Hey, everyone. How's it going? I have been running Gingervitis 1.1 (?) and last night I went to uninstall an app that I had installed from the market. My phone froze up and is worthless at the moment. I can boot up, but I cant do anything. I see my wallpaper and the taskbar (even it is a little off), but that is it. If I hold power and volume down while booting it goes to the menu, but it automatically chooses to update the radio. I can't choose to do anything else. Wtf? Can I fix this?
Also, the phone will ring, but I can't do anything about that either.
I appreciate any help.
Hmm not sure I can be much help but you could try and get into recovery from there, rename a file say maybe a Rom to PG05IMG so when in hboot it tries to load it? hey just trying to help here and not sure it gonna work but could try a couple more ideas until someone smarter pops in. Sure your not bricked though.
If you can get into hboot you're not bricked. It sounds like you have a PG5... file still on your sd card. Take it out of the phone and load into your computer to delete that file. Put the card back in and you should now be able to select recovery in the hboot menu.
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last i checked, a brick just sat there. so if your phone does more than set there, no it's not. it can probably be fixed. good luck.
power down your phone, take out your sd card and insert it into a computer. delete the pg#### file from the root of your sdcard. insert card in to phone, power back up.
try taking out your SD card and connecting it to computer, rename the PG05img to something else. then you should be able to hboot and get into recovery
Awesome. I'll go buy a card reader and see what I can do. I will post back in a bit.
Thanks to everyone so far.
muckymuck said:
Awesome. I'll go buy a card reader and see what I can do. I will post back in a bit.
Thanks to everyone so far.
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Oops nevermind.
blueis300 said:
Cant you just put your phone in disk drive mode instead of charge only to check your sd card and change from there.
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How would he choose disk drive? He cant unlock the phone.
RootandBoot said:
How would he choose disk drive? He cant unlock the phone.
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uhh oh **** guess ill edit my stupidity post lol
After your able to get back into recovery. Try to run logcat from adb and see where it errors out after you reboot. If you can determine the broken app, you can uninstall it from adb. If not just reinstall the Rom from recovery. If all fails wipe and install clean. Good luck
filkbomb said:
After your able to get back into recovery. Try to run logcat from adb and see where it errors out after you reboot. If you can determine the broken app, you can uninstall it from adb. If not just reinstall the Rom from recovery. If all fails wipe and install clean. Good luck
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Hopefully he made a recent backup and can just restore that.
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Thanks everyone. All is well now. I renamed PG05IMG and went from there as suggested. I went ahead and installed BAMF Sense 3 instead of going back to Gingervitis.
I had not backed up... oops. No worries though, but I will do it now.
Thanks again
muckymuck said:
Thanks everyone. All is well now. I renamed PG05IMG and went from there as suggested. I went ahead and installed BAMF Sense 3 instead of going back to Gingervitis.
I had not backed up... oops. No worries though, but I will do it now.
Thanks again
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Good deal.
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One more "Oh noooo... Wait really? WHEW!!!! It's not bricked afterall." save on XDA.
They saved me once too. Glad you're up and running. Patience is key and so many people around here seem to be so quick to send the phone back, blame the developer and post how the rom bricked their phone, then start a thread about "Rumor Verizon is tracing all phones that spontaneously combusted to rooting. Am I getting Busted?"
Again, nice job on the save
Rooted Thunderbolt on BAMF Sense 3.0 RC 4 with MR2 radio and latest dreamKernel.
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I was using ROM Manager to try to install the ClearDroid ROM, it did a reboot, and now seems stuck at the HTC screen. I can get into the menu (doing power+volume up), but am not sure what to do at this point.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
If you can get into recovery your fine. Just restore your nandrod you hopefully made or try using a different rom or re-downloading the one you just tried.
Edit: have you flashed a recovery yet?
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Pope Viper said:
I was using ROM Manager to try to install the ClearDroid ROM, it did a reboot, and now seems stuck at the HTC screen. I can get into the menu (doing power+volume up), but am not sure what to do at this point.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Remove the battery, reinsert it and then try volume down + power
Thank you for the quick response, to be honest I'm nervous as heck that I'm going to further jack something.
Do I need to copy a ROM onto the SDCARD, and rename it to the PDxxxx.zip?
Something new, and potentially concerning.
When I try to go into recovery, I'm now getting 3 "vibrates", following by blinking orange light.
Pope Viper said:
I was using ROM Manager to try to install the ClearDroid ROM, it did a reboot, and now seems stuck at the HTC screen. I can get into the menu (doing power+volume up), but am not sure what to do at this point.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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If you can get to hboot. use the volume button to go down to recovery and press the power button. Once you're in recovery, wipe data/factory reset, clear cache, go to advanced, clear dalvik, install from zip from sd card, pick the zip from the sd card, it will flash. If you get stuck again redownload the rom and try again.
How long does it take to get into recover? I got into HBOOT, selected recover, power, it reset, presented the HTC screen, faded to black, and seems to be sitting there.
You used bubbys one click one second I will link you to my thread.
edit:go here
nvm kirk beat me to it.
mudknot2005 said:
You used bubbys one click one second I will link you to my thread.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019868&highlight=black+screen
Thank you sir, I just found that!, and am getting things organized to do so.
I do appreciate all the help, folks!
mudknot2005 said:
You used bubbys one click one second I will link you to my thread.
edit:go here
nvm kirk beat me to it.
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Sorry... Helps when I have a lot of these helpful threads bookmarked. LOL
I've got the PD98IMG.ZIP in the root of an SD card (not one that came with phone), and when I go into HBOOT, it cannot find. I did note that the PD98 from above is 222k, is taht correct? Want to make sure I didn't have something go weird with my DL.
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I've got the PD98IMG.ZIP in the root of an SD card (not one that came with phone), and when I go into HBOOT, it cannot find. I did note that the PD98 from above is 222k, is taht correct? Want to make sure I didn't have something go weird with my DL.
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Yes that is the size of the file, when you boot into hboot i will look for the file and on the third time it will find it and start flashing it. Did you place it in a folder, or unpack it?
I figured it would load on the third one, it is on the root, compressed. It's a Blackberry 2G card, that did have a directory in it. I went ahead and formatted the card, and am going to give it another go.
Still no go, it will not recognize that image.
Try a different sd card. Got a few more options after that.
OK< got that fixed, turns out I had formatted it FAT, not FAT32. It parsed the file.
Now what?
Pope Viper said:
OK< got that fixed, turns out I had formatted it FAT, not FAT32. It parsed the file.
Now what?
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Now you should be able to flash a rom like I said earlier through recovery .
Alrighty, I got the HTC and then the black screen. I'll let it think for a while before panicking.
Well, looks like I'm ready to start panicking. It's stuck on the HTC screen.
EDIT * It just dumped me back into HBOOT.
WTH?
Probably. Not. Take a deep breath
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I rooted the inspire 4g with the one click. i tried to go into recovery, and i end up with a black screen. I took out the battery and restarted and it keeps going to bootloader. I can't do anything, reset, shutdown, it keeps going to bootloader. and I can't access my sd card on my computer from my phone. How can I fix this?!?!
this belongs in the GENERAL section... not development.
and google is ur friend... look through this forum u will find ur answer
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I rooted the inspire 4g with the one click. i tried to go into recovery, and i end up with a black screen. I took out the battery and restarted and it keeps going to bootloader. I can't do anything, reset, shutdown, it keeps going to bootloader. and I can't access my sd card on my computer from my phone. How can I fix this?!?!
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PLease post in the proper section (General) this is for rom development.
also please search!
Use an adapter to move files to the sd card. I recommend you take a look at the link in my signature.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974789
try that.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974789
try that.
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NO! there is no need to eng s-off period.
Go here:CWM black screen? Look here before you post!
MudKnot is right. I did the first option and it worked great
I had this problem too, and I found that if you take the battery out and wait maybe a minute to put it in while connected to your PC via USB, your Inspire will turn on by itself and be in Clockworkmod Recovery. The version I had at the time was 3.0.0.6, and I was able to install Android Revolution 4.0 beta v4 with no problems.
Hope this helps if you're still looking.
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Run Bubby's program again. There is a "Fixes" option there now. Not sure if it wants you to do the ENG S-OFF thing or not. I didn't have this issue.
Matt
rimtp07 said:
I rooted the inspire 4g with the one click. i tried to go into recovery, and i end up with a black screen. I took out the battery and restarted and it keeps going to bootloader. I can't do anything, reset, shutdown, it keeps going to bootloader. and I can't access my sd card on my computer from my phone. How can I fix this?!?!
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Well, you could use Rom Manager to do whatever it is you need to do in recovery. In other words, want to install a rom? Chose that function through Rom Manager. RM will automatically ask if you want to backup your existing rom and wipe data and cache.
-Mike
did what all my friends told me to do, who have the evo apparently a bad mistake. used unrevoked to root my evo, worked perfect. stoked!! downloaded titanium backup, backed up everything, worked great. still happy. went to install a rom (i guess) it told me i needed to change my kernel and had a link to the market for a kernel downloader. downloaded the app looked through bout five different kernels, all had good reviews and stable... downloaded the one with the most downloads (6700 or something). asked download? i said yes. asked flask now? i said yes. it said flash complete reboot coming... rebooted got to the HTC EVO 4G white screen sat there for bout 15 seconds and shut off tried to reboot again same thing. bout ten times in a row so i pulled the battery. did a hard reset didnt fix, did a wipe, didnt fix....
anyone know what i can do please help.. thank you
You need to match the right kernel for the ROM your using, you can download and put it on your SD card boot into bootloader should be good to go. Worst case reflash ROM.
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Never was to crazy about that app.
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sammael1069 said:
You need to match the right kernel for the ROM your using, you can download and put it on your SD card boot into bootloader should be good to go. Worst case reflash ROM.
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im def. a noob with androids, iv always had an iphone so forgive me and dont be mad that im ignorant... lol since i dont wanna listen to my friends anymore about this how exactly do u reflash the rom? or ill just be happy putting the original kernel back in lol.
sammael1069 said:
Never was to crazy about that app.
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Me neither.. It sent me into bootloops several times after trying to flash from the app.
swmp45a said:
im def. a noob with androids, iv always had an iphone so forgive me and dont be mad that im ignorant... lol since i dont wanna listen to my friends anymore about this how exactly do u reflash the rom? or ill just be happy putting the original kernel back in lol.
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Go into bootloader (power off, then back on while holding volume down) Go into recovery, choose install from zip, then find the ROM on your SD card and flash.
You did backup right ?
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sammael1069 said:
You did backup right ?
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i backed up using titanium backup (im pretty sure) went in there and did what it told me to do to back up
even if i didnt back up i still have everything on my google account right
just googling... how do u reflash when i cant even turn the phone on?
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i backed up using titanium backup (im pretty sure) went in there and did what it told me to do to back up
even if i didnt back up i still have everything on my google account right
just googling... how do u reflash when i cant even turn the phone on?
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I think he was asking if you made a Nandroid back ( a complete backup of you ROM) If not you need to place a ROM on your SD card and flash it via recovery (see my earlier post)
crump84 said:
I think he was asking if you made a Nandroid back ( a complete backup of you ROM) If not you need to place a ROM on your SD card and flash it via recovery (see my earlier post)
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ok and i can just google evo rom and put it on the sd card?
also with the sd card i have the adaptor for the micro sd but my computer (hp and I MAC) never read those things. is there a better one that works or am i doing something wrong.
on my hp the light turns green but it never comes up anywhere in any drive on the comp
on the I MAC nothing happens at all
crump84 said:
I think he was asking if you made a Nandroid back ( a complete backup of you ROM) If not you need to place a ROM on your SD card and flash it via recovery (see my earlier post)
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He most likely has the rom in the root kit. I flashed virus sence 3.0 on my wifes evo this mourning. Nice stuff.
swmp45a said:
ok and i can just google evo rom and put it on the sd card?
also with the sd card i have the adaptor for the micro sd but my computer (hp and I MAC) never read those things. is there a better one that works or am i doing something wrong.
on my hp the light turns green but it never comes up anywhere in any drive on the comp
on the I MAC nothing happens at all
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Find a ROM in the EVO section here at XDA ( Your in the EVO Shift forum) http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=653
Not sure what to tell you about getting your pc to recognize your SD card but that would make the process a lot easier
swmp45a said:
ok and i can just google evo rom and put it on the sd card?
also with the sd card i have the adaptor for the micro sd but my computer (hp and I MAC) never read those things. is there a better one that works or am i doing something wrong.
on my hp the light turns green but it never comes up anywhere in any drive on the comp
on the I MAC nothing happens at all
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Dont hook it to the pc. When the phone is off (hold volume down then hold the power button) it will boot into bootloader, volume down to recovery, hit power to select.
swmp45a said:
im def. a noob with androids, iv always had an iphone so forgive me and dont be mad that im ignorant... lol since i dont wanna listen to my friends anymore about this how exactly do u reflash the rom? or ill just be happy putting the original kernel back in lol.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JTQ2UNYi7s
alright... thank all of you for your help when i get home from work i will try to get it going...
If you have time it will be running in 20 min. tops
crump84 said:
Find a ROM in the EVO section here at XDA ( Your in the EVO Shift forum) http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=653
Not sure what to tell you about getting your pc to recognize your SD card but that would make the process a lot easier
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i bought a new card holder i got the computer to recognize the sd card but now it will not let me drag the new rom into it... tried three different roms tried zipped form and dragging it wont let me tried unzipped form and dragging it.. wont let me.. what am i doing wrong????
do you see the original rom in it
rom has to be in .zip
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do you see the original rom in it
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i do not have the original rom becuase i didnt make a nandroid backup i was told i did not have to
and i tried dragging the zipped rom called "sinister rom" into sd card and it would not let me
ok, so a few days ago i was flashing the G2x weapon rom onto my rooted G2x, but while i was in the clockwork mod to flash it it froze on me, i left it like that for an hour or so, but it didnt work, so i took the battery out. now whenever i turn it on, it loads the LG screen, then nothing, the screen stays turned on, but its black, ive tried to boot it into recovery mode but that does not work either. What should i do?
Did you do One-Click NVFlash>? if u used Rom Manager you probably fake flashed and thats why its not working for you. You should use NVflash followt he steps and boot up into recover and restore a back up. GOod Luck
thanks ill try that
ed116 said:
Did you do One-Click NVFlash>? if u used Rom Manager you probably fake flashed and thats why its not working for you. You should use NVflash followt he steps and boot up into recover and restore a back up. GOod Luck
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+1
Also try holding the vol down+pwr for longer than usual might just be being difficult
Making bad decision's one at a time.
so when i get into nvflash it says usb not found,
i did all the steps, and had it all done, but it dosent find my phone
Did u install the drivers correctly? That's probably the problem if it says USB is not found. I believe there is a video about how to install the drivers. Ill look for the video now
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Sorry for the double post, and here is a video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzk92rV6k4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I used Linux to nvflash mine so I haven't used this method but I'm sure a lot of other people have.
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moeahmad1995 said:
Sorry for the double post, and here is a video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzk92rV6k4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I used Linux to nvflash mine so I haven't used this method but I'm sure a lot of other people have.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
This was written for Windows users, I followed this one myself, pretty straight-forward, and "idiot proof". (If anything can be truly idiot proof. Cynical, who, me?)
so, ive flashed my phone through nvflash and i got clockwork mod up and running, but whenever i select the file to flash that is on my SD card, it says no files found. i even tried going to my backup on the clockwork file, and nothing.
reki94 said:
so, ive flashed my phone through nvflash and i got clockwork mod up and running, but whenever i select the file to flash that is on my SD card, it says no files found. i even tried going to my backup on the clockwork file, and nothing.
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Since changing to Nvflash, did you download the rom you want to install and transfer it to the phone from your computer. Using Rom Manager it may not have left a copy on your phone.
If you cant hook up the SD card to the computer, get an external SD card and make sure u've installed clockwordmod with external sd, hook it up to a laptop with an SD card slot, and put it in , then take the mini sd and pop it in your phone, then boot up and that should do it good luck! atleast now your 1 step closer to recovering your phone
Ughh hate,seeing this happen...hope u flashed nV..all the best
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Hope you didn't brick your phone.
No you did not brick your phone. Rom manager downloads the file to sdcard/clockworkmod/downloads. Look there for the file. Only if you download a rom from your browser does it go to externalsdcard/downloads
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I'm not sure if this is the right section or not, sorry if it's not, but my phone is really screwed up. I have the htc one S on T mobile that is running the viper one s rom on cwm 10 and will just go to a black screen after displaying the htc screen. I don't have any nandroid backups or copies of working roms either, so I can't boot from those. I did not have USB debugging checked before my phone became corrupt, so I'm pretty sure that ABD will not work, and whenever I try and plug my phone into the computer and access the flash boot menu, it will say that the USB is corrupt and it will not work. The cause of this is because I was messing with the build.prop, I accidentally deleted it, although I have a backup, there is no way if installing it in my phone's current state. It's getting to the point where I honestly don't care if I lose al of my stuff just as long as my phone will work again. Any knowledge shared on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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I'm not sure if this is the right section or not, sorry if it's not, but my phone is really screwed up. I have the htc one S on T mobile that is running the viper one s rom on cwm 10 and will just go to a black screen after displaying the htc screen. I don't have any nandroid backups or copies of working roms either, so I can't boot from those. I did not have USB debugging checked before my phone became corrupt, so I'm pretty sure that ABD will not work, and whenever I try and plug my phone into the computer and access the flash boot menu, it will say that the USB is corrupt and it will not work. The cause of this is because I was messing with the build.prop, I accidentally deleted it, although I have a backup, there is no way if installing it in my phone's current state. It's getting to the point where I honestly don't care if I lose al of my stuff just as long as my phone will work again. Any knowledge shared on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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So... that's miserable. You may put a ROM in your phone SD card and install it using ClockworkMod Recovery.
See this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_One_S#Guides.2FHow_to
Kou Dou said:
So... that's miserable. You may put a ROM in your phone SD card and install it using ClockworkMod Recovery.
See this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_One_S#Guides.2FHow_to
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Yeah I know that that would fix it, but my main problem is that I don't know how I would get a transfer a rom onto my phone...
Have you found a solution yet too your problem?
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ElephantThong8 said:
Have you found a solution yet too your problem?
You can Trust me I'm a Newb... Sent from my World War II bunker In an undisclosed location.
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Nope... Know any pros?
Are you able to boot into recovery okay?
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ElephantThong8 said:
Are you able to boot into recovery okay?
You can Trust me I'm a Newb... Sent from my World War II bunker In an undisclosed location.
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Recovery and fastboot and that's about it.
Get a micro sdcard or if you have one already, get a micro sdcard reader, open case from back of your phone and take out the microsdcard.
Put it in the card reader. Copy the rom/image... put the card back in... boot in recovery... use the rom from sdcard to flash that rom.
Have fun..
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fearthecookie said:
Yeah I know that that would fix it, but my main problem is that I don't know how I would get a transfer a rom onto my phone...
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Hey! Read these guides that will teach you how to flash recovery and ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
https://www.xda-developers.com/tag/clockwordmod-recovery/
https://sites.google.com/site/teamr...lopment/flash-clockwork-recovery-via-fastboot
Good luck!
heart_crafter said:
Get a micro sdcard or if you have one already, get a micro sdcard reader, open case from back of your phone and take out the microsdcard.
Put it in the card reader. Copy the rom/image... put the card back in... boot in recovery... use the rom from sdcard to flash that rom.
Have fun..
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Unfortunately, I have the HTC one s,with no removable SD card...
Kou Dou said:
Hey! Read these guides that will teach you how to flash recovery and ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
https://www.xda-developers.com/tag/clockwordmod-recovery/
https://sites.google.com/site/teamr...lopment/flash-clockwork-recovery-via-fastboot
Good luck!
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Will do!
The last link might help, but whenever I plug my phone into the computer,it says that it is corrupt and will not work
fearthecookie said:
The last link might help, but whenever I plug my phone into the computer,it says that it is corrupt and will not work
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Well... the only suggestions I can give you now are:
1. Go to this forum to ask for more help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1528
2. Visit HTC's official websites to find some solutions.
3. Search for other tutorials about flashing recovery via fastboot.
fearthecookie said:
The last link might help, but whenever I plug my phone into the computer,it says that it is corrupt and will not work
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Have you tried a different port or a different pc?
Take a sceenshot where it says it is corrupt.
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heart_crafter said:
Have you tried a different port or a different pc?
Take a sceenshot where it says it is corrupt.
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Ok,I'll upload a screenshot, but as for a different pc, I only have my laptop. Different usb ports don't seem to have any effect though...