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[Q] Why BootLoop after Flashing?

Hi, I'm an Android user since HTC Hero (long time ago) and I've always played with recovery and custom ROM.
So i tought to have i quite good knowledge about this argoument, but i can't find a solution to my problem.
I've S-OFF my Sensation with the official HTC Guide and after that ive flashed clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.0.
I've tried to flash either last InsertCoin and Stock-rooted 2.3.5 test build, but after the splash htc screen my phone stuck in bootloop. (i've wiped data, cache, dalvik)
The only solution to make it work is to restore my nandroid backup....
Any idea?
Thanks a lot

ilbulgaro89 said:
Hi, I'm an Android user since HTC Hero (long time ago) and I've always played with recovery and custom ROM.
So i tought to have i quite good knowledge about this argoument, but i can't find a solution to my problem.
I've S-OFF my Sensation with the official HTC Guide and after that ive flashed clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.0.
I've tried to flash either last InsertCoin and Stock-rooted 2.3.5 test build, but after the splash htc screen my phone stuck in bootloop. (i've wiped data, cache, dalvik)
The only solution to make it work is to restore my nandroid backup....
Any idea?
Thanks a lot
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Hi,
Did you do the Super CID section of the s-off process?
This will enable you to flash any ROM.
Check the s-off guide in my signature.

it shoud be that i've installed stock HTC 2.3.4 radio?

ilbulgaro89 said:
it shoud be that i've installed stock HTC 2.3.4 radio?
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Hi,
I do not understand.
What is your question?

ilbulgaro89 said:
Hi, I'm an Android user since HTC Hero (long time ago) and I've always played with recovery and custom ROM.
So i tought to have i quite good knowledge about this argoument, but i can't find a solution to my problem.
I've S-OFF my Sensation with the official HTC Guide and after that ive flashed clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.0.
I've tried to flash either last InsertCoin and Stock-rooted 2.3.5 test build, but after the splash htc screen my phone stuck in bootloop. (i've wiped data, cache, dalvik)
The only solution to make it work is to restore my nandroid backup....
Any idea?
Thanks a lot
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Why did you do it with official HTC Guide? Now you lost part of your warranty.
I s-off´ed my Sensation XE with Revolutionary and everything went fine with flashing Roms.
Did you try to format system and data in CWM before flashing?
If this doesnt work you can also try to mount system and data in CWM.
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Problems after updating to the latest ICS firmware??!!

I have always liked making changes to my phone and after seeing the latest ICS released I thought why not... as we were being told it was backwards compatible
So I updated my firmware and played about in ICS for a bit but then decided it's not ready for me yet and I rolled back to my backup of HyperSensation
When it finished restoring I was greeted by the white HTC screen and that's all, it will now no longer boot my backup... "I have restored from this backup many times"
I then downloaded Android Revolution 3.6.11 and installed and it booted ok but I always have a problem with the kernel so flushed bricked as I always do and it stopped booting again with the HTC screen, I then re-flashed faux123 kernel on it again, and again it would not boot... stuck at the HTC screen
The firmware update seems to have messed up the ability to change kernels at all.. or roll back to an old backup, but new installs worked ok as long as i didn't change the kernel..
I then restored the H3G Ruu exe to my phone and that loaded ok and booted fine, I then tried to restore my backup that uses bricked 1.6 kernel and this time it booted
I then tried to re-flash the kernel and again I'm greeted by the HTC screen and it never loads
This firmware update has changed my phone and not for the good... even restoring the Ruu didn't fix it completely...
Anyone else have a similar problem with the new firmware

M pro said:
This firmware update has changed my phone and not for the good... even restoring the Ruu didn't fix it completely...
Anyone else have a similar problem with the new firmware
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The partition layout for the 3.12.401.2/102 firmware is different, as explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618

Indeed, but then restoring to an older Ruu should remove the changes right?
As the Ruu has the firmware in the update?

M pro said:
Indeed, but then restoring to an older Ruu should remove the changes right?
As the Ruu has the firmware in the update?
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It should do
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That's the problem as the changes seem to stay even after I returned it to the stock Ruu

thats impossible. give us your hboot, radio etc details

dexter93 said:
thats impossible. give us your hboot, radio etc details
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Yep I'm thinking the same thing too
Hboot 1.17.0011
radio 10.43a.9007.00p_10.51.9007.27.m3
but all I know now is I'm unable to change kernels anymore or even reflash the same kernel over the top of itself..

What's your recovery?
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I can see no reason why your kernel updates are failing. Check your downloads to have the correct md5 and if you still have issues try an alternate recovery(which I highly doubt to be a problem but anyway). Also check that you are downloading kernels compatible with your Rom, otherwise they won't work. Another tip when flashing kernels is to wipe cache after flashing. Good luck
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After installing a stock RUU you need to install Superuser to root the stock ROM, and update the binary and busybox. Then you can flash kernels.

Jedi2011 said:
After installing a stock RUU you need to install Superuser to root the stock ROM, and update the binary and busybox. Then you can flash kernels.
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Hmmm.... Hypersensation? Bricked kernel? These sound like he is rooted... but thank you anyway captain obvious
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I had a similar problem with mine;I restored GB 2.3.5 backup, reflashed original ROM on top, and booted up fine. After it booted just fine I did a reboot and it wouldn't go past the first HTC screen. So, I flashed my 1.45 firmware (inc. hboot 1.18 & Clockwork 5.0.2) and still stuck at the same spot.
Finally, I flashed back the firmware from ICS 3.12, reflashed my 2.3.5 ROM, wiped cache & dalvic, fixed permissions, and rebooted... Strange enough, I booted to the setup screen, which I went through that to find my data gone. SO, I super-wiped and restored my backup, which booted & rebooted fine, and proceeded to reflash the original ROM again. Now I'm good.
Observation(s):
1. Reverting to Firmware to 1.45 causes bootloops that can only be broken by restoring ICS Firmware 3.12.
2. Even after reverting (1.) device will not be stable until you super-wipe. From there on, you can restore backups and flash a ROM as usual.
Hope this helps,
Cheers

no problems with the new firmware and old miui here in the moment
didnt test my virtuos and hyper nonsense backup.. should i ?

Does the new HBoot1.23 make GB faster? Just want to know from users.
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dest4b said:
no problems with the new firmware and old miui here in the moment
didnt test my virtuos and hyper nonsense backup.. should i ?
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I keep getting reboots with latest Miui.us

My virtuous inquisition AOSP Rom is far from stable am i doing something wrong

I came from cm7.1 i flashed the rom the same as i always flashed any other rom. Im not an expert or anything but im not a newb i have done this before. But what i didnt do was a suoerwhipe should i have done that? I followed how you are supposed to install it i even watched tutorial on youtube to make sure i did it right and i did.
What the rom keeps doing is rebooting my phonr and i keep getting stuck on the htc logo. It will go to thr htc logo then reboot thrn go back to the logog then reboot again it does that over and over. And even when i tried to flash my cm7 clockworkmod backup it didnt work it still did it that had me extremely nervous that i was screwed. To fix it i had to refkash the firmware and then fkash the rom again clear the cache and everything all over again.
I thought it was over but then it did it again i and i jusr went back to cm7. I really want to use this rom anybody know why it is doing this? And how i can fix this?
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Firstly, you should always superwipe when going to a different ROM (that is, a ROM from a different family).
Secondly, read the first couple of posts in the Inquisition thread and make sure you are using the right firmware.

I am having the same doubt whether you have upgraded the firmware. If you are using ICS version of virtuous inquisition you must upgrade the firmware with v3.24 (Revolutionary) which has the HBOOT 1.27 . Please go through the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1480061

I did upgrade the firmware.
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iverson3-1 said:
I did upgrade the firmware.
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Seems firmware upgrade was not successful. Can you post the detail of your firstboot / bootloader screen?
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iverson3-1 said:
What the rom keeps doing is rebooting my phonr and i keep getting stuck on the htc logo. It will go to thr htc logo then reboot thrn go back to the logog then reboot again it does that over and over. And even when i tried to flash my cm7 clockworkmod backup it didnt work it still did it that had me extremely nervous that i was screwed.
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I would suggest you may have failed to delete the firmware .img file from the sd card before you tried to boot the ROM?

Somethings wrong bc mine is 98% stable
Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation

When you say firmware are you talking upgrading to 3.24? Because i didnt do that. I thought the only firmware you needed was the one included with the Rom that they tell you to install first. And boomboomer is right i also didnt delete the firmware .img.
But which one of these is causing the problem? Me not deleting the firmware.img off the root of the sd card. Or me not updating my htc firmware to 3.24?
I didnt know you had to update the firmware to 3.24 the first time a flashed this rom like 2 weeks ago i didnt do that and it seemed to work fine i just followed this youtube tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF2OWf0D9XQ
In it it says nothing about updating to 3.24.

iverson3-1 said:
When you say firmware are you talking upgrading to 3.24? Because i didnt do that. I thought the only firmware you needed was the one included with the Rom that they tell you to install first. And boomboomer is right i also didnt delete the firmware .img.
But which one of these is causing the problem? Me not deleting the firmware.img off the root of the sd card. Or me not updating my htc firmware to 3.24?
I didnt know you had to update the firmware to 3.24 the first time a flashed this rom like 2 weeks ago i didnt do that and it seemed to work fine i just followed this youtube tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF2OWf0D9XQ
In it it says nothing about updating to 3.24.
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3.24 is not "required" by the VI 3.0 rom, but most users that use it experience little to no problems, compared to the previous firmware. Bottom line, it's more stable using 3.24.

Your right i didnt. you think thats whats causing it?
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You aren't reading the help you're bring offered. Delete the img file to stop the boot loop, if you want then update to 3.24 for better compatibility with ROM 3.0.0.

Ok thanks. Can i upgrade to 3.24 after I flash the rom?
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iverson3-1 said:
Ok thanks. Can i upgrade to 3.24 after I flash the rom?
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Yes , you can . After flashing the ROM, do not reboot. Just power off. Then remove the sdcard . Put the the firmware file on the root of your sdcard using a pc. Insert the sdcard in phone. Boot into bootloader. Then follow on screen instruction. Hope you knowhow to boot into bootloader.
By the way, why not doing things in traditional way ??? I mean first flash firmware then you flash ROM.

I already flashed the rom and don't have an adapter to plug my sd card into my PC. Can I just download it from my phone and move it to the root of my SD then boot into bootloader?
And I flashed the rom first because i was told updating to 3.24 wasn't required. Plus I was kind of confused as to which 3.24 firmware to download and i just wanted the rom to bad but I have the right firmware now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767 from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Yea its best to use the 3.24 fw. 3.12 causes reboots bootloops (grab the milk) and just ics based rom issues.
Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation

But can I flash 3.24 after I already flashed the rom?
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Yea. Go ahead flash the 3.24 then boot into recovery do a superwipe and reflash the rom. Just in case it causes issues with the rom already running.
iverson3-1 said:
But can I flash 3.24 after I already flashed the rom?
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I did that and now im stuck in a bootloop what do i do now? i had a CWM backup and thats not fixing it either. What do i do?

Ok so u flashed the 3.24 via bootloader correct? Ok go back into recovery. Run the superwipe script. Use this one. http://db.tt/ps5JWwBw
Put it on the root of ur sd. Flash the superwipe then reflash ur rom.
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Dont rename the superwipe script or worry about the (2) just flash it.
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Help, phone doesn't start up after firmware update

I have HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile) and downloaded the 3.2 firmware here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
I used T-Mobile one, though I guess it didn't matter because I have superCID. When I turn my phone on it keeps restarting at the white HTC screen, vibrates, then HTC screen again. Can't start up my phone.
Don't think it matters..but I did delete "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed" a while back.

Just put the correct PG58IMG on ur SD card and let the bootloader do the update once again ..

Remember also to remove the pg58img file from the sd card after the installation of the firmware
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Find my post in general
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Do you guys know if there's an work towards a new firmware that will allow us with the boot loop to flash ROMs? I'd really like an AOSP ROM the only fix known is with HTC Sense.

mohameddegheidy said:
Just put the correct PG58IMG on ur SD card and let the bootloader do the update once again ..
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Just follow this advice, then your device will boot and you can wipe it and flash any from you like
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Chained90 said:
I have HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile) and downloaded the 3.2 firmware here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
I used T-Mobile one, though I guess it didn't matter because I have superCID. When I turn my phone on it keeps restarting at the white HTC screen, vibrates, then HTC screen again. Can't start up my phone.
Don't think it matters..but I did delete "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed" a while back.
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Also keep in mind that when you install new firmware you have to wipe and reinstall your ROM. A lot of times the Cache and sometimes the Data partitions will corrupt when you install new firmware, so you will need to grab a flash-able ZIP of your current ROM (or Android Revolution HD, it's nice as well!).
Go into recovery mode, wipe everything but your SD card (of course) then install your ROM again from your SD card.

Azothyran said:
Also keep in mind that when you install new firmware you have to wipe and reinstall your ROM. A lot of times the Cache and sometimes the Data partitions will corrupt when you install new firmware, so you will need to grab a flash-able ZIP of your current ROM (or Android Revolution HD, it's nice as well!).
Go into recovery mode, wipe everything but your SD card (of course) then install your ROM again from your SD card.
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Oh wow. Firmware 3.32 only works with ICS ROMs, right? I didn't wipe and flash a new ROM, just ran the same Gingerbread HTC sense that came with the phone. That would probably be the reason why I bootloop?

Find my post in general going to bump it will help out
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Chained90 said:
Oh wow. Firmware 3.32 only works with ICS ROMs, right? I didn't wipe and flash a new ROM, just ran the same Gingerbread HTC sense that came with the phone. That would probably be the reason why I bootloop?
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Yeah, it's for ICS ROMs, but I would think it would still work with Gingerbread. I'm not sure. I know from experience that if you flash a new Radio, RIL, Firmware, etc it is recommended to reflash your ROM, no matter what ROM you're on. Since the OS relies on the firmware, RIL, and Radio that you were using before, it can't load the new package without a wipe.
The situation is kind of like switching ROMs and then dumping the Data and Cache partitions from your OLD ROM onto the new ROM before it even boots. In most cases, it won't boot.

No boot... Phone crash..

Okay, my HTC Sensation does not boot at all. Even when i run the stock Firmware... It has S-OFF Revolutionary... The only ROM that works is the ViperS and that also comes along with the issue that says com.android.phone has stopped working, along with that the wifi does not work... I've tried EVERYTHING! Can anyone help me please?!

Make sure you have the correct firmware 3.32 or 3.33. Also download 4ext recovery.It's a great recovery and really easy to use.you're soff so you should after doing those things be able to place Rom at root of sd card, do wipe data factory reset, wipe cash, wipe dalvik then install from sd card and reboot. Make sure to have your nandroid backup to be safe. You shouldn't have a issue after doing these things.
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I've flashed both 3.23 and 3.33 and still no progress and also i already have that recovery..... And i never did a nandroid backup so i'm stuck!

OK try to wipe everything aside from your sdcard from recovery. Then Install the rom twice, then reboot. Also have you used the superwipe script? Some roms, mostly aosp/aokp roms are not compatible with it. Let us know
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Your issue seems similar to this guides one.. Do check it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31529182
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