I am brand new to this kind of android tinkering. Yesterday, I successfully rooted my phone and attempted to install Cyanogenmod7. I had an HTC Inspire running Gingerbread. Everything done, tried to boot phone from recovery with all data/caches wiped, phone was ready to boot Cyanogenmod. Waited about half an hour and it was still stuck on the HTC splash screen, so I pulled the battery and went back to recovery and my SD card was wiped, including all HTC Sense and Android data. Can anyone help me restore my phone back to Gingerbread? I tried running some RUU's to no success already
Move a ROM to your SD card from your computer, flash it, and fastboot flash boot boot.img from the ROM zip.
bananagranola said:
Move a ROM to your SD card from your computer, flash it, and fastboot flash boot boot.img from the ROM zip.
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Thanks for the quick reply. So the ZIP file, im gonna have to extract in in my computer and find the boot.img file then flash that? And man, I'm gonna have to get an sd card converter for my laptop then.
Also, would this still work with my SD card? There is literally nothing on there.
goldenchopsticks said:
Thanks for the quick reply. So the ZIP file, im gonna have to extract in in my computer and find the boot.img file then flash that? And man, I'm gonna have to get an sd card converter for my laptop then.
Also, would this still work with my SD card? There is literally nothing on there.
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Yes, extract the ROM zip on your computer, and fastboot flash it from there to your phone. If your recovery is working you can move the zip file to the phone from there.
bananagranola said:
Yes, extract the ROM zip on your computer, and fastboot flash it from there to your phone. If your recovery is working you can move the zip file to the phone from there.
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I'm looking at your signature block, the hyperlink on "this". I can't seem to open the command window, and I dont have access to an SD adapter, any suggestions?
I'm getting "FAILED remote signature verify fail" from the cmd
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After doing the cid 11111111 and installing the firmware 3.24.401.1 from a gingerbread rom, my phone has gone on bootloop.
And opening Hboot just asks me to update the PG58IMG.zip file..
anyone please, what can I do now? I can't even go to the recovery to restore my backup.
get a SD adapter (or another phone) to connect the memory card to the computer and delete that file
I think that that firmware is only compatible with roms based on that release like ARHD...I might be wrong though..
thank you. I did not think of using another phone .. cause i couldn't find an adapter
Same problem here except I dont have another phone to hand nor do I have an adapter so im basically screwed.
I cant get adb working or anything.
So what can I do now?
I figured that the other ICS roms would atleast boot.
Kinda semi bricked.
just open back take out sdcard, boot into recovery and put sdcard back in then mount usb from recovery and delete it then put new ARHD or Insertcoin and flash!
That worked a treat. Cheers!
The new firmware and rom is snappy as hell, superb.
Phone seems to be getting pretty warm though.
ilostchild said:
just open back take out sdcard, boot into recovery and put sdcard back in then mount usb from recovery and delete it then put new ARHD or Insertcoin and flash!
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^^This^^ or use adb tools and type 'adb reboot recovery', use your recovery to mount your sd card, and delete pg58img.zip file from your computer. Have to get the command in right when your computer detects your phone.
Okay so I sold my HOX running AOKP to a guy on Clist. He tried to flash a stock rom.. and somehow in the process wiped his whole system and sd card. Over the phone I figured out he soft bricked it and its stuck in a bootloop.
Went thru the steps over the phone with him to get into recovery(TWRP), and he confirmed that TWRP is there. Of course he didnt do a nandroid or anything of that sort, so he cant revert to that. There's no ZIPs on the phone, when he goes to INSTALL on twrp, it just shows "twrp" folder and thats it.
I haven't had the phone in my hands yet, but will see it tomorrow. My question is:
How do I transfer a Zip file onto the phone to flash thru TWRP? Does TWRP have a USB mass storage mode? (I have an S3 now and that's not available on my TWRP)
Can I use ADB or Fastboot to flash the ZIP as is? Or can I use ADB to transfer a file to the phone?
Yeah twrp has usb storage, you go into Mount then mount usb storage and windows should recognise so long as you have the correct drivers installed.
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Sweet. Ill do that tomorrow
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Maybe I didn't understand the op but, when flashing... You'll have to flash the boot.IMG file from the rom seperately if the phone has the 1.14 Hboot. Then go into recovery and install the .zip file after you wipe the cache/delvik.
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s1mpd1ddy said:
Okay so I sold my HOX running AOKP to a guy on Clist. He tried to flash a stock rom.. and somehow in the process wiped his whole system and sd card. Over the phone I figured out he soft bricked it and its stuck in a bootloop.
Went thru the steps over the phone with him to get into recovery(TWRP), and he confirmed that TWRP is there. Of course he didnt do a nandroid or anything of that sort, so he cant revert to that. There's no ZIPs on the phone, when he goes to INSTALL on twrp, it just shows "twrp" folder and thats it.
I haven't had the phone in my hands yet, but will see it tomorrow. My question is:
How do I transfer a Zip file onto the phone to flash thru TWRP? Does TWRP have a USB mass storage mode? (I have an S3 now and that's not available on my TWRP)
Can I use ADB or Fastboot to flash the ZIP as is? Or can I use ADB to transfer a file to the phone?
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You can just mount USB storage and drag the ROM to the sdcard.
If you are on the new hboot (1.14) you will have to flash the boot.img (its inside the rom zip) first (from fastboot). then flash the ROM from recovery.
so my bro rebooted out of recovery (twrp) after wiping system and not flashing anything and now im stuck on splash screen. im screwed aren't I. edit: I can still boot into recovery... not sure if that will help! also I currently have no backups or rom to flash on the device ;( anyway to get adb sideload to work!? I use and it says device not found
Stryker1297 said:
so my bro rebooted out of recovery (twrp) after wiping system and not flashing anything and now im stuck on splash screen. im screwed aren't I. edit: I can still boot into recovery... not sure if that will help! also I currently have no backups or rom to flash on the device ;( anyway to get adb sideload to work!? I use and it says device not found
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nvm I used my pc's device manager to work adb
I did something stupid like this yesterday. If you have a recent enough TWRP, you can use the Advanced-> sideload app option with adb to download a rom to where you can install it using twrp.
Stryker1297 said:
so my bro rebooted out of recovery (twrp) after wiping system and not flashing anything and now im stuck on splash screen. im screwed aren't I. edit: I can still boot into recovery... not sure if that will help! also I currently have no backups or rom to flash on the device ;( anyway to get adb sideload to work!? I use and it says device not found
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All you have to do is put the rom zip on your micro sd card, then TURN OFF your device. Now boot into twrp then select install by browse to the micro sdcard to select the rom zip file.
buhohitr said:
All you have to do is put the rom zip on your micro sd card, then TURN OFF your device. Now boot into twrp then select install by browse to the micro sdcard to select the rom zip file.
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I had a very similar 'No OS' problem and I wasn't sure if I would be able to reboot into recovery but thank you for answering my question!
I believe I have bricked my phone. I was running a rooted HTC One X AT&T with an odex Jellybean/HTC Sense 4+ ROM. I wanted to test out a Cyanogenmod. Big mistake. I tried to flash it from TWRP recovery, after backing up my previous ROM, however, it was stuck in an endless boot loop. I took advice from some people online and reflashed it/ wiped caches/dalvik cache etc... When I realized it would not work unless I fastbooted it myself using USB debugging I tried to reinstall the old ROM, of course, after wiping the Cyanogenmod. Long story short there was no backup even though I backed up the phone! I now have no ROM and everything on my system is gone! My SD card folder only has a TWRP recovery and I can't install any .zip files. TWRP isn't even allowing me to mount my SD card so putting any files are out of the question. I believe, however, that usb debugging was on the whole time (is it on if on the boot loader it says fastboot usb when I plug in a USB?). Is there anyway to fix this?? I'm really screwed if I can't and please don't direct me to another thread because I need personalized help. I'm doing this on a mac by the way so anyone who knows how to use the terminal would help a lot. I can get access to windows though if needed. Just please help.
Have you tried to flash the boot.img from the zip file in fastboot?
Do you know what a brick is? When your phone does NOTHING... Similar to a brick.
What happened to you is you didn't flash the boot.img through fastboot, which caused your first problem, the bootloop..
Second thing you did incorrect was perform a factory reset in boot loader... Which completely wipes your SD card and corrupts it, and which just so happened to contain your backup no worries, easily fixable...
Download a rom on your computer. While its downloading, enter recovery and choose mount. Navigate to my computer and right click the removable storage option. Choose format. Once its done, drag rom onto phone.. Flash rom in twrp.
Extract rom on your computer, grab the boot.img and flash with fastboot.
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Reboot phone and profit
EDIT: sorry but I hastily skimmed through your post... Those are half-assed instructions for windows, I have no clue what to do on a mac
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What he said. Toolkits are easily found too
I was flashing CyanogenMod 10.1 and i followed the instructions to a tee, and now it will not power on, it just sits there with a black screen. It was working fine before. Can anyone please give me some help. It is my only phone.
kjmiller1984 said:
I was flashing CyanogenMod 10.1 and i followed the instructions to a tee, and now it will not power on, it just sits there with a black screen. It was working fine before. Can anyone please give me some help. It is my only phone.
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what zip did you flash for cm10.1?
HELP
DvineLord said:
what zip did you flash for cm10.1?
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I flahsed cm-10.1-20130302-NIGHTLY-evita.zip
I have an evita HTC one x
before i installed i wiped cache, davlik cache and system from TWRP, after install i wiped cache and davlik.
odd, are you s-off? h8rift told me he uses gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip for gapps since using those i have had much better luck with flashing roms. i'd say stick on wall charger for awhile and volume down + power some to get into bootloader.
thanks
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what zip did you flash for cm10.1?
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DvineLord said:
odd, are you s-off? h8rift told me he uses gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip for gapps since using those i have had much better luck with flashing roms. i'd say stick on wall charger for awhile and volume down + power some to get into bootloader.
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I was able to get into bootloader, but after trying to flash again again it is still not loading. Guess I will have to go with a different ROM, i had ViperXL but i wasnt overly fond of it.
i asked if you were s-off and what gapps you were using.
sorry
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i asked if you were s-off and what gapps you were using.
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S-On suprisingly enough. gapps-jb-20121212-signed
kjmiller1984 said:
S-On suprisingly enough. gapps-jb-20121212-signed
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try gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip and do a full wipe
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try gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip and do a full wipe
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Will do, thanks.
Since your not S-OFF you need to flash the kernel through fastboot. The reason CM won't boot is the kernel you currently have is for sense roms.
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Since your not S-OFF you need to flash the kernel through fastboot. The reason CM won't boot is the kernel you currently have is for sense roms.
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Not sure how to do that, im kinda a newbie
kjmiller1984 said:
Not sure how to do that, im kinda a newbie
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Since you're new I recommend you sift through the forums and get a better understanding of general things. That said, these steps should aid you:
1. Download the Boot Installer : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962428
2. Extract the Boot Installer somewhere easy to work with, like your desktop.
2. Download your ROM of choice, CM10.1, ViperXL, etc ( download to your desktop to make it easy)
3. Extract the ROM you downloaded. (you downloaded a .zip, extract it)
4. From the extracted ROM folder copy the boot image and only the boot image into the TN_Win Boot Installer Folder. (If there is another boot image in the TN_Win Boot Installer folder just replace it)
5. Boot into your bootloader (press and hold both the power button and bottom volume rocker when device is off to boot into it)
6. Select "fastboot" option
7. In the TN_Win Boot Installer folder run "RunMe from fastboot"
8. A command prompt will pop up and flash the boot.img for you.
9. Boot into recovery once told to by the command prompt.
10. Wipe system and factory reset
11. Install ROM of choice
I am assuming you have already installed the drivers to your computer to allow your device to transfer files with your computer. If not downloading HTC sync should install them. If you have problems with TN_Win Boot, it's likely these drivers are not installed and your computer is not communication with your device.
Note: You'll have to do this procedure every time you swap between AOSP ROMS to Sense ROMS. This is because there kernels are difference.
If you're able to get your device to an S-OFF state you no longer have to flash the boot.img and can just flash the ROM from recovery without hassle. We just achieved S-OFF recently so read about it!
I recommend you look into achieving S-OFF, but till then, this method should work.
unitedatom said:
Since you're new I recommend you sift through the forums and get a better understanding of general things. That said, these steps should aid you:
1. Download the Boot Installer : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962428
2. Extract the Boot Installer somewhere easy to work with, like your desktop.
2. Download your ROM of choice, CM10.1, ViperXL, etc ( download to your desktop to make it easy)
3. Extract the ROM you downloaded. (you downloaded a .zip, extract it)
4. From the extracted ROM folder copy the boot image and only the boot image into the TN_Win Boot Installer Folder. (If there is another boot image in the TN_Win Boot Installer folder just replace it)
5. Boot into your bootloader (press and hold both the power button and bottom volume rocker when device is off to boot into it)
6. Select "fastboot" option
7. In the TN_Win Boot Installer folder run "RunMe from fastboot"
8. A command prompt will pop up and flash the boot.img for you.
9. Boot into recovery once told to by the command prompt.
10. Wipe system and factory reset
11. Install ROM of choice
I am assuming you have already installed the drivers to your computer to allow your device to transfer files with your computer. If not downloading HTC sync should install them. If you have problems with TN_Win Boot, it's likely these drivers are not installed and your computer is not communication with your device.
Note: You'll have to do this procedure every time you swap between AOSP ROMS to Sense ROMS. This is because there kernels are difference.
If you're able to get your device to an S-OFF state you no longer have to flash the boot.img and can just flash the ROM from recovery without hassle. We just achieved S-OFF recently so read about it!
I recommend you look into achieving S-OFF, but till then, this method should work.
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ok, but now i cant mount my sd card and transfer over my roms to the device, i flashed the boot image successfully, what happened?
kjmiller1984 said:
ok, but now i cant mount my sd card and transfer over my roms to the device, i flashed the boot image successfully, what happened?
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How were you flashing CM10.1 before? You had to have it on your SD Card in order to install it from recovery.
If you don't have the ROM zip file on your sd card you'll have to get it on there. I'm not sure what the best method is, maybe someone else can chime in.
If you didn't wipe your system yet, just flash the boot.img for the ROM you were using before and you should be able to boot into your old ROM. Or better yet if you have any ROM zip on the sd card just flash its boot.img and then install that ROM so you can boot into android and have easy access to your sd card.
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How were you flashing CM10.1 before? You had to have it on your SD Card in order to install it from recovery.
If you don't have the ROM zip file on your sd card you'll have to get it on there. I'm not sure what the best method is, maybe someone else can chime in.
If you didn't wipe your system yet, just flash the boot.img for the ROM you were using before and you should be able to boot into your old ROM. Or better yet if you have any ROM zip on the sd card just flash its boot.img and then install that ROM so you can boot into android and have easy access to your sd card.
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I had it on my sd card, the problem was when i went into recover after i flashed the boot image to isntall CM10.1 it wasnt there, and when i tried to mount it through twrp it wouldnt mount the sd card. I managed to fix the issue though and it is now reading the sd card again. now i just hope to be able to install cm10.1
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I had it on my sd card, the problem was when i went into recover after i flashed the boot image to isntall CM10.1 it wasnt there, and when i tried to mount it through twrp it wouldnt mount the sd card. I managed to fix the issue though and it is now reading the sd card again. now i just hope to be able to install cm10.1
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problem fixed thanks for the help all