[Q] Phone Not Booting - HTC Rezound

I'm using the latest version of Joelz Sense Redefined and occasionally my phone would just restart when I'm using it. It happened to me today and it won't boot back up. I got it into fastboot by holding down and power after a battery pull but when I choose any of the options, it just shows me the HTC screen and the turns off. It also won't charge...I haven't had this before. Is there something like ODIN for HTC phones?

I don't know what ODIN is but if you're willing to start over you can run the RUU and get yourself back to stock. You'd have to download the latest 2.x version, relock the phone in fastboot, make sure you have HTC Sync installed on your pc, run RUU. Then you can flash Amon Ra again and install su from the AR developer menu to regain root. Then you can flash a ROM again.

Fera,
Thanks for the response. I was downloading an RUU in hopes that would work, but I currently can't find anyone offering them for more than a few kbps.

Did you remember to delete the .img file from your SD card the last time you did an install?

Yeah, I just used Scott's CleanFlash to flash the img.

RUUing actually failed. Said I had the wrong bootloader or something. I had indeed relocked.

which RUU did you run, the 1.xx or the 2.xx?

EmerikL said:
which RUU did you run, the 1.xx or the 2.xx?
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RUU_Vigor_VERIZON_WWE_2.01.605.11_Radio_RS_0.95.00.1123r_3161E_9K_QMR_release_233635_signed
It says I have 3.10.
It's failing at Updating Signature....

Essentially I need the ICS RUU and I think I'll be okay. Anyone know where I can find a working link?

There isn't one but try searching for Awesome Recovery Tool in the dev section. It automates mainver workarounds. If that doesn't help your situation search "mainver" as you need to do a fix since your phone is on a higher mainver than the official one due to the ICS leak.

feralicious said:
There isn't one but try searching for Awesome Recovery Tool in the dev section. It automates mainver workarounds. If that doesn't help your situation search "mainver" as you need to do a fix since your phone is on a higher mainver than the official one due to the ICS leak.
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Unfortunately I can't even get to recovery to use that tool :-( Yeah the mainver errors seem to be trouble if you can't even get to recovery...that's why I think that 3.10 RUU will be the ticket to get me back on track...

thatguy222 said:
Unfortunately I can't even get to recovery to use that tool :-( Yeah the mainver errors seem to be trouble if you can't even get to recovery...that's why I think that 3.10 RUU will be the ticket to get me back on track...
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Well you won't get a 3.x RUU until the official ICS release afaik.
You said you can get into fastboot? Try flashing Amon Ra again, I read that v3.10 is best for ICS. And maybe the kernel in case that got corrupted.

Look at this post. You have two options to help you.
Personally I think that fix 2 will get you to where you need to be. I tried it before just to see if I could do it, and it was pretty easy.

EmerikL said:
Look at this post. You have two options to help you.
Personally I think that fix 2 will get you to where you need to be. I tried it before just to see if I could do it, and it was pretty easy.
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I'm having trouble with adb not seeing my device although the fastboot devices command does show it. I am in fastboot on the device.

feralicious said:
Well you won't get a 3.x RUU until the official ICS release afaik.
You said you can get into fastboot? Try flashing Amon Ra again, I read that v3.10 is best for ICS. And maybe the kernel in case that got corrupted.
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Tried reflashing Amon Ra and the kernel but the phone is just shutting off/going black when I choose Recovery in fastboot.

Did you get the file?
Are you in charge only mode?

EmerikL said:
Did you get the file?
Are you in charge only mode?
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I got the Android SDK and the hex editor. The trouble is I can't get into charge only mode because you actually need to be able to boot into Android to get that. :-( So I'm stuck with only being able to work from the bootloader/fastboot/hboot.

thatguy222 said:
I had indeed relocked.
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Have you re-unlocked since this?

EmerikL said:
Have you re-unlocked since this?
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Yes, but I re-unlocked via the All-In-One tool. I'm currently showing as Unlocked.

And when you go into fastboot does it change to fastboot USB when you connect to your computer? Is HTC Sync disabled?
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Why do I always get "main version older"?

Whenever I try to flash a ROM I always get "main version older". I'm on the stock, rooted gingerbread ROM right now with an unlocked bootloader and if I try to flash any ROM whether it's a gingerbread or ICS ROM I always get the same message when the phone reboots to the bootloader to flash the kernel.
What can I do about this?
After I first unlocked my phone I tried to install an ICS rom then I installed a gingerbread rom after and I never saw that message once. Then I started seeing it so I went back to stock to see if that would fix my issue but it hasn't.
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It mostly mean your htc rezound is on a newer main version of software you going to need to downgrade by changing the number here a link to help you do this and take out the older message that come up http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467099
So, theoretically, if I take it all the way back down to 1.00.000.0 I could be able to flash anything because whatever I flash will always be greater than the main version.
skatingrocker17 said:
So, theoretically, if I take it all the way back down to 1.00.000.0 I could be able to flash anything because whatever I flash will always be greater than the main version.
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Until you flash something that updates your mainver lol.
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Which a lot of roms and kernels do. Its a very annoying issue.
If the main versions are the same will it still throw the same error?
Nope. Only when the mainver is older.
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Well it works. Anyone have any idea how I keep getting stuck at the HTC screen when I flash some roms (ICS ones mostly). I've never made it past the HTC screen with CleanRom and now I'm on the new Bamf ICS 0.5 rom and I'm sitting here stuck again. The kernel flashed successfully in the bootloader so I'm not sure why I keep getting stuck.
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use's something that can read your sdcard and add this file here http://www.mediafire.com/?9b9pr48t498ru1g to you sdcard then go into bootloader and let fastboot do it thing
cflo360 said:
use's something that can read your sdcard and add this file here http://www.mediafire.com/?9b9pr48t498ru1g to you sdcard then go into bootloader and let fastboot do it thing
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Well I tried it out on both Bamf and CleanRom and the results were no different... still stuck at the HTC start screen unfortunately.
Helper
use this to get recovery overclock or the other recovery mean http://www.mediafire.com/?zk4ooxyonsgnaj5add overclock to the htc then go to your sdcard and add http://files.themikmik.com/new2/Ineffabilis-Deus_v1.0.1-Odex.zip and PH98IMG.zip (http://db.tt/d9503t4R) for bootloader now when all this is placed and done hit the boot to recovery on the program i showed you and your in overclock once there i want you to wip everything once done go to zip file and look for Ineffabilis-Deus_v1.0.1-Odex.zip click and once it finish installing go to bootloader and install PH98IMG.zip so when your done ....hopefully it work
I'm sending you a PM, I think I know what's wrong.
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CharliesTheMan said:
I'm sending you a PM, I think I know what's wrong.
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Replied.
...Gingerbread roms aren't working either. I have flashed 1 ICS rom and 2 Gingerbread roms in the past but for some reason now, I can't flash anything.
I'm wondering if flashing the stock RUU and relocking, then unlocking again and reflashing Amon Ra would fix the issue. After I originally unlocked was the only time I could ever successfully flash anything.
Don't see how locking and re-unlocking would make a difference.
krelvinaz said:
Don't see how locking and re-unlocking would make a difference.
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Flashing the RUU requires relocking.
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krelvinaz said:
Don't see how locking and re-unlocking would make a difference.
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I'm running out of options.

Fixed it!

I'm fairly embarrassed to even have put myself into this situation, mainly because I have no idea how I did it, and even less of one how to fix it.
My issue is this: I went ahead and unlocked the BL on the Rezound today, and then installed CWM Touch recovery (first). After that I went and installed CleanROM. Did the update in HBOOT like it told me to. No problem. After setting up the Rezound again, I loaded some music onto my memory card, and then noticed nothing showed up (media), so I decided to reset the phone. I used the power button to do so. So the phone rebooted.
Then it just sat on the HTC screen, which it now continues to do.
So what I have done is this:
Tried to reflash the ROM (no luck)
Tried using Amon Ra recovery instead (all I get is a black screen, but I know it is "working" because I hear my computer connect to it)
Tried flashing a different ROM (nothing)
Tried using the PH file from CleanROM to see if it would boot up (nope)
So now I'm stuck, and I have no idea what happened!
Can anyone help, or is this thing toast?
It's worth noting that the only recovery that seems to work is CWM (touch or not), Amon Ra won't display anything on the screen (both 3.14 and 3.13). Also that when it turns on the HTC comes up, then disappears and comes up again.
I have been searching and trying things for about two hours now, so at this point I'm ready to chuck it in the trash.
Edit, nevermind read that wrong, it isn't in a bootloop.
Try to flash the kernel from fastboot and see if that helps.
EmerikL said:
Did you delete the PH98IMG from the SD card?
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Yup, that's the only way I can get into recovery. It just tries to install it again and again if I don't.
My SD card has the CleanROM and the Stock Rooted Rom on it, nothing else.
Push the kernel through fastboot.
EmerikL said:
Push the kernel through fastboot.
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No dice. But I will try to install the ROM again, and then manually push the kernel rather than doing it on the phone.
Lock and run ruu if all else fails. Start ruu with phone in Hboot.
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k_flan said:
Lock and run ruu if all else fails. Start ruu with phone in Hboot.
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The phone doesn't need to be booted fully to run the RUU? I was going to run the .exe one and it said it needed to be on.
I'll try that, nothing else has worked.
Sounds like you need to push the boot.img using fastboot. If you dont have fastboot and all that installed you can get it from CleanFLASH 1.0. You need to make sure you have the correct boot.img or it will continue to be stuck. Also flashing it through hboot sometimes just doesn't work. Thats why you need to push it via fastboot.
Clean flash HERE
Just put the attached boot.img into the cleanboot folder. Open a command prompt into that folder. Put the phone in hboot and fastboot USB run the following command in the command prompt: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Note you must have the HTC drivers installed for fastboot to work.
zone23 said:
Sounds like you need to push the boot.img using fastboot. If you dont have fastboot and all that installed you can get it from CleanFLASH 1.0. You need to make sure you have the correct boot.img or it will continue to be stuck. Also flashing it through hboot sometimes just doesn't work. Thats why you need to push it via fastboot.
Clean flash HERE
Just put the attached boot.img into the cleanboot folder. Open a command prompt into that folder. Put the phone in hboot and fastboot USB run the following command in the command prompt: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Note you must have the HTC drivers installed for fastboot to work.
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Thank you, I will try this. I'm hoping I was using the wrong boot.img
sliderocket22 said:
Thank you, I will try this. I'm hoping I was using the wrong boot.img
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That boot image will work with CleanROM 1.7.5
sliderocket22 said:
The phone doesn't need to be booted fully to run the RUU? I was going to run the .exe one and it said it needed to be on.
I'll try that, nothing else has worked.
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I beleive it will run. If you try let us know.
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zone23 said:
That boot image will work with CleanROM 1.7.5
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I flashed CleanROm 1.7.5 and then instead of letting HBOOT flash the boot.img, I did it in Fastboot. No luck though as it's still just sitting on the HTC screen.
k_flan said:
I beleive it will run. If you try let us know.
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The RUU doesn't find my phone from HBOOT. I think it has to be on.
sliderocket22 said:
I flashed CleanROm 1.7.5 and then instead of letting HBOOT flash the boot.img, I did it in Fastboot. No luck though as it's still just sitting on the HTC screen.
The RUU doesn't find my phone from HBOOT. I think it has to be on.
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And your SURE you have the HTC drivers installed? Do you see the device properly installed in device manager? Just checking.
HTC Sync
HERE
zone23 said:
And your SURE you have the HTC drivers installed? Do you see the device properly installed in device manager? Just checking.
HTC Sync
HERE
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Yeah, anytime I try to flash something with fastboot it says writing and then success. I'm assuming that's correct. I'm gonna install HTC Sync again, just so I have covered all my bases.
sliderocket22 said:
Yeah, anytime I try to flash something with fastboot it says writing and then success. I'm assuming that's correct. I'm gonna install HTC Sync again, just so I have covered all my bases.
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Excellent, I'm pretty sure I ran the RUU without ever booting into the phone. Just make sure you have 2.01.605.11 because the older one wouldn't work. Thats if you can't get it to boot up flashing the boot.img.
zone23 said:
Excellent, I'm pretty sure I ran the RUU without ever booting into the phone. Just make sure you have 2.01.605.11 because the older one wouldn't work. Thats if you can't get it to boot up flashing the boot.img.
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Ah, I have the older one. Need to get the 2.01.605.11!
Here is what it looks like in device manger while in hboot (see attached). You still need the HTC drivers or the RUU wont work either. I know you have them or are checking just saying..
zone23 said:
Here is what it looks like in device manger while in hboot (see attached). You still need the HTC drivers or the RUU wont work either. I know you have them or are checking just saying..
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Hmmm, mine does not do that.
So maybe that is the problem. I'm gonna restart my computer, now that HTC Sync has installed. Are all HTC Drivers the same? I had Sync installed from when I had an Inspire 4G, but maybe the drivers for the Rezound are different.
This could be my problem.
sliderocket22 said:
Hmmm, mine does not do that.
So maybe that is the problem. I'm gonna restart my computer, now that HTC Sync has installed. Are all HTC Drivers the same? I had Sync installed from when I had an Inspire 4G, but maybe the drivers for the Rezound are different.
This could be my problem.
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Ya I would install it fresh. Also on my Xoom I have to use the USB ports in the back of the PC the ones in the front wont work. I know figure that out.
Also, does hboot now show "relocked"?
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[Q] ICS to GB S-On

Before I begin, I've read through a lot of threads on different forums and have yet to find a solution (that's working for me.)
I could never get my device to S-OFF so simply dropped the task. Not in too big of a rush right now. That being said, I'd like to go back to GB for a bit just to try a few things out.
I never flashed the ICS firmware, therefor I've had to use the old firmware patches. So, I tried running the RUU for GB and it only encountered error after error and my phone stayed at the black HTC screen. Any ideas?
Phone works just fine, just rebooted while I was typing this post and went straight into my ROM.
Only way I found is S-off'd, I had to go back to GB after ICS since it came on the phone I bought and needed to return it. Everyone told me I had to S-Off then RUU
If s on make sure you relock bootloader, then you should be able to run the gb ruu for whichever version you were on.
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Downgrading radios when s-on could very well hard brick your phone. I strongly recommend that you s-off first.
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Abu-7abash said:
Downgrading radios when s-on could very well hard brick your phone. I strongly recommend that you s-off first.
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You can't downgrade with s on....
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ericsignals said:
If s on make sure you relock bootloader, then you should be able to run the gb ruu for whichever version you were on.
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ericsignals said:
You can't downgrade with s on....
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Are you even the same guy?
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Pick a Gingerbread based rom and flash. Try out Chingy's Ineffabilis gingerbread.
Chyrux said:
I never flashed the ICS firmware, therefor I've had to use the old firmware patches.
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Wish you guys would read.
Abu-7abash said:
Are you even the same guy?
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If you never ran an ics ruu you still were on gb firmware....so you can run a gb ruu. When you run the same ruu that's not downgrading....sheesh :rolleyes . And its probably the easiest way to get back to a working phone if you are lost and don't really know what you are doing.
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ericsignals said:
If s on make sure you relock bootloader, then you should be able to run the gb ruu for whichever version you were on.
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Tried that. RUU said "Could not update your phone at this time."
I came from stock GB originally in...April. Is there a specific RUU for that?
I've never used RUU's before so I'm lost.
aaand now, I'm pretty sure my phone is a brick. It's re-locked now, can't go into recovery, won't boot into ROM.
Chyrux said:
aaand now, I'm pretty sure my phone is a brick. It's re-locked now, can't go into recovery, won't boot into ROM.
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Still only a soft brick. Would suggest trying the other of the two GB RUU .exe version packages if you only tried one of them, just a suggestion until someone else can help you and diagnose.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19756694
Chyrux said:
aaand now, I'm pretty sure my phone is a brick. It's re-locked now, can't go into recovery, won't boot into ROM.
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If you can get to hboot It's not bricked. Which ruu were you trying
pwned3 said:
If you can get to hboot It's not bricked. Which ruu were you trying
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RUU_Vigor_VERIZON_WWE_2.01.605.11_Radio_RS_0.95.00.1123r_3161E_9K_QMR_release_233635_signed
Try running that one again. It should work. You have to run it twice anyway
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Try running that one again. It should work. You have to run it twice anyway
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Tried. It's stuck on the "Verifying the information on your PDA Phone...Please wait..." screen.
EDIT: Nevermind, went into Fastboot, working now. Let you know how it goes. Thanks for the help so far.
I'm getting a bootloader version error. An ICS RUU should fix this, right? Granted, I know that means I can't go back until I S-Off, but I'd rather that than have a soft bricked phone
I am in the same boat - S-ON. I flashed Scott's ICS Rooted Stock Rom, along with the GB Patch. I downloaded the PH98IMG.zip and HBOOT doesn't recognize it. Trying the exe may resolve this?
Issue resolved thanks to dsb in the IRC channel. For some reason, I thought I had to throw the unlock.bin on my SD card to unlock.
And to the guy above me, try pushing it through adb. Extract the ROM, find the boot.img, throw it into your ADB directory.
adb reboot bootloader
(make sure you're in fastboot USB)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Chyrux said:
Issue resolved thanks to dsb in the IRC channel. For some reason, I thought I had to throw the unlock.bin on my SD card to unlock.
And to the guy above me, try pushing it through adb. Extract the ROM, find the boot.img, throw it into your ADB directory.
adb reboot bootloader
(make sure you're in fastboot USB)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Hate to ask you this, but would you mind giving me a step by step on what you did to get back to GB?
Thanks -Kim
print.logic said:
Hate to ask you this, but would you mind giving me a step by step on what you did to get back to GB?
Thanks -Kim
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With the new leak out, I haven't. However, I can still help.
Make sure there is no P98IMG file on your SD card.
1. Download the mainver fix from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23169557&postcount=4
2. Drop GB ROM of your choice onto SD card.
3. Flash the fix in recovery and reboot into bootloader.
4. Relock your phone by going into adb and typing in fastboot oem lock
5. Run GB RUU of your choice.
6. Use the HTCDev unlock on your bootloader
7. Download a recovery and push it to your phone by typing in fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8. Boot into recovery, flash ROM, enjoy.

[Q] AmonRa parsing issue?

Hey all, just received a replacement rezound under warranty due to the charge port being all muffed up, and of coarse the first thing was unlock via htcdev which worked fine.
Here is the issue.. when trying to flash amonra via fastboot or PH98IMG.zip in bootloader it won't flash. For fastboot it says "unknown error" and as a PH file in bootloader it says "parsing..." for a few seconds then disappears without flashing anything. I've re-downloaded and checked md5's and still get the same errors.
My last rezound was s-off and that whole process was quick and painless and I don't understand why the same procedure I used on my last rezound isn't working now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey all, just received a replacement rezound under warranty due to the charge port being all muffed up, and of coarse the first thing was unlock via htcdev which worked fine.
Here is the issue.. when trying to flash amonra via fastboot or PH98IMG.zip in bootloader it won't flash. For fastboot it says "unknown error" and as a PH file in bootloader it says "parsing..." for a few seconds then disappears without flashing anything. I've re-downloaded and checked md5's and still get the same errors.
My last rezound was s-off and that whole process was quick and painless and I don't understand why the same procedure I used on my last rezound isn't working now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What firmware is on the device?
hgoldner said:
what firmware is on the device?
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ota 3.14.605.12 710rd.
Can you flash in fastboot usb? (And, to be perfectly clear to avoid a dumb question, does hboot reflect that you are unlocked?)
hgoldner said:
Can you flash in fastboot usb? (And, to be perfectly clear to avoid a dumb question, does hboot reflect that you are unlocked?)
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indeed *** unlocked *** is displayed at the top on hboot. and ive tried "fastboot flash recovery (nameofrecovery.img) with nameofrecovery changed to what i have it saved as and no luck. even tried relocking and ruuing too just to make sure it wasnt the software messing everything up.
Can't remember but can you try to S-OFF first? (It's been so long, but I can't remember whether you have a custom recovery already on).
Ah, one other stupid thing.... have you tried a different sdcard?
hgoldner said:
Can't remember but can you try to S-OFF first? (It's been so long, but I can't remember whether you have a custom recovery already on).
Ah, one other stupid thing.... have you tried a different sdcard?
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I was thinking about the sd card being the issue but it installed an ruu via ph98img.zip perfectly fine bit its worth a shot. And on unlimited.io's site they say you need to be completely stock with root and as far as I know amonra is the only way to root on a stock ruu. I managed to s-off tho after using hasoon's tool to flash amonra. I'm now completely stock again after ruuing back to gb then accepting ota
so I'll try flashing amonra again and report back. Thank you for your help!
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You can install any custom recovery and use it to flash SuperUser. The root option in Amon Ra doesn't usually work by itself anyway.
shrike1978 said:
You can install any custom recovery and use it to flash SuperUser. The root option in Amon Ra doesn't usually work by itself anyway.
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Oh ok thats good to know actually. just cant seem to install any custom recoveries lol. i chose to install amon ra 3.15 with hasoons tool and for some reason i have 3.06 installed.. dont know how or why but i do. tried to install 3.15 with his toolkit again and got the stupid error again. i dont know what to do at this point lol. never had this problem with the last rezound. i am s-off now but do not have the recovery i want installed.
should i try ruu'ing again and start fresh?
and for what its worth i do have the jb hboot installed just to see if that was the issue. had to use fastboot commands to install it so i dont think thats the issue. i think its the download for amonra 3.15 i have. if anyone has a personal copy of 3.15 that is confirmed working and is willing to share it itd be greatly appreciated.
To use the fastboot commands you must be unlocked. With the parsing error. That will sometimes happen if you have a file called "update.zip" on your sdcard. Try seeing if you have one of those files. If your HBOOT does say s-off. Flash the GB RUU. Just so you can verify everything has changed. and then restart with the ICS RUU then flash a recovery. This time not with that tool.
Flyhalf205 said:
To use the fastboot commands you must be unlocked. With the parsing error. That will sometimes happen if you have a file called "update.zip" on your sdcard. Try seeing if you have one of those files. If your HBOOT does say s-off. Flash the GB RUU. Just so you can verify everything has changed. and then restart with the ICS RUU then flash a recovery. This time not with that tool.
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Thank you for the response. i tested to see if i really did have s-off by doing just that. ruu'd back to gb without a hitch. then accepted the ota. so im thinking ill just ruu the ota (3.14.605.12) and see what happens. and im with you on not using the tool again. ive heard really good things about it but never used it personally until today. my old method worked well i just didn't know what else to do at that point lol
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Thank you for the response. i tested to see if i really did have s-off by doing just that. ruu'd back to gb without a hitch. then accepted the ota. so im thinking ill just ruu the ota (3.14.605.12) and see what happens. and im with you on not using the tool again. ive heard really good things about it but never used it personally until today. my old method worked well i just didn't know what else to do at that point lol
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To s-off you got to do the wire trick. But RUU then don't use the tool. lol Lets us now if it works out.
Flyhalf205 said:
To s-off you got to do the wire trick. But RUU then don't use the tool. lol Lets us now if it works out.
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Yupp s-off'd with no issues. Just want amonra lol. Ruu'd to OTA and am waiting for my battery to charge up enough to flash via hboot. The amonra thread has a PH98IMG.zip but I think that one was the 3.06 version. Dunno. Will report back.
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zac41189 said:
Yupp s-off'd with no issues. Just want amonra lol. Ruu'd to OTA and am waiting for my battery to charge up enough to flash via hboot. The amonra thread has a PH98IMG.zip but I think that one was the 3.06 version. Dunno. Will report back.
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I'm not trying to be a jerk or whatever but have you read the bottom of the AmonRA OP? It has a link to 3.15 I am pretty sure.
Curious. Why you want AR so bad? We have 2 other fully functional recoveries. lol
Flyhalf205 said:
I'm not trying to be a jerk or whatever but have you read the bottom of the AmonRA OP? It has a link to 3.15 I am pretty sure.
Curious. Why you want AR so bad? We have 2 other fully functional recoveries. lol
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The ph98img.zip in that post is 3.06. I just got really used to it lol. I have twrp 2.3.2.3 downloaded for a couple weeks now.. might as well try it out lol.
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zac41189 said:
The ph98img.zip in that post is 3.06. I just got really used to it lol. I have twrp 2.3.2.3 downloaded for a couple weeks now.. might as well try it out lol.
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Since you're on the OTA ICS firmware, you should definitely NOT be running Amon Ra 3.06. You need to be on 3.15. If the md5's match what's on your sdcard and what's on the OP at that thread, it shouldn't be a bad download, but just in case, I loaded it up on my Dropbox and you can try the one here.
As far as alternate recoveries, while I was very impressed with TWRP, it is incapable of wiping boot, so that's a nonstarter. Admittedly, if Flyhalf solved that issue, I'd switch to it. As far as CWM Touch, that has issues with reading sdcard2, as of the last time I checked, or at least with respect to its interaction with various ROMs and their features. For me at least, having tried all of the Rezound recoveries, Amon Ra is my preferred choice.
just push AR manually instead of using the tool:
Unzip the file from the link listed below onto the root of the C drive on your PC, and it should create a folder called Android on the root of C.
1) open a cmd prompt and type " cd c:\Android " without quotes
2) boot to fastboot and make sure your USB is plugged into the pc and phone
3) type " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img " without the quotes
This should push the AR 3.15 to your device. I included AR 3.15 in the Android folder below.
the folder contains a txt file of a few other handy commands that i use. that txt file is for reference only
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aycfqc37tvkhbdl/Android12-14-2012_22+21+19.rar
I ended up flashing twrp and it worked great. Like a previous poster said if it could wipe boot it would be perfect. But it got the job done and am up and running again. Thank you all for your help!
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Glad everything worked out for ya. Wiping boot can cause a lot of problems just sayin. So I debating on putting it back into TWRP. Just ask snuzzo in his kernel thread

Help recover my Evo 4G LTE

I would like to start out with saying that I am not new to rooting/roms but a lot has changed since I went to iOS. I have TWRP accessible and I can push files to my /sdcard/
I have tried several rooms but all of them fail to install.
Can someone please tell me the steps I need to take to go back to either stock or have another ROM working? (RUU fails as well, however it does detect the phone)
Any help is appreciated and trust me I spent hours reading threads so not just posting this for an easy way out.
chirayu said:
I would like to start out with saying that I am not new to rooting/roms but a lot has changed since I went to iOS. I have TWRP accessible and I can push files to my /sdcard/
I have tried several rooms but all of them fail to install.
Can someone please tell me the steps I need to take to go back to either stock or have another ROM working? (RUU fails as well, however it does detect the phone)
Any help is appreciated and trust me I spent hours reading threads so not just posting this for an easy way out.
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First, this should probably be in the Q&A section
Second, gonna need WAY more info about your phone. I assume you're rooted? S-off or S-on? What hboot version are you on? What version of TWRP are you currently using? What ROM are you on now? What RUU are you trying to use? Gonna have to give a little bit for us to work with.
Edit: Your signature also says you have the Evo Shift? Are you on the write forum?
Greenfieldan said:
First, this should probably be in the Q&A section
Second, gonna need WAY more info about your phone. I assume you're rooted? S-off or S-on? What hboot version are you on? What version of TWRP are you currently using? What ROM are you on now? What RUU are you trying to use? Gonna have to give a little bit for us to work with.
Edit: Your signature also says you have the Evo Shift? Are you on the write forum?
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I apologize for posting this in the wrong forum, like I was saying I haven't been here in a while and signature is outdated by about 6 years
Heres the info
TWRP v2.7.1.0
S-ON
HBOOT-2.10.0000
RADIO-1.13.11.1105
I had the last leaked RUU installed before I attempted flashing a custom ROM
Thank you for your reply!
chirayu said:
I apologize for posting this in the wrong forum, like I was saying I haven't been here in a while and signature is outdated by about 6 years
Heres the info
TWRP v2.7.1.0
S-ON
HBOOT-2.10.0000
RADIO-1.13.11.1105
I had the last leaked RUU installed before I attempted flashing a custom ROM
Thank you for your reply!
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Is your goal to flash another ROM or to go back to stock?
If you're going to be trying to flash another ROM I'd highly recommend running rumrunner and getting s-off. Otherwise there are a lot of hoops you'll need to jump through in order to flash ROMs (for starters, you'll need to flash the kernel separately).
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Is your goal to flash another ROM or to go back to stock?
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Whichever one is faster, I just want the phone up and running again.
So it's not running at all now? I'm assuming you can boot into bootloader and recovery but nothing else, right? You can run an RUU while in fastboot if I recall, which will give you at least a usable phone. That's also probably the fastest thing to do.
After that I'd highly recommend using rumrunner to get s-off. Otherwise flashing new ROMs will be a bear.
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So it's not running at all now? I'm assuming you can boot into bootloader and recovery but nothing else, right? You can run an RUU while in fastboot if I recall, which will give you at least asable phone. That's also probably the fastest thing to do.
After that I'd highly recommend using rumrunner to get s-off. Otherwise flashing new ROMs will be a bear.
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RUU fails with errors and it gets stuck at "HTC" screen
Do you have HTC Sync installed on your computer?
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Do you have HTC Sync installed on your computer?
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Ah, I think something else made me delete it.
That'll do it. You need to have HTC Sync and all of the necessary drivers to run the RUU
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That'll do it. You need to have HTC Sync and all of the necessary drivers to run the RUU
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Thank you! giving that a try now
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that'll do it. You need to have htc sync and all of the necessary drivers to run the ruu
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error [155]: Uknown error
chirayu said:
error [155]: Uknown error
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D'oh! I bet your bootloader is still unlocked. It needs to be relocked before running the RUU.
Fastboot command 'fastboot oem lock' ought to do the trick.
Greenfieldan said:
D'oh! I bet your bootloader is still unlocked. It needs to be relocked before running the RUU.
Fastboot command 'fastboot oem lock' ought to do the trick.
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You're a life saver! at least you can bet I have rooting/unrooting down for this EVO. Just like the old times
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