD98IMG.zip which was not reading when I boot but renamed it PD98IMG it worked
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ZackFearheart said:
Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
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Try again installing the ROM.
If core-droid is in boot loop and not letting you go to recovery.Just take the battery off.Re-insert the battery and open directly into the recovery panel through volume down and power button.
Full wipe and reinstall CM7 STABLE.
That boot-loop happened to me also. I did that and it solved the problem.
If you're going to flash a different rom into your phone, always make a Full Wipe. This practically will remove any single data that is store in the phone. There's a few full wipe scripts that you can use, search in the threat and you will find it!!
Also, something to help you: Go into recovery, make a full wipe (factory reset) and then install a new rom that is totally stable, hopefully you will be ready to go.