Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
ZackFearheart said:
Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
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There was no need to open new thread. Someone would have answered you in the old one.
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ZackFearheart said:
Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
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What, no wiping between flashes? There's your problem.
ZackFearheart said:
Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
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umm...maybe you should have known that a rom is not an update...it is a new rom. Also, if you read the instructions to flash in the rom thread you will find that all roms need a full wipe when coming from a different one....
PLEASE, A BRICK DEVICE IS JUST THAT.....A BRICK......yours is messed for not doing things properly..
If you look in search like you said you are aware of it. You would have came across same threads about this so called brick phone and it has to do with the pd98img file in the majority of this issue but nope guess not..
Or even like the other member said wipe cache delvik user data etc..
My Inspire
If you can still get into bootloader (by holding down the volume down and power button while the phone is off) then you can possibly save your phone. You'll need to find a Stock RUU image of the Inspire 4G's rom. It will be a PD98IMG.zip file. Place that on your sdcard. Don't extract it just copy and paste. Then open bootloader. Press the power button to select hboot. Then let it run its course.
I'm pretty sure this can fix your issue. If someone wants to intervene then by all means go ahead.
shugga101 said:
If you can still get into bootloader (by holding down the volume down and power button while the phone is off) then you can possibly save your phone. You'll need to find a Stock RUU image of the Inspire 4G's rom. It will be a PD98IMG.zip file. Place that on your sdcard. Don't extract it just copy and paste. Then open bootloader. Press the power button to select hboot. Then let it run its course.
I'm pretty sure this can fix your issue. If someone wants to intervene then by all means go ahead.
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Your right I had to restore my buddies phone and I used genes pool thread to return to stock but...when I copy and rename it it was PD98IMG.zip which was not reading when I boot but renamed it PD98IMG it worked
My Inspire
ZackFearheart said:
Phone is rooted and unlocked, No problems there. Went from CM7 to Coredriod no issues, Now I'm wanting to try BlackICE and I downloaded it, Copied it to my SD card and tried going into Recovery, Apply Update from SD card and all went well, But it did not do anything. Now Coredriod is stuck in a boot-loop no matter what I do. I want it off here and either CM7 or BlackICE on my phone. What do I do?
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Try again installing the ROM.
If core-droid is in boot loop and not letting you go to recovery.Just take the battery off.Re-insert the battery and open directly into the recovery panel through volume down and power button.
Full wipe and reinstall CM7 STABLE.
That boot-loop happened to me also. I did that and it solved the problem.
If you're going to flash a different rom into your phone, always make a Full Wipe. This practically will remove any single data that is store in the phone. There's a few full wipe scripts that you can use, search in the threat and you will find it!!
Also, something to help you: Go into recovery, make a full wipe (factory reset) and then install a new rom that is totally stable, hopefully you will be ready to go.
Related
I was using ROM Manager to try to install the ClearDroid ROM, it did a reboot, and now seems stuck at the HTC screen. I can get into the menu (doing power+volume up), but am not sure what to do at this point.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
If you can get into recovery your fine. Just restore your nandrod you hopefully made or try using a different rom or re-downloading the one you just tried.
Edit: have you flashed a recovery yet?
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Pope Viper said:
I was using ROM Manager to try to install the ClearDroid ROM, it did a reboot, and now seems stuck at the HTC screen. I can get into the menu (doing power+volume up), but am not sure what to do at this point.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Remove the battery, reinsert it and then try volume down + power
Thank you for the quick response, to be honest I'm nervous as heck that I'm going to further jack something.
Do I need to copy a ROM onto the SDCARD, and rename it to the PDxxxx.zip?
Something new, and potentially concerning.
When I try to go into recovery, I'm now getting 3 "vibrates", following by blinking orange light.
Pope Viper said:
I was using ROM Manager to try to install the ClearDroid ROM, it did a reboot, and now seems stuck at the HTC screen. I can get into the menu (doing power+volume up), but am not sure what to do at this point.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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If you can get to hboot. use the volume button to go down to recovery and press the power button. Once you're in recovery, wipe data/factory reset, clear cache, go to advanced, clear dalvik, install from zip from sd card, pick the zip from the sd card, it will flash. If you get stuck again redownload the rom and try again.
How long does it take to get into recover? I got into HBOOT, selected recover, power, it reset, presented the HTC screen, faded to black, and seems to be sitting there.
You used bubbys one click one second I will link you to my thread.
edit:go here
nvm kirk beat me to it.
mudknot2005 said:
You used bubbys one click one second I will link you to my thread.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019868&highlight=black+screen
Thank you sir, I just found that!, and am getting things organized to do so.
I do appreciate all the help, folks!
mudknot2005 said:
You used bubbys one click one second I will link you to my thread.
edit:go here
nvm kirk beat me to it.
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Sorry... Helps when I have a lot of these helpful threads bookmarked. LOL
I've got the PD98IMG.ZIP in the root of an SD card (not one that came with phone), and when I go into HBOOT, it cannot find. I did note that the PD98 from above is 222k, is taht correct? Want to make sure I didn't have something go weird with my DL.
Pope Viper said:
I've got the PD98IMG.ZIP in the root of an SD card (not one that came with phone), and when I go into HBOOT, it cannot find. I did note that the PD98 from above is 222k, is taht correct? Want to make sure I didn't have something go weird with my DL.
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Yes that is the size of the file, when you boot into hboot i will look for the file and on the third time it will find it and start flashing it. Did you place it in a folder, or unpack it?
I figured it would load on the third one, it is on the root, compressed. It's a Blackberry 2G card, that did have a directory in it. I went ahead and formatted the card, and am going to give it another go.
Still no go, it will not recognize that image.
Try a different sd card. Got a few more options after that.
OK< got that fixed, turns out I had formatted it FAT, not FAT32. It parsed the file.
Now what?
Pope Viper said:
OK< got that fixed, turns out I had formatted it FAT, not FAT32. It parsed the file.
Now what?
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Now you should be able to flash a rom like I said earlier through recovery .
Alrighty, I got the HTC and then the black screen. I'll let it think for a while before panicking.
Well, looks like I'm ready to start panicking. It's stuck on the HTC screen.
EDIT * It just dumped me back into HBOOT.
WTH?
Probably. Not. Take a deep breath
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I rooted the inspire 4g with the one click. i tried to go into recovery, and i end up with a black screen. I took out the battery and restarted and it keeps going to bootloader. I can't do anything, reset, shutdown, it keeps going to bootloader. and I can't access my sd card on my computer from my phone. How can I fix this?!?!
this belongs in the GENERAL section... not development.
and google is ur friend... look through this forum u will find ur answer
rimtp07 said:
I rooted the inspire 4g with the one click. i tried to go into recovery, and i end up with a black screen. I took out the battery and restarted and it keeps going to bootloader. I can't do anything, reset, shutdown, it keeps going to bootloader. and I can't access my sd card on my computer from my phone. How can I fix this?!?!
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PLease post in the proper section (General) this is for rom development.
also please search!
Use an adapter to move files to the sd card. I recommend you take a look at the link in my signature.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974789
try that.
ogxku5h said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974789
try that.
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NO! there is no need to eng s-off period.
Go here:CWM black screen? Look here before you post!
MudKnot is right. I did the first option and it worked great
I had this problem too, and I found that if you take the battery out and wait maybe a minute to put it in while connected to your PC via USB, your Inspire will turn on by itself and be in Clockworkmod Recovery. The version I had at the time was 3.0.0.6, and I was able to install Android Revolution 4.0 beta v4 with no problems.
Hope this helps if you're still looking.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
Run Bubby's program again. There is a "Fixes" option there now. Not sure if it wants you to do the ENG S-OFF thing or not. I didn't have this issue.
Matt
rimtp07 said:
I rooted the inspire 4g with the one click. i tried to go into recovery, and i end up with a black screen. I took out the battery and restarted and it keeps going to bootloader. I can't do anything, reset, shutdown, it keeps going to bootloader. and I can't access my sd card on my computer from my phone. How can I fix this?!?!
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Well, you could use Rom Manager to do whatever it is you need to do in recovery. In other words, want to install a rom? Chose that function through Rom Manager. RM will automatically ask if you want to backup your existing rom and wipe data and cache.
-Mike
OK I have never posted anything on this site so I hope this is the right section.
Anyway to get to the point, I believe I bricked my Thunderbolt.
I went from Bamf Remix 1.6 to Cubed Rom and then upgraded to Das Bamf 2.0 after I upgraded my Radio to the Gingerbread one I believe. It booted up fine and I love the 2.0 update but it ran too slowly and I could literally see my battery life draining so I decided to switch back to my backup of my 1.6 but when i tried to boot into recovery, it auto loaded the radio update and i must of clicked the power because it redid that. after that my TB would only get to a black screen but I could tell it was on cause my computer detected it and i could see the backlight on. so then i loaded my other microSD into it and tried to restore with a backup from there but now it will only rebooot to the white screen with the 4 options and no way to get to recovery. Am I bricked or am i overreacting. Thanks in advance for ur guys help. love this site!
you have to downgrade back to a froyo radio if you reverted back from gingerbread. Get the one listed in the radio thread on the developers forum or rooting thread how-to that mentions it's for s-off and modified to have root permissions allowed.
You can stick it on your sd card from clockwork recovery by mounting your sd card via usb.
Also, that white screen with the options you see is the bootloader. If you read the options, the bootloader has an option to boot into recovery.
Take a deep breath, relax and hold your panicking for a while and try again
Also here's the radio from the restore to stock thread (this will fully restore to stock and all data not on the sdcard, but with s-off still so you can flash again):
http://www.multiupload.com/26WG1UZCXR (md5sum: abda920f3e159fb05c00d8c54a5b8768)
That is fricken ridiculously awesome man. A 12 minute reply at this time. Thank you so much man. I will try this and hope that it works. I will get back to ASAP! THANKS!
Ok I downloaded the file you linked me and put it on the root of my microSD card. but when i boot up my phone it only goes to the white bootloader screen and there is no recovery option any advice?
can try while its rebooting adb reboot recovery
then wipe cache factory rest wipe dalvik then fresh install das bamf 1.6
worst case senario as it sounds ull have to ruu back to stock and re-root ull have to bit of searching for this info cant remeber where i found Ruu but ya it turns s-on so make sure u read alot and pay complete attention to what you do also make sure ur not on the GB leak radio cause wont work with froyo unless u use MR2 that might be step 2 in this senario after u try to get into recovery via adb.
Sorry, I don't really have anything to contribute to your solution, RUU/reroot is nearly always a surefire solution...
however, let this be a warning to others, this is why one of the last steps in a radio flash is
DELETE PG05IMG.zip FROM YOUR SDCARD.
itsdubai said:
Ok I downloaded the file you linked me and put it on the root of my microSD card. but when i boot up my phone it only goes to the white bootloader screen and there is no recovery option any advice?
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rename the radio from PG05IMG_MR1_upgrade.zip to PG05IMG.zip, then stick it on the card just as you did when you rooted to begin with (basically you are doing the same steps you did for rooting, just not reverting to the old radio, since you already have s-off.
AFTER YOUR DONE AND EVERYTHING WORKS, REMOVE PG05IMG.zip FROM YOUR SDCARD (youll wish you had of if you didnt eventually).
itsdubai said:
Ok I downloaded the file you linked me and put it on the root of my microSD card. but when i boot up my phone it only goes to the white bootloader screen and there is no recovery option any advice?
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It sounds like it may be coming up in fastboot mode in which case there should be a button in the menu list for bootloader. Select bootloader and it ought to bring up additional options including recovery.
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yareally said:
rename the radio from PG05IMG_MR1_upgrade.zip to PG05IMG.zip, then stick it on the card just as you did when you rooted to begin with (basically you are doing the same steps you did for rooting, just not reverting to the old radio, since you already have s-off.
AFTER YOUR DONE AND EVERYTHING WORKS, REMOVE PG05IMG.zip FROM YOUR SDCARD (youll wish you had of if you didnt eventually).
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This method worked for me when I reverted. Everything will be deleted but you should be back to working, then get Rom manager, and restore your backup. I did it twice yesterday bouncing between BAMF 1.7 and 2.whatever.
So here's the situation. I've been running NoSensi 1.0.4 ROM w/o problems for the past month but all of a sudden tonight my phone started to freeze up. I would take the battery out and turn it back on but after a few minutes the phone would freeze up again. So I decided to try to flash the new version on NoSensi (1.0.8) and the first step was to flash the NoSensi_EXT4_Wipe and it was almost complete in CWM when it froze up and wouldn't respond. Waited a few more minutes to be sure it wasn't just taking a while so I took the battery out and went back into recovery. In CWM, I see the menu options but when I try to select install from SD, the CWM menu would reset every few seconds and leave me at the main screen.
So now I'm stuck with a phone that won't boot cause I don't have a proper ROM on and can't install a new ROM cause CWM is messed up.
Any ideas on how I can reinstall CWM or something?
First off, can you boot to hboot? And next do you have adb set up on your PC or Mac?
I'm gonna be honest with you, I can't really help you all the way but can give you the things you need to get started. And if anyone reads this and knows more about this please help thanks
Sent from my CM7 Nightly HTC Desire HD
Yes, I believe I can get into HBOOT, I get the white screen where the option of going into recovery of HBOOT. I do have adb on my PC, but don't know how to use it unless I have instructions.
Okay I remember going through the threads and saw something on using the PD98 img that has the recovery img inside instead of the system img. Ill look around but probably in the morning since its almost 2 for me. Or if someone knows what I'm talking that'd be great
Sent from my CM7 Nightly HTC Desire HD
bluizzo said:
Okay I remember going through the threads and saw something on using the PD98 img that has the recovery img inside instead of the system img. Ill look around but probably in the morning since its almost 2 for me. Or if someone knows what I'm talking that'd be great
Sent from my CM7 Nightly HTC Desire HD
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I built a recovery PD98IMG for a user yesterday. It is the recovery I've been using since I rooted. It is v3.0.2.5 with offmode power mod, but It doesn't have any EXT4 support (don't get me started on EXT4).
CWM Recovery v3.0.2.5 in PD98IMG format:
http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip
Rename to exactly "PD98IMG.zip" and place it on the root (top level directory) of your sdcard, then boot to HBOOT and it should pick it up and prompt you to install.
I'm worried that there may be some hardware problem with your device if it keeps freezing up like that. It might just be a loose battery or loose sim holder, but it might be worse. I'd try to install a stock RUU just to be sure. You can install this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191793
It is completely stock and you'll lose root, but not S-OFF so re-rooting is easy. You can instead, install my rooted version of this ROM too. Identical to stock except that the system and boot images are properly rooted and busybox is installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438
If you must send it in for repairs and need to restore to factory settings, I have a tool for that too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
Good luck and I hope it's just firmware related.
Gene Poole said:
I built a recovery PD98IMG for a user yesterday. It is the recovery I've been using since I rooted. It is v3.0.2.5 with offmode power mod, but It doesn't have any EXT4 support (don't get me started on EXT4).
CWM Recovery v3.0.2.5 in PD98IMG format:
http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip
Rename to exactly "PD98IMG.zip" and place it on the root (top level directory) of your sdcard, then boot to HBOOT and it should pick it up and prompt you to install.
I'm worried that there may be some hardware problem with your device if it keeps freezing up like that. It might just be a loose battery or loose sim holder, but it might be worse. I'd try to install a stock RUU just to be sure. You can install this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191793
It is completely stock and you'll lose root, but not S-OFF so re-rooting is easy. You can instead, install my rooted version of this ROM too. Identical to stock except that the system and boot images are properly rooted and busybox is installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438
If you must send it in for repairs and need to restore to factory settings, I have a tool for that too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
Good luck and I hope it's just firmware related.
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Got CWM back with this, thanks so much! I tried doing the same method that was mentioned in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019868 but kept having issues with CWM resetting every 2 seconds which didn't allow me to use it at all. Your file worked and am flashing a ROM on now. Hopefully the random freezing was just random so I'm just going to do a fresh install of a ROM
Gene Poole said:
I built a recovery PD98IMG for a user yesterday. It is the recovery I've been using since I rooted. It is v3.0.2.5 with offmode power mod, but It doesn't have any EXT4 support (don't get me started on EXT4).
CWM Recovery v3.0.2.5 in PD98IMG format:
http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip
Rename to exactly "PD98IMG.zip" and place it on the root (top level directory) of your sdcard, then boot to HBOOT and it should pick it up and prompt you to install.
I'm worried that there may be some hardware problem with your device if it keeps freezing up like that. It might just be a loose battery or loose sim holder, but it might be worse. I'd try to install a stock RUU just to be sure. You can install this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191793
It is completely stock and you'll lose root, but not S-OFF so re-rooting is easy. You can instead, install my rooted version of this ROM too. Identical to stock except that the system and boot images are properly rooted and busybox is installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438
If you must send it in for repairs and need to restore to factory settings, I have a tool for that too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
Good luck and I hope it's just firmware related.
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Yay that's what I was looking for, thanks soo much
Sent from my CM7 Nightly HTC Desire HD
so it seems it may be a hardware issue after all... sigh. Going to look to see if I can pick up another one for cheap on craigslist or something now cause mine was also used of CL about 5 months ago.
dtothesquare said:
so it seems it may be a hardware issue after all... sigh. Going to look to see if I can pick up another one for cheap on craigslist or something now cause mine was also used of CL about 5 months ago.
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HTC warranties the device for a year. I don't think any Inspire is a year old yet so you might want to call them first. Even if not covered by warranty, HTC is pretty reasonable on repairs.
Gene Poole said:
HTC warranties the device for a year. I don't think any Inspire is a year old yet so you might want to call them first. Even if not covered by warranty, HTC is pretty reasonable on repairs.
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Cool, thanks for the tip, i'll try to get stock by on then call them up
So I'm trying to run the PD98IMG image in HBoot, but its not auto-running anymore. Any ideas on how to manually have it run?
- EDIT: Nvm, it was due to bad sdcard
Gene Poole said:
I built a recovery PD98IMG for a user yesterday. It is the recovery I've been using since I rooted. It is v3.0.2.5 with offmode power mod, but It doesn't have any EXT4 support (don't get me started on EXT4).
CWM Recovery v3.0.2.5 in PD98IMG format:
http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip
Rename to exactly "PD98IMG.zip" and place it on the root (top level directory) of your sdcard, then boot to HBOOT and it should pick it up and prompt you to install.
I'm worried that there may be some hardware problem with your device if it keeps freezing up like that. It might just be a loose battery or loose sim holder, but it might be worse. I'd try to install a stock RUU just to be sure. You can install this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191793
It is completely stock and you'll lose root, but not S-OFF so re-rooting is easy. You can instead, install my rooted version of this ROM too. Identical to stock except that the system and boot images are properly rooted and busybox is installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438
If you must send it in for repairs and need to restore to factory settings, I have a tool for that too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
Good luck and I hope it's just firmware related.
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So I tried reverting back to stock via the PD98IMG method with both the gingerbread and complete stock in the post you mentioned. Both them it updates fine but on the reboot it just hangs on the white htc screen. Any recommendations? Would HTC warranty if it's stuck like that?
It sounds like a hardware problem to me. The first and most obvious sign that a phone has been rooted is the S-OFF in the HBOOT screen. They probably won't warranty it if this is still set. Unfortunately, you need a functioning phone to get to the point that you can re-apply S-ON. I'm really not sure what advice I can give you at this point.
Gene Poole said:
It sounds like a hardware problem to me. The first and most obvious sign that a phone has been rooted is the S-OFF in the HBOOT screen. They probably won't warranty it if this is still set. Unfortunately, you need a functioning phone to get to the point that you can re-apply S-ON. I'm really not sure what advice I can give you at this point.
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I figured as much. Oh well, going to miss the Inspire, really did like it except for that stupid battery door. Picked up a used captivate for cheap to hold me over until my next phone. Thanks for your help!
Missing CWM / No Recovery
Through a long string of mistakes, I'm stuck with an Inspire that will not load Recovery (just get black screen with phone icon and red exclamation point).
This thread was the best match I could find. I used the method above (renamed Gene Pool's file to PD98IMG.zip, placed on SD root), but HBOOT does not seem to find it during the startup scan.
Here is what I've got:
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.0007
I've tried 2 different SD cards - I got into this mess because radio updates were not being found in PD98IMG.zip files either, so feel like its an HBOOT problem.
Any ideas?
ctownj30 said:
Through a long string of mistakes, I'm stuck with an Inspire that will not load Recovery (just get black screen with phone icon and red exclamation point).
This thread was the best match I could find. I used the method above (renamed Gene Pool's file to PD98IMG.zip, placed on SD root), but HBOOT does not seem to find it during the startup scan.
Here is what I've got:
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.0007
I've tried 2 different SD cards - I got into this mess because radio updates were not being found in PD98IMG.zip files either, so feel like its an HBOOT problem.
Any ideas?
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If you are sure you renamed it correctly (Windows didn't mangle the name with its stupid "hide extensions" feature) and you are S-OFF, then the only other thing it could be is a bad or weak SD Card. Do you have a spare to try?
I solved this. Figured it was not reading my SD cards so I reformatted one (FAT32), redid everything, and was able to re-flash CWM. Bizarre, since the same card has been used successfully several times on this phone.
Hi everyone,
yesterday I wanted to load a custom ICS rom on my HTC Sensation XE. I did S-off the phone, got root access. I downloaded the firmware, rom, and a super wipe zip file for the new rom. Put them all on my sd card and flashed them.
After I flashed the wipe file and the rom the phone was booting up and couldn't go further than boot screen, so I tried several times, wiped the phone and etc.
After few times trying when i went to the recovery, it gave me a message to update and I said yes! I think I shouldn't cause after that it tried to update something in recovery and it failed, system reboot and phone shut down.
since then i can't even turn on the phone!!!! I've got battery charged nearly 80% so the problem is not the battery. Can any of you guys please help me?
So to clarify, it wont start when you press Vol down and Power on at the same time?
No nothing happens!!! like i can't do anything with it or even make it work to a point that I can restore my backed up firmware etc...
device manager detects it though, but cant install the driver....
nbdelmore said:
No nothing happens!!! like i can't do anything with it or even make it work to a point that I can restore my backed up firmware etc...
device manager detects it though, but cant install the driver....
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Yeah it soundslikeyou have Becker it some how. You may want to check out this thread, that is if you want to Teutonic do it yourself. But be warned I annotated 100% sure this will work on your Sensation. The other option is to try for warranty exchange or find someone to JTAG your Sensation. I can put you in touch with someone that can JTAG it if all else fails and you don't mind sending your phone off for a two or three days.
did u flash a non xe rom, did u do the supercid
T-Macgnolia said:
Yeah it soundslikeyou have Becker it some how. You may want to check out this thread, that is if you want to Teutonic do it yourself. But be warned I annotated 100% sure this will work on your Sensation. The other option is to try for warranty exchange or find someone to JTAG your Sensation. I can put you in touch with someone that can JTAG it if all else fails and you don't mind sending your phone off for a two or three days.
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thanks for your answer macgnolia, I will give it a try this arvo and I let u know later with my result. I might need you to hook me up with someone who can fix it for me later on if i couldn't fix it on my own in few hours though.
cazper210 said:
did u flash a non xe rom, did u do the supercid
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well I think i did. Im really not sure as of now cause i did so many things to fix the issue and finally i got it broken completely! but right now the problem is i cant even trun on the phone to go to recovery and check if it is spercid or not!
Most probably you didn't delete the PG58IMG (firmware) from sd card after flashing firmware. So each time you reboot into bootloader it asks to update in a never ending loop.
Delete any PG58IMG from sd card and reboot bootloader then go to recovery and flash the rom.
Also, what rom you were trying to flash and what firmware? what is the version of your Hboot? 1.27?
Hope it helps
kualmente said:
Most probably you didn't delete the PG58IMG (firmware) from sd card after flashing firmware. So each time you reboot into bootloader it asks to update in a never ending loop.
Delete any PG58IMG from sd card and reboot bootloader then go to recovery and flash the rom.
Also, what rom you were trying to flash and what firmware? what is the version of your Hboot? 1.27?
Hope it helps
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yes true, i had the zip file on the sdcard and when it booted up the last time, it asked me to update and I selected yes (and I think I shouldn't) since then I cant turn on the device at all. I just took the sdcard out and deleted the PG58IMG.zip file but still nothing happened!
I was trying to flash revolution HD rom 6.6.1 if i'm not mistaken. is there any way that I can check the version of my HBOOT now? cause I'm not sure if it was 1.27 or not (as far as I remember, it was)
Pull out and reinsert the battery?
Power on while keeping pressed volume down + power button doesn't work? It should bring you to the bootloader.
It doesnt matter if you updated twice or three times the same PG58IMG. It is important that it was the right one.
All bootloader flashable zips are named PG58IMG but the content might be different (firmware, recoveries, spashscreen and even full roms etc etc).
Also, did you install a custom recovery or not? it is necessary to have a custom recovery to flash any custom rom
nbdelmore said:
No nothing happens!!! like i can't do anything with it or even make it work to a point that I can restore my backed up firmware etc...
device manager detects it though, but cant install the driver....
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what is it detected as?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21989107
follow this step by step, make sure u dont skip anything and when your phone is up and running dont forget to press the thanks button. if u need help along the way you can ask.
flashing file with bootloader is different from the custom rom.
flash 3.32 pg.. file approx 11-13 mb then without rebooting pull battery out and back in then reboot into recovery and flash the rom file and you are good to go.
panjaby said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21989107
follow this step by step, make sure u dont skip anything and when your phone is up and running dont forget to press the thanks button. if u need help along the way you can ask.
flashing file with bootloader is different from the custom rom.
flash 3.32 pg.. file approx 11-13 mb then without rebooting pull battery out and back in then reboot into recovery and flash the rom file and you are good to go.
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How can the OP do this, the device will not even turn on to boot into fastboot or the bootloader therefore the instructions in the thread you linked are pretty much useless to the OP. It seems that the OP has hard bricked the device somehow,maybe fried the processor Blythe back to back flashes or fried the NAND memory with the back to back flashes, who really knows at this point. But right now my money is on JTAG or replacing the mainboard willbe the only fix.
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How can the OP do this, the device will not even turn on to boot into fastboot or the bootloader therefore the instructions in the thread you linked are pretty much useless to the OP. It seems that the OP has hard bricked the device somehow,maybe fried the processor Blythe back to back flashes or fried the NAND memory with the back to back flashes, who really knows at this point. But right now my money is on JTAG or replacing the mainboard willbe the only fix.
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he mentioned nothing about trying it with adb/sdk fastboot using command prompt,
i was in similar situation with my friends phone last week, after 3 days of searching and reading i finally followed that thread and now the sensation is running ordroid 2.1 rom. the buttons on the phone got disabled somehow. had to manually install drivers in device manager, like he mentioned that comp detects the phone. so before giving up adb/sdk is worth a try atleast in my case it was.
Well, i'm sorry for you, man