Ok first my Inspire has been rooted and running Inspired Ace since early June without a hitch. Well this morning the phone booted up normal, well about an hour later it just showed a black screen and would not respond. I pulled the battery and rebooted, it got to the first htc "white" screen and about 10 seconds later the phone vibrated 7 times then just hung on the first screen. I pulled the battery again, and it was the same thing. OK i then tried to get into recovery (through hboot) and it just hung on the first screen and vibrated. I tried reflashing the rom but again at the first screen it hangs and vibrates 7 times. the longest Ive waited for it to do something has been 2 hours. Im at my wits end. Can someone out there help? Thank You in advance.
EDIT: Well its now a warranty claim.. some sort of hardware failure
Thanks to Tx Redneck and a huge thanks to ATTN1 for trying to help get it fixed
Get back into HBOOT, select recovery, select backup/restore and make a nandroid, select wipe data factory reset, select advanced>wipe dalvik cache, select install zip from sd card and reflash the rom.
Post back up w/ the results.
I tried and after i select recovery the phone just goes to the first HTC screen vibrates about 7 times and hangs. it wont let me get to where the backup/restore option is.
Can you get to HBOOT and do you have a sd card reader on your puter?
yes i can and do
Try this. If it's successful, you'll hafta re-root but at least you'll have a working phone again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
oh i think im not having a good day. I've actually tried both the froyo and gb versions a few times. it always ends with the same result.. hanging on first screen and vibrating 7 times. is the vibrating like an error code of some sort?
Copy the contents of your sd to a folder on your pc then format, re xfer the tool and try again.
ok im trying it now
ok i tried what you said and used a new copy of the froyo version... well now its still hung at the first screen but it didnt have the 7 vibrates this time.
Bud, I'm sorry but that's all I know/could think of to do. My suggestion at this point would be to go here and ask the pro's.
Be sure to give the link to this thread or a FULL description of what's been tried/done.
Tx
OK
Well I thank you for the help.
Did yall get it worked out?
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G2x appears to be stuck in a boot cycle. After completely draining its battery, it began to happen. Ive tried charging while its off and it still happens. Its gets to the lock screen and it tuns off again. Stock rom, rooted, nv flash. Help..
When I had this problem on the gb leak I had to unlock as soon as it showed up. I switched to bionix as soon as it was released and it hasn't happened since. Might be an app causing the problem though.
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Did you make a backup after you flashed clockworkrecovery? If so than retore it and you should boot fine. If you didnt make a backup then boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
REG, I have clockwordmod and I did a backup of my stock, but I think I did not have sufficient space on my SD card, so when I did the restore it succeeded, but when I rebooted my phone it's stuck on LG logo, do I have to reboot in recovery and do a factory reset?
Things to try
1 Factory reset in cwm
2 Load CWM internal recovery via nvflash (since you seem to have a small microsd)
3 Load another rom or nandroid back to stock again of your internal mem
I don't want to screw it up, would factory reset work for me in cwm?
It'll just wipe all your apps/cache. If that doesn't load correctly, then you got something wonky in either your boot or system.
Okay, so if that doesn't work, how can I get passed the LG reboot?
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Okay, so if that doesn't work, how can I get passed the LG reboot?
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I already told you what to do. Look at what I wrote for options 2 and 3.
Edit: I actually told the OP what to do, but it goes for you too if you are in the same situation.
This happened to me today while I was out getting my car fixed! I was playing the new free game from amazon when it got a little hot so I let it rest, then next thing you know it was stuck doing the rebooting cycle. I was pretty pissed since I really raved earlier about how good this phone was until it struck me all the sudden.
I was at costco when this was still happening and showed it at the kiosk and asked if I could get a new another model since the G2X was making me pull my hair and basically I just have to bring the box in and they will replace it with the phone of my choice. Hoping they have sensation before the end of the month because this piece of brick is going. In the end I had to press down on the volume and power at the same time to LOSE ALL MY DATA to do a hard reset.
I don't care what people say about this phone and how great it is. I literally in the middle of costco curse the crap out of this phone!
Titanium and nandroid backup is definitely your friend.
I just got a replacement G2x and ended up one click rooting it. I installed bloat freezer and started freezing programs that I did before. I accidentally froze "launcher" since I am using launcherpro anyways. It seemed to be ok, but then I froze App Pack and it gave me the constant force close like some of the apps do. I pulled the battery and upon starting it up again, it gives me the LG logo at full brightness. It then dims to half brightness and then goes black. (unresponsive)
I try power + volume down and it brings me to the unpacking android like it should for a factory reset. Shortly after, the screen goes black and just sits there unresponsive but with the notification lights lit up. I had not gotten around to doing an nvflash recovery yet and dont have rom manager or clockwork installed yet. I just want to get back to stock or be able to at least boot up.
Please help.
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I just got a replacement G2x and ended up one click rooting it. I installed bloat freezer and started freezing programs that I did before. I accidentally froze "launcher" since I am using launcherpro anyways. It seemed to be ok, but then I froze App Pack and it gave me the constant force close like some of the apps do. I pulled the battery and upon starting it up again, it gives me the LG logo at full brightness. It then dims to half brightness and then goes black. (unresponsive)
I try power + volume down and it brings me to the unpacking android like it should for a factory reset. Shortly after, the screen goes black and just sits there unresponsive but with the notification lights lit up. I had not gotten around to doing an nvflash recovery yet and dont have rom manager or clockwork installed yet. I just want to get back to stock or be able to at least boot up.
Please help.
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I believe factory reset on stock recovery is volume up + power. Either way, I'm pretty sure you have to hold them until it starts the restore process.
Nvflash CWM recovery, restore the stock nandroid dump.
This should take roughly 10 mins to complete and will get you back to stock (minus the recovery).
GideonX said:
Nvflash CWM recovery, restore the stock nandroid dump.
This should take roughly 10 mins to complete and will get you back to stock (minus the recovery).
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what he said. took the words outta my mouth ahah
Thanks guys, I had done the NVFlash before, I was just worried about bricking my phone if I did it when I wasn't supposed to
Well after doing all that, it still only boots to the LG Logo. I can enter clockwork recovery and even do a factory reset (and the G2X stock nandroid backup) but when I restart the phone it won't bring me past the LG screen.......
Any other suggestions?
Cyberdan3 said:
Well after doing all that, it still only boots to the LG Logo. I can enter clockwork recovery and even do a factory reset (and the G2X stock nandroid backup) but when I restart the phone it won't bring me past the LG screen.......
Any other suggestions?
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Send it back saying they sent you another messed up one, and then again I suggest to you and everyone else to forget about rooting, since there are more negatives that outweigh the benefits to a rooted phone. It's just foolish and it's no wonder that the G2x has a lot of problems, it's because most that do complain of a problem have rooted or tried rooting the phone.
If I send it back and they get it to boot, it will still have superuser which means it was rooted. I don't want them to void any warranty and I am sure they would not have let it out of the warehouse like that.....
Rooting is not the reason the G2X has problems. LG is the problem....
Anyone have anything useful for me to do. I like that I can at least enter recovery and do a factory reset, I just need to get this thing to boot past the LG logo.
Did you do full wipe before restoring. Install a different rom instead of stock....
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If I send it back and they get it to boot, it will still have superuser which means it was rooted. I don't want them to void any warranty and I am sure they would not have let it out of the warehouse like that.....
Rooting is not the reason the G2X has problems. LG is the problem....
Anyone have anything useful for me to do. I like that I can at least enter recovery and do a factory reset, I just need to get this thing to boot past the LG logo.
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After you did the reset and it would not boot up - have you tried pulling the battery and booting up again? I have had to do that a number of times.
I have pulled the battery so many times. What will flashing a new rom do that a stock rom won't?
After you restored the stock nandroid, did you wipe data, cache, dalvik again?
Wipe before and after restore. It works, I've done it oodles of times.
In addition to what GideonX posted, make sure you format system, format cache, and format data.
I did just as Gideon stated and it still cannot boot past the LG logo. I wiped everything before, flashed Gunmann's stock nandroid backup, then wiped everything again....
What now?
Cyberdan3 said:
I did just as Gideon stated and it still cannot boot past the LG logo. I wiped everything before, flashed Gunmann's stock nandroid backup, then wiped everything again....
What now?
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This same thing happened to me on my second night of fooling around with the phone. I fixed it by reflashing with the nvflasher. Make sure you follow all the steps to the T.
I followed every single step exactly. I ended up just putting the battery in and it booted fully after about 5 hours of sitting there. The battery was at 1% about to die. I don't know what made it boot up near its battery death. Either way, I was able to unroot and the next time I turned the phone off, it wouldn't boot again. It looks like it is an issue with the phone itself
Same problem
Hey, did you fixed the problem??
I'ts happening with my G2x...
Some times, it wont boot up, i leave it alone, and then powers up with 1% or 0% battery.
Today booted up with the right charge. And works flawlessly. But if i power it off i'm shure that the problem will be back.
How
GideonX said:
Nvflash CWM recovery, restore the stock nandroid dump.
This should take roughly 10 mins to complete and will get you back to stock (minus the recovery).
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How do you do that? Pleas tell
Go to the ROM for recovery thread in development section and follow it step by step.
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Ok so I'm not a noob around here. I'm pretty good with the android stuff, but this one has got me stumped. I have a perfectly working sidekick 4g with B2b 2.5 on here. All of a sudden it forces itself into a repeated reboot. It shows me the white sidekick/samsung screen, and about 3 seconds later reboot into the same thing. And it does this over, and over, and over again. At some point it stops and functions normally, but only for a few minutes, then repeats the process. I've already changed roms, back to glorious overdose. It will even reboot in CWM. The only time it stays stable is when it's in download mode. Another problem there. ODIN doesn't recognize when the sidekick is plugged in through USB. So even if I wanted to ODIN, I can't. I tried booting without my sd card, and my sim card. No avail. and i disabled lagfix, still reboots. I take the battery out, and when I put it back in, it turns itself on just so it can continue restarting. There's nothing stopping this phone. Please help if you can. Thanks for taking the time to read this!
first, enable voodoo. i tried disabling voodoo once and it just kept rebooting. i pulled the battery, put it back in, enabled voodoo, and it booted normally. however, in your case, i would run fix permissions before trying to reboot. to run fix permissions, while in recovery mode go to advanced. select fix permissions, wait for it to say done, hit the back button, and reboot. see if that helps. if not, you may want to ask someone more experienced.
Thanks for your reply. I found out that my windows(8) didn't correctly install my sidekick drivers. tried it on my xp machine and bam, ODIN worked like a charm. Unfortunantly, the problem persisted. So i know it's not a software problem. I contacted samsung yesterday and sent in my phone today. I ODINed back to stock then updated to kj1 through kies. I read up on it a little more and people said it was maybe a loose connection on the phone. I'm still in warranty, so I'll let samsung deal with that.
Hey guys, I'm a complete noob and I need help recovering my Inspire 4g. I rooted it with the Ace Hack Kit. The other day it was acting a little weird so I tried to reboot it. When it booted back up it gives me 3 vibrates and a orange flashing light. I've tried pressing down and power, that gives me 5 vibrates and a solid green light. The screen remains black during both.
Not sure if this is a biggy or not, but I reformatted my sd card. (after backing up my important stuff!) I then tried resetting it back to the factory rom via Ace Hack Kit. When the flash finishes, the phone tries to boot up and does the whole 3 vibrates and flashing orange light.
One thing I noticed was when I plug my Inspire into the computer via usb and don't press anything, the back light comes on and the 4 buttons on the bottom light up. If I press the menu button and the search button, I can toggle through these menus. I tried playing with some of the options while reading other forums, but nothing seems to be working.
I guess what I'm asking is, does anyone know EXACTLY what to do to recover it back to stock settings? Or can someone link me to a thread that may help me? Or did I completely screw myself by reformatting me sd card?
Thanks,
Andy
There have been numerous threads regarding this in the inspire forums. One solution some have found is to remove the sd card and reboot the phone.
Sd card trick didn't work. The phone is now completely wiped clean. SD card is formatted to fat32. I'm starting with a clean slate. I cannot run Ace Hack Kit to restore to factory ruu because it reboots the phone into hboot, and my phone will not boot in hboot. Simply vibrates 3 times and flashes the orange led. Then stops the flash. If I new what I was doing in the first place, I wouldn't have wiped it and I would have run recovery right off the bat. But too late now.
I've been trying to put the pd98img.zip file into the sd card and installing via clockwork recovery with no luck. I clear both cashes, wipe to factory settings, then try to install and it fails everytime.
Anyone got any other ideas? Or am I really bricked?
EDIT: Error that I get when I try to install zip from sd card is E:Signature Verification Failed.
the short story- my htc inspire is frozen on white htc startup screen and wont go anywhere.
the long story- i got my htc inspire 4g stock (used) beginning of this summer. it was almost perfect except some annoying apps and features. so i successfully rooted it using advanced ace hack kit. it was great. but the battery life sucked and so did the speed. so i decided to flash to new rom so i can overclock and undervolt. i then backed up my rooted stock rom onto my sd card. i then installed android revolution 7.3 and overclocked to 1.5ghz and undervolted -50. it was great now, battery life was way better and phone was faster. it was almost perfect except one issue- every once in a while, it would randomly just shut down and restart, then get stuck in a bootloop displaying htc white screen then the beats audio, then repeating endlessly until i pull the battery. that solves it until it happens again randomly (not that often but still annoying losing my data) i tried different settings in setcpu and daemon tools and same problem.
i then decided its time to revert to stock rom and try a new rom and see the difference and if i like it more, ill keep it. so i loaded recovery from rom manager (because my power button dont work) and i wiped to factory default and did all the steps of clearing the cache and the dalvik cache, etc it said it did it fine. i clicked install from zip and chose dirty unicorns rom that i found on this site for my phone.
it said it installed without any problems. cool, i clear caches again and reboot.
but this is the wack part: when it restarts, it still loaded android revolution... all the data on internal memory was gone from wiping it and my superuser was gone. (rom manager stayed) i thought that was weird. i tried a couple more times and same thing. and then i put the backup i made of my stock rom before i flashed anything onto my sdcard-> rom manager-> backup.
but when i went to rom manager-> backup, my backup wasnt there. i then went to manage backups and restore. it said no backups found. i then thought maybe it has to do with superuser gone? i plugged in my phone and loaded ace. i noticed it had a load stock rom option on it. awesome, i clicked that, chose first one (htc inspire at&t) and it started doing its thing. but it said it had a problem downloading some package or something? it said it connected to th site fine but kept coming up with that error and a prompt saying "do you want to continue[y/n]" and i type y hit enter and same error. i tried another one but same error. oh well. i went back to menu and chose option 1 for rooting it, it did its thing with no errors. rebooted my phone. except now, its on htc start screen and wont go anywhere. its just forever stuck there. i did figure out just now that since my power button dont work, i could load hboot by taking out battery, and holding volume down while sliding battery in. but it wont go up and down on the menu with the volume keys. since my power button dont work i cant select one anyways but i should still be able to go up or down right?
well thats what happened and i feel like a retard.. if anyone might know whats wrong please help
ok i solved the issue after constant reading. i had to reformat my sdcard to fat32 and put stock pre rooted rom since i still had s-off. then it was just load hboot and it loaded files from sd card automaticly (took a moment, i thought it wasnt going to work) but it said found file (only file on the card now) and then accepted install. now im back to stock pre rooted rom. im so happy i didnt completely ruin my phone <3
im sorry for wasting everyones time. i should have read more before posting, as the thread that helped me solve this was on this site.
>>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396229