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Ok...so she may be bricked...

So my Hero appears to be done for...
I was doing a Nanoid restore last night and after rebooting my phone wouldnt come back up. It got past the inital "HTC: Quietly Brilliant" screen and then it goes to the black HTC screen. You can see the HTC logo flashing for a few minutes and then it stops flashing and the phone does nothing from there.
I've tried wiping the handheld, wiping the dalvik-cache and wiping everything else possible from recovery and nothing.
Anybody have any suggestions before I get my phone replaced??
I was thinking of possibly putting an older Nand backup file on my memory card and attempting flashing that....or attempting flashing a ROM again. I dont know...anything that may fix this would be appreciated.

Is it hanging on the HTC screen? Or does it go black completely and shuts down?

ruu
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DexSade said:
Is it hanging on the HTC screen? Or does it go black completely and shuts down?
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Hanging on the HTC screen.

nandroid in no way affects recovery, try booting into recovery and retry nandroid, or you can try flashing a new rom after a data wipe

Were you using A2SD? I had this problem earlier, I had to swap my SD cards out and reload the rom from a different card then put the old one back in.

sheesh that sucks, i would make up something and take it to sprint and let them give you a refurb

The phones not bricked if it still turns on.. Its probably a very simple fix. Like some have said. Try to format your sdcard, wipe everything data, dalvik, ext. Then flash a different nandroid backup or rom then the one you were using and then reboot.

rejectedkid said:
ruu
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agreed. i've RUU'd for less frustrating situations that that!

did you wipe both options ?

this has happened to me before
what i did was wiped everything and flashed the rom i wanted and it was fine after that

if you can see the HTC screen then you are not bricked if all else fails then the RUU should get it booting again.

Cyanogem Mod - stuck on boot screen

Hi:
Really need some assistance here.
I am currently trying to install CM 7.0 RC1. From my ROM manager I selected the CM MOD and it went to reboot and install. Now it is just stuck on a screen with a little green Android Logo and Exclamation.
What can I do here? I am afraid to pull the battery but it doesn't seem to be moving past this point.

Do you have a custom recovery like Amon_RA or ClockWorkMod installed?

cyrus_mc said:
Hi:
Really need some assistance here.
I am currently trying to install CM 7.0 RC1. From my ROM manager I selected the CM MOD and it went to reboot and install. Now it is just stuck on a screen with a little green Android Logo and Exclamation.
What can I do here? I am afraid to pull the battery but it doesn't seem to be moving past this point.
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You'll be fine pulling the battery since you're only flashing a ROM... it's a NO NO when flashing Radio though. That being said... the CORRECT way to restart when you're in a bootloop or stuck on that particular screen is to use the three finger salute and reboot by holding down the power button, volume down button, and pressing the trackball. From there, I'd immediately hold down the volume down button, which will force the phone into the bootloader and you can enter Recovery from there. Do a FULL wipe of data and cache, as well as dalvik-cache from the Advanced menu, then flash the ROM.

uansari1 said:
You'll be fine pulling the battery since you're only flashing a ROM... it's a NO NO when flashing Radio though. That being said... the CORRECT way to restart when you're in a bootloop or stuck on that particular screen is to use the three finger salute and reboot by holding down the power button, volume down button, and pressing the trackball. From there, I'd immediately hold down the volume down button, which will force the phone into the bootloader and you can enter Recovery from there. Do a FULL wipe of data and cache, as well as dalvik-cache from the Advanced menu, then flash the ROM.
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Yup this is what to do. Quick bit of info; You can get to the boot loader by simply holding the volume button down and pressing the power button, just a little easier to do

That's what I had to do. Mine also got stuck.
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Hollow.Droid said:
Yup this is what to do. Quick bit of info; You can get to the boot loader by simply holding the volume button down and pressing the power button, just a little easier to do
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Agreed. I was just referring to what to do if you're stuck on the X or in a boot loop. ;-)
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You're stuck with stock recovery. Reboot back to ROM, install recovery, only then reboot to install ROM.

Hey guys I'm having a similar problem, however my phone gets stuck on the initial nexus screen. I've been working on the phone problem for the better half of the day and this is what i've done, what works, and what doesn't.
WHAT I'VE DONE:
Full wipe, including Devik
Played around with installing different radios.
Download CM7-RC1 from CWM and the computer
WHAT WORKS:
MIUI Roms
Stock Gingerbread Rom
MY Back-up, which has CM7 Nightlie #45
WHAT DOESN'T:
All Cyanogen Mods
I even tried the CM6.0
So I'm a little stump on how to get my phone to run the latest Cyanogen or matter of fact, any CM Roms. Maybe my phone wants something different in her life
Any help will be great guys...thx

How much time did you wait?
Did you try erasing /system?

Well I just waited for 5 hours leaving it on the initial Nexus screen, in hopes it might do something, but it was to no success.
/system? not quite sure where that is... I am assuming it's in the roots... I can only do what I can from the recovery.

Try to install LeoGingerbread, for example. Does it work?
If yes - right after it installs, try to flash CM7.

cyrus_mc said:
Hi:
Really need some assistance here.
I am currently trying to install CM 7.0 RC1. From my ROM manager I selected the CM MOD and it went to reboot and install. Now it is just stuck on a screen with a little green Android Logo and Exclamation.
What can I do here? I am afraid to pull the battery but it doesn't seem to be moving past this point.
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Whenever you see "little green Android Logo and Exclamation", you can press volume up and power button together to get into the bootloader menu and reboot your N1. It seems like your custom recovery did not work. Try to flash Clockworkmod recovery 2.5.1.4 (not 3.0.0.5) or RA recovery again. It may help.

Jack_R1 said:
Try to install LeoGingerbread, for example. Does it work?
If yes - right after it installs, try to flash CM7.
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Wow that actually worked, thanks... can you explain why this is needs to be done to get it to work?

LeoGingerbread executes "format /system", that actually works and cleans the remains of the old OSes. Some other ROMs do, too.

armyshawkeye said:
Wow that actually worked, thanks... can you explain why this is needs to be done to get it to work?
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Because you still have the stock recovery installed, that is how you access the menu for it.

Here's a flashable script that does the same thing. It was put together by temasek - I'm just sharing...
http://db.tt/wdeoIMI
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danger-rat said:
Here's a flashable script that does the same thing. It was put together by temasek - I'm just sharing...
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How I flash this? As a update.zip?

Yes. I believe it executes "FORMAT SYSTEM:" command, maybe more than once.

Yes, it formats system, boot, data, and cache, each twice...
It's quicker than flashing a full ROM to achieve the same results...
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danger-rat said:
Yes, it formats system, boot, data, and cache, each twice...
It's quicker than flashing a full ROM to achieve the same results...
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CW Recovery has options to format system, and other partitions, under Mounts and Storage.
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NFX-HERO not bootable?

I can't reply to the NFX thread due to my post count, so here goes...
It's ashame that the NFX-HERO mod isn't maintained anymore. I haven't found any 2.x mods that I like, so I'm STILL sitting on Fresh Rom based off of 1.5.. I flashed my phone to the NFX-HERO ROM, and sometimes it boots up, and sometimes it doesn't.. When it doesn't boot, it'll just sit on the white HTC screen, or if it gets past that screen, it'll just sit on the NFX-HERO boot image, then just get stuck in a loop after 5 minutes. Removing the battery, rebooting the phone again, will sometimes get it online. Anyone have any idea what could be happening here? I didn't see anyone with the same issue, so it's likely phone related.

Did you do a full wipe first?
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I never could get most of his roms loaded but the older one finally booted for me to do a prl/profile update a while back. He has like a few different roms out just try a older or newer one and you should fine one that will boot for you. Also like the prior post I recommend a full wipe data,cache,dev cache and sd/ext good luck
Yea its Me again with the
Modified Hero

rodin95 said:
I can't reply to the NFX thread due to my post count, so here goes...
It's ashame that the NFX-HERO mod isn't maintained anymore. I haven't found any 2.x mods that I like, so I'm STILL sitting on Fresh Rom based off of 1.5.. I flashed my phone to the NFX-HERO ROM, and sometimes it boots up, and sometimes it doesn't.. When it doesn't boot, it'll just sit on the white HTC screen, or if it gets past that screen, it'll just sit on the NFX-HERO boot image, then just get stuck in a loop after 5 minutes. Removing the battery, rebooting the phone again, will sometimes get it online. Anyone have any idea what could be happening here? I didn't see anyone with the same issue, so it's likely phone related.
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Try his latest updated rom and make sure to flash the kernel to go with. And of course wipe, wipe, wipe.
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If you don't wipe SD-ext and you have data on there you can get boot loops. That is if you have it partitioned. Another issue could be the kernel has the CPU overclocked to high. Not sure if his were or not, but maybe flash a different kernel.
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unCoRrUpTeD said:
If you don't wipe SD-ext and you have data on there you can get boot loops. That is if you have it partitioned. Another issue could be the kernel has the CPU overclocked to high. Not sure if his were or not, but maybe flash a different kernel.
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Sup man a does your dual boot script work with data2ext ext2???
Yea its me again with the
Modified Hero

laie1472 said:
Sup man a does your dual boot script work with data2ext ext2???
Yea its me again with the
Modified Hero
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Still working on it. Making this a multi phone project has been a nightmare. Finally got something working, but there's a lot of code to be written. A form of data2ext will be included as a user variable. I would release one that works for our phone, but I want everyone using the same one so I don't get confused.
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So far, I've done a system wipe, wiped dalvik, wiped cache, wiped SD.. Installed one of the two kernels, and it still hangs at the white HTC screen on 3 times out of 10, and won't get past the NFX Hero boot screen 5 out of those 10 times, and maybe it boots 2 times. I like the squared bottom of the dialer, same as w/ Fresh. I wish I could get to liking aosp, but just can't.

rodin95 said:
So far, I've done a system wipe, wiped dalvik, wiped cache, wiped SD.. Installed one of the two kernels, and it still hangs at the white HTC screen on 3 times out of 10, and won't get past the NFX Hero boot screen 5 out of those 10 times, and maybe it boots 2 times. I like the squared bottom of the dialer, same as w/ Fresh. I wish I could get to liking aosp, but just can't.
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If you're using amon ra based recovery, try clockwork recovery (from rom manager app). Wipe sytem,data,cache. Go into mounts, format boot,system,data,cache. Go into advanced, wipe dalvik. For fun, repeat. Try decad3nce #43 capped at 691 (flash AFTER the ROM), see if she boots.

unCoRrUpTeD said:
Still working on it. Making this a multi phone project has been a nightmare. Finally got something working, but there's a lot of code to be written. A form of data2ext will be included as a user variable. I would release one that works for our phone, but I want everyone using the same one so I don't get confused.
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Cool cool just checking. Glad to see your still working on it. Your script would definitely be beneficial to a lot of hero useres including my self. Well good luck man hope you get it all worked out. Looking forward to it.
Yea its me again with the
Modified Hero--

have i bricked it??

hi, i have been reading up alot today on how to root and install a rom on my xoom, i rooted it fine then i went to the ics thread and downloaded the latest build, v17... put the zip on the sd card and went into recovery mode, choose to install zip from sd and installed it, then went to reboot device and it rebooted but came to a black screen that says android across the middle, its been on that screen for 20 mins now, help please lol
sorry... sorted problem, im guessing its bcos i wasnt installing google apps from zip too, sorry again

Honestly I have run into the same issues...hold down the volume up button + power...your Xoom should reboot.
Then you see the red Motorola logo wait 3 seconds and hit volume down...you should see "Android Recovery Mode" in the upper left corner.
Hit volume up to select....your device should enter recovery mode.
From here wipe data factory reset...wipe cache partition...then go to advanced...and wipe dalvik cache.
Then go to install zip from SD card and reinstall the ROM and Gapps and you should be fine, the first boot can take up to 10 minutes so don't panic...
XOOM Running Team EOS latest ICS build v.17 OC'd @ 1.5Ghz
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Haha never mind...glad you got it working...disregard my previous post ; )
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Boarder277 said:
Haha never mind...glad you got it working...disregard my previous post ; )
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No, don't be sorry. That was a great explanation.

I know you got it fixed but I will say this:
Always do a full wipe when flashing a new rom. In this case, the ICS build was a new ROM and you should have wiped.
Usually you do not need to do a full wipe if you are just flashing a new build of the same ROM (if you go to a new nightly for instance). Just need to clear cache/delvik and reinstall gapps.

[Q] cant load roms past bootanimation

everytime i flash a rom, it gets stuck at the bootanimation or the setup wizard any suggestions? i used to flash roms before but it started happening recently and i cant pinpoint why it freezes

My friend had that issue too. It turned out he wasn't wiping /system before he flashed. Too much crap built up in there from too many ROMs.

estallings15 said:
My friend had that issue too. It turned out he wasn't wiping /system before he flashed. Too much crap built up in there from too many ROMs.
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I use 4ext app and do a ext 4 wipe and it seems to work okay for me. sometimes ill manually wipe all partitions but usually dont need to.

Yeah I tried wiping everything
I did factory and cache
Then dalvik
Then under mounts and storage I format system,data,and cache
Maybe I'll try 4 ext

Look at the logcat.

If you have clockworkmod lower than v3, and you flash a gingerbread rom, it naturally get s stucked by bootanimation. But if you have the latest one of the recovery, which supports ext4, and it stuck at the bootanimation (not the white splash screen), then you must wait until the drivers are initialized.
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My cwm is the latest one I believe (5.0.2.0 or something like that)
I tried loading zipnets ice rom and it hangs at the clock animation
I tried the new sense 3.6 rom. (Forgot name) and sometimes it freezes at the bootamimation,setup, or at the home screen
What do you mean wait for drivers to install?
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The first start after a rom install is always the longest one. That is usual. Try to wait about three - five mins and then it is done. After that you can use it.
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Also after it boots, give it a few minutes to settle in and turn on mobile netowork ect.
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How long should I wait? Last time I waited 20 mins and it was still frozen
edit: ok i tried 4ext and used the format everything except sd card and still get a frozen boot animation any other suggestions?

Did you follow Jack_R1's suggestion and run logcat?

so after hours of tinkering around these boards and through everyone's help, i found out i have the bad emmc which is what im assuming the problem is but why was i able to flash roms before? or was it just luck?