Database Users

loaded wrong rom, stuck on boot screen

Apologies for this stupid question resulting from a stupid mistake. Hoping somebody will be able to walk me through getting out of this.
I successfully rooted my sprint hero, then loaded modaco 3.0 (yes now I know that was bad). On reboot, the phone hangs on the black htc screen, and will respond to nothing.
The only thing I've been able to do is remove the battery, then turn it on in recovery mode. There, I did a wipe data/restore factory setting. Then I rebooted - and got the same boot screen, same problem.
Second try: wiped, toggled to usb, and replaced the 3.0 update.zip with the 1.1 for CDMA, tried to flash it, got this:
can't open /sdcard/update.zip (bad)
When I try to restore, I get these:
(bart) error: run bart via adb
(nandroid) can't open file
Please help! I am out of ideas. Thanks very much in advance.

you'll probably have to take it back to the very beginning......
Get the Sprint RUU stock rom (a couple of posts below this one) and run that
then re-root your hero
Flash one of the roms ON THIS BOARD ONLY!!! Any other Hero rom is meant for the GSM version so it will give you the same headache again.

thanks
Thanks for the quick response! I'll try that.

Hmm, not looking good here. When I tried to install the stock hero RUU I got this error:
no signature
verification failed
which I presume is related to the htc sync requirement for that rom in the unrooting procedure that I did earlier.
Any idea for working around that?

So you used RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_1.29.651.1_signed_release.exe? If not, here is a link to it: link.

david.danaan said:
Second try: wiped, toggled to usb, and replaced the 3.0 update.zip with the 1.1 for CDMA, tried to flash it, got this:
can't open /sdcard/update.zip (bad)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't use 1.1, grab a later one.
Which recovery? 1.5.x won't let you go back to the main menu without disabling USB-MS again... I don't remember what 1.2.3 did. If worse comes to worst, reboot the phone after copying the file.

gu1dry said:
So you used RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_1.29.651.1_signed_release.exe? If not, here is a link to it: link.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, that's the one.
Using recovery 1.5.1. I can try a later rom, see if that works. I think I downloaded 1.3.

So first off yes, you aren't booting past the HTC screen because you flashed the wrong rom. However you aren't bricked. It's almost impossible to do once you're rooted and have RA's recovery installed unless you flash radios and stuff which you shouldn't.
Explanations for your other problems:
1. RUU doesn't work on the phones that are coming from the factory with 1.56. http://geekfor.me/news/sprint-ruu-fails/
There is a possible work-around but it's pretty detailed and I haven't gotten it to work. But you don't need to RUU if you can get in to RA.
2) (nandroid) can't open file is likely caused by RA 1.5.1. It had a bug that corrupted the backups. 1.5.2 is out. But for now don't worry about that cause your backup already sounds corrupted, nothing you can do.
3) can't open /sdcard/update.zip (bad). To me that sounds like your update was just corrupted.
How to fix it:
1. Boot in to recovery. With phone powered off hold your home button and then power.
2. Download fresh rom from http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-rom-1-0/ (what can I say... I'm partial. )
3. Within RA enable USB toggle and copy fresh rom to the root of your sdcard. Don't worry about renaming it to update.zip
4. Disable usb toggle. Go to flash zip from SD and choose fresh. That should be it. If you get the error saying the zip is bad then compare your downloaded copy with the md5 hash check on the download page (google it if you aren't sure how). If it matches then it's possible you have a bad sdcard. If it doesn't match then your downloads are crappy.

working!
Got it working by flashing the modaco v1.3a - must have been a bad update.zip before like you said. Thank you so much for the help and clear explanations, I was really worried I had bricked it.

David, now that it is working, I would recommend updating your recovery to 1.5.2.

I just want to thank everyone that posted to this reply I honestly thought that I bricked my phone and thank to you guys I was able to revive it. Thank you again.

Lost Root Running Damages Last Rom - What guide do I use to get my root back?

Some how I lost root access to my phone. I was having memory issues with the phone and after uninstalling everything it was suggested I install a memory manager. I did and it didn't work so I uninstalled it and I think my root access went with it.
At any rate I was instructed to open a command line on my phone and type SU and see what happens. I installed ConnectBot so I could get the command line access and typed SU and it came back access denied. So I guess that proves I lost my root access. But my question now is what guide do I use to get it back? The original guide I used said it was for v1.5. The other guides listed are for people that have done the OTA and have the Sprint 2.1 running on their phones. Well I'm in between and I have Damages 2.09.1 rom.
So what is my next move to get the root back? In reality do I need root at this point? What would happen if I just reflashed DC's rom again?
Help or comments will be appreciated.......
Lisa

You didn't lose root, you lost Superuser, search the DC2.8 thread about SU...

I did and either didn't find the right threads or didn't find the solution but I didn't get it fixed. All I found was that debugging needed to be checked and it is. Still no SU access. Give me. More help if you can......
Thanks...
Lisa

I did and either didn't find the right threads or didn't find the solution but I didn't get it fixed. All I found was that debugging needed to be checked and it is. Still no SU access. Give me. More help if you can......
Thanks...
Lisa

Download superuser from the site below and flash it though recovery. That should fix it. Make sure to get the proper zip for your version of Android.
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Enhancements/Superuser-106560.shtml

Open your app drawer...Do you see anything that says Superuser Permissions?
What memory issues were you having? If it was storage problems, perhaps try Apps2SD -- usually takes care of any internal storage issues when you get it working. This thread here is for A2SD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715116
Reflashing the DC ROM really wouldn't hurt anything either, you'd just have to re-setup your accounts, preferences, etc. and redownload all your market apps.

Lots of good information in these two responses. I have some questions. First what Rom do I have? Cupcake, eclair, donut? Just know its DC's last Rom.
Next could you explain how to "flash from recovery". Is that done through Nandroid?
Next I do have SU in my app drawer. It will open and has a green button besides my to programs that use SU. But SU doesn't seem to be working.
Finally flashing the Rom again is something I want to avoid as I really don't want to start from scratch.....
Thanks for your help.........
Lisa

mslisaj said:
Lots of good information in these two responses. I have some questions. First what Rom do I have? Cupcake, eclair, donut? Just know its DC's last Rom.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
These refer to versions of Android. You have 2.1 which is aka "eclair". 1.5 was aka "cupcake", 1.6 was "donut". Almost all ROMs here are 2.1 eclair, with the exception of the cyanogenmod which is android 2.2 aka "froyo".
mslisaj said:
Next could you explain how to "flash from recovery". Is that done through Nandroid?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, it is done in recovery. To boot into recovery, hold Home then press Power on your phone. One of your recovery menu options will be "Flash zip from sd card". After you put any .zip files on the base/root of your SD card, this is how you will flash (or install) them. "Nandroid" only refers to the process of backing up and restoring your data, which is a separate option in the recovery console (Backup/Restore)
Did you try reinstalling the Superuser.apk? It may just need to be reinstalled.

Mr. chromiumleaf.....
Thanks so much for the information here. I have "flashed" from recovery but didn't realize that was what it was technically called. I have in my own terms refered to "Recovery Mode" as Nandroid. But now I will associate both as one. Thanks for clarifying what version Rom I'm running. I didn't want to guess so I asked. I think I will uninstall the Superuser that I have now and then reflash the new version that I will down load. I will report back. This would be so cool if this settled my problem............
So appreciate it and I will let you know..........
Lisa

I am following through as I alway do to thank you all for your help and tell you how I resolved the problem. I received some great advice from everyone and the last tip, which is usually my luck was the best.
The bottom line someone questioned why I thought I lost root. I explained what was going on and the best and final suggestion was to down load the latest Superuser.apk and flash through "recovery". Yes I had to ask exactly what that meant but I followed the directions and did it. Problem solved. I had SU working on my phone for Root Explorer and Titanium Backup. Then I downloaded Cachecleaner and it worked this time perfectly and it found 25MB of junk on my phone and cleared it out. So now I'm running 40MB of internal memory with all my programs working rather snappy now. In my estimation I screwed up the SU with the memory manager that was recommended somewhere along the line. When it didn't do anything for me I uninstalled it and I think my SU went with it. But the phone is fixed and I want to thank you all for your time in responding to my problem and requests. Sometimes multiple............
Thanks again.....
Lisa

Good to hear you got everything fixed. Glad to have helped out.

Yeah...and that's why there are people in this world more patient than I.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

[Q] current rooting/2.3 instructions

As the thread title states, I'm looking for info on the steps to root my stock MT4g, and install the new ROM that's floating around. I'm pretty technically capable, but the info I've found looks slightly dated. When I was active in the iPhone jailbreak scene, using old directions could brick a phone pretty easy, or prevent future jailbreaking. I haven't kept up with this scene enough to be able to know what's dated and what isn't.
This is my current plan, please correct it if I'm missing anything or have it wrong.
(based on wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide)
I've got ADB going
I need a backup solution for app data right? What's my best option here?
Once backed up, I plan to install busybox, Superuser package & Temporary Root package via ADB
Use gfree to make that root permanent
Install ClockworkMod recovery
Reboot into recovery, and install faux123's ROM
Does that sound correct, and did I skip anything? Any input at all is welcome, I'd like to stand tall on the backs of giants.

There are two popular methods floating around
You can either use the Root.sh method [ Found Here ]
Or the ./gfree method [ Found here ]
Either method will work perfectly. I've used both and can say with confidence they work.
The Cyanogen method can be goofy at times. I've see alot of people say they cannot get it working for them. I'd rock one of the two above. You shouldn't have a problem either way.

Thanks a ton for the info, I'll go at it this evening. As far as backup process, I do the temporary root, use ASTRO to make a zip? Most of the data on my phone lives at google, but I'm wondering the best way to retain apps, or should I just make a list and reinstall from the store after flashing?

lars.oakland said:
Thanks a ton for the info, I'll go at it this evening. As far as backup process, I do the temporary root, use ASTRO to make a zip? Most of the data on my phone lives at google, but I'm wondering the best way to retain apps, or should I just make a list and reinstall from the store after flashing?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For backing up apps and data, use titanium backup. for backing up your whole phone, use the backup feature in clockworkmod recovery after you've flashed it via rom manager after permarooting.

lars.oakland said:
Thanks a ton for the info, I'll go at it this evening. As far as backup process, I do the temporary root, use ASTRO to make a zip? Most of the data on my phone lives at google, but I'm wondering the best way to retain apps, or should I just make a list and reinstall from the store after flashing?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The best way to back up your Data and Applications is like mentioned above is Titanium Backup. The free version will work well but i recommend the paid one.
as far as a snap shot of the entire ROM incase you want to go back to it. reboot into recovery > backup/restore > backup. And it will do the rest.

Well I made it halfway there, but didn't nail the whole thing. I've got permanent root access (yay) now, and was able to make backups via Titanium. I then rebooted the phone into "recovery" using the ROM Manager from Clockwork. First boot had a red exclamation mark, I unplugged the handset from the USB and tried a second time. After that, I was greeted with the Orange and black interface, and selected "restore to factory". I then started searching for the cache clearing, which changed verbage between 3.x and 4.x releases of Clockwork. After exploring the menus a little, the phone reboots itself from this screen. My blood-pressure goes up, and I worry my toy just became a b-word. Not all was lost though, and the phone happily booted into the stock t-mobile welcome wizard.
I still have superUser installed, and still have root (S=OFF I guess?). I install ROM Manager again, and do the "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" (which now shows both current and latest recovery as ClockworkMod 3.0.2.4). When I choose Reboot into Recovery however, it reboots back to the MyTouch 4G logo screen (non-animated one), and hangs. After some reading I tried to force recovery boot via ADB, which produced the same result as the soft reset from ROM Manager. After that I tried doing it the manual way with holding the volume button, which launched me into what I believe is a stock recovery console (white with colored options, uses vol +/- and power to navigate). Choosing "recovery" from that screen *also* produces the white logo screen hang.
So my question now is, in it's current state; how can I get to the Clockwork recovery again? From there I bet installing the image will be easy street, but I believe I'm stuck for now.
Side-note: the phone functions fine on regular boots and pure vanilla mode; I just don't want to stop here when I'm pretty close to my 2.3 goal

Well good news and bad news. I was able to get Clockwork going by reverting it to 3.0.0.5 and just using that version. Was able to install ROMs, tested a few. Phone started freezing after/during installing packages. Started the clear cache/install ROM process, ran into this:
Code:
Flashing Kernal ...
assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img","boot")
E:Error in /sdcard/download/virtuous_fusion-glacier-rom-v1.0.9.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14389074
Totally stuck at boot screen, but able to get into Clockwork. All ROM zips off the sdcard produce this or an invalid zip error.

Other guy smight tell you what a status 7 might be, but with the flurry of flashing youre doing, you may have gotten some corruption on your sd
try formatting your sd card in the pc, or use another one so you dont have to back everything up on this one. put one rom zip on the root and see if that helps
also, i would make super sure you wiped/factory resetted every possible data/cache in CWM before flashing the zip
lastly, i would md5 test the download to make sure it matches the web page. Plus, after it's transferred to the cleanly-formetted sd, check it again either thru adb, or do the trans on the pc using an sdcard reader and check it once it's on the sdcard, then pop it into back your phone.
good luck

Thanks a ton for the uber fast reply. When I format on the PC, what format do I use, or is there a specific tool to properly format it for the phone?
When I'm wiping /data it's taking forever and I get the following message back:
Code:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log/last_log
Don't have an adapter at the office today for the sdcard, but I guess I can just grab a new one at lunch? All it would need is a fresh format then the .zip of the ROM in question at the root?

Looks like your partitions are corrupted. Flash PD15IMG to restore the phone to stock, and progress from there.
When you format the SD card, just format it regularly in the PC.

Jack_R1 said:
Looks like your partitions are corrupted. Flash PD15IMG to restore the phone to stock, and progress from there.
When you format the SD card, just format it regularly in the PC.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So I use the same PD15IMG.zip i did to start, flash it using Clockwork, then start the root > rom process over? I think that it currently tells me it can't find that zip anymore on the white screen pre console, is that expected? I just xfer it to the sdcard prior to fixing?

Yes, that's the right procedure. Move it to the card and start from scratch. Beware not to use the newer Panache/MT4G Gingerbread RUU, otherwise you'll be left with no way to root, or at least harder way.

Ok, so I didn't have a PD15IMG.zip to begin with, I see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059347
and that's proper that I'm flashing the radio itself for this process? Which of those images do I want to grab? I always like to double check when I read warnings that are pretty specific about bricking the device

No! You're flashing a stock recovery image called a pd15img.zip
The radio does not do a restore to stock, the reason you're confused is that in order to flash a radio for those who nmwish to do that, you rename it to the same name as the recovery zip, but it's really just a radio. It just happens to be the filename that the system looks for to restore. Look for the thread posted by either jjackson or football. That's the full image, just over 300 megabytes, or that neighborhood.

acsi007 said:
No! You're flashing a stock recovery image called a pd15img.zip
The radio does not do a restore to stock, the reason you're confused is that in order to flash a radio for those who nmwish to do that, you rename it to the same name as the recovery zip, but it's really just a radio. It just happens to be the filename that the system looks for to restore. Look for the thread posted by either jjackson or football. That's the full image, just over 300 megabytes, or that neighborhood.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Jesus, glad I asked before getting in there.
So I was going to offer you a beer sometime, I think I owe you a few rounds at this point...
Edit: this one right http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924923 ?

Yup. Read the whole thread. Also look for football,s thread. There are a couple of mentions of undoing gfree first then doing the pd15img. I think jjackson tries to automate those two steps, and football thread just gives you a january-dated pd15img. I can't remember if you rooted gfree or not. Read read read. This is an important step but hundreds have gone back to stock this way without a hitch. That is if you have a good emmc, you have a better chance of avoiding problems...

acsi007 said:
Yup. Read the whole thread. Also look for football,s thread. There are a couple of mentions of undoing gfree first then doing the pd15img. I think jjackson tries to automate those two steps, and football thread just gives you a january-dated pd15img. I can't remember if you rooted gfree or not. Read read read. This is an important step but hundreds have gone back to stock this way without a hitch. That is if you have a good emmc, you have a better chance of avoiding problems...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I rooted gfree originally, and think I may be in the bad place
Fail-PU errors running the update from pd15img. Do I have any options at this point? I bought the phone from Wirefly.com, and since I can't get a recovery image going, I may be fuct here on a return eh?

looks like i'm moving to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14487111#post14487111

Good luck Lars. Let us know that they did and if you had to pay.

[Q] Roms wont load/pd15img.zip doesnt work

Hello everyone, First off I would like to thank all of those that have posted on this site and contribute to it.
Now to my problem. Let me share a little history of how everything started.
I first rooted my MT4G about a year ago, Tried to use IcedGlacier but it was not loading properly so I used cyanogenmod 6 I believe? I wanted to try IcedGlacier but It still was not loading properly. Then when I tried to restore it would not restore properly. At this point it appeared to be bricked but bootloader still worked but the PD15img file was not found. So after some researched I downloaded it and it restored my phone back to factory condition. Now I want to try other roms again because I'm getting bored of stock and attempting to load different kernels but this is where my issues are beginning.
As you can see in the attached photo that is what the bootloader looks like. I thought it was weird that next to hboot it says "HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD1510000)".
(I tried to post the image but since I'm a noob I and unable. If you want to see the screen shot of my bootloader just message me.
I was thinking maybe this is a reason as to why now No other rom but the stock one will load. Also what is weird is that when it goes into bootloader it still says PD15img is not found but the phone will start up fine with the stock rom.
The phone remains rooted but No Rom or Kernel will Load and fully install.
When It loads roms it goes to install it shuts off and reboots into stock rom.
I tried to Use the PD15IMG.zip on the SD card to see maybe if it didn't load properly but it will begin to load with the blue bar in the corner but then after it goes all the way up nothing else happens.
I have been trying to look for answers but haven't found any real answers that help me fix my problem.
So if someone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.

The "no PD15IMG.zip" message is supposed to appear. When the bootloader loads, it checks the root of your SD for that file, and if it's not there, you'll get that message. Nothing wrong with that.
Since you're perm-rooted and running the engineering boatloader, you just need to make sure your recovery image is good. If you haven't already, download ROM Manager from the Market and use that to install a fresh copy of ClockworkMod recovery. From there you should be good to flash any ROM you want.

Thanks, I did what you said plus I realized when I was downloading the roms using a Mac and my Mac would unzip the file automatically and trying to compress it back to a zip doesn't work at all. But thanks alot for the help!

If the PD15IMG.zip doesnt work you probably dont have the part7-xxxxxxxxxx.zip file on your sdcard
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA Premium App

[Q] cannot flash HTC Wildfire Clockworkmod Recovery

hi folks!
FIRST SOME DETAILS !
DID S-OFF WITH REVOLUTIONARY
HBOOT 01.001 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
FROYO 2.2.1 (YES ROOTING IT IS POSSIBLE..)
AS A TEST I WAS ABLE TO PUT LIVEWALLPAPERPICKER.APK IN SYSTEM/APP ON ROOT OF THE PHONE
so i guess its clear im properly rooted also i have the SU app.
since i am desperate and tired of searching the whole google engine for like a thousand of times keep finding the same posts, i decided to make my own one since they (or not match) or dont work for me. so here's my situation.
I recently was so happy i finally succeeded in rooting the phone with s-off (revolutionary) and ofcourse i wanted an custom rom with overclock kernel as fast as possible.
Now im still stuck at this stock rom. i do have been able to activate live wallpapers on go launcher pro still on the same rom so i guess the rooting isnt the problem.
THIS IS MY PROBLEM..
i saw an tutorial where they told me to download an custom rom and rom manager. i did what they said but when i run rom manager and clicked flash clockworkMod recovery (the first one) it just loads (i am able to pick HTC Buzz(Wildfire) as my phone model. but then it says:
==================
Succesfully DOWNLOADED clockworkmod recovery
not flashed! i cannot flash it! also i tried root toolbox and it doesnt even give a message when i erase or flash the recovery. nothing! it says please wait and then nothing.
i realy hope someone could help me!! i cant stand this slow clocked rom!
i realy appreciate help!
i am dutch so excuse me for my rubbish english!

Getting Clockworkmod from ROM Manager is a "temporary" solution in any case. It would be recommended to get a permanent version of Clockworkmod Recovery in case you are looking to flash Custom ROM's and stuff.
There are many basic ways to go about it, you can pick any you wish:
1: Via Fastboot. There is a process here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14693680
2: Via Unrevoked. Download the Clockworkmod Recovery.img file, an older version of Unrevoked, and run it. Make sure to Select File > Custom Recovery before starting the method.
3: Via Renaming Zip to PC49IMG. Guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130044
BTW, Didn't Revolutionary ask you whether you want to load Clockworkmod? It is supposed to, and normally, it is the easiest way, without any hassles.

dude you just safe the day!! at first it looked like the first option wouldnt work but now it did! thank you so much man i cant tell you how happy i am! kudo's for you man!

It's the method I personally use as well, and having Fastboot enabled is a great thing. It can be a lifesaver at times.

i made a succesfull backup and now its loading the system. cyanogen mod 7 and its now just loaded when im texting this! so glad man realy! cant wait to fully try it out!

Make sure to get the latest nightly its stable, has more features and is just much better than 7.03 or rc1.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium