bootloop from hell - HTC EVO 3D

i started i started running mik runny yesterday. I dont know if it was somethign with the rom but. I just updated my prl on dfs and once i went to reboot it wont go past the white htc screen and just keeps bootlooping. I cannot figure it out. Ive wiped everything muiltiple times. my nanadroids do the same thing. New roms too. I even did a factory reset. i dont get it My recovery and fastboot still work though. any other suggestions?
Flashed a new recovery img. i was using twrp2.0 i flashed twrp 1.3 to see if i had any luck with that but no dice. Im downloading the latest RUU now and hopefully that will fix it. Im guessing if it doesnt then something happened to my phone. If im not mistaken flashing the PG86IMG will flash allthe partitions so there would be no reason for it to not work unless of course something happened to the hardware?
Btw Hboot 1.4 and running mikrunny when the bootloop started. Im super confused since it booted fine for me numerous times. The only thing i changed before this reboot was prl and i turned fastboot off earlier. one other thing im downloading RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.17.651.5 radio 1.00.1216 this isnt going to affect my hboot once flashing right? even if i have to re root thats fine i just dont wanna get stuck in 1.5 prison

Is your phone unlocked and s-off
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jwolf1 said:
Is your phone unlocked and s-off
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yea. i want to run one of the ruu but not sure which one to run in order to keep my hboot at 1.4 so i can re root.

It depends all on the update an ruin will
Tell u if there's a new. Version
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mteezey said:
i started i started running mik runny yesterday. I dont know if it was somethign with the rom but. I just updated my prl on dfs and once i went to reboot it wont go past the white htc screen and just keeps bootlooping. I cannot figure it out. Ive wiped everything muiltiple times. my nanadroids do the same thing. New roms too. I even did a factory reset. i dont get it My recovery and fastboot still work though. any other suggestions?
Flashed a new recovery img. i was using twrp2.0 i flashed twrp 1.3 to see if i had any luck with that but no dice. Im downloading the latest RUU now and hopefully that will fix it. Im guessing if it doesnt then something happened to my phone. If im not mistaken flashing the PG86IMG will flash allthe partitions so there would be no reason for it to not work unless of course something happened to the hardware?
Btw Hboot 1.4 and running mikrunny when the bootloop started. Im super confused since it booted fine for me numerous times. The only thing i changed before this reboot was prl and i turned fastboot off earlier. one other thing im downloading RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.17.651.5 radio 1.00.1216 this isnt going to affect my hboot once flashing right? even if i have to re root thats fine i just dont wanna get stuck in 1.5 prison
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TWRP 2.0 has been giving dirty flashes. I had nothing but bad things with it along with other folks. I jumped back to CWM as recovery it has been stable and flashes smooth no dirty flashes.

reaper24 said:
TWRP 2.0 has been giving dirty flashes. I had nothing but bad things with it along with other folks. I jumped back to CWM as recovery it has been stable and flashes smooth no dirty flashes.
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well im kinda stuck now. I tried to run the ruu for my hboot version and on step 11 system it failed to unzip. so now i have s off still but no recovery. Im gonna try to put cwm back on my sd and hope that it flashes and see if i can get some rom to flash. I cant figure this out i feel like a newb again. fml. Does it matter that it wasnt the first time i booted into the rom for it to be a bad flash like that?

well i think im officially bricked. I ran an older ruu and it failed to unzip system so after much searching i decided to run one of the latest pg86imgs it fully updated succesfully but still bootloops at the htc screen. So now i have a locked hboot 1.5 with s-off. I gotta get some sleep and see what i can do tommorow. from evreything i have read they say im not bricked if im able to do what i have. but i dont understand why nothing will work.

mteezey said:
well i think im officially bricked. I ran an older ruu and it failed to unzip system so after much searching i decided to run one of the latest pg86imgs it fully updated succesfully but still bootloops at the htc screen. So now i have a locked hboot 1.5 with s-off. I gotta get some sleep and see what i can do tommorow. from evreything i have read they say im not bricked if im able to do what i have. but i dont understand why nothing will work.
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Sup man your not bricked don't worry or even soft bricked lol.
You should of waited on that updated zip reason it's boot loopin or lockin up is due to the phone never got wiped before the update....
Here is the CWM that will work for you. You need to put the img in your platform tools for ADB. Rename the img file to cwm then plug your phone in while in hboot. Type fastboot flash recovery cwm.img this will put the recovery back on your phone man.
In CWM you can mount your phone and copy a rom you downloaded off xda. Take the rom you downloaded open it up on your computer make a copy of the boot.img place that in your platform tools folder. Now mount your phone using CWM copy the romwhich will put it on your sd card. Now wipe everything. Then while in ADB type : adb reboot bootloader this will take you to hboot again now type fastboot flash boot boot.img this will flash the kernel for you. Now go back into recovery and flash your rom.
You should be good to go man. Let me know if you have any questions.
This should get your phone working...

The good thing about the 3vo is dat its unbrickable just always keep a Rom u ones work an always erase scrub thing / factory reset cutting shortcuts don't work in rooting/dev world
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reaper24 said:
Sup man your not bricked don't worry or even soft bricked lol.
You should of waited on that updated zip reason it's boot loopin or lockin up is due to the phone never got wiped before the update....
Here is the CWM that will work for you. You need to put the img in your platform tools for ADB. Rename the img file to cwm then plug your phone in while in hboot. Type fastboot flash recovery cwm.img this will put the recovery back on your phone man.
In CWM you can mount your phone and copy a rom you downloaded off xda. Take the rom you downloaded open it up on your computer make a copy of the boot.img place that in your platform tools folder. Now mount your phone using CWM copy the romwhich will put it on your sd card. Now wipe everything. Then while in ADB type : adb reboot bootloader this will take you to hboot again now type fastboot flash boot boot.img this will flash the kernel for you. Now go back into recovery and flash your rom.
You should be good to go man. Let me know if you have any questions.
This should get your phone working...
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Ok so now that i ran that ruu that changed my hboot to 1.5 is that gonna affect how the cwm installs?even though it says s-off. Also for some reason im having trouble running any commands for fastboot. Ive followed a bunch of guides made sure the envinronemtal variables were correct ect, ect but none of the adb commands will work. Maybe its my pc idk.
Since i cant get fastboot to work on my pc do you think i would just be able to reinstall clockworkmod by renaming it on my sd like you do to root in the first place. Then use it to wipe and then try reflashing?

U might have to re unlock it if ur 3vo says locked at the top if not u should have no problem
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I was able to re run the pg86img with the 1.4 hboot now im back on hboot 1.4 still with soff and doesnt say locked anymore. I also was able to install recovery again but i used twrp 1.3 since none of the download links i could find were good and the ones that were good were disk img. I tried running virus superwipe tool and reflashing a rom again to see if anyhtign changed but it didnt. i really just wish i could get the commands to work to use fastboot and adb.
One thing i just noticed in recovery i went into mounts and system and data were unmounted and cache and sdcard were mounted. Do i need to mount everything and try again or was that the way it should of been?

mteezey said:
Ok so now that i ran that ruu that changed my hboot to 1.5 is that gonna affect how the cwm installs?even though it says s-off. Also for some reason im having trouble running any commands for fastboot. Ive followed a bunch of guides made sure the envinronemtal variables were correct ect, ect but none of the adb commands will work. Maybe its my pc idk.
Since i cant get fastboot to work on my pc do you think i would just be able to reinstall clockworkmod by renaming it on my sd like you do to root in the first place. Then use it to wipe and then try reflashing?
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I read about the 1.5 with s-off issue a while back when hboot 1.5 first was released. As long as you have s-off, it doesn't really matter what hboot you have. You'll be able to flash entire ROMs (kernel included) in one step just like you could before your issue arose, because you have s-off. I sadly don't have enough experience with fastboot to be able to give you an easy guide to flashing cwm onto your phone though, but I hope this helps you at least somewhat.
EDIT: I just realized everything I said now doesn't matter since you're not on hboot 1.5 anymore...sorry about that. reaper24 gave you a link to cwm 4.0.1.4 in post #8 in this thread. Stop using TWRP 1.3, there's already a TWRP 2 specifically for EVO 3D and even the latest TWRP has been having issues. CWM has been completely stable for me on every HTC phone I've ever used (Hero CDMA, EVO 4G and now currently the EVO 3D). CWM 4.0.1.4 is in post #8 of this thread as an attachment (it's a small link in between reaper's post and his signature)

w0rdOo said:
I read about the 1.5 with s-off issue a while back when hboot 1.5 first was released. As long as you have s-off, it doesn't really matter what hboot you have. You'll be able to flash entire ROMs (kernel included) in one step just like you could before your issue arose, because you have s-off. I sadly don't have enough experience with fastboot to be able to give you an easy guide to flashing cwm onto your phone though, but I hope this helps you at least somewhat.
EDIT: I just realized everything I said now doesn't matter since you're not on hboot 1.5 anymore...sorry about that. reaper24 gave you a link to cwm 4.0.1.4 in post #8 in this thread. Stop using TWRP 1.3, there's already a TWRP 2 specifically for EVO 3D and even the latest TWRP has been having issues. CWM has been completely stable for me on every HTC phone I've ever used (Hero CDMA, EVO 4G and now currently the EVO 3D). CWM 4.0.1.4 is in post #8 of this thread as an attachment (it's a small link in between reaper's post and his signature)
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Cwm is the best so far no issues,

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Cwm is the best so far no issues,
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i have the clockwork mod from your link downloaded. That one i have to flash via cmd right? im having trouble getting any commands to work on either pc. However i did get qtadb to work on one of them im able to run all the same commands from the shell on it correct? nevermind on this i dont think this is made for that i may be wrong though.
If so i can flash recovery img then flash new rom boot img ect. .. i was told i have to do via pc in order to flash the boot partition cause thats whats causing my problem.
I have all the paths specified on my pc and everythign i need in my tools folder but cant cd to anyhting. i have read and read and read im pretty sure i have it all setup right but everytime i cd it says path not specified or not a batch file or soemthing.

mteezey said:
i have the clockwork mod from your link downloaded. That one i have to flash via cmd right? im having trouble getting any commands to work on either pc. However i did get qtadb to work on one of them im able to run all the same commands from the shell on it correct? nevermind on this i dont think this is made for that i may be wrong though.
If so i can flash recovery img then flash new rom boot img ect. .. i was told i have to do via pc in order to flash the boot partition cause thats whats causing my problem.
I have all the paths specified on my pc and everythign i need in my tools folder but cant cd to anyhting. i have read and read and read im pretty sure i have it all setup right but everytime i cd it says path not specified or not a batch file or soemthing.
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If your on windows 7 just go to the folder platform tools hold down the shift key and right click on folder tell it to open a CMD prompt makes it easy.

reaper24 said:
If your on windows 7 just go to the folder platform tools hold down the shift key and right click on folder tell it to open a CMD prompt makes it easy.
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fml lol. all this time. Now i gotta go back a couple post and re read what you said. Thanks i dont now why it wouldnt let me cd to the folder. it shows the same way i typed. Thanks alot hopefully i can get this now.

mteezey said:
fml lol. all this time. Now i gotta go back a couple post and re read what you said. Thanks i dont now why it wouldnt let me cd to the folder. it shows the same way i typed. Thanks alot hopefully i can get this now.
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ok im so close yet so far. When trying to flash the recovery img it says
sending 'recovery
okay
writing recovery
failed(remote:not allowed)
i have twrp on here now is there anyway for me to wipe the boot partition and reflash that then my rom. sorry i know im asking questions i have read the answers to i have just read so much over the past 30-40 hours. actually cwm has a format boot option in it right?

mteezey said:
ok im so close yet so far. When trying to flash the recovery img it says
sending 'recovery
okay
writing recovery
failed(remote:not allowed)
i have twrp on here now is there anyway for me to wipe the boot partition and reflash that then my rom. sorry i know im asking questions i have read the answers to i have just read so much over the past 30-40 hours. actually cwm has a format boot option in it right?
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Make sure the old recovery isn't still on the sd card like the recovery.img. Then try again. Your close man

reaper24 said:
Make sure the old recovery isn't still on the sd card like the recovery.img. Then try again. Your close man
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i know right. I think what it might be is something i saw earlier about since i flashed the PG86IMG and it took revolutionary off my hboot that i no longer have fastboot. I tried to run some other commands and got the same thing. So for the hell of it i tried to run revolutionary from hbootand fastboot and it just waits for device. But then when i reboot the phone it will recognize it, but it doesnt stay long enough to run revolutionary.No i just have to remember which pg86img it was that made my phone just stay at the white screen so i can run revolutionary. lol

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[Q] HBoot wont load IMG

Evo 3D
HBoot 1.5
Aright so i rooted a few days ago and i have had some problems with the phone... mainly that it will reboot randomly and i have to take the battery out to get it to start back up again. I have tried a few ROMs and Kernels but nothing seems to of worked. Now after all of it my WiFi/4G does not work. Well i tried putting the PG86IMG.zip in my SD card root and when i go into HBoot it picks the file up but it never gets past Parsing.... It checks then says Parsing and goes back to HBoot
A little help would be much appreciated
Hey from the sounds of your issue sounds like a bad kernel flash is causing your wifi and 3g issue along with the random reboots and did you wipe right when you flashed another rom?
Also the PC img your using it's not called PG86IMG.zip.zip alot of people do that on accident and that will cause issues.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you can't flash a PG86IMG.ZIP with s-on and if you have hboot 1.50 there's no s-off method for now.
You need to flash roms or kernel using the adb fastboot method.
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Kratz17 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you can't flash a PG86IMG.ZIP with s-on and if you have hboot 1.50 there's no s-off method for now.
You need to flash roms or kernel using the adb fastboot method.
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But he did screw the kernel up from the sounds of it.
I think that is true lol. He kinda lost me there on the post. I know he has the latest Hboot so you can't flash a Zip file which your right about.
how exactaly do i return it to stock then if i cant flash the zip from hboot?
and sorry i didnt really know how to explain it but any suggestions on which kernel to use? i cant seem to find one that doesnt break the wifi or make my phone reboot if it is left alone for too long
reaper24 said:
But he did screw the kernel up from the sounds of it.
I think that is true lol. He kinda lost me there on the post. I know he has the latest Hboot so you can't flash a Zip file which your right about.
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Well maybe he can try the flash image GUI app and try to reflash the kernel from the rom he installed.
Flash image gui
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.joeykrim.flashimagegui
Open the app browse to the rom.zip you installed. Make sure wipe dalvik cache and cache are checked in this app and flash it. Hope it works.
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i will try this thank you ill tell if it works, stop me if you see something bad lol
1:07 Installing ROM from Recovery
1:36 Restoring Data
1:41 Rebooting
1:48 Flashing Kernel and Rebooting
Seems good ATM WiFi works..... Now it is a waiting game to see if it will crash like it always does when i leave it alone

Guys i need some help.....

Alright so everything was great i was using viper rom on my evo lte, i had been having trouble flashing kernels. I tried some app that would do it, flashed one and now im ****ed. this thing just won't boot up at all it goes in between the (htc quietly stupid) splash screen and the one that you see as you load recovery. (with like the little red writing crap) just back and fourth thats it.... i can access my boot loader and recovery, so far ive wiped the hell out of it, formated the internal card, and tried installing countless different rom. all do the same loop thingy.
PLEASE HELP, ILL TRY ANYTHING!!
Im unlocked with s-on
and hboot-1.15.0000
if u can get into bootloader then wipe and restore your backup.. if u can get into booloader then u should be able to get into recovery from there go into recovery wipe and restore ya backup and u should be good to go.. wipe data.. wipe system.. wipe cash.. wipe dalvik cash
I'm in the same boat except it had nothing to do with kernels... Just all of a sudden everything stopped working... Nothing flashes correctly... Md5 sums never match for restores... If I mess with it long enough twrp stops recognizing my internal SD... I've had to ruu like 3 times because of it... I've tried different recoveries... Countless different wipe methods... Nothing works... I'm lazy panda s-off... Tried both twrp 2.2.1 and even tried clockwork for awhile... After running ruu I re-root and flash either recovery and as soon as I wipe and flash a Rom I'm stuck at the splash no matter what Rom... So with that said I'm stuck with stock for now... No fun stuff anymore...
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thats why!! clockwork recovery is no good for this phone!! your not supposed to use it..
But as I said I was getting the same problems with twrp... And the internal SD problem happened using twrp... It doesn't matter what recovery I use... I've used both superwipe zips or just plane system wipe within twrp and every time something screws up and I get stuck at the splash screen having to run the ruu bootloader zip just to have a working phone...
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jrmusante said:
Alright so everything was great i was using viper rom on my evo lte, i had been having trouble flashing kernels. I tried some app that would do it, flashed one and now im ****ed. this thing just won't boot up at all it goes in between the (htc quietly stupid) splash screen and the one that you see as you load recovery. (with like the little red writing crap) just back and fourth thats it.... i can access my boot loader and recovery, so far ive wiped the hell out of it, formated the internal card, and tried installing countless different rom. all do the same loop thingy.
PLEASE HELP, ILL TRY ANYTHING!!
Im unlocked with s-on
and hboot-1.15.0000
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The OP in this thread was having the same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842238
They were able to fix it by fastboot flashing the kernels boot image.
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Thought you couldn't flash kernals while s-on? Did I make that up?
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still screwed
Ive just got no idea where my backup went, its just simply GONE. ive been messing around with android sdk so that i could relock my stupid bootloader so i can flash a ruu or whatever.
im normaly very good with this stuff, ive installed android sdk, watched like 4 videos on how to get this stupid adb shell working but its just not happening. im about to throw my emo lte and my macbook pro into my lake, and get an iphone.
Did you mount the correct sd card in twrp?
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jrmusante said:
Ive just got no idea where my backup went, its just simply GONE. ive been messing around with android sdk so that i could relock my stupid bootloader so i can flash a ruu or whatever.
im normaly very good with this stuff, ive installed android sdk, watched like 4 videos on how to get this stupid adb shell working but its just not happening. im about to throw my emo lte and my macbook pro into my lake, and get an iphone.
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Lol don't do that, I'm sure you would regret it. The important thing is that your problem is completely solvable so don't lose hope. Did you take a look at the thread I linked you? If you have the sdk installed you should be able to flash a new boot image, which would be much better than going the RUU route in my opinion.
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jrmusante said:
Ive just got no idea where my backup went, its just simply GONE. ive been messing around with android sdk so that i could relock my stupid bootloader so i can flash a ruu or whatever.
im normaly very good with this stuff, ive installed android sdk, watched like 4 videos on how to get this stupid adb shell working but its just not happening. im about to throw my emo lte and my macbook pro into my lake, and get an iphone.
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bro your backup is prob on your internel sd card..
device wont show up..
ive got my emo lte plugged in, go into fastboot and plug it in, then it says fastboot usb. i go to the directry where my adb and stuff is in my terninal but when try ./adb devices it just shows no devices at all...
im on a mac btw
heres whats going on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCX-43eaUI
let me know if i an do anything else to make this crap work...
jrmusante said:
ive got my emo lte plugged in, go into fastboot and plug it in, then it says fastboot usb. i go to the directry where my adb and stuff is in my terninal but when try ./adb devices it just shows no devices at all...
im on a mac btw
heres whats going on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCX-43eaUI
let me know if i an do anything else to make this crap work...
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Try going into recovery from the bootloader and then try the "adb devices" command. I've noticed that I can't issue adb commands while in fastboot also...not sure why. If you can get it to display your device while in recovery, then you know your communication is good. Go back into fastboot and you should be able to do the "fastboot flash boot" command, but rebooting with the adb command will not work for some reason. After you flash the boot image, there should be an option to reboot on your phone that you can select with the volume keys.
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just wont show in boot loader
premo15 said:
Try going into recovery from the bootloader and then try the "adb devices" command. I've noticed that I can't issue adb commands while in fastboot also...not sure why. If you can get it to display your device while in recovery, then you know your communication is good. Go back into fastboot and you should be able to do the "fastboot flash boot" command, but rebooting with the adb command will not work for some reason. After you flash the boot image, there should be an option to reboot on your phone that you can select with the volume keys.
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i wiped and reflashed the rom in recovery, also while i was there i kept trying to flash the boot.img and at one point kept getting some (ERROR: could not get pipe properties) and no matter what i do, it just wont show up in boot loader.
run the ruu
Fixed it!!
hey i just kept wiping everything and finally got the boot.img flashed through boot loader in adb or whatever. thank you everyone for your quick help!!

Please Help Me! Totally Soft Bricked!

I am a complete noob. Sprint Evo 3d 1.5 s-on, I have been running Viper IC3D for a month now, loving it,should have stuck with that. I wanted to try one of the Jelly Bean Roms, specifically the Team D.I.R.T. one, but I didn't want to have to keep flashing the two roms back and forth. Found out about Boot Manager Pro on here, and found a thread about using it with hboot 1.5 s-on. followed the instructions, booted into D.I.R.T. rom. fiddled with it, decided to go back to my phone rom. Boot Manager kept unexpectedly closing on me, wouldn't stay open long enough to do anything. So I went into recovery and restored my nandroid of Viper. But D.I.R.T. loaded! Said screw it, and wiped and reflashed Viper. D.I.R.T. loaded! Couldn't get anything but that ROM to load no matter what I did. Uninstalled Boot Manager, nothing but D.I.R.T.So I hunted around here and found a thread that said if all else failed, to manually remove Bootloader from sd and go from there. Did that, and it soft bricked my phone. I can get into recovery, but no matter what I do when I reboot it hangs in HTC white boot screen. I cannot afford another phone and don't get an upgrade til next year. Please Say there is a solution to this! I cried all last night, couldn't sleep, and I'm crying again. Side note, i accidentally erased half the C; Drive on my laptop trying things I found on another android forum,and system restore didn't work. So I'm back here, and I'm scared to try anything else, but I have to do something. Help!!!!!!
Flash the kernel. All will be well.
Viper rom should include boot.img.
Extract it to sdk-tools folder.
Open terminal, cd to sdk-tools directory.
Hold volume plus down on phone. Hit power button on fastboot option.
Plug in phone to computer. It should say fastboot usb on phone screen now. If not, install htc drivers.
Go to terminal. Type "fastboot flash boot boot.img
Should see some stuff happen on computer screen, phone will reboot.
Do that then report back.
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can I do this using my rootevo3dnew package? I had a bad experience trying to install android sdk
You don't install sdk-tools. It's just a bunch if exe's in a folder.
That other thing you said, never heard of it.
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Marta9227 said:
can I do this using my rootevo3dnew package? I had a bad experience trying to install android sdk
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Yes you can, as long as you have fastboot and adb in there you'll be good, just put the boot.img in the same folder
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please read my post carefully again and again it will solve your problem, I had the same problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853065
I'm doomed. I was able to flash CWM this way, although it didn't help me at all. But I tried to flash the boot img and it didn't work. Didn't seem to recognize the command.
I'm cdma s-on? So basically you relocked and flashed an RUU and then relocked?
try to relock and flash with RUU it will work
At first when you were unable to boot back to phone rom, you should have went into recovery and flash the update.zip located in the sdcard/bootmanager/phonerom.
Anyway try to flash back to viperrom again then boot your recovery via fast boot since you are not s-off. And flash the update.zip from the phone rom folder. If everything fails just relock your bootloader and use the ruu.exe and you should be fine.
Marta9227 said:
I'm doomed. I was able to flash CWM this way, although it didn't help me at all. But I tried to flash the boot img and it didn't work. Didn't seem to recognize the command.
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The command is: fastboot flash boot c:\(navigate to the sdk map with boot.img)\boot.img
For instance. for me it's c:\Users\(my name)\boot.img
Because i have my sdk and boot.img in my User map.
I believe boot manager creates the files for the second rom on the sd card. maybe thats why the D.I.R.T rom is loading.. My advice, try a different sdcard and see if the viper rom starts (you still might have to flash the boot.img via adb because of s-on)
I have no idea where the files for second rom are created so maybe if someone else could help out here. Then it should be a simple matter of deleting the second rom from the sd card and then go ahead and flash your viper rom.
http://init2winitapps.com/stories/BMManual.html
^^ this tell you all you need to know about dual booting.
Thanks to everyone! Relocked and ran RUU safely back to stock now debating if I have the guts to unlock again lol
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Do it!
Do it! The RUU will save you anyways lol
Should I do the stock ics ota first? I know that will make me hboot 1.58. Can I still HTC dev unlock 1.58? And can I get a new code? Didn't save the old one
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Yes you will have to get new code from htcdev. Though i wouldn't recommend updating hboot cause its known to cause some issues with some roms

[Q] Help Evo trashed

My Evo has been completely trashed and I have no clue what to do.
I have hboot 1.19 s-on and I did the HTCdev unlock, and I rooted it and have the latest version TWRP (i think 2.3.something) with SuperSU installed. I tried to flash a ROM that was supposed to be compatible with with I had but i guess not. Everything was going great but I was stuck on the CM boot screen. After about 30 min of it sitting in that screen I figured something was wrong so i reset it and went back into TWRP. Someone told me to download MeanRom and flash that because its kernel and rom would fix everything. Here's where things get weird. I download MeanRom to my computer and mount my phone in TWRP to move the file over to the phone and when i went to factory reset before flashing it it kept saying unable to mount SD card and Internal Storage. I tried to do a restore my phone to an old back up and that wouldnt even work. So I wipe both caches and try to flash MeanRom anyway. i got a failed error and my phone shut off. Now my phone will only go into the Fastboot thing on the white screen and when i try to go into recovery, it just stays on the TWRP loading screen, not even letting me into the recovery program.
Is there anyway to fix this? My best buy insurance has expired because i missed 3 payments since I'm away at school and not working a whole bunch. So my whole smash it to pieces and get a new one solution is no longer an option.
I'm on a mac by the way so is there something I can enter into terminal to fix this? I don't care about losing any files or anything I'll do whatever I have to, to fix this.
Thanks in advance
- Josh
Read om4's guide don't panic...hboot 119 s-on you have to flash kernels separately.
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I ran into the same problem. Word for word, really. I use a Mac, too. I went through HTCdev unlock, tried to flash a CM10 nightly and ran into a boot loop. No matter what I did, it was stuck. I couldn't restore to a nandroid backup because internal storage wouldn't mount. Couldn't do anything. All I had access to was bootloader and TWRP recovery.
I don't know the specifics of how this fixed it (I'm nothing close to a developer), but this is what I did to get out of it. You will need access to a Windows machine onto which you can download things.
1) If you still have access to fastboot, unroot your phone to stock. Completely stock.
2) Use DirtyRacun S-OFF (you'll need a Windows computer for this). Go through the whole process.
3) Re-root.
Nothing I tried fixed it until I started fresh. I couldn't tell you how it worked, but if you're desperate you really have nothing to lose but a little bit of time by doing the same thing I did.
Hope you get this figured out.
falconoble said:
I ran into the same problem. Word for word, really. I use a Mac, too. I went through HTCdev unlock, tried to flash a CM10 nightly and ran into a boot loop. No matter what I did, it was stuck. I couldn't restore to a nandroid backup because internal storage wouldn't mount. Couldn't do anything. All I had access to was bootloader and TWRP recovery.
I don't know the specifics of how this fixed it (I'm nothing close to a developer), but this is what I did to get out of it. You will need access to a Windows machine onto which you can download things.
1) If you still have access to fastboot, unroot your phone to stock. Completely stock.
2) Use DirtyRacun S-OFF (you'll need a Windows computer for this). Go through the whole process.
3) Re-root.
Nothing I tried fixed it until I started fresh. I couldn't tell you how it worked, but if you're desperate you really have nothing to lose but a little bit of time by doing the same thing I did.
Hope you get this figured out.
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How would i unroot if I cant get into SuperSU since i cant boot up my phone? Do I need to do that first or can i just run the RUU without Going into SuperSU and hitting Unroot?
Also what do I need windows for? Getting S-OFF? Or unrooting?
Also thank you! I really hope this work!
Relock your phone from fastboot then run the RUU. Now you're completely stock.
Sent from my rooted LTEVO running CM10.
Shahal said:
Relock your phone from fastboot then run the RUU. Now you're completely stock.
Sent from my rooted LTEVO running CM10.
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I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. But how do i re-lock it from fastboot?
U have to use the cmd window on your windows computer. I did it with mine before I ran dirty racun. It is a simple command but u have to be in the right directory ind the cmd line. Go through and look at the dirty racun guide and it tells u how to re-lock word for word I believe.
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Shahal said:
Relock your phone from fastboot then run the RUU. Now you're completely stock.
Sent from my rooted LTEVO running CM10.
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Okay so I found a video on how to re-lock my phone in fastboot but when i type the command "fastboot oem lock"
it just says ' <waiting for device >
any suggestions on what to do? It's been stuck like this for about 5 min now.. in the video it took less than a second.
jklatt747 said:
Okay so I found a video on how to re-lock my phone in fastboot but when i type the command "fastboot oem lock"
it just says ' <waiting for device >
any suggestions on what to do? It's been stuck like this for about 5 min now.. in the video it took less than a second.
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Turn on USB debug in devopleper options
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What's funny is that all you had to do with s-on is flash the boot.IMG from the ROM via fastboot, just like the first reply said to.
You're doing more work right now than you needed to.
I realize this is a little late, but if you're still having trouble and you're still s-on, go read om4's guide, or get s-off.
If you want to stick with s-on, you will have to fastboot flash the boot.IMG files from the ROM manually.
jkrlvgn said:
What's funny is that all you had to do with s-on is flash the boot.IMG from the ROM via fastboot, just like the first reply said to.
You're doing more work right now than you needed to.
I realize this is a little late, but if you're still having trouble and you're still s-on, go read om4's guide, or get s-off.
If you want to stick with s-on, you will have to fastboot flash the boot.IMG files from the ROM manually.
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Yeah i couldn't figure out how to do that. I would ask a question on how to do that and i just kept on getting the response of "google it" "look it up on youtube" or look in the forums. and I wasn't ever sure really where to find it because all my searches for it came up useless.
I just did the RUU on my phone and its finally back up and running! What a relief!!!
Now I'm going to try to get DirtyRacun s-off. How do I put a Custom Rom on my phone with S-off?
With s-off you just flash it in twrp..no extra steps
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jkrlvgn said:
What's funny is that all you had to do with s-on is flash the boot.IMG from the ROM via fastboot, just like the first reply said to.
You're doing more work right now than you needed to.
I realize this is a little late, but if you're still having trouble and you're still s-on, go read om4's guide, or get s-off.
If you want to stick with s-on, you will have to fastboot flash the boot.IMG files from the ROM manually.
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I only have windows 7 64bit. So this means i cannot go the dirtyracun route. Is there any other way to get S-OFF?
if not.. How do i fastboot flash the boot.IMG from the ROM manually?
jkrlvgn said:
What's funny is that all you had to do with s-on is flash the boot.IMG from the ROM via fastboot, just like the first reply said to.
You're doing more work right now than you needed to.
I realize this is a little late, but if you're still having trouble and you're still s-on, go read om4's guide, or get s-off.
If you want to stick with s-on, you will have to fastboot flash the boot.IMG files from the ROM manually.
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I wish I'd ran into you when I had the same problem. I wasn't trying to make things more complicated for him, just telling him that when it happened to me, I went back to stock, went with S-OFF, and everything worked fine. At the very least I figured he probably would have just wanted his phone back.
falconoble said:
I wish I'd ran into you when I had the same problem. I wasn't trying to make things more complicated for him, just telling him that when it happened to me, I went back to stock, went with S-OFF, and everything worked fine. At the very least I figured he probably would have just wanted his phone back.
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No. You helped me soooooo much! I was literally about to sell my phone for parts or something because everything went wrong that could go wrong and on top of that I couldn't find anything at all on how to fix it. I just did what you said and my phone is fixed! I want to go s-off now but dirtyracun doesn't support windows 7 with 64 bit, it only supports windows 7 with 32bit which I don't have access to. So i'm trying to find another way that is reliable to go S-OFF. It seems like S-OFF is the way to go and it makes everything easier.
If I cant find out how to go S-OFF with the windows 7 64 bit computer, then I guess i'll go S-on HTCdev unlock again and hopefully figure out how to manually flash the ROM or whatever it is that you do with S-ON.
jklatt747 said:
No. You helped me soooooo much! I was literally about to sell my phone for parts or something because everything went wrong that could go wrong and on top of that I couldn't find anything at all on how to fix it. I just did what you said and my phone is fixed! I want to go s-off now but dirtyracun doesn't support windows 7 with 64 bit, it only supports windows 7 with 32bit which I don't have access to. So i'm trying to find another way that is reliable to go S-OFF. It seems like S-OFF is the way to go and it makes everything easier.
If I cant find out how to go S-OFF with the windows 7 64 bit computer, then I guess i'll go S-on HTCdev unlock again and hopefully figure out how to manually flash the ROM or whatever it is that you do with S-ON.
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Most sense roms come with a kernel installer for people that are S-ON and there have been reports of success using Win7 64bit and running DirtyRacun but.... if you run into problems they will not help you
bigdaddy619 said:
Most sense roms come with a kernel installer for people that are S-ON and there have been reports of success using Win7 64bit and running DirtyRacun but.... if you run into problems they will not help you
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okay does anybody know on a mac what would I have to do to flash MeanRom to my phone with S-ON and HTCdev unlock?
I'm not sure how to use the kernel installer you're talking about or where to look for it.
jklatt747 said:
okay does anybody know on a mac what would I have to do to flash MeanRom to my phone with S-ON and HTCdev unlock?
I'm not sure how to use the kernel installer you're talking about or where to look for it.
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It's included in the script just flash it like any other rom it takes a little longer to boot because it's writing the kenel so don't freak out
jklatt747 said:
okay does anybody know on a mac what would I have to do to flash MeanRom to my phone with S-ON and HTCdev unlock?
I'm not sure how to use the kernel installer you're talking about or where to look for it.
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There is an app in the market called Flash Image GUI to use it all you have to do is click on browse in the app search where ever you downloaded your Rom or kernel select it and it will extract and flash the boot.IMG for you. So if you are s on and wanna flash a aosp Rom you can first flash the kernel using the app then it gives you the option to boot directly in to recovery then install as usual wipe system ,data, both caches and flash your Rom that you extracted the kernel from. You can also just flash just a kernel if you want to OC.
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bigdaddy619 said:
It's included in the script just flash it like any other rom it takes a little longer to boot because it's writing the kenel so don't freak out
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dandan2980 said:
There is an app in the market called Flash Image GUI to use it all you have to do is click on browse in the app search where ever you downloaded your Rom or kernel select it and it will extract and flash the boot.IMG for you. So if you are s on and wanna flash a aosp Rom you can first flash the kernel using the app then it gives you the option to boot directly in to recovery then install as usual wipe system ,data, both caches and flash your Rom that you extracted the kernel from. You can also just flash just a kernel if you want to OC.
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Okay so here's whats happens for me.
When i go bigdaddy's way: I put the MeanRom zip on my phone from my computer (MeanRom v64 or what ever the latest one is) I factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvic chache, and then go to install find the app and swipe to flash.. everything seems fine until i get an error and fail. It also says there is no MD5 file when i do this.
When I go dandan's way: I have the MeanRom zip on my phone (i've tried this with v64 *or whatever the latest one is* and v34) then i go into flash image GUI and go through finding it and everything. Then i get an error right above the Flash Image button saying "zip file must contain only one of the following: recovery.img, zimage, or a type of boot.img!" On my computer I unzipped the file and looked inside and all I see the boot.img and some folders but no recover or zimage so i dont know what it is talking about.
I really dont want to go through the processes of unrooting and relocking my phone again so i want to do this right. Any help from here on out would be greatly appreciated!
If someone could give me a step by step to follow or something for putting the Latest version of MeanRom on my phone that would be great!! I think i read somewhere that you have to put on the old version of MeanRom first. If that is so, could you also include how i would go about updating from the old version to the new one?
(If you're going to help me please make sure your method supports the HTC EVO 4G LTE on hBoot 1.19 Software v. 2.13.651.1 71ORD HTCdev Unlocked and Rooted with SuperSU and TWRP. (GooManager, and Flash Image GUI are installed to)
I dont know if this matters but it also says under Kernel Version:
3.0.8-01680-gb6402b4
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT
Other info:
Baseband v: 1.12.11.0809
Android Version: 4.04
HTC Sense: 4.1
HTC SDK API level: 4.24
I know this post is really long and I probably put waaayyy more information then I actually needed to but I just want to be safe. It seems like everything I try for putting any Roms on my phone goes wrong with an error or failed message and I really want to do this.

[Q] Evo 3d sprint hboot 1.58 boot loop

Hey im new to the fourms but i have a HTC evo 3d on the Sprint network. I am unlocked S-On hboot 1.58 with MeanRom ( the latest) i am suffering from a boot loop. The screen boots i see the ring and then black screen back to HTC and restarts process. I am in way to over my head. Can anyone tell me if i can put a stock rom back on and it will fix boot loop or i heard about relock but don't know how to do it. Ive rooted other devices and jail broken devices but never had a problem like this. Help is much appreciated. Thanks
edit: I used a video on youtube but cant post the link :/
ClockWorkMod Recovery was used in it so i think i have it still.
I have tried the factory reset from the boot menu (power + vol down)
Tanker990 said:
Hey im new to the fourms but i have a HTC evo 3d on the Sprint network. I am unlocked S-On hboot 1.58 with MeanRom ( the latest) i am suffering from a boot loop. The screen boots i see the ring and then black screen back to HTC and restarts process. I am in way to over my head. Can anyone tell me if i can put a stock rom back on and it will fix boot loop or i heard about relock but don't know how to do it. Ive rooted other devices and jail broken devices but never had a problem like this. Help is much appreciated. Thanks
edit: I used a video on youtube but cant post the link :/
ClockWorkMod Recovery was used in it so i think i have it still.
I have tried the factory reset from the boot menu (power + vol down)
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Don't panic tanker, lol I can help you out with this. Here is the reasons behind your boot loop
Your recovery,
Your hboot
Your kernel
Let me elaborate. Cwm has been known to cause lots of problem with evo3d flashing latest twrp or 4ext recovery is recommended. Highly for 4ext. Now before I explain about hboot and kernel, currently you are a s-on user. What that means is that you only have access to certain partitions in the nand memory. System, data, and recovery. That leaves radios and boot partition( that's where your kernel sits) inaccessible through normal recovery means. Anytime you flash a ROM inside of recovery, you phone can't flash the kernel that came with it. So in actuality, your still on stock kernel with mean ROM.
Now for the solution. Your in a endless boot loop with your phone so you will have to download 4ext recovery for your phone and place the recovery image in your fastboot directory. Hook your phone up to the computer and run the command fastboot flash recovery "whatever the name of recovery"img . Boot into recovery and navigate to tools directory. Scroll down and turn on smart flash. This feature will allow you to flash kernels within recovery for s-on users. Wioe everything and flash your ROM again.
Now as for your kernel. Hboot 1.58 is only compatible with ICS stock kernels. That's the main point of your problem. What you will need to do is navigate to the meanrom folder and select the 2.89 kernel and flash it. Your phone should be able to boot up properly after that.
If that doesn't work, you could also try the first step of Ramjet's thread. That will get you back to stock and hopefully not bootlooping. Then if you continue the steps, you'll be s-off which makes flashing easier. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889438
Jsparta26 said:
Now for the solution. Your in a endless boot loop with your phone so you will have to download 4ext recovery for your phone and place the recovery image in your fastboot directory. Hook your phone up to the computer and run the command fastboot flash recovery "whatever the name of recovery"img . Boot into recovery and navigate to tools directory. Scroll down and turn on smart flash. This feature will allow you to flash kernels within recovery for s-on users. Wioe everything and flash your ROM again.
Now as for your kernel. Hboot 1.58 is only compatible with ICS stock kernels. That's the main point of your problem. What you will need to do is navigate to the meanrom folder and select the 2.89 kernel and flash it. Your phone should be able to boot up properly after that.
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okay so i have downloaded 4extrecoveryupdater.apk
Now i would open up CMD and what do i type in for "whatever the name of revoery".img or is that just someting i make up?
sorry im a really noob
Tanker990 said:
okay so i have downloaded 4extrecoveryupdater.apk
Now i would open up CMD and what do i type in for "whatever the name of revoery".img or is that just someting i make up?
sorry im a really noob
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Funny. No you cannot make up file names, or commands...
First of all you need fastboot application. Save it to c:/fastboot folder.
1. Open CMD, type cd fastboot to enter fastboot folder
2. Type : fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (where recovery.img is the name of your recovery choice weather it is TWRP, 3eXT, or CWM.
I am currently using 4eXT, which I switched to from TWRP
And that's it after its done you should have a flashed recovery on your EVO 3D
Maybe I should add that the "recovery.img" file HAS to be inside c:/fastboot folder.
Good luck. If that doesn't fix it, or if you need any recovery images that worked on my phone, POST
peteypub said:
Funny. No you cannot make up file names, or commands...
First of all you need fastboot application. Save it to c:/fastboot folder.
1. Open CMD, type cd fastboot to enter fastboot folder
2. Type : fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (where recovery.img is the name of your recovery choice weather it is TWRP, 3eXT, or CWM.
I am currently using 4eXT, which I switched to from TWRP
And that's it after its done you should have a flashed recovery on your EVO 3D
Maybe I should add that the "recovery.img" file HAS to be inside c:/fastboot folder.
Good luck. If that doesn't fix it, or if you need any recovery images that worked on my phone, POST
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petey I am having the same issue as him, 1.58 hboot running ext4 recovery with smart flash on and i cant get out of a boot loop. i have tried using an ruu to return to stock (ruu fails/becomes non responsive). as well as flashing roms using ext4 and then flashing the boot image via fastboot.
if you could help me as well or send me any recovery files you have i would appreciate it
Sure ill send you the images I'm using. I'm at work now, so ill shoot you an email when I get back...
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Youre in a boot loop because you need to downgrade your hboot see link below
Don't forget to hit the thank button!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906172
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Btw I use TWRP not 4ext. And forget the ruu.
Just downgrade and it will work
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When you flashed rom did u make back up cause you could always restore old rom. And you could try flashing the right kernel but most of the time it cause you have to flash boot image that worked for me in trying flash cm 10.1 and I keep get bootloops my self try figure this one out. Same hboot 1.58 2.89 base
harry1471 said:
When you flashed rom did u make back up cause you could always restore old rom. And you could try flashing the right kernel but most of the time it cause you have to flash boot image that worked for me in trying flash cm 10.1 and I keep get bootloops my self try figure this one out. Same hboot 1.58 2.89 base
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Are you saying youre still getting boot loops and you havent figured this out yet or you did figure it out?
If you havent figured it out I can assist as ive got it 100% working
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Same deal
markbencze said:
Are you saying youre still getting boot loops and you havent figured this out yet or you did figure it out?
If you havent figured it out I can assist as ive got it 100% working
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I'm having the same problem:
Sprint EVO 3D
Unlocked
S-On
Hboot 1.58
eMMC-boot
Won't boot any rom past the OS lock screen. Tried relocking and RUU update, Tried booting recovery from fastboot.
Any help?
Thanks!
jy04 said:
I'm having the same problem:
Sprint EVO 3D
Unlocked
S-On
Hboot 1.58
eMMC-boot
Won't boot any rom past the OS lock screen. Tried relocking and RUU update, Tried booting recovery from fastboot.
Any help?
Thanks!
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Give me a bit mire info on this. I can help for sure. The evo3d is a pita but we can get it. So basically if I understand, you're stock rooted but have s-on and im assuming all roms are bootlooping?
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markbencze said:
Give me a bit mire info on this. I can help for sure. The evo3d is a pita but we can get it. So basically if I understand, you're stock rooted but have s-on and im assuming all roms are bootlooping?
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Yes, that's were I am at this point. Right now I've got MeanRom booting to the homescreen seems like it's going to work, but the time is wrong and there's no service, before it can completely boot, bam, shuts down and reboots.
It does the same for the stock Sprint ROM.
Unfortunately I didn't make a backup of the phone when I gor it so I'm using a downloaded one.
I had Meanrom running on another 3D not too long ago, but don't remember it being this troublesome. What did I miss?
jy04 said:
Yes, that's were I am at this point. Right now I've got MeanRom booting to the homescreen seems like it's going to work, but the time is wrong and there's no service, before it can completely boot, bam, shuts down and reboots.
It does the same for the stock Sprint ROM.
Unfortunately I didn't make a backup of the phone when I gor it so I'm using a downloaded one.
I had Meanrom running on another 3D not too long ago, but don't remember it being this troublesome. What did I miss?
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Ok well the first thing you need to do is downgrade your hboot to v 1.49000. I posted a link on the first page. If you were stock you coukd get s-off via the wire trick
But since you're s-on you need to flash the boot.img in fastboot and then flash the rom or vise versa. I cant remember which one needs to be done first as its been a while since I've used my evo3d. Basically anything thats ics and above cant be flashed unless you downgrade your hboot. Htc sent a hidden hboot ota to you at some point without your knowledge to prevent you from flashing. So downgrading your hboot is your #1 priority and you need to get back to stock to get s-off too
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Using the wrong ROM!! Got it to boot using MeanRom ICS. Thanks!
Can I get S-OFF with MeanRom flashed? Or do I need to flash a rooted stock ROM?
jy04 said:
Can I get S-OFF with MeanRom flashed? Or do I need to flash a rooted stock ROM?
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You can try but the instructions say stock. You tube it. Ive done it. It works. Just be patient with the wire trick
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