[q] i might have soft bricked my inspire using cwr need help - HTC Inspire 4G

hink that I may have soft bricked my inspire, I installed gbsense and decided that I didn't like it. so I went to cwr recovery to restore my old rom, and it came up with a red ! I had a total noob moment and not remembering that I just needed to hit Vol up + power I assumed it was CWR and reverted to an old build. Now it won't start at all. I can get into the vol down - power screen but that it's. I need some help

Read the sticky in the Inspire general section, "stuck in hboot read this".
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I tried that, vol up- power makes my phone buzz three times and the led flashes and locks up there Have to pull the battery, so I'll need to do the 256 meg pre rooted s-off version
I was hoping there was an easier way but thanks

Its volume down and power. Like I mention in the guide I recommend reflashing cwr first, so you can restore a backup or go straight to a custom rom

As you have found out, flashing that rom sets recovery back to factory.
Just so that the phone off charge animation is present.
Flashing cwm recovery through hboot should set you right up.

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TB not turning on after rooting!

Hello, I moved to TB from Fascinate.
I just rooted my TB and tried to change fonts (systems/fonts, DroidSans DroidSansFallback DroidSans-Bold files)
after I changed everything, I turned off the phone and am trying to turn it back on.
After the sound comes on, it froze showing clouds on the screen.
What should I do? Is there any Odin stock files something like that?
I see the posts on development forum with ADB things but the thing is I can turn my phone back on.
Please help!!!
Give it time to turn on. The clouds freeze. It's part of the boot animation. If that doesn't work hold the sound button down and power on and go into recovery and wipe data or flash a different rom thru cwm
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I held the sound button down and power on and it straight went to bootloader instead recovery! after that I could turn on my phone but Rom manager doesn't work property. should I go back to stock and reroot it?
katsymoon said:
I held the sound button down and power on and it straight went to bootloader instead recovery! after that I could turn on my phone but Rom manager doesn't work property. should I go back to stock and reroot it?
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first hold down power and vol down, then once you get into the bootloader, hit vol down till your highlighting recovery, hit power, now your in the recovery. Download a new rom and flash that.
Im havinbg the same problem. i was rooted with S-off and had clockwork installed and i tried to flash a new rom on and after i did that i tried to boot and it stuck on the cloud for 45 mins. afte that i tried again and again to no avail. Finally i went back into clockwork and did a factory wipe, bt it STILL sit on the clouds. Am i screwed?
Try a different rom and do a data & dvlik wipe before you flash...
About to try a different rom now. I also tried to chage my kernel with clockwork. Could that do anything different?
OKay so i got it to load with DAS BAMF. Lightning rom didnt work sadly =( im hoping this reboots good lol

[Q] Inspire stuck at HTC splash screen after loading new theme Rooted/Rom'd

Tonight I successfully rooted my phone using bubby's method and installed the Revolution ROM. I had no issues so figured I'd continue with a custom theme which was provided in this post .
I simply, copied the Desolution_1.2.2.zip to the root of the SD card. Started up in recovery mode using Clockwork and installed zip from SD Card. Now, I'm stuck at the HTC splash screen and I can't turn the phone off or bring up CWR.
Is the problem I'm having also known as black screened? Should I be using these posts as resolutions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12844405&postcount=4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019868
Additionally, I pressed vol up/down +power to do a hard reset but the phone is not loading in recovery. Pressing power + vol down is not loading bootloader either. Sorry if I'm not using the right terminology, I'm new to this.
Pull the battery, reboot to Clockwork(power+vol dn, select recovery w/ pwr button after it goes through the PD98 checks), wipe data-factory reset and reflash your rom. If that get's you back up and running, nandroid your config then try again. If it fails again, you can restore from nandroid and get with the dev about your issue.
You might also wanna re-dl that zip prior to trying again as it may be corrupt
Don't forget to always check the compatibilty of the theme with the Rom. Some roms and themes don't play well together.
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Redneck is correct, if you looking for references use the guide that is stickied.
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Thank you for the response.
However, after removing/replacing the battery I am unable to access clockwork by holding vol down and the power button. It just boots up to the htc screen.
Is it about time to use the Ace hackkit? If so can someone direct me to the manual? I believe v11 is the most current version.
Quick update. I am able to access hboot by removing the battery and holding vol down on startup. However, I am unable to scroll down to recovery, it automatically starts searching for PD98DIAG.zip file. At the end it asks if I want to update and I've just been saying no. Once the device reboots it goes straight back to the HTC splash screen. I try to repeat the process to access recovery but once again I'm unable to scroll down to recovery.
You have to get the PD98 off your sd card then it will let you select recovery.
Thanks, I went ahead and did that. Now I'm able to access recovery. Looking up steps on what to do now. Heh
I flashed the revolution ROM again and now I'm back up and running. Not sure what it was about that theme that messed everything up but I'm staying far away from it now. Thanks to everyone who helped
need help asap
okay so i have the same problume cant get into recovery mode and i get the htc splash screen,any help will be gr8 thanks in advance
ATX350 said:
Thanks, I went ahead and did that. Now I'm able to access recovery. Looking up steps on what to do now. Heh
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If I am not wrong, buby´s method uses a froyo RUU, so if your phone was shipped with Gingerbread, then you have messed your bootloader....you need to fix that.
Hit the Hack Kit IRC Channel and we lend u a hand..

Stuck At The HTC Logo From A Kernel Update

I have HTC Inspire 4G. Latest CoreDroid. I tried to flash UNITY V9 and then ive been stuck at the HTC logo screen. I havent bricked my phone. I was in a situation like this once b4 and i had to use a diff SD card to get things back right but i forgot how to do it. Can somebody guide through these steps again so i will not forget ? Or any other info is helpful. Im kinda in arush on the way to work.
try to wipe cache
Meercy said:
I have HTC Inspire 4G. Latest CoreDroid. I tried to flash UNITY V9 and then ive been stuck at the HTC logo screen. I havent bricked my phone. I was in a situation like this once b4 and i had to use a diff SD card to get things back right but i forgot how to do it. Can somebody guide through these steps again so i will not forget ? Or any other info is helpful. Im kinda in arush on the way to work.
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Have you re-downloaded the v9 kernel, there were issues with the earlier version (at least there was on this device).
You could try to download and re-flash whatever was the previous (old) kernel.
ben_pyett said:
Have you re-downloaded the v9 kernel, there were issues with the earlier version (at least there was on this device).
You could try to download and re-flash whatever was the previous (old) kernel.
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I understand but in order for me to do that I need to be able to get to the sd card. Hmmm ok i think i know how to get to the sd card. I could take it out my phone. which leaves me with one question.
how am i going to get to recovery to flash it once again. Ivbe tried to hold the volume down button and hit power. But once im at the screen that says recovery and few other things. I can never move down or up or hit power so it can function. I have no control on that screen.
You do know that this forum isn't for your device. There's probably one specifically for yours.
When you Get to that white screen called the bootloader, the volume keys should navigate through the menus and power acts as select
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yea i noticed it wasnt tonight once i got home. I have reposted in the right forum being a lil more detailed.
But once i get to my bootloader i can never select recovery. I never have been able too except a few times. Idk if i did something differently or not. But once im on the bootloader screen. The volume keys or the power button doesnt work.
Meercy said:
yea i noticed it wasnt tonight once i got home. I have reposted in the right forum being a lil more detailed.
But once i get to my bootloader i can never select recovery. I never have been able too except a few times. Idk if i did something differently or not. But once im on the bootloader screen. The volume keys or the power button doesnt work.
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For getting to recovery try installing android sdk and using adb reboot recovery
From there you can put another rom in the sd card. Wipe all and install a new one, which includes a new kernel inside. (like all of them)
I was stuck at the bootloader after trying to install a corrupt radio. I could get into recovery but it only offered yes or no for the corrupt file.
I removed SD card and pulled battery and restarted, i was then was able to get into recovery and do a wipe and it then booted fine.
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[Q] Help! ROM Issue - No Recovery Option

A friend of mine rooted/unlocked/installed DlevROM on my Infuse, and pretty much set it all up for me. I wanted to move to the ZEUS ROM so I put the zip on my sd card, booted into recovery, and installed it on my phone. I guess I should have wiped everything beforehand because now my settings seem to be mixed between the DlevROM and ZEUS ROM's settings.
My big issue: I wanted to boot back into recovery, wipe everything, and do a clean install of the ZEUS ROM, but now I have one big problem:
When I hold down the button on my phone that normally gave me a bunch of options: Reboot, Recovery, Sleep, etc... I now only have 3 options: Silent Mode, Flight Mode, and Power off.
How do I boot into recovery since the option to do so is gone? Please help, I am freaking out here.
Power off hold volume up and volume down plus power until you see Samsung logo then release...if you flashed build 5 Zeus its just a stock base...you need to flash one of the 2 themes and it will have all the goodies and extended power menu
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You rock dman! I appreciate all the help and hard work. I PM'd you with a question about this so sorry for the spammage.
Anytime bro...glad it helped
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The other way around also, if you ever get in that situation,
(you need to be rooted)
download "quickboot" from the market.
when you run it, it will give you the EPM options also.
easier than wearing out your power button
my phone was bricked after flashing wrong rom
my infuse 4g was bricked after flashing the wrong rom for my phone yes i know stupid but my mistake anyways tried unbricking my phone using odin and after doing that my phone wont turn on or go into downloading mode i tried turning my phone on again and my screen flashed white quick then nothing can anybody help?
this is what i used to unbrick my phone followed the directions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251&page=2

Flashing a rom without volume buttons

My buttons on the inspire 4g do not work anymore for some reason and I want to flash a ICS rom. I rooted the phone a long time ago when I first got it so I was just curious to how I would flash a rom without the buttons working. Also do I need to do the ENG-Off to use a ics rom?
Just an idea. You could flash clockwork recovery touch using Rom Manager premium. Then u wouldn't have to worry about the volume keys.
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krayziebone99 said:
My buttons on the inspire 4g do not work anymore for some reason and I want to flash a ICS rom. I rooted the phone a long time ago when I first got it so I was just curious to how I would flash a rom without the buttons working. Also do I need to do the ENG-Off to use a ics rom?
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Don't install ENG S-OFF, you don't need it and if your phone was shipped with gingerbread you will eventually mess your hboot up.
Just look for the 4EXT recovery in the Desire HD forum. That is fully touch and amazing. With a touch recovery you will be able to flash ICS.
I went to reformat the sd card in settings and then it said it will shut down after then it shut down and wont come back on but the orange light is blinking. I took the battery out and put it back in. When I push the power button it vibrates then just the orange light blinks nothing comes on.
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I went to reformat the sd card in settings and then it said it will shut down after then it shut down and wont come back on but the orange light is blinking. I took the battery out and put it back in. When I push the power button it vibrates then just the orange light blinks nothing comes on.
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CONGRATULATIONS....you have messed you hboot up....I told you not to flash eng S-off....
So I am guessing when I rooted months ago I did do s-off which you are saying is my problem. I tried to use advanced ace hack kit to set s-on and flash stock. It detects the phone then right when I selected to flash it restarts it then keeps waiting for device. Is there anything I could do to fix this problem? I been researching but can't seem to find anything.
You should try to use the adb package to boot into fast boot. See the effin manual and the hack kit thread for more info. Once u can get into fastboot see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396229
for stock RUU. It's happened to me a couple of times but my volume keys were working so u may need to do more research. Good luck.
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He won't be able to flash a ruu. His hboot is messed up. He has to fix it first. Your hboot is in super slow motion. To boot in hboot will take you about 15 to 20 minutes....just go to the hack kit support IRC channel and we will try to lend u a hand.
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I don't believe he messed up his hboot. He just can't get into it because the volume keys don't work. If he has the HTC drivers installed and is getting connectivity then he should be able to boot into fastboot from cmd then flash the RUU.
adb reboot fastboot
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I am able to use a pen and push down the button and try to get into hboot. The light turns green and screen lights up but still is black. I would appreciate the help on fixing the hboot I will join the irc soon. By letting the battery darin I was able to plug it in and get it to turn on so at least I have a temp first to be able to still have a usable phone. Also the fastboot does not work adb recognizes the phone then once I press Y to flash the ruu the phone restarts and gets stuck again on flashing orange light

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