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I am def a newB and have taken the plunge into custom roms. I followed the directions to installing Infuse with modded 3e recovery and cwm going to rom mgr and doing the download and now my phone is just displaying "SAMSUNG" across screen its been about 10 minutes. Question is, is the rom installing or is the phone bricked and what are the signs of a brick? How would long does a wiped Infuse download usally take?
It shouldn't take that long
infuse 4g "a lot a screen real estate"
So how would i know if the phone is bricked???
supadupadoug said:
So how would i know if the phone is bricked???
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take battery out and try turning it on again after putting it back in. if it starts booting and you get the lady talking, your good, but if it just sits there, you most likely have a brick.
No worries though. Just follow these steps to get back to stock and your golden:
Ultimate Unbrick Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
once your back to stock you can flash the community kernel via odin:
Community kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119598
Once this is done, your rooted (just need to download superuser from market), and you have been lagfixed(with the lady talking on boot) and you have CWM to flash roms easily (accessible via: turning phone off, holding down volume buttons, press power till you see samsung logo, then keep holding volume buttons till red text comes up)
Then you should be back to the game
I really appreciated my heart is racing right now with uncertainty. I havent done what u mentioned but i did hold the power button and volume keys and now I do have access to a red menu that says ClockworkMod recovery v2.5.1.3 - Voodoo lagfix. does this mean anything???
supadupadoug said:
I really appreciated my heart is racing right now with uncertainty. I havent done what u mentioned but i did hold the power button and volume keys and now I do have access to a red menu that says ClockworkMod recovery v2.5.1.3 - Voodoo lagfix. does this mean anything???
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try to reboot... and relax, your phone will be fine
If you want, stop into the #infuse4g channel on webchat.freenode.net
I'm in there and could probably help you out better
Im at work LOL so they have filters on video but I've tried to reboot and the screen displays SAMSUNG never heard a lady or anything like that, but I'll give it some time and if all else fails follow the procedure u suggested previously. S/N I while in the red screen i selected to apply the unzip package update.zip. the screen flashed and quickly and i guess it did its thing the went back to the menu and i chose reboot so I guess we will see what happens... I really do appreciate your time and effort in helping me resolve this problem
supadupadoug said:
Im at work LOL so they have filters on video but I've tried to reboot and the screen displays SAMSUNG never heard a lady or anything like that, but I'll give it some time and if all else fails follow the procedure u suggested previously. S/N I while in the red screen i selected to apply the unzip package update.zip. the screen flashed and quickly and i guess it did its thing the went back to the menu and i chose reboot so I guess we will see what happens... I really do appreciate your time and effort in helping me resolve this problem
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the update.zip wont do anything. there's nothing to flash...
Another thing you can try is to flash the rom again, since you have access to red CWM... then if that doesnt work, follow the unbrick procedure
May be dumb question but how do i flash rom from red screen(link???) thanks
Assuming you have the zip for the ROM installed to your internal SD (CWM can't find stuff on the external SD unfortunately...)
Use VolUp/VolDown to navigate through CWM.
Wipe Data/Factory Reset should always be done when changing from one ROM to another. Usually not needed when updating a ROM from a previous version of the same one.
Then choose "Install zip from sdcard" then "Choose zip from sdcard" and navigate to the zip for the ROM.
However if Voodoo Lagfix is interacting strangely with your phone, other steps may be needed.
Good news is that if you can get into CWM, at least your kernel is in decent shape.
For whatever reason I never heard the lady speaking when I installed my ROM, although I may have gone into the other room and done something else.
Well for some reason I cant go to the page with the GTG unbrick download which sucks idk maybe u can email me the zip file [email protected] if not I guess i'll be back once I get home and try to figure this thing out. smh phone down
Thanks Entrophy512 I will give this a try and get back w the results
Entrophy512 followed your directions screen is displaying SAMSUNG you have any idea about how long the phone should be in this state???
Not long
5 minutes ish
is the lady talking??
well yea mine is stuck on that screen for well over 15 mins. guess i have to start at square 1. Does anybody know what this means???
supadupadoug said:
well yea mine is stuck on that screen for well over 15 mins. guess i have to start at square 1. Does anybody know what this means???
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could be anything. something went screwey on the flash... so just try again and follow the instructions
OK finally after reading and digging deep into the INFUSE I found the correct zip file which was in the clockworks recovery folder which i accessed though the red menu. I am now running infused 1.5.3. Thank you all for the support. One last question how do I refress all my data from stock. I did a Titanium backup of everything how to i get all that stuff onto my phone???
And again many thanks
supadupadoug said:
OK finally after reading and digging deep into the INFUSE I found the correct zip file which was in the clockworks recovery folder which i accessed though the red menu. I am now running infused 1.5.3. Thank you all for the support. One last question how do I refress all my data from stock. I did a Titanium backup of everything how to i get all that stuff onto my phone???
And again many thanks
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Install TiBu from the market.
Restore user apps + data - don't restore system data. You may in that case still need to put in the info for your Google account, etc and tweak some settings.
Ok im finally up and running. Question what is the proper way to turn the device completely off. I tried yesterday and I see I have an extended power off menu with various options. What do they mean? Yest I chose turn phone off and the phone went to the downloading screen with the big yellow android w the shovel. Again thanks to you all.
Hello all, im fairly new to 'rooting' world and wish my first post wasn't on this, however, i'm not too sure where else to look for help! I believe my phone may be lost, but thought I'd ask before giving up completely. I was running ARHD 3.6.7 rom on my HTC Sensation. rooted, everything working like a charm, til last nite... I d/l and flash the ARHD 3.6.7 Hard Version Brightness Tweak from this post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350580. However, instead of going into recovery, I used rom manager ( I've read at times not to use this for certain things, so guessing this is one of em..noob mistake that may cost me my phone). While in rom manager, the following 2 options were checked, which I think is where I went wrong, 1) wipe data and cache 2) wipe dalvik cache. When my phone rebooted, the old 'android' boot image was showing instead of the 'Beats Audio' from the ARHD Rom. This is where I am at. The phone seems to be stuck at reloading this image over and over. I can not boot into recovery by holding the down volume and power. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Chase79 said:
Hello all, im fairly new to 'rooting' world and wish my first post wasn't on this, however, i'm not too sure where else to look for help! I believe my phone may be lost, but thought I'd ask before giving up completely. I was running ARHD 3.6.7 rom on my HTC Sensation. rooted, everything working like a charm, til last nite... I d/l and flash the ARHD 3.6.7 Hard Version Brightness Tweak from this post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350580. However, instead of going into recovery, I used rom manager ( I've read at times not to use this for certain things, so guessing this is one of em..noob mistake that may cost me my phone). While in rom manager, the following 2 options were checked, which I think is where I went wrong, 1) wipe data and cache 2) wipe dalvik cache. When my phone rebooted, the old 'android' boot image was showing instead of the 'Beats Audio' from the ARHD Rom. This is where I am at. The phone seems to be stuck at reloading this image over and over. I can not boot into recovery by holding the down volume and power. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Sholdn't have wiped anything when installing a mod, you need to open your recovery and reinstall ARHD ..if you don't have the .zip on your sdcard then just take it out of the phone and put it into the computer and copy over a .zip
you need to wipe everything before installing the ROM so user the super wipe
All can be found here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
Friend I doubt you're bricked. Id say you had a bad install. I'd reinstall and is be happy to walk you through it. So good news is you're not bricked.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
Ok, not bricked is great! However, I do have another question. I have a pretty good uderstanding of what to do once in recovery, my question is ' how do I get there?' When I hold the down volume and power buttons, I still boot to the android screen which I am currently stuck on. I have the zip files I need on my sd card, just can't get to em... Is there another way to get into recovery to wipe and reinstall? Again, thx for the help, this is most definitely a learning experience
Chase79 said:
Ok, not bricked is great! However, I do have another question. I have a pretty good uderstanding of what to do once in recovery, my question is ' how do I get there?' When I hold the down volume and power buttons, I still boot to the android screen which I am currently stuck on. I have the zip files I need on my sd card, just can't get to em... Is there another way to get into recovery to wipe and reinstall? Again, thx for the help, this is most definitely a learning experience
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HAve you tried pulling the battery out, then turning on to recovery
I have tried pulling the battery out, pulling the sd card out, seems like no matter, still loads to android screen. While at this screen, if i hold down power, nothing, phones stays on, if i hold down vol down + power, phone reboots to same screen. Seems like getting into recovery is my real problem...
ARHD doesn't recommend the use of Rom manager if you carefuly read the flashing instructions .further than that I had a problem like that in the past with my HTC desire ,what I did was to follow the unrevoked once again and did everything from the begining eventualy I got the recovery mode and flashed my new rom.maybe be if u follow a similar procedure by reinstalling the revolutionary kit will give u the desired outcome... Maybe sounds a bit odd but it worked for me .I don't think u have anything to lose if u try .your phone isn't bricked though by any means so no worries. Good luck maye
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium
Chase79 said:
While at this screen, if i hold down power, nothing, phones stays on, if i hold down vol down + power, phone reboots to same screen.
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Do you mean you're pressing volume down and power while your phone is already on ?
K, agreed, nothing to loose, gonna give that a go.. I am having detection issues. When I connect to pc, the device 'android phone' is recognized, but I can't access any files, HTC sync, fastboot for example saying no device connected, please check connection. I assume because the phone will not go past the boot screen? Anyhow, gonna try your suggestion. Thanks!
Mercvtio said:
Do you mean you're pressing volume down and power while your phone is already on ?
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Yes, I have done both. While the phone is off, I have pressed vol down and power with no luck. I have also tried it while the phone was on (trying anything at that point). Still only going to android boot image.
Is there another way to enter recovery if vol down + power while phone is off doesnt work?
HALLELUJA..... Reboot into recovery successful! Not sure why, but after numerous attempt, I got it. Thx for all the quick replies. Wiping and reflashing now!!
Hey chase. Good job and have a look at coredroid Rom. Beautiful and fast. 2nd charge and at 20 hours at 49% battery left with moderate use.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
I'm having this same issue, I have used super-wipe and tried reflashing no change. still sits at the 'beats audio' flash screen. When I first tried to root the phone I believe i flashed the wrong radio zip but the hboot is version 1.23.0000 radio version is 10.14.9035.01_M whenever i try to reflash hboot or radio zips i get errors usually (status 7). It still boots into hboot and recovery just fine, but I'm not sure whats wrong or how exactly to fix it, any help would be appreciated. If you need any more information just ask. Thanks
messbarger said:
I'm having this same issue, I have used super-wipe and tried reflashing no change. still sits at the 'beats audio' flash screen. When I first tried to root the phone I believe i flashed the wrong radio zip but the hboot is version 1.23.0000 radio version is 10.14.9035.01_M whenever i try to reflash hboot or radio zips i get errors usually (status 7). It still boots into hboot and recovery just fine, but I'm not sure whats wrong or how exactly to fix it, any help would be appreciated. If you need any more information just ask. Thanks
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Did you flash an ICS rom without installing the ICS firmware first?
If this is the case, take out your sd card, copy over the ICS firmware to the root of the sd card, boot into the bootloader, and it'll walk you through updating the firmware.
it says
model id incorrect
update fail!
press <power> to reboot.
i think the radio i tried to flash was for a different phone maybe, but it was in a tutorial to root and install arhd the tutorial said you have to update the radio to use ics. any ideas?
"model id incorrect" <- you need to super CID your phone.
Do you have adb running on your computer?
my bad guys i had supercid i hadnt changed it to 11111111 did that re-wiping and flashing now thanks for the help
Problem Solution
adamgaltress said:
Sholdn't have wiped anything when installing a mod, you need to open your recovery and reinstall ARHD ..if you don't have the .zip on your sdcard then just take it out of the phone and put it into the computer and copy over a .zip
you need to wipe everything before installing the ROM so user the super wipe
All can be found here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
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Follow these instructions and you will get your phone back - Had the same problem and this fixed it first time
Its been a while since this last post and I have had same problem today, 2012 March,..Using Htc super tool, while phone is off, and connected to usb cable, open htc super tool, and hit 4, it will cycle and press continue until it auotmatically boots the phone into recovery screen. Hope this helps it worked for me.
HTC Sensation Stuck at boot screen..Bricked?
I had the same issue and I was able to restore and get back to my old version.
As mentioned in
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
I followed everything, but still I cant flash my device correctly.
Here are my details.
I tried to flash ARHD 6.5.3 XE
-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, so I bought an Inspire 4g off a guy a few days ago. Tried to root it using the Ace Hack (I'd done it with another Inspire 4g for a friend, and it went flawlessly), but it kept throwing errors at me and couldn't get S-OFF. So, today I took it to another laptop and it worked first try....but I noticed that it was in Safe Mode after it came back up. I didn't think anything of it, so I rebooted....and it threw me right into HBOOT without me holding the VolDown key. Here's the key part it won't register key presses on the vol keys. That's key, because you telling me to "put it into fastboot" won't do me any good. I'm no noob when it comes to rooting phones, this is probably the 50th one I've done.....but it's the first time that I've been stuck like this.
In summary:
Phone always goes into HBOOT when I restart
NO keypresses are registered while in HBOOT
Help?!
You could try and use some tweezers and pull up on the volume down side. The volume rocker failing is a common issue with these phones. Sorry to say if you can't get the rocker unstuck it will have to be repaired.
Try hitting up the hack kit guys in the irc chat. They should be able to help ya.
sent from my Galaxy Nexus running official Jelly Bean!!!!
mooglepimp said:
Ok, so I bought an Inspire 4g off a guy a few days ago. Tried to root it using the Ace Hack (I'd done it with another Inspire 4g for a friend, and it went flawlessly), but it kept throwing errors at me and couldn't get S-OFF. So, today I took it to another laptop and it worked first try....but I noticed that it was in Safe Mode after it came back up. I didn't think anything of it, so I rebooted....and it threw me right into HBOOT without me holding the VolDown key. Here's the key part it won't register key presses on the vol keys. That's key, because you telling me to "put it into fastboot" won't do me any good. I'm no noob when it comes to rooting phones, this is probably the 50th one I've done.....but it's the first time that I've been stuck like this.
In summary:
Phone always goes into HBOOT when I restart
NO keypresses are registered while in HBOOT
Help?!
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ummm, that sounds like a broken volume rocker...there's no reason for the phone to boot in hboot unless you have deleted the rom from it. If you have not flashed anything at all might be a hardware issue. If you are S-OFF and have CWM you can try flashing a rom, if not you need to flash a RUU...if you need futher help just let me know!
I'm fairly sure that the rocker isn't broken. It worked 100% of the time up until now, and I can feel it click when I depress it. I also tried pulling out the rocker and pushing it with a pen, but that didn't work either.
I can't flash it with an RUU, because it doesn't get detected in Windows. I just ran the ace kit, so it basically wiped the phone, so I don't have USB Debugging enabled.
I also can't flash it with CWM because I can't use the volume keys to select anything, so I can't select the bootloader option :-/
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I'm fairly sure that the rocker isn't broken. It worked 100% of the time up until now, and I can feel it click when I depress it. I also tried pulling out the rocker and pushing it with a pen, but that didn't work either.
I can't flash it with an RUU, because it doesn't get detected in Windows. I just ran the ace kit, so it basically wiped the phone, so I don't have USB Debugging enabled.
I also can't flash it with CWM because I can't use the volume keys to select anything, so I can't select the bootloader option :-/
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if the volume rocker is working, then the sdcard must be messed. Try pulling it out and then boot in hboot. The Hack Kit does not wipe the phone so if you have no usb debubbing is because you factory reseted the phone. If you have done that, then the only way is to flash a ruu and re run the hack kit later.
glevitan said:
if the volume rocker is working, then the sdcard must be messed. Try pulling it out and then boot in hboot. The Hack Kit does not wipe the phone so if you have no usb debubbing is because you factory reseted the phone. If you have done that, then the only way is to flash a ruu and re run the hack kit later.
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I hope this doesn't come across as me being a ****...but I'm not sure that people have actually read my posts . The volume buttons do not work. It boots into HBOOT every time, even with me not touching anything, and even if I have pulled out the volume rocker. Once I get into HBOOT, I can't select anything, not even the power button works to take me into FASTBOOT. So, since I can't get into fastboot, my computer doesn't detect it, and Ace Hack won't work on it and neither will an RUU :crying:
Oh we are hearing you. I have come across this exact problem. The term volume rocker covers not only the volume bar itself but but the two buttons it pushes as well. The volume down button has become stuck or damaged, but either way its a hardware problem related to the volume rocker. Since the actual hardware has failed your phone reacts as though you are holding down the volume down causing you to go straight to hboot upon boot and not allowing any other key presses since the volume down is stuck. There are volume ribbon cables with the buttons that sell for pretty cheap but its pretty hard to repair as you need special tools. There is a video on how to do it online.
As a side note, just because it once worked doesn't mean it can't suddenly stop working. Also the volume buttons have long ribbons that run throughout your phone so there is plenty of room for failure. It's hard to say whether its the buttons, the cables or the connection on the board or the board itself. It definitely is hardware though. Some people get lucky and it just starts working again but its only a matter of time until complete re failure.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium
Not Working Camera, Volume buttons and earphone slot
I have come across with the same problem...please read below.. I have tried even 4EXT Recovery etc and even booted RUU to rectify but nothing happens....
i am new here and i am writing you guys to
please help me out in this matter. I got my HTC
DESIRE HD rooted from my friend and i was
playing with it by flashing different roms
through Clock-Work-Mod. One day i dont know
what went wrong when i was flashing a new
rom. A message was displayed on the CWM that
installation aborted and some error appreared.
At that moment i got panic and didnt wipe off
this rom data and flashed the other one i had.
Everything went perfectly fine and mobile
restarted. When i tried to work the volume
buttons they are not working, i tried camera out,
No response....I put headphones in its slot but
nothing is working.
GUYS mind you that i was having a backup for
my roms when everything was working fine. I
restored them but still the same problem. And
volume keys are not either working in
CLOCKWORKMOD. I tried different stuff means
wiping all the data and cache and whatsoever.
Nothing is happening for me.
PLEASE HELP ME OUTTTTTTTTT...HELPPPPPP
MEEEEE.... I LOST MY WARRANTY AND NOW I
DON WANA LOSE MY PHONE...PLEASE
HELPPPPP!!!!!!!!
adnanf said:
I have come across with the same problem...please read below.. I have tried even 4EXT Recovery etc and even booted RUU to rectify but nothing happens....
i am new here and i am writing you guys to
please help me out in this matter. I got my HTC
DESIRE HD rooted from my friend and i was
playing with it by flashing different roms
through Clock-Work-Mod. One day i dont know
what went wrong when i was flashing a new
rom. A message was displayed on the CWM that
installation aborted and some error appreared.
At that moment i got panic and didnt wipe off
this rom data and flashed the other one i had.
Everything went perfectly fine and mobile
restarted. When i tried to work the volume
buttons they are not working, i tried camera out,
No response....I put headphones in its slot but
nothing is working.
GUYS mind you that i was having a backup for
my roms when everything was working fine. I
restored them but still the same problem. And
volume keys are not either working in
CLOCKWORKMOD. I tried different stuff means
wiping all the data and cache and whatsoever.
Nothing is happening for me.
PLEASE HELP ME OUTTTTTTTTT...HELPPPPPP
MEEEEE.... I LOST MY WARRANTY AND NOW I
DON WANA LOSE MY PHONE...PLEASE
HELPPPPP!!!!!!!!
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Have u done a full wipe before flashing the rom?....wipe cache / wipe data / factory reset...then flash the rom. If the issue persists then might be something wrong with the device...
glevitan said:
Have u done a full wipe before flashing the rom?....wipe cache / wipe data / factory reset...then flash the rom. If the issue persists then might be something wrong with the device...
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YES dear...i did wipe everything......when i was flashing a new ROM through CWM then an error appeared stating installation aborted...I got panic and when this error appeared....i just flashed the other ROM...but i didn't wipe the data of the Error making ROM...I think that is why this problem happened...but new ROM was flashed successfully and when i tried to work volume keys in the ROM and in CWM they were not working, Camera and Earphone slot wasn't working as well....After that i tried 4EXT Recovery to wipe everything and flashed the ROM once again but same problem for every ROM..Even i Recently flashed an RUU Stock HTC ROM VIA ADB but same....Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
adnanf said:
YES dear...i did wipe everything......when i was flashing a new ROM through CWM then an error appeared stating installation aborted...I got panic and when this error appeared....i just flashed the other ROM...but i didn't wipe the data of the Error making ROM...I think that is why this problem happened...but new ROM was flashed successfully and when i tried to work volume keys in the ROM and in CWM they were not working, Camera and Earphone slot wasn't working as well....After that i tried 4EXT Recovery to wipe everything and flashed the ROM once again but same problem for every ROM..Even i Recently flashed an RUU Stock HTC ROM VIA ADB but same....Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What happens if you boot without the sd card?
Sent from a dream.
If you flashed a good ROM and your stuck in hboot, use fastboot and use the following command 'fastboot oem boot' that will force your phone to boot.
hello all,
I am new here and I have been searching the forums for a few days as well as the internet but I could not seem to find one that had my same problem, but if there is can you please direct me to it and apologies for that.
I was installing a new rom, the Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6], onto my inspire i did a full wipe using FULL_WIPE_1.5_EXT4_.zip and I cleared the caches. the install i thought went well because it went to 100% and i even chose what kind of background i could as well as choosing to over clock my processor. The phone the restarted after all of that and it went to the htc screen then faded to black, after about ten minutes of it being black screen i pulled out the battery.
Now when i try to recover it it wont go into hboot and it just goes to the htc white screen then it quickly fades to a black screen and stays like that.
so my question to you all is a Jtag the only way i can save my phone or is there something else i can do?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30480411
Sent from a dream.
Teichopsia said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30480411
Sent from a dream.
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Im sorry but I dont understand. I cannot enter hboot no mater what i do and don't you need to enter hboot to reflash it?
True, but I'm hoping you are doing something wrong.
Pull battery, wait a few minutes, place back in. Press and hold Volume down, then power button. Does it go into hboot? If not.
Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20382502
Edit: you are the first report with that issue after trying to flash that rom. My bet (that is, if you are new), you are not doing something wrong.
2nd edit: if you are new, then read the guide in post#7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
Sent from a dream.
Teichopsia said:
True, but I'm hoping you are doing something wrong.
Pull battery, wait a few minutes, place back in. Press and hold Volume down, then power button. Does it go into hboot? If not.
Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20382502
Edit: you are the first report with that issue after trying to flash that rom. My bet (that is, if you are new), you are not doing something wrong.
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I really appreciate the help Teichopsia , but I've tried the power /volume - method many times and it still wont go to hboot. if it helps this is the 5 time i have have flashed a rom on my phone (and it is rooted) and yes sadly i had to be the first person to be unlucky enough to get my phone bricked from the blackout rom :crying:
i think i could get out of this mess if i could only get into hboot.
reading the method you linked to me will it work if i cant even get to the hboot screen? my phone only stays of the white htc logo screen for about 3 seconds then it goes to a lit black screen
on a side note should i report what happened to team blackout to see if they have any soloutions?
The only thing I can think of is trying to get into hboot without the sd card and sim card.
The rest is beyond my knowledge.
You'll need to wait for someone more knowledgable than myself to help you.
Remember, first press and hold the volume down button, while holding that down press the power button. Do not release either button till it shows the hboot. If that doesn't work, pull the battery for five minutes and try again. If you did this part exactly like that, then you can skip it.
Well, you already posyed your issue here, just wait for someone to help you. Glevitan is bound to show up sooner or later.
Sent from a dream.
I would see if you can send commands to it from adb while its in the blacked out state. adb is pretty easy to use and can be found easy online. if you get it installed type "adb devices", if it recognizes your device type "adb reboot bootloader" or "adb reboot recovery".
Novius vi said:
hello all,
I am new here and I have been searching the forums for a few days as well as the internet but I could not seem to find one that had my same problem, but if there is can you please direct me to it and apologies for that.
I was installing a new rom, the Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6], onto my inspire i did a full wipe using FULL_WIPE_1.5_EXT4_.zip and I cleared the caches. the install i thought went well because it went to 100% and i even chose what kind of background i could as well as choosing to over clock my processor. The phone the restarted after all of that and it went to the htc screen then faded to black, after about ten minutes of it being black screen i pulled out the battery.
Now when i try to recover it it wont go into hboot and it just goes to the htc white screen then it quickly fades to a black screen and stays like that.
so my question to you all is a Jtag the only way i can save my phone or is there something else i can do?
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i also have the same problem. i'm using a DHD. and to add to that, my volume rocker is broken. i wonder why the warning not to select reboot immediately after installation wasnt part of the download as a readme or something. i may have just lost a perfectly good phone as a result
I can confirm as a third user and one knowledgable in flashing roms that the ICS blackout does the same thing to my phone. I can also confirm that pulling the battery and then trying hboot just results in the white htc screen instead of just popping up hboot. I was able to boot into recovery from the white htc screen by using adb and doing the "adb reboot recovery" command. I am able to restore my backup just fine so you guys will be able to fix it. it must just have a bad boot image for the version of hboot that we have installed.
Gizmoe said:
I can confirm as a third user and one knowledgable in flashing roms that the ICS blackout does the same thing to my phone. I can also confirm that pulling the battery and then trying hboot just results in the white htc screen instead of just popping up hboot. I was able to boot into recovery from the white htc screen by using adb and doing the "adb reboot recovery" command. I am able to restore my backup just fine so you guys will be able to fix it. it must just have a bad boot image for the version of hboot that we have installed.
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Im sorry but this is the first time i have ever done something like that can you give me a step by step instruction how to do it or a link that says how, i dont want to sound lazy but I scared to mess up my phone even more
Use this guide its very easy. if you have already used your phone on your pc and the drivers are installed all you need to do is download the easyadb and follow the instrucions to where is says to type adb.exe. once it is started just type adb devices to make sure it sees your device and then adb reboot recovery
Ignore the fact the instructions are written for a xoom as it will work for any android device with the drivers already installed, which they should be from rooting, syncing and all the other stuff you have probably already done on pc.
UPDATE: I reinstalled ICS blackout but instead of wiping myself i just let aroma installer do it and everything went fine this time. I noticed the aroma installer reformats everything to ext4. its not mentioned in the op as a requirement but seems thats the case. Hboot version has nothing to do with it like i previously commented. It really is a cool rom with both ics and sense. I have only tried the sense version so far
Hope this helps?
Novius vi said:
Im sorry but this is the first time i have ever done something like that can you give me a step by step instruction how to do it or a link that says how, i dont want to sound lazy but I scared to mess up my phone even more
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Just in case-- to get into recovery you must press and hold the volume down for a few seconds and then hold the power button. Do not do press them both at the same time. I realize you wrote that your volume rocker seems or is broken but I wrote above just in case-- when I first tried to root my phone, I was pushing them both at first and thought my rocker was broken....
Since you rooted the phone originally-- not sure how you did it. But if you go to this link you can download recovery flash. Read the "readme" file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29208930&postcount=10
Assuming you can get into recovery-- then reload the blackout ROM but you MUST let the aroma installer wipe and format do not use any other wipe/format tool. Then do NOT press the "FINISH" button-- instead press the back arrow-- you want to go back to flash recovery and reboot from there. If you press finish (like I did multiple times, the phone will just lockup).
Best of luck!
Three of us confirmed that hboot was inaccessible even after battery pull. I am no stranger to this device as well. The only fix was using adb reboot. Also if you actually reformat your partitions to ext4 before install, then aroma will install correctly. It's just not mounting anything if it's still in ext3 format. Definitely better to just do the full wipe within aroma though. I do agree with not hitting restart from aroma but someone already mentioned that a few posts up.
Thank you thank you thank you
After putting it into abd it recognized it and then i was able to put it into hboot. Im not out of the woods yet, but after not being to see hboot in so long, well its just amazing to see it again
ok now its in hboot it gives me 4 choices
bootloader
Reboot
Reboot Bootloader
power down
apologies again but just for reassurance which one should i select?
THANK YOU GUYS for getting me this far!!!
special thanks to Gizmoe for suggesting the adb route
Novius vi said:
After putting it into abd it recognized it and then i was able to put it into hboot. Im not out of the woods yet, but after not being to see hboot in so long, well its just amazing to see it again
ok now its in hboot it gives me 4 choices
bootloader
Reboot
Reboot Bootloader
power down
apologies again but just for reassurance which one should i select?
THANK YOU GUYS for getting me this far!!!
special thanks to Gizmoe for suggesting the adb route
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Select bootloader to get to recovery option.
1shukla said:
Just in case-- to get into recovery you must press and hold the volume down for a few seconds and then hold the power
Assuming you can get into recovery-- then reload the blackout ROM but you MUST let the aroma installer wipe and format do not use any other wipe/format tool. Then do NOT press the "FINISH" button-- instead press the back arrow-- you want to go back to flash recovery and reboot from there. If you press finish (like I did multiple times, the phone will just lockup).
Best of luck!
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I did exactly as you said I pressed finished and it asked if i wanted to reboot i said no. then it sent me back to recovery mode crossing my fingers hoping to see that it works:fingers-crossed:
Now, just manually reboot.
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You saved my phone!!
Thank you guys sooo much this Rom is great once I got past that minor issue
My phones working better than ever I even oced it a little bit
Again I am eternally grateful to you guys and team black out for this great Rom!
Hi,
So I got a bootloop after wiping battery status on recovery. But first I wiped cache and dalvik cache (i dont know why i did this). Now, Im on a boot loop and I cant even turn the phone off. I take the battery out and plug it back in and it just loops. Same with taking the battery out and plugging a usb. SO I successfully got to Download mode and got ODIN to recognize the phone. I installed Clockwork
Mod Touch 5.8.1.3 Odin tar. and it says it was succesful, but no luck! Still loops. Is there another .TAR file I can install???
PS: I cant get into Recovery because phone does not turn off.
Please any input is much appreciated, this is driving me nuts.
Wiping battery stats, cache and Dalvik shouldn't cause a bootloop. Wiping Dalvik does cause a very long boot cycle, though, as it causes the system to think it's got all-new apps, and it has to re-process and re-cache them. Are you sure that's not what's going on? How long are you letting it sit for?
Also, are you sure you don't have a stuck power button? I doubt it because you were able to get into download mode and flash a recovery img, but have you tried mashing the button down over and over, even cleaning around the edges of the button with a needle?
mex2309 said:
Hi,
So I got a bootloop after wiping battery status on recovery. But first I wiped cache and dalvik cache (i dont know why i did this). Now, Im on a boot loop and I cant even turn the phone off. I take the battery out and plug it back in and it just loops. Same with taking the battery out and plugging a usb. SO I successfully got to Download mode and got ODIN to recognize the phone. I installed Clockwork
Mod Touch 5.8.1.3 Odin tar. and it says it was succesful, but no luck! Still loops. Is there another .TAR file I can install???
PS: I cant get into Recovery because phone does not turn off.
Please any input is much appreciated, this is driving me nuts.
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U should definitely go back to stock via odin first before even trying to install cwm and flashing a custom rom.
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T.J. Bender said:
Wiping battery stats, cache and Dalvik shouldn't cause a bootloop. Wiping Dalvik does cause a very long boot cycle, though, as it causes the system to think it's got all-new apps, and it has to re-process and re-cache them. Are you sure that's not what's going on? How long are you letting it sit for?
Also, are you sure you don't have a stuck power button? I doubt it because you were able to get into download mode and flash a recovery img, but have you tried mashing the button down over and over, even cleaning around the edges of the button with a needle?
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I left it on the loop for about 2:30 hours. Still nothing- I cleaned around the power button by taking the case off. Everything looked fine but it still loops. Once I was able to get to Recovery mode but I could only scroll down one line before the phone flashes and goes back to the first command line. This leads me to believe that theres something wrong with the power button, its stuck or a short. Also, I still can't turn if off, as soon as I put the battery in- it turns on w/o me pressing the power button.
I think its a gonner...
I left it on the loop for about 2:30 hours. Still nothing- I cleaned around the power button by taking the case off. Everything looked fine but it still loops. Once I was able to get to Recovery mode but I could only scroll down one line before the phone flashes and goes back to the first command line. This leads me to believe that theres something wrong with the power button, its stuck or a short. Also, I still can't turn if off, as soon as I put the battery in- it turns on w/o me pressing the power button.
mex2309 said:
I think its a gonner...
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It's alive! Finally i got it to boot up. I don't know how or why. I tried to go to Recover mode and this time I got in and was able to cycle through the menu. I reinstalled the latest ROM I used and it booted up. Strange.... but I'm happy.
mex2309 said:
I left it on the loop for about 2:30 hours. Still nothing- I cleaned around the power button by taking the case off. Everything looked fine but it still loops. Once I was able to get to Recovery mode but I could only scroll down one line before the phone flashes and goes back to the first command line. This leads me to believe that theres something wrong with the power button, its stuck or a short. Also, I still can't turn if off, as soon as I put the battery in- it turns on w/o me pressing the power button.
It's alive! Finally i got it to boot up. I don't know how or why. I tried to go to Recover mode and this time I got in and was able to cycle through the menu. I reinstalled the latest ROM I used and it booted up. Strange.... but I'm happy.
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Glad you got back into your phone. I am starting to see this happening a lot lately with ROMS. Which particular one were / are you on when it started the boot loop?
MasterDecker said:
Glad you got back into your phone. I am starting to see this happening a lot lately with ROMS. Which particular one were / are you on when it started the boot loop?
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Sounds similar to what I just went through... Except I didnt do anything in recovery before mine started looping. Curious to know what rom you were running as well.
MasterDecker said:
Glad you got back into your phone. I am starting to see this happening a lot lately with ROMS. Which particular one were / are you on when it started the boot loop?
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I was on the Seanscreamz' ICS ROM. I never had a problem with his ROMs before and I've been using them for about a year. They are pretty solid and I recommend them. It had to do something with me wiping caches and wiping battery stats because it happened shortly after. But I'm just guessing.
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I was on the Seanscreamz' ICS ROM. I never had a problem with his ROMs before and I've been using them for about a year. They are pretty solid and I recommend them. It had to do something with me wiping caches and wiping battery stats because it happened shortly after. But I'm just guessing.
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I'm trying to wrap my head around that, and not coming up with anything valid. Wiping the caches would cause a much longer boot time, battery stats, at most should only cause you to need to remove and reinsert the battery.
Just about the only thing I could come up with would be that when you wiped the caches, was that your phone was trying to reload all that data back into the cache and was getting brain dead.
More information is needed from others that have had the same issue, on the same ROM, or different does not matter, but detailed info as to what exactly was done prior to the boot loop issues.
If my phone gets stuck in a boot loop, usually after I flash someting in Odin or whatever, if I hit factory reset it fixes itself.
It doesn't bother me since all my stuff is backed up though.
You should Odin back to stock then flash cwm
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just got a phone off of craigslist.. saw that it booted up, so i figured i might be able to fix it. cost me $100.
just finished ODINing it, but it just continues to bootlop. not sure what to do next.
Flash a recovery in Odin and see if you can enter recovery. Wipe data/factory reset if you get there.
hechoen said:
Flash a recovery in Odin and see if you can enter recovery. Wipe data/factory reset if you get there.
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already did that.. flashed CWM, ran recovery and installed rom. no go. now i see the cyanogen boot screen, but it won't get past that. this is kind of strange.
i think the issue with this phone is hardware related. constantly the phone turns itself off. i eventually was able to get stock rom to work (not sure how), but it goes haywire. wifi works, but for whatever reason, i can't download from the play store.
also, when im in CWM.. it reboots randomly. sometimse pressing the power button hits twice too. my old i777 has gone haywire too.. i might have to rethink what i will be choosing for my next phone.
mistabeo said:
i think the issue with this phone is hardware related. constantly the phone turns itself off. i eventually was able to get stock rom to work (not sure how), but it goes haywire. wifi works, but for whatever reason, i can't download from the play store.
also, when im in CWM.. it reboots randomly. sometimse pressing the power button hits twice too. my old i777 has gone haywire too.. i might have to rethink what i will be choosing for my next phone.
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I did what I could to try to replicate your situation. Which version of CWM are you installing? I went through several different versions up to the latest and found that the phone was having an issue with CWM itself. (possibly corrupted driver, but not 100% sure on that, as the phone does get recognized by the computers.)
But when I got to the latest CWM, and it started doing similar to yours, what I did was the following.
#1 : reinstall drivers
#2 : plugged the phone into the USB 2.0 slot on my laptop.
#3 : removed the battery, sim card, SD card
#4 : tried to power on the phone holding the power button for approximately 20 seconds. (nothing)
#5 : put in the battery while still plugged in, and powered on.
#6 : After phone booted up, and computer recognized the phone, I removed the battery. Phone stayed on.
#7 : waited while the computer re installed the ADB drivers, after driver install success, I unplugged the phone. Of course it powered down.
#8 : Restarted the laptop, put the battery back in the phone, and held vol + and - and power. Phone rebooted into recovery, but got into a boot loop when trying to recover.
#9 : downloaded TWRP recovery and put it on the SD card for the phone. Restarted the phone into recovery and installed TWRP recovery.
#10 : Rebooted phone into TWRP recovery. wiped all cache, installed latest STOCK ROOTED ROM.
The phone has been stable and working just fine, no wifi or blue tooth issues, calls are as normal, texting is as normal. LTE speeds as normal.
I have since switched all my devices over to TWRP recovery and have had ZERO issues.