I'm working on a single-package solution for S-ON full factory reset. It's a PD98IMG type package that, in addition to the program itself, contains the complete factory stock 1.80.502.3 RUU. It runs in three phases:
Overview:
Installs itself as a PD98IMG type package (it contains a stripped down CM6 OS with a single app--the app that does the restoration, the correct radio/kernel combo for gfree exploit, and a data partition containing the RUU); Simply copy the file to the SD card (with an adapter if you can't do it through the phone), rename it to exactly "PD98IMG.zip", then boot into HBOOT (disconnect USB if connected, pull and put back battery, then hold VOL-DOWN and momentarily press POWER).
Boots and runs the restoration program as the only app in the OS, prompting the user at each step to make sure all goes well. The last step copies the RUU from the data partition to the SD card, thereby replacing the PD98IMG.zip that installed everything with the RUU, then reboots to HBOOT for the final phase.
The final phase is loading and running the RUU on the newly restored (S-ON) device to return it to full factory status. The RUU copied in phase 2 is a genuine HTC stock 1.80.502.3 restoration RUU. Allow it to unzip and self-check, then press VOL-UP to write it to the device.
Once completed successfully, you should be in the same condition as an out-of-box new phone.
If you do have to send your phone back for warranty or insurance purposes, it should be a lot easier than the currently available methods.
Important! The newest batch of Inspires shipped from HTC (probably anything bought new after Aug. 2011) have hardware that is incompatible with the hboot in the Froyo update as listed here. If your Inspire is a later model Inspire, do not run the Froyo version on it. Use the Gingerbread version only!
Instructions:
Do a nandroid and/or Titanium backup! It never hurts!
While still in ClockWorkMod recovery, do a "Factory Reset/Wipe Data". This is necessary if you've got an ext4 cache or CM7 dalvik-cache on /cache. If not it will cause boot hang after installation. EXT4 cache will not work with this tool. If your recovery has ext4, be sure you format the cache to EXT3.
Download from the URL below, copy to the SD card and rename to "PD98IMG.zip"
Reboot to HBOOT: Shutdown completely (disconnect USB if connected and pull battery if necessary) then while holding down the VOL-DOWN key, press the POWER key for about half a second. The phone should boot into HBOOT, check the PD98IMG.zip for consistency, then prompt you to install. Select VOL-UP to install.
Once installed, HBOOT will prompt you to reboot by pressing the POWER button. Do this.
The operating system in this tool is a stripped down CM6 install with only the minimum features necessary to run an apk. The apk for the tool will run after the HTC splash screen, then prompt you through the process. Depending on the speed of your SD card, the last step, copying the RUU to the SD card, may take several minutes.
Once successfully completed, the phone will automatically reboot to HBOOT and begin the process of installing the RUU. The only thing you have to do at this point is acknowledge the prompt to install by pressing VOL-UP. (Note: the RUU install may skip a couple of images during the install but this is normal.)
Once the RUU is installed, press POWER to reboot and your phone should be in 100% factory out-of-box condition.
Changelog:
13-SEP-2011 -- Added emphasis to step 2 to drive home the fact that this will not work if you have an EXT4 cache partition.
21-AUG-2011 -- 1.07: Removed "beta" designation. Added both Gingerbread (2.3.3) and Froyo (2.2.2) versions since 2.3.3 is now officially released for Inspire. Cleaned up the launcher a bit, fixed some typos and scrolling issues.
11-AUG-2011 -- 1.06b: Reverted to a PD98IMG that does NOT erase the cache. This was causing boot hangs. There is now a new step 2 in the instructions. Be sure to clear your data/cache.
10-AUG-2011 -- 1.05b: Fixed black screen for some Inspires with different mfg. LCD panels. Added cache wipe to main image as a dirty cache partition could cause bootloops in some situations. Disabled screen timeout so screen doesn't blank out while copying RUU.
Download (restores to official Froyo 2.2.2) (315MB):
http://hoxnet.com/droid/s-on/PD98IMG_Inspire_S-ON_FactoryRestore_FR_1.07.zip
MD5: 4402961aef54f2928a757bd385e6c151
Download (restores to official Gingerbread 2.3.3) (309MB):
http://hoxnet.com/droid/s-on/PD98IMG_Inspire_S-ON_FactoryRestore_GB_1.07.zip
MD5: f6d519b11cc6229eb02c3ba274680c1e
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Special thanks to ATTN1 and the rest of the crew at #liberatedAria for their guidance in producing this. Thanks to m0biusace and kem52 for alpha testing this. Thanks to XDA crew for all the help they've provided with this forum.
When I try to do the power and holding the volume up button what happens is the phone vibrates and the led light just keeps flashing ? Any ideas ?
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whiteman0vette said:
When I try to do the power and holding the volume up button what happens is the phone vibrates and the led light just keeps flashing ? Any ideas ?
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Whoops. First typo. It now reads:
(pull and put back battery, then hold VOL-DOWN and momentarily press POWER).
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Sorry about that.
It's all good. :0)
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I'm actually wanting to flash my phone back to an "out of the box" state, I'm downloading the .zip now, I'll post the results in a few. If this works, you will have made me a happy man!
I'm going to get the Motorola Atrix (I hope it's actually better...)
*EDIT* so I need to have S-ON BEFORE running this package?
I downloaded the above, renamed it, booted to HBOOT, ran the update however I still have S-OFF. Boots to a black screen... (Brick??)
if you have s-on, you probably never rooted in the first place so what are you looking to "restore"?
Zbor said:
I'm actually wanting to flash my phone back to an "out of the box" state, I'm downloading the .zip now, I'll post the results in a few. If this works, you will have made me a happy man!
I'm going to get the Motorola Atrix (I hope it's actually better...)
*EDIT* so I need to have S-ON BEFORE running this package?
I downloaded the above, renamed it, booted to HBOOT, ran the update however I still have S-OFF. Boots to a black screen... (Brick??)
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No HTC splash screen? It should boot into a minimal android system. Try pulling the battery and power on.
ill test for ya..
downloading now. i have to get my phone to stock to show my friend how easy is is to root and use custom roms. hope this works...
The atrix sucked for me I sold my first inspire and got one it just sucked it might be good in the winter for a hand warmer it gets smoking hot so if you get one good luck
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Great tool, downloading
works
It worked as it should. S-on and back to stock, very easily. great work.
Nice job, GenePoole. This was well thought out and executed.
is there a specific place to put the PD98IMG or is anywhere fine?
This didn't work for me. I wanted to try out the new Gingerbread release from AT&T and when I run through this process, I'm stuck at a black screen after step 4. I tried twice just to make sure I didn't screw something up. Black screen, both times.
thanks
so i haven't tried this method yet, im wondering if i return my inspire to get a new replacement inspire, will it be as easy to root my new inspire as it was a couple months ago, the reason i ask is because anyone with a rooted evo 4g better take good care of it because if they send it in to get a new one they will be stuck with stock, the new evo 4g is unrootable lol, sucks for them, any ways i just dont want a stock inspire that cant be rooted, thanks for this tool mate, i will surely use it once i know i can root my replacement inspire
This worked perfect and checked for update and told me I can download gb right away. Thanks and keep up the good work.
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does this make the splash screen the default or does it stay coustom
Zbor said:
I'm actually wanting to flash my phone back to an "out of the box" state, I'm downloading the .zip now, I'll post the results in a few. If this works, you will have made me a happy man!
I'm going to get the Motorola Atrix (I hope it's actually better...)
*EDIT* so I need to have S-ON BEFORE running this package?
I downloaded the above, renamed it, booted to HBOOT, ran the update however I still have S-OFF. Boots to a black screen... (Brick??)
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Did you check the md5 sum?
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greentrees89 said:
so i haven't tried this method yet, im wondering if i return my inspire to get a new replacement inspire, will it be as easy to root my new inspire as it was a couple months ago, the reason i ask is because anyone with a rooted evo 4g better take good care of it because if they send it in to get a new one they will be stuck with stock, the new evo 4g is unrootable lol, sucks for them, any ways i just dont want a stock inspire that cant be rooted, thanks for this tool mate, i will surely use it once i know i can root my replacement inspire
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Yes, the new ace hack kit by ATTN1 fully supports the new AT&G Gingerbread update.
cordell507 said:
does this make the splash screen the default or does it stay coustom
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The RUU has the default splash screen (white with green "HTC") so I would assume that if you have a custom screen, it will overwrite it, but I have no first hand information. I'll try installing a custom splash on mine and see what happens.
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YOU MUST HAVE ROOT+S-OFF BEFORE THIS WILL WORK. if you are not already s-off, this will not help you.
Here is a file for you. its magic.
need to send your phone back to sprint?
want to go 100% back to stock and start the root process over again?
download the file onto the root of your sdcard.
go to bootloader mood (vol down + power)
when it asks you to press vol up to update, press volume up.
success
have winrar and dont want to erase your bootloader or your Recovery?
simply download the file and delete recovery+Hboot from the inside (do not unzip).
*make sure after you run this PG06IMG.zip to rename it to anything else (like aPG06IMG.zip) or it will ask you if your want to update every time you go to Bootloader and not allow you to fastboot or recovery.
THIS WILL MAKE YOU LOOSE ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION ON YOUR PHONE.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
.93 hboot-Original Hboot that came with the phone-not s-off
Code:
Common issues:
Cant get device to recognize PG06IMG.img?
Check the file system of your sdcard. Sdcard that came with phone uses a FAT filesystem, which bootloader does not recognize. use a computer to format your sdcard (or use recovery to format sdcard) to exfat or fat32 to clear this issue.
Formatting will wipe your sdcard so make sure you back it up first :)
Download here:
http://www.multiupload.com/6SQFTBY4WK-2.2RUU (.93 hboot included)
Thanks for posting!
This worked great on my friends phone! I rooted it for her but her phone is acting up and wants to take it back to sprint and this was easy after I formatted her sd to fat32
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was going to take my phone into sprint today because my h button on my keyboard quit on me so i used this it was easy and did its thing then i noticed my h key came back to me...so i went ahead and followed the perm root instructions again and im good to go thanks for saving me time and gas money
my friend asked me to unroot their evo, it is running cm7 and has s-on, will this bring it back to factory from that state? i tried the PC36IMG.zip with no luck, then i stumbled upon this...
mmaiolo81 said:
my friend asked me to unroot their evo, it is running cm7 and has s-on, will this bring it back to factory from that state? i tried the PC36IMG.zip with no luck, then i stumbled upon this...
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This is for the Evo Shift.
^ Shift Faced
jesusice said:
This is for the Evo Shift.
^ Shift Faced
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i feel like a dunce, thank you...
Works gr8
T/u had to send one back and this worked like a charm...
Thanks. Was looking for this as a backup, just in case.
Once again, thank you. Decided to go back 100% stock and start over and this was amazingly easy to do.
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I dont know what my prob is, but nothing works for me. After i hold vol down + power, it doesnt ask me anything. It tells me to press vol up for next iterm, vol down for next item, and power to select that item.
I've tried this, the other ruu file to go back to stock, and nothing works. Im at my wits end. Also, it does show a bunch of writing in green saying:
loading pgo6diag.zip, no img or wrong img
loading pgo6diag.nbh, no img or wrong img
loading pgo6img.zip, no img or wrong img
loading pgo6img.nbh, no img or wrong img
loading nv.img, no img or wrong img.
anybody can help?
here is more info:
speedy xe eng s-off
hboot-0.93.2001 (pg0610000)
radio-1.07.00.1129
eMMC-boot
Nov 15 2010, 13:16:46
xPSYB0RGx said:
I dont know what my prob is, but nothing works for me. After i hold vol down + power, it doesnt ask me anything. It tells me to press vol up for next iterm, vol down for next item, and power to select that item.
I've tried this, the other ruu file to go back to stock, and nothing works. Im at my wits end. Also, it does show a bunch of writing in green saying:
loading pgo6diag.zip, no img or wrong img
loading pgo6diag.nbh, no img or wrong img
loading pgo6img.zip, no img or wrong img
loading pgo6img.nbh, no img or wrong img
loading nv.img, no img or wrong img.
anybody can help?
here is more info:
speedy xe eng s-off
hboot-0.93.2001 (pg0610000)
radio-1.07.00.1129
eMMC-boot
Nov 15 2010, 13:16:46
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reformat your sd.. says bootloader cant recognize FAT..
it worked for me when formatted through recovery.. you can use a computer too. i was dumb and lost my copy of the .ZIP so remember to back that up
It didn't work... the phone saw it and checked it and then check the file again and never asked do i want to update... Any ideas?
Well I'm completely back to stock and unrooted...I was having issues making and receiving calls and still no keyboard or on screen lights. Hope Sprint is open on Sundays. Worked perfect BTW thanks.
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is just a stock rom that came with the shift?
what are all these problems about and how well does this work.
im.nick.hello said:
is just a stock rom that came with the shift?
what are all these problems about and how well does this work.
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It is a magical zip. It will return your phone to out of the box condition. No root. S-On. Bone stock 2.2. So... all in all it works pretty well
^ Shift Faced
jesusice said:
It is a magical zip. It will return your phone to out of the box condition. No root. S-On. Bone stock 2.2. So... all in all it works pretty well
^ Shift Faced
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is there a rooted version of this? i want to go back to stock without having to go through the whole rooting thing again...
Jedman67 said:
is there a rooted version of this? i want to go back to stock without having to go through the whole rooting thing again...
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Remove the recovery and hboot without unzipping the file.
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rlentz2009 said:
It didn't work... the phone saw it and checked it and then check the file again and never asked do i want to update... Any ideas?
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Same thing here.
Edit: Phone was not rooted, I'm trying to revert back to 2.2 after the phone was upgraded to 2.3 (before I bought it today). Maybe that's why it's not working for me. I downloaded the file from two different mirrors just in case I managed to grab one that was corrupt.
crump84 said:
Remove the recovery and hboot without unzipping the file.
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thanks...ill give it a shot
OK I have never posted anything on this site so I hope this is the right section.
Anyway to get to the point, I believe I bricked my Thunderbolt.
I went from Bamf Remix 1.6 to Cubed Rom and then upgraded to Das Bamf 2.0 after I upgraded my Radio to the Gingerbread one I believe. It booted up fine and I love the 2.0 update but it ran too slowly and I could literally see my battery life draining so I decided to switch back to my backup of my 1.6 but when i tried to boot into recovery, it auto loaded the radio update and i must of clicked the power because it redid that. after that my TB would only get to a black screen but I could tell it was on cause my computer detected it and i could see the backlight on. so then i loaded my other microSD into it and tried to restore with a backup from there but now it will only rebooot to the white screen with the 4 options and no way to get to recovery. Am I bricked or am i overreacting. Thanks in advance for ur guys help. love this site!
you have to downgrade back to a froyo radio if you reverted back from gingerbread. Get the one listed in the radio thread on the developers forum or rooting thread how-to that mentions it's for s-off and modified to have root permissions allowed.
You can stick it on your sd card from clockwork recovery by mounting your sd card via usb.
Also, that white screen with the options you see is the bootloader. If you read the options, the bootloader has an option to boot into recovery.
Take a deep breath, relax and hold your panicking for a while and try again
Also here's the radio from the restore to stock thread (this will fully restore to stock and all data not on the sdcard, but with s-off still so you can flash again):
http://www.multiupload.com/26WG1UZCXR (md5sum: abda920f3e159fb05c00d8c54a5b8768)
That is fricken ridiculously awesome man. A 12 minute reply at this time. Thank you so much man. I will try this and hope that it works. I will get back to ASAP! THANKS!
Ok I downloaded the file you linked me and put it on the root of my microSD card. but when i boot up my phone it only goes to the white bootloader screen and there is no recovery option any advice?
can try while its rebooting adb reboot recovery
then wipe cache factory rest wipe dalvik then fresh install das bamf 1.6
worst case senario as it sounds ull have to ruu back to stock and re-root ull have to bit of searching for this info cant remeber where i found Ruu but ya it turns s-on so make sure u read alot and pay complete attention to what you do also make sure ur not on the GB leak radio cause wont work with froyo unless u use MR2 that might be step 2 in this senario after u try to get into recovery via adb.
Sorry, I don't really have anything to contribute to your solution, RUU/reroot is nearly always a surefire solution...
however, let this be a warning to others, this is why one of the last steps in a radio flash is
DELETE PG05IMG.zip FROM YOUR SDCARD.
itsdubai said:
Ok I downloaded the file you linked me and put it on the root of my microSD card. but when i boot up my phone it only goes to the white bootloader screen and there is no recovery option any advice?
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rename the radio from PG05IMG_MR1_upgrade.zip to PG05IMG.zip, then stick it on the card just as you did when you rooted to begin with (basically you are doing the same steps you did for rooting, just not reverting to the old radio, since you already have s-off.
AFTER YOUR DONE AND EVERYTHING WORKS, REMOVE PG05IMG.zip FROM YOUR SDCARD (youll wish you had of if you didnt eventually).
itsdubai said:
Ok I downloaded the file you linked me and put it on the root of my microSD card. but when i boot up my phone it only goes to the white bootloader screen and there is no recovery option any advice?
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It sounds like it may be coming up in fastboot mode in which case there should be a button in the menu list for bootloader. Select bootloader and it ought to bring up additional options including recovery.
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yareally said:
rename the radio from PG05IMG_MR1_upgrade.zip to PG05IMG.zip, then stick it on the card just as you did when you rooted to begin with (basically you are doing the same steps you did for rooting, just not reverting to the old radio, since you already have s-off.
AFTER YOUR DONE AND EVERYTHING WORKS, REMOVE PG05IMG.zip FROM YOUR SDCARD (youll wish you had of if you didnt eventually).
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This method worked for me when I reverted. Everything will be deleted but you should be back to working, then get Rom manager, and restore your backup. I did it twice yesterday bouncing between BAMF 1.7 and 2.whatever.
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
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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
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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
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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.
I used revolution to root my phone, I think it work (havent put any type of rom in it yet); but then i decided to upgrade it to ice cream sandwich. and when i tried to install ice cream i am getting this blank black screen with white triangle sign and yellow exclamation mark + blue droid robot. Any idea what going on? If the operating system is installing properly, how long should I be seeing this screen? I read somewhere that this is a system loading sign, but how long is it going to be like this (must be at least 40 minutes already)
>> download root checker to find out if have or have not root your phone.
-So first question would be, if the phone is root. Can I upgrade it to ice cream sandwich like normal? Or I have to do something else.
>> while doing rooting, dont mess around with OTA update
-I am in a sorta of limbo right now, because i havent figure out what rom to put in. And then opt to upgrade instead. What my best option?.
>>very helpful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298
http://lifehacker.com/5853519/how-do-i-fix-my-bricked-android-phone
-I got revolution to work, install clockworkmod recovery...but not much else. Anything else I need to press forward, or go backward (I have yet to backup my data/phone numbers...)
>>just backup everything and pray! j/k
do everything twice if you have too, and make all the mistakes along the way; that how some of us sorta learn.
Please help ASAP. My phone is in limbo right now!
>>not anymore, , thank you everyone for contributing!
and if at some moments you feel this is sorta over your head, try to get a hold of one of those experts who do up these ROM. They should know these things inside out.
Thank you
daitka said:
I used revolution to root my phone, I think it work (havent put any type of rom in it yet); but then i decided to upgrade it to ice cream sandwich. and when i tried to install ice cream i am getting this blank black screen with white triangle sign and yellow exclamation mark + blue droid robot. Any idea what going on? If the operating system is installing properly, how long should I be seeing this screen? I read somewhere that this is a system loading sign, but how long is it going to be like this (must be at least 40 minutes already)
-So first question would be, if the phone is root. Can I upgrade it to ice cream sandwich like normal? Or I have to do something else.
-I am in a sorta of limbo right now, because i havent figure out what rom to put in. And then opt to upgrade instead. What my best option?.
-I got revolution to work, install clockworkmod recovery...but not much else. Anything else I need to press forward, or go backward (I have yet to backup my data/phone numbers...)
Please help ASAP. My phone is in limbo right now!
Thank you
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Do you mean OTA ICS or a custom Rom ICS?
Hmm if it is the SECOND one you should try booting into recovery via the hboot screen. From there you can wipe data and restart. If the fault occurs again well I have no idea
If you meant an ICS update from HTC then you need to redlash the stock recovery.
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Do you mean OTA ICS or a custom Rom ICS?
Hmm if it is the SECOND one you should try booting into recovery via the hboot screen. From there you can wipe data and restart. If the fault occurs again well I have no idea
If you meant an ICS update from HTC then you need to redlash the stock recovery.
>> Hi, I meant the first option. OTA ICS. I think I make a mistake of trying to do update while not finishing rooting my phone in the first place.
how do i go about reflash to stock recovery?, i dont want to lose my data/contact...
have you flashed 3.32 firmware and super Cid?
this is required for ICS.
Beamed from my Senny..
Sindroid said:
have you flashed 3.32 firmware and super Cid?
this is required for ICS.
Beamed from my Senny..
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>> uhm no. should i be doing that? i thought rooting the phone/adding a new rom should be pretty straightforward. now it's getting pretty complicated!
daitka said:
>> uhm no. should i be doing that? i thought rooting the phone/adding a new rom should be pretty straightforward. now it's getting pretty complicated!
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It's not that bad, you only have to supercid then flash new firmware once when going to ics. Then its just wiping and flashing
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I wish I can say I understand these steps, but it is getting more and more convoluted! any link to a page with steps by steps instruction? kinda feel like i am going into unchart water.
Most Ics Roms require 3.32 firmware and gb Roms require a different firmweare. Most people prefer Ics which is Android 4.0.3 . Once you have the correct firmware is quite a straight forward process. If your S off, you will place the Rom at the root of your sd card. I do this buy downloading to my computer, using my phone as a removable disk drive and copying the file to my device. It goes directly to root not into a folder. Then I enter into my recovery, i love 4ext touch recovery because it has more options and is easy to use. I do a nandroid backup of my current rom, incase something goes wrong. I. Use 4 ext for the backup also. Then I do a full wipe usually wipe data factory reset, then I wipe cash and dalvick cash then I install zip from sd card and reboot. This is how I install a Rom. After flashing it WILL take some time for the first boot so don't worry if it takes a few minutes sometimes. Then it will say Android is upgrading then it will boot into your new rom
I hope this helps you some in the steps to flashing a rom.please remember firmware is very important. Have fun flashing.
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Your very welcome, remember this is just the steps to rom flashing. You FIRST must be rooted and S Off to use the procedures. Don't worry too much because once rooted and S off if you get in a pinch flashing you have your backup. But remember correct firmweare is very very important. Hope I've helped you out a bit in the rom flashing area
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You should READ and understand this procedure : Click!
Everything you need to know to succeed is in that thread. If you have question after that come back and ask.
Oups! Forgot this link too.... Click!
realsis said:
Your very welcome, remember this is just the steps to rom flashing. You FIRST must be rooted and S Off to use the procedures. Don't worry too much because once rooted and S off if you get in a pinch flashing you have your backup. But remember correct firmweare is very very important. Hope I've helped you out a bit in the rom flashing area
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i believe i am already root and s-off. when you said i have a backup? what backup?!
how do i figure out what firmware i got, and which version is the correct one?.
i think i am going with the ICS route.
Here's some more information:
I downloaded a ROM Manager through marketplace, and when I tried to run it. I get the following error message: "You must root your phone for ROM Manager to function. Superuser was not found at '/system/bin/su' or '/system/xbin/su'. Use google search on your computer to find instructions to root your phone"
I also downloaded Superuser app, and when i click on it, it open up but it said 'no apps in list'!
I downloaded Titanium backup, but when I tried to run it. I get the following error message :"Sorry, I could not acquire root privileges. This application will *not* work! Please verify that your ROM is rooted and include BusyBox, and try again. This attempt was made using the 'su' command"
I download the ruu file ('RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed) , tried to run it; and the computer ask what program should i use to open it!?
thanks.
You can download root checker to verify your root it will let you know if root was successful. Ics uses 3.32 firmware. I aquire backup by going into 4ext recovery, manage backup, new backup, backup system. What recovery are you using ? Usually you can backup from recovery. You can download correct firmware in search or usually the rom site will also have the firmware in Android development. Hope this answers some of your questions.
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realsis said:
You can download root checker to verify your root it will let you know if root was successful. Ics uses 3.32 firmware. I aquire backup by going into 4ext recovery, manage backup, new backup, backup system. What recovery are you using ? Usually you can backup from recovery. You can download correct firmware in search or usually the rom site will also have the firmware in Android development. Hope this answers some of your questions.
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so i just ran root checker and the result is : " Sorry, this device does not have proper root access"
so now what?!
OK...
Pull out the battery...
Replace battery
Hold Volume Down and press power button while still holding volume down.
That will give you the fastboot menu.
Write down what is written in upper left of your screen. (Or take photo).
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See attachment, this is what you must have before going a step ahead.
Lucky Thirteen said:
OK...
Pull out the battery...
Replace battery
Hold Volume Down and press power button while still holding volume down.
That will give you the fastboot menu.
Write down what is written in upper left of your screen. (Or take photo).
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-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT - 1.17.1111
RADIO – 10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
Jun 2 2011, 22:31:39
Ok now this is fine.
You don't have root, usually when the line Openxxx is missing it's because you don't have root privileges.
Now download this recovery Recovery PG58IMG.zip
Copy the PG58IMG file into the Root folder of your SD card.
Turn off your phone by removing again the battery and reboot into the Bootloader/HBOOT screen like you just did to gave me your infos.
Press Volume up to Accept when it asks" Do you want to start the update" DON'T STOP the processus until it give you the option to reboot.
Press Power to Reboot
Delete PG58IMG from your memory card.
Lucky Thirteen said:
Ok now this is fine.
You don't have root, usually when the line Openxxx is missing it's because you don't have root privileges.
Now download this recovery http://www.multiupload.nl/ECVA5V4ED3
Copy the PG58IMG file into the Root folder of your SD card.
Turn off your phone by removing again the battery and reboot into the Bootloader/HBOOT screen like you just did to gave me your infos.
Press Volume up to Accept when it asks" Do you want to start the update" DON'T STOP the processus until it give you the option to reboot.
Press Power to Reboot
Delete PG58IMG from your memory card.
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hi, would the file, recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.9-pyramid work? i already got that downloaded in the past!
also, where is the root folder on my sd card.? if i dont have one; should i be creating it?
daitka said:
hi, would the file, recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.9-pyramid work? i already got that downloaded in the past!
also, where is the root folder on my sd card.? if i dont have one; should i be creating it?
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No. Please take the file from the multiupload link I just gave you. Take this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17173579&postcount=86
The root of your SD card is the very first view you see when you open the SD card e.g. path of SDcard -> E:\PG58IMG.zip (don't create a file just paste the file there)
This is the root of your SD card.
what the point of downloading this img file and running it?
what do i do after this?
Sorry I felt asleep at the computer...
This PG58IMG is for installing the Recovery.
here is my issue.
2 weeks ago, i rooted my phone. all was well. flashed CWM Recovery 5.0.2.1 for my Thunderbolt. I made a backup just before i rooted so that in case ANYTHING went wrong, it would unroot me and fix any problems. So, here i am, backing up apps with Titanium Backup, and it backed up fine. The next thing i did was start to uninstall HTC Bloatware... I knew which ones were the ones i could remove, plus even if i removed the wrong one, i could just restore using my image backup. After removal, the phone instantly ran better. i had over 65% free memory space... This was all well and good, until i rebooted the phone. the instant i rebooted my phone, i was getting the flashing HTC Quietly Brilliant screen. i had done NOTHING to it to cause this. It would alternate from HTC splash to Thunderbolt animation.
So, knowing what was wrong, (UI not loading) i went to recover my image from CWM. that went fine. but things just got worse. After a successful recovery (according to CWM) i rebooted, but to my surprise, now its worse. its stuck at the HTC boot logo. ALL MANNER OF ROMS DO NOT WORK!!! recoveries, new OS, anything, all the same result. AT LEAST with the thunderstick full blown ROM, i can get back to the looping splash screen, but not any further. i DONT KNOW what is wrong but i am hoping one of you mad phone geniuses out there can get my phone working. i tried getting s-off with revolutionary, but it failed because the phone has to be booted up for it to work, and is something i obviously cant do at this point... relocking the phone made things worse too because i unlocked using the HTCdev method.
This is not a boot loop, as it doesnt loop. it just sits there. i have tried every available resource on this, and other sites. i must have read over 1,000 posts in the past week to try and gather what the devil happened to my phone... If its any help, i did accidently delete the settings storage APK file, but a restore should have fixed that. i want to lock up the phone to send it in for repair but i cant gain s-off to flash a new radio with the phone in its current state. i know how to do all if these things but the phone wont let me.
Reformat the sd card to fat32 and flash an RUU file to put you back to stock.
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Does your computer recognize your device?
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i am nearly pulling my hair out...
smtom said:
Reformat the sd card to fat32 and flash an RUU file to put you back to stock.
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any RUU downloads that would have been available on multiupload.com are disabled and redirects to to "the internet vs., holywood". besides, as i said, any attempt to flash any rom no matter what it is fails. Well, technically it FLASHES ok, but doesnt actually work. as far as i know, the phone has 2 bootloaders in any given android phone. There is the primary HTC Bootloader (Hboot) and a secondary ROM UI Bootloader. (Android Boot) i think what has happened is that this part has become corrupted and i wanted to know how to access this and reformat that. supposedly you cant because its partitioned, and formatting the partitions would fix my issue. problem is that i have done all of this. to answer the second reply, yes, i can get the phone to be recognized in any mode as long as its fastboot, or recovery. Fastboot.exe works, and adb recognizes it in recovery as being IN recovery mode. unfortunately, with my device still locked, i cannot flash a new bootloader, which might solve my problem. this is not like any issue currently on XDA so far as i read, so this is why i created a new thread.
I am sure the Moderators will agree that my problem seems to be unique. After reading what seems to be hundreds of forums, i cannot solve the issue. While technically i am a newbie here, i am no stranger to modding phones. i have been at it for over 4 years now. THIS problem is absolutely a first for me. At least before i could restore using CWM, but even that failed. i checked my MD5 Sum for CWM backup and it checked out.
If someone can provide me a link to an ORIGINAL, unmodded, RUU that shipped with the phone, (PRE OTA 2012) that ISNT that stupid file-factory corrupted crap, i would be extremely indebted to that person. last time i used File-factory, it took THREE hours and the download was corrupted according to CWM. it refused to flash the phone even though Chrome said it completely downloaded (Error: Bad - Installation Aborted). There was no MD5 SUM to compare with so thats also another problem. i absolutely need that info to properly flash the phone. All the other ROMS i downloaded like TSGB and Lightning Rom technically flashed fine after a full wipe, but refused to go past their own "Open Mobile" splash screen.
So you see, i am at a loss with this phone, as all i did was reboot after rooting it, and nothing i did could have possibly caused this kind of failure...
cyberkeeper1 said:
any RUU downloads that would have been available on multiupload.com are disabled and redirects to to "the internet vs., holywood". besides, as i said, any attempt to flash any rom no matter what it is fails. Well, technically it FLASHES ok, but doesnt actually work. as far as i know, the phone has 2 bootloaders in any given android phone. There is the primary HTC Bootloader (Hboot) and a secondary ROM UI Bootloader. (Android Boot) i think what has happened is that this part has become corrupted and i wanted to know how to access this and reformat that. supposedly you cant because its partitioned, and formatting the partitions would fix my issue. problem is that i have done all of this. to answer the second reply, yes, i can get the phone to be recognized in any mode as long as its fastboot, or recovery. Fastboot.exe works, and adb recognizes it in recovery as being IN recovery mode. unfortunately, with my device still locked, i cannot flash a new bootloader, which might solve my problem. this is not like any issue currently on XDA so far as i read, so this is why i created a new thread.
I am sure the Moderators will agree that my problem seems to be unique. After reading what seems to be hundreds of forums, i cannot solve the issue. While technically i am a newbie here, i am no stranger to modding phones. i have been at it for over 4 years now. THIS problem is absolutely a first for me. At least before i could restore using CWM, but even that failed. i checked my MD5 Sum for CWM backup and it checked out.
If someone can provide me a link to an ORIGINAL, unmodded, RUU that shipped with the phone, (PRE OTA 2012) that ISNT that stupid file-factory corrupted crap, i would be extremely indebted to that person. last time i used File-factory, it took THREE hours and the download was corrupted according to CWM. it refused to flash the phone even though Chrome said it completely downloaded (Error: Bad - Installation Aborted). There was no MD5 SUM to compare with so thats also another problem. i absolutely need that info to properly flash the phone. All the other ROMS i downloaded like TSGB and Lightning Rom technically flashed fine after a full wipe, but refused to go past their own "Open Mobile" splash screen.
So you see, i am at a loss with this phone, as all i did was reboot after rooting it, and nothing i did could have possibly caused this kind of failure...
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61129367/Stock-ROM.zip
013CBDD3A9B28BC894631008FA2148E2
will this really work??!? lol
trter10 said:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61129367/Stock-ROM.zip
013CBDD3A9B28BC894631008FA2148E2
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If this works, i will be forever grateful. and something that mere Custom ROMS wont do, is repair any boot issues and lock up my phone again right? i hope at least it fixes the issue.
new problem... i think...
cyberkeeper1 said:
If this works, i will be forever grateful. and something that mere Custom ROMS wont do, is repair any boot issues and lock up my phone again right? i hope at least it fixes the issue.
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ok. so the download finished fine so far as i know, but now CWM says ITS bad too. i will try again but i cant seem to flash any stock rom no matter if its OTA or pre-OTA from CWM. is there a way to flash a rom from the PC via adb or something?
Ohh! They're not flashed through CWM. They're flashed through hboot. Just rename it to PG05IMG.zip and put on SD card and boot to hboot it will ask you to flash
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i will try that. previous hboot flashes always fail. it reads the archive, but never goes to "checking zip". it loads, checks, and then parses. i was successful with my evo shift earlier today, but that thing is ancient compared to my thunderbolt. With the Shift, i was able to gain root AND s-off with an old bootloader and i dont even need a new one.
i wanted to do the same with my bootloader in case another disaster hits because then i can flash whatever RUU i want with s-off. i will make sure the MD5 SUM matches before flashing. i forgot to do that anyhow.
Hboot flash failed. went through the motions of scanning it and it scanned the whole thing and then did nothing. it returned me to Boot Choices. Like Fastboot, recovery, etc... i tried twice. are you absolutely certain that is the shipping firmware that formats the entire phone, and not just updates it? i cant send it to verizon even though they know it was illegal to lock up my phone... Anyhow, i realy need this thing working and i have racked my brain enough to damage it already... lol. if it fails again i will try to redownload it. So far it loads and does NOT ask me to start the update. could be a version issue because it does not complain about anything else.
Have you tried following the instructions in the return to stock thread in the android development section stickies? This may help you.
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lemew said:
Have you tried following the instructions in the return to stock thread in the android development section stickies? This may help you.
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yes i have. i cannot do what it asks because it requires my phone to be functional to flash it using hboot. i need a signed copy of an older RUU. hboot doesnt do anything with it. its a valid copy, and i can see all the images and contents in windows and linux, but all i can get hboot to do is read it, then it doesnt ask me to update. i dont know what to do now.
I believe there is a ruu image without hoot download there.
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Try http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Mecha
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ok well i will literally try ALL of the signed images. i will see if hboot will update it.
If your hboot is flashed with revolutionary I believe you have to unlock it before anything thing else can be flashed over that. Hboot or emmc could be corrupted as well.
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How i fixed my tbolt stuck at the white HTC screen
I had this exact same problem literally yesterday (stuck at HTC screen) with some different cwm symptoms. I'm guessing my cwm was corrupted because the phone would reboot after about 30 seconds being in cwm, preventing me from flashing any roms. oh, and my backup image was corrupted as well. awesome. Flashing other CWMs did not fix the CWM problem.
Your problem sounds similar in the fact the CWM won't flash properly. You're trying to fix it by trying to flash a rom in HBOOT that isn't configured to be flashed that way. for example, i put the skyraider rom (named properly) in the root folder and tried to flash with HBOOT. it scanned and parsed but didn't give me the option to flash.
What I did was go here and grab a stock like image:
androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/418539-thunderbolt-root-unroot-thread.html
(won't let me make a link, i'm too new)
Go to the "Putting current stock firmware and s-on back onto the phone" section.
Download file 1 and flash it using HBOOT. I had to pull my sd card to get the file on there since cwm was crashing. Only flash that rom and nothing else. It flashed for me; if it doesn't flash for you then maybe your HBOOT is corrupted, and if so i don't know if you can fix it.
Once that flashes, reboot the phone and it should return to some level of functionality. You'll have S-off but no recovery or root tools installed. I ran revolutionary at this point, which recognized i already had S-off...then it offered to load CWM. This i did. in the meantime i deleted the unrooted image and put the image of the rom i wanted on the sd card. i then booted into recovery(it won't flash in HBOOT) and loaded that rom (skyraider zeus). That worked fine and the cwm didn't crash out.
I hope this works for you. I was getting ready to fire back up my OG droid before i did this.
mpcapps said:
I had this exact same problem literally yesterday (stuck at HTC screen) with some different cwm symptoms. I'm guessing my cwm was corrupted because the phone would reboot after about 30 seconds being in cwm, preventing me from flashing any roms. oh, and my backup image was corrupted as well. awesome. Flashing other CWMs did not fix the CWM problem.
Your problem sounds similar in the fact the CWM won't flash properly. You're trying to fix it by trying to flash a rom in HBOOT that isn't configured to be flashed that way. for example, i put the skyraider rom (named properly) in the root folder and tried to flash with HBOOT. it scanned and parsed but didn't give me the option to flash.
What I did was go here and grab a stock like image:
androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/418539-thunderbolt-root-unroot-thread.html
(won't let me make a link, i'm too new)
Go to the "Putting current stock firmware and s-on back onto the phone" section.
Download file 1 and flash it using HBOOT. I had to pull my sd card to get the file on there since cwm was crashing. Only flash that rom and nothing else. It flashed for me; if it doesn't flash for you then maybe your HBOOT is corrupted, and if so i don't know if you can fix it.
Once that flashes, reboot the phone and it should return to some level of functionality. You'll have S-off but no recovery or root tools installed. I ran revolutionary at this point, which recognized i already had S-off...then it offered to load CWM. This i did. in the meantime i deleted the unrooted image and put the image of the rom i wanted on the sd card. i then booted into recovery(it won't flash in HBOOT) and loaded that rom (skyraider zeus). That worked fine and the cwm didn't crash out.
I hope this works for you. I was getting ready to fire back up my OG droid before i did this.
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I have read that post you provided probably 100 times its not working for me. flashing a custom rom actually got me past the HTC white screen and into a splash screen loop (Open Mobile). Also, I havent even been able to use the REV tool because my phone is not recognized by it without it being fully functional. you have to be fully booted up for the REV tool to use adb and start the process. thats why i need a signed copy of an older ROM with hboot flashing capability so i can fully restore my phone. i am 100% sure its a corruption issue, but i am out of clues as to how to actually get it to flash over while being s-on. with the evo shift it worked perfectly. it only took me 20 minutes to root, s-off and flash a custom rom. this phone has been a thorn in my side ever since i accepted that STUPID FOTA... i regret not knowing before hand what that OTA was and what it prevented. Now i know, too little / too late.
without s-off, i cant unlock hboot to flash it, and the fastboot mw whatever command failed also because its locked tight.
lemew said:
If your hboot is flashed with revolutionary I believe you have to unlock it before anything thing else can be flashed over that. Hboot or emmc could be corrupted as well.
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thats what i thought. is there a way to change out that eMMC, or remove it to format it manually? i mean based on the description, its technically external which implies removable.
Yes you can format emmc I do not know if this will solve your problem. You wipe abd format through adb but need to see if it is being mounted first.
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lemew said:
Yes you can format emmc I do not know if this will solve your problem. You wipe abd format through adb but need to see if it is being mounted first.
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too bad i cannot repartition it to allow for more RAM instead of app space. i dont care about app space because i have a 32gb card... lol. i just want that phone to be faster than what it is currently once i finally get it running.