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I have officialy given up on repairing my phone. Looks like it's not possible to fix this thing. Just spent the better part of 3 pays (4hours of sleep a night) trying to get my phone fixed. My sister bought this EVO through some work deal and gave me it on Christmas. I rooted it that night, and bricked it 30mins later, because of the newer partition scheme it is currently impossible to get this phone back working...
This is what I have now. A EVO 4G that boots normally to this screen. ftp://eto.homeip.net/shared/IMAG0003.jpg
A Vol Down + Power Boot boots to this screen. ftp://eto.homeip.net/shared/IMAG0004.jpg
I can also navigate to this screen. ftp://eto.homeip.net/shared/IMAG0005.jpg
Because of the S-OFF it is obvious to those in the know that I rooted my phone.
I'm just wondering if you guys think this scenaro will work.
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Walk into a Sprint Repair Store, tell them my sister just bought the phone new (about a week ago) and gave it to me as a X-Mas gift. I chose to do the latest OTA-Update, and after it stopped booting and only went to this screen. ftp://eto.homeip.net/shared/IMAG0003.jpg
Where I'd have to pull the battery to turn it off.
They will probably try VolDown+Power and might comment on S-OFF (which I will say I don't know what that is).
Hope they give me a new/refurbished EVO for free or less then $50.
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Questions
* Should I go to a Sprint Store I've never been to? (There are stores within 20miles of me) (Closest knows I root phones, then other I've been into a bunch of times and may have given up on me)
* Should I get the receipt from my sister, who I don't want to tell I rooted/bricked phone
* Call ahead of time and see what they say on the phone?
* Also please give me suggestions of anything that will help
BTW
* Am well within 30days of buying phone, though I'm not sure if my sister bought it through Sprint or not (Think she did though)
* I have pin/name/number on account and can easily activate a different phone they give me.
* Would rather not tell my sister or even get the receipt from her room to keep her from suspecting anything, but can if need be
Thanks for your suggestions, wanted to get this done by the end of the week before I head back down to San Luis Obispo for college. (Where there are fewer Sprint Stores to spam)

I don't know what the policy is.... most likely, as soon as they see where you're at, the tech will figure out that you were trying to root your phone, and you'll be SOL.
Have you tried booting your phone via ADB? Maybe you can go into recovery via adb shell and see if you can go from there....

if you can get it to power up all is not lost, try pushing AMON's recovery via fastboot
Fastboot
Copy recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img in your android-sdk-windows\tools\ folder
Boot your phone into fastboot mode
fastboot devices(press enter) (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your phone)
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img(press enter)

Since your phone turns on and you can boot into fastboot. Bricked would mean nothing happens period. There's still hope. Try this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141. There's a video walk-through showing you how to unroot and return to s-on. Then you may be able to start over.
Good Luck!
-kp
Edit: Try GMan's suggestion above 1st.

Sorry guys, itried all that stuff yesterday for several hours in the irc.
*adb doesn't recognize device (if you can help me with this that would be great)
*fastboot works but always gives
Code:
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote:image update error)
*flashes in hboot except for Radio_V2 always give
Code:
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] RECOVERY - Fail-PU
Partition update fail!
Update Fail!
It's all in the opening post of the first thread I linked. Wanted to keep that thread about fixing my phone, and this one about getting it back to Sprint / HTC. Thanks

Do you have TEP on this device? If so, and you were to accidentally drop your phone in a very deep lake, river or ocean, you would be covered for loss with a $100 deductible. You can add TEP in the first 30 days, if you don't already have it.

indagroove said:
Do you have TEP on this device? If so, and you were to accidentally drop your phone in a very deep lake, river or ocean, you would be covered for loss with a $100 deductible. You can add TEP in the first 30 days, if you don't already have it.
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Sprint Insurance right? I don't... I might do that but that's my last resort.

josh4trunks said:
Sorry guys, itried all that stuff yesterday for several hours in the irc.
*adb doesn't recognize device (if you can help me with this that would be great)
*fastboot works but always gives
Code:
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote:image update error)
*flashes in hboot except for Radio_V2 always give
Code:
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] RECOVERY - Fail-PU
Partition update fail!
Update Fail!
It's all in the opening post of the first thread I linked. Wanted to keep that thread about fixing my phone, and this one about getting it back to Sprint / HTC. Thanks
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If you can boot into the hboot just run a ruu and restore the factory Rom, if all fail pm me your number and I will walk you thru it
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

shameless bump - completely changed opening post

I could be completely wrong but it's my understanding that, as long as you can get into the hboot, all hope is not lost. I thought I had bricked my wife's Evo when I was rooting it last week.
What worked for me was:
1. Take the SD card out and put it in a PC.
2. Clear out all files on the root of the SD card. (Not sure if this is needed but it's what I did. I left the folders in place though.)
3. Download the appropriate stock ROM from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 (Thanks xHausx!!)
4. Rename the ROM to PC36IMG.zip and place it on the root of the SD card.
5. Place SD card back in the phone and boot into hboot.
6. Your phone should detect the PC36IMG.zip and take forever to load it before asking you if you want to install. Say yes to the install and let it reboot after the install.
This brought my wife's phone back to stock so I could attempt the root again. My wife's phone is a white 0004 that came stock with 3.30.651.3 on it. I downloaded the 3.30.651.2_PC36IMG.zip from the site above and it worked just fine.
This is what worked for me but results may very. I'm still a nOOb with this, having just came from a Pre, you may want to wait till someone else comfirms that the above will work...
Hope this helps!

haplo1818 said:
I could be completely wrong but it's my understanding that, as long as you can get into the hboot, all hope is not lost. I thought I had bricked my wife's Evo when I was rooting it last week. What worked for me was:
1. Take the SD card out and put it in a PC.
2. Clear out all files on the root of the SD card. (Not sure if this is needed but it's what I did. I left the folders in place though.
3. Download the appropriate stock ROM from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 (Thanks xHausx!!)
4. Rename the ROM to PC36IMG.zip and place it on the root of the SD card.
5. Place SD card back in the phone and boot into hboot.
6. Your phone should detect the PC36IMG.zip and take forever to load it before asking you if you want to install. Say yes to the install and let it reboot after the install.
This brought my wife's phone back to stock so I could attempt the root again. My wife's phone is a white 0004 that came stock with 3.30.651.3 on it. I downloaded the 3.30.651.2_PC36IMG.zip from the site above and it worked just fine.
This is what worked for me but results may very. I'm still a nOOb with this, having just came from a Pre, you may want to wait till someone else comfirms that the above will work...
Hope this helps!
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Tried this multiple time with different PC36IMG.zip, always get Failed-PU
Partition Update Error, I might try the 3.30 version though just to make sure.

Won't like my opinion but, you knew the risks of rooting. If you can't fix your phone then you should add the insurance and suck up the deductible fee. You don't deserve (or anyone for that matter) a free replacement for ****ing up your phone. It sucks but that's the risk. They'll normally have you one the next day.

Your phone is definitely not bricked and is fixable. Do you have adb drivers installed on your PC? If not find them and install them then try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045?
Since you are already s-off you won't have to do all the steps, but by reading the entire OP you could figure out where to start and what to do. Just to be on the safe side you may want to start at the beginning using HBOOT USB from this screen you posted ftp://eto.homeip.net/shared/IMAG0004.jpg and start completely over. you are not bricked. Just hang in there and someone here will get you hooked up. You are in the right place my friend.
Evo's are really not that easy to fully brick.

I know whats wrong with your phone problem is i don't know how to exactly fix it! When you tried to root it after taking the OTA or upgrading the HBOOT you messed up the partition table thats why you can't flash a rom what you need to do is try to run a ruu back to stock and then try to reroot but untill you get the partition table fixed you have a phone that is nand unlocked and can't flash any rom the ruu rewrites the partition table if your phone came with 3.70 then use that ruu but if you took the ota then run the 3.30 should work don't do a PC36IMG run the RUU in fastboot usb mode

Have you tried using a different SD card? Is it possible that something is corrupt with it? I also hear that you need to have at least 1GB of free space on the card when your trying to flash it.....

Let me just say myself and this guy stayed up late last night working on this phone trying every possible root/unroot method you can think of.
The pc he is using has adb drivers installed but the computer wont recognize his device as a adb device. Fastboot on renders certain commands and we tried all with various recoveries. I hit up a dev and we went thru different things and cant seem to figure this one out
As I told the Josh it can not be bricked because we get the bootloader and fastboot screen, I think its not even the partition but the recovery. Also he has a modified hboot by someone on xda (josh please post the link) which I believe that pc36img is whats causing all the problems.
If anyone could help it would be appreciated!!

Jbcarrera said:
I know whats wrong with your phone problem is i don't know how to exactly fix it! When you tried to root it after taking the OTA or upgrading the HBOOT you messed up the partition table thats why you can't flash a rom what you need to do is try to run a ruu back to stock and then try to reroot but untill you get the partition table fixed you have a phone that is nand unlocked and can't flash any rom the ruu rewrites the partition table if your phone came with 3.70 then use that ruu but if you took the ota then run the 3.30 should work don't do a PC36IMG run the RUU in fastboot usb mode
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Let me clarify he didnt take any ota (this is what i told him to tell sprint)
He had a 2.02 hboot and rooted with tha method successfully. Then ( for reasons beyond my comprehension) he tried to downgrade his hboot. The method he used, used some sort of mod hboot which is supposedly .76 but says 2.10. This is where the bootloader screen began to loop.

craigbailey1986 said:
Let me clarify he didnt take any ota (this is what i told him to tell sprint)
He had a 2.02 hboot and rooted with tha method successfully. Then ( for reasons beyond my comprehension) he tried to downgrade his hboot. The method he used, used some sort of mod hboot which is supposedly .76 but says 2.10. This is where the bootloader screen began to loop.
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I'm sure he thought you needed the engineering SPL to be able to flash roms. When I rooted mine back in June with toast's method, that was the way to do it. I rooted my girl's new Evo last month using Unrevoked, and I also downgraded the hboot because I thought I had to in order to flash a custom rom. Fortunately, I was able to do so with no issues.

Cleared all the caches?

craigbailey1986 said:
Let me clarify he didnt take any ota (this is what i told him to tell sprint)
He had a 2.02 hboot and rooted with tha method successfully. Then ( for reasons beyond my comprehension) he tried to downgrade his hboot. The method he used, used some sort of mod hboot which is supposedly .76 but says 2.10. This is where the bootloader screen began to loop.
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The partition table is screwed but there has to be a way to reset it I knew that method was risky told my friends to stay away from it
Sent from my EVO at the edge of hell

How to root HTC Glacier (My Touch 4G) step by step ?

Can somebody tell me how to root a my touch 4g ? I'm kinda new at this and want to learn.

chitopr said:
Can somebody tell me how to root a my touch 4g ? I'm kinda new at this and want to learn.
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Google VISIONary (r14) place it on your device, install it then run it. Temproot is for temporary rooting your device, its gone after a reboot, permaroot is for good, unless you use the unroot option.
Its safe, fast and easy. I use temproot option so I can use some root only apps. This is the first device I have felt no need to add a custom rom to or anything so VISIONary was the choice for me. If you want the long harder way directions can be provided. I do recommand you learn the long hard way at some point, its good to know your way around just in case.

chitopr said:
Can somebody tell me how to root a my touch 4g ? I'm kinda new at this and want to learn.
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first of all rooting is not for everyone. I can name a few people in a few forums that do not run a rooted phone for one reason or another. Rooting your phone gives you possibilities that are not even considered when you are in a stock form. But on the other hand you can seriously damage your phone, with the possibility of it ending up a 500.00 paper weight.
The safest and easiest thing to do is download VISIONary.apk and just use temp root. That will give you the ability to do everything you need to do in a root status w/o risking FUBARing anything. You can wi-fi tether, run Titanium Backup and stuff like that.
If you are wanting to go full blown and root it w/ s=off and do the
you can do it the real way and follow Cyanogen's method
Or you can do via the TheUnlockr for a simpler way.

If I temp-root it, would I have to temp-root it every time I want to run the wifi-tether program? Or just on installation?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996

I have been trying to get visionary r14 but i have no idea where to get it. I google visionary r14 and use the first link like many people have said but whenever i click download it says firefox can't find the page. Does anyone know of some other way to get visionary ?

Nickoro said:
I have been trying to get visionary r14 but i have no idea where to get it. I google visionary r14 and use the first link like many people have said but whenever i click download it says firefox can't find the page. Does anyone know of some other way to get visionary ?
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There is a link in the post 4 above this one.

does anyone know if this method will work on a htc glacier thats flashed to a network other then t-mobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
its my friends phone and he is on simple mobile. i have rooted quite a few phones and know what i am doing but wanted to make sure it wouldn't conflict with his network

mdrentz said:
does anyone know if this method will work on a htc glacier thats flashed to a network other then t-mobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
its my friends phone and he is on simple mobile. i have rooted quite a few phones and know what i am doing but wanted to make sure it wouldn't conflict with his network
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Any rooting method will work on any phone it was designed for.

Hi guys, I just follwed the method by the unlocker... but at the end when I go to better terminal I'm not getting the # sign... So I recon that it didn't work, right? What might the problem be?

My bad, wasn't writing SU... OPPSSS!!!

I think I screwed something. I just noticed that my CW version is 3.0.2.4 and everybody I see is talking about 3.0.0.5. Is this something bad? I'm having trouble flahing gapps and I got another strange problem, If I put a ringtone and reboot the phone it reverts to the original one, and if I copy something to the SD card it gets deleted. Strange? Please can anyone tell me if I screwed this and how can I resolve?

mindwarp1571 said:
I think I screwed something. I just noticed that my CW version is 3.0.2.4 and everybody I see is talking about 3.0.0.5. Is this something bad? I'm having trouble flahing gapps and I got another strange problem, If I put a ringtone and reboot the phone it reverts to the original one, and if I copy something to the SD card it gets deleted. Strange? Please can anyone tell me if I screwed this and how can I resolve?
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3.0.0.5 is the older one. 3.0.2.4 is the newer one.
What error are you getting when you flashed the g/apps?
how the eff is stuff getting deleted from the SDcard. the recovery image doesn't natively delete anything from the SDcard.

neidlinger said:
3.0.0.5 is the older one. 3.0.2.4 is the newer one.
What error are you getting when you flashed the g/apps?
how the eff is stuff getting deleted from the SDcard. the recovery image doesn't natively delete anything from the SDcard.
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I don't really know, this is a new 32 gig class 6 sandisk memory, the original 8gigs is out ot the phone. I left last night transfering from my pc 20 gigs of music and today after i disconnected it from the pc it was gone.
I'm testing the ringtones to determine what the heck is going on, more on that later....
Gapps... starts to install and...
finding update package...
opening update package...
e:cant open /sdcard/gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted
This is the 4th time I download this... Maybe permissions?

mindwarp1571 said:
Gapps... starts to install and...
finding update package...
opening update package...
e:cant open /sdcard/gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted
This is the 4th time I download this... Maybe permissions?
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Their has to be something wrong with (a) the recovery image or (b) the g/apps.
Are you sure you are downloading the correct g/apps for our phone running CM7. They have their own g/apps....If you are 100% sure it's for our phone then i'd suggest .....
... is attempting to manually flash the recovery image to make sure you do not get a blip in the system. Personally, i do not trust flashing recovery images with Clockwork ROM manager. I've seen a-lot of errors come out of it. This might be one of them.

Have you tryed the 8gig sdcard to install the g-apps? the 32gig may be bad

I just removed the sd card and put it on my laptop and copied a folder with music... after taht turned on the phone and it is gone! strange!

Gonna test the 8gigs..
Put the 8 gigs, and it installed... Hmmm...
NOw, after it finishes the setup of the apps I will format the 32 and test it...

Every time I try to download the Visionary.apk from the above posts, it downloads, then tells me the file has a virus... what's going on? Are they false positives?

_Allan_ said:
Every time I try to download the Visionary.apk from the above posts, it downloads, then tells me the file has a virus... what's going on? Are they false positives?
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Its false so don't worry about it and go with VISIONary+

Return Rooted Bricked Evo

So I've apparently, effectively bricked my phone. Under bootloader it is listed as S-OFF. Is there any way I can return my evo in and stay under warranty?
Note: I can not reach recovery.

What happens when you rename a recovery to PC36IMG.zip and try to update via bootloader?

I go into a boot loop no matter what i do, no matter what I flash. I have flashed 10+ PC36IMGs with everything from bootloaders to recoveries, to every img that can be on the phone... there is a thread still on the first page if you want to look at that.
Anyways, it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to fix it, so this is more about what options are available to me in getting a new phone, if you having any suggestions though on what I can do to fix mine, please be my guest and comment on my thread below, I'm still trying to fix it!

Just report the phone lost or stolen and pay $100 deductible.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

I would try one last time to flash Amon's recovery.
Download this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=483320&d=1294435056
Rename it to "PC36IMG.zip"
put it on the root of your sd card via a card reader if you have one or someone elses phone.
then update via bootloader.
Other than that I'm out of ideas. The good news is I'm not as savvy as 95% people on here, which means someone much smarter than me might know the answer. Good luck.

Hmm, yeah I may just have to pay the 100 then... but is that an insurance thing or a warranty thing? I don't have insurance
Do you think Sprint will even check for the S-ON?

thanamesjames said:
Hmm, yeah I may just have to pay the 100 then... but is that an insurance thing or a warranty thing? I don't have insurance
Do you think Sprint will even check for the S-ON?
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i dont think its a warranty thing its insurance and i think your screwed

What happens when you put a pc36img.zip file on the root of your SD card and start up in bootloader?

I appreciate the people trying to help me... but honestly i've flashed a ridiculous amount of PC36IMGs. Both boot.img and recovery.img and then much more. This is more about, is there anyway I can return it to sprint and get another under warranty. Sounds like i'm out of luck.

So you cleared all the caches?

thanamesjames said:
I appreciate the people trying to help me... but honestly i've flashed a ridiculous amount of PC36IMGs. Both boot.img and recovery.img and then much more. This is more about, is there anyway I can return it to sprint and get another under warranty. Sounds like i'm out of luck.
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What did you do that caused this issue? Or what were you trying to do? Also what hboot version do you have?

I've done "clear storage" I don't see a place to clear anything other than that in hboot.

thanamesjames said:
I appreciate the people trying to help me... but honestly i've flashed a ridiculous amount of PC36IMGs. Both boot.img and recovery.img and then much more. This is more about, is there anyway I can return it to sprint and get another under warranty. Sounds like i'm out of luck.
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Pretty much. If you haven't tried yet, try re-rooting via toast's method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690762
Try going through the whole process. If successful make sure you have a nice stock ROM like the current Sprint Lovers ROM to flash.

Unfortunately my phone isn't getting listed as a device under adb, and thats part of the toast tutorial I have tried his eng-PC36IMG.zip, and it didn't work

woah woah woah....
take your phone to wal-mart and slide it over the demagnetizer at the register a couple times.
THAN take it in.

_MetalHead_ said:
What did you do that caused this issue? Or what were you trying to do? Also what hboot version do you have?
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I had nightlies of CM7 they would reboot fairly often, but I just figured they were unstable. Out of nowhere it rebooted, and lost all my texts, and desynced my google account. I decided to switch to CM6. When i switched to CM6, soon after it rebooted out of nowhere, and then staid in an endless loop and never came out. I currently have hboot .76, for more fastboot commands.

Try this PC36IMG.zip. If it doesn't work the first time then try it again. If it doesn't work the second time, then I would say you're SOL. I know you said you've tried a bunch but they aren't all the same. It's the sprintlover's full update ROM.

_MetalHead_ said:
Try this PC36IMG.zip. If it doesn't work the first time then try it again. If it doesn't work the second time, then I would say you're SOL. I know you said you've tried a bunch but they aren't all the same. It's the sprintlover's full update ROM.
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Is it from here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153
If so I've tried it

thanamesjames said:
Is it from here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153
If so I've tried it
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Yep :/ I don't know what to tell you then man, sorry.

I guess I'm going to Sprint and playing stupid!
Has anyone done this successfully?
It sucks because as soon as I started having these problems, all the experts would be frustrated and say "*sigh* you're not bricked, you can get into bootloader" and so I was so sure it was fixable... but apparently not. Every time I mention it I have a thousand people yell at me "FLASH PC36IMG!!" Anyways thanks for the help!

part? 777 file

Ok idk exactly what it is called but I know it has 777 in it. The file that is created on your SD card when you root using GFree. I saw someone had it posted on here somewhere a while ago but now I can no longer find it. Anyone have a link to that file? Please and Thank you! I think it may be my last chance at saving my myTouch with that stupid Cache error! The other way I fixed it last time isnt working this time

dcwiker05 said:
Ok idk exactly what it is called but I know it has 777 in it. The file that is created on your SD card when you root using GFree. I saw someone had it posted on here somewhere a while ago but now I can no longer find it. Anyone have a link to that file? Please and Thank you! I think it may be my last chance at saving my myTouch with that stupid Cache error! The other way I fixed it last time isnt working this time
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part7backup-000000000.bin is created in root of your /mnt/sdcard/~ when you ran the gfree. If you lost it then sorry I don't think anyone ease's would work as I am not 100% sure if that is device specific but it may be leading to that.
Far as the cache error goes I hope it works out for ya as thats the closest soft-brick we have. But do you have adb installed? If so push and flash the CMWR2.5.1.2 manually. I didn't isolate the issue if it's gfree related as we still need data to verify those who are effected are only gfree users or folks who just simply did root.sh without gfree.

TmpUsr said:
part7backup-000000000.bin is created in root of your /mnt/sdcard/~ when you ran the gfree. If you lost it then sorry I don't think anyone ease's would work as I am not 100% sure if that is device specific but it may be leading to that.
Far as the cache error goes I hope it works out for ya as thats the closest soft-brick we have. But do you have adb installed? If so push and flash the CMWR2.5.1.2 manually. I didn't isolate the issue if it's gfree related as we still need data to verify those who are effected are only gfree users or folks who just simply did root.sh without gfree.
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Yeah I know I had this stupid cache crap before and it was a b**ch to fix here is the link to my thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043459
And I have ADB and EBL (Hboot 85.2007) and last time pushing the old CWM worked but this time no dice I get Write FAILED everytime. So I hear that the PMG15.IMG can possibly fix this issue as well but I need that part7 file and I dont have mine anymore thanks to CM7 killing my SD card a while back anyhow I have seen it posted for DL here before and I think it worked for the guy who used it, I mean its worth a shot. It's not like I can do ANYMORE damage to the phone! lol

dcwiker05 said:
Yeah I know I had this stupid cache crap before and it was a b**ch to fix here is the link to my thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043459
And I have ADB and EBL (Hboot 85.2007) and last time pushing the old CWM worked but this time no dice I get Write FAILED everytime. So I hear that the PMG15.IMG can possibly fix this issue as well but I need that part7 file and I dont have mine anymore thanks to CM7 killing my SD card a while back anyhow I have seen it posted for DL here before and I think it worked for the guy who used it, I mean its worth a shot. It's not like I can do ANYMORE damage to the phone! lol
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BTW it was me who posted the CMWR2.5.1.2 flash leak on another forum as I was here on XDA manually hacking the SLC-EUDA emmc block trying to replicate the issue the first person in MT4G to have in here. But if all you get now is fail partition update (fail-pu) then there is nothing else you can do. I still need more data to isolate if this is just gfree user based and not those who has s-off with eng boot without gfree. I try to do more test today but I can't roll the gfree maybe I am lucky? but ill post my finding if I ever able to get it and replicate the conditions. Only known meth to fix this is replacing the motherboard for now.

So you're saying PMC15.IMG wont fix this either? I don't understand why last time I was able to ADB push CWM 2.5.1.2 via Fastboot and then go into Recovery, Format cache and it was fine phone booted. I reflashed CWM 3.1.2.4 and went about my business...now it happens again and I can not flash CWM via recovery this time and thus I'm boned?? FML I JUST got this phone...my last ones screen peeled away, it was a referb from insurance so it was replaced with this one.
I work for T-Mobile so I really don't wanna bork my phone enough to hide root then send it in for a warrenty replacement cuz I don't think its right to screw my own company but damn I don't want to be out a phone, my back up phone's menu button doesn't work so it's really freaking annoying , guess I will deal till the Sensation 4g!

i dont rememeber which unroot thread but one of them has it, and supposedly it works with any mytouch 4g. not just the one it was created on

Well once you have fail-pu on hboot when you try to revert back to PD15IMG (rom/radio) both update will fail as you can't write to the partition block. Now far as I know this is only seen in CMWR3.0.0.0+ which at the time I flashed it manually though terminal. At this point there is way to many variables to consider mostly we need community input as those who is effected did use gfree as it could mean why the emmc simply gets -ro access now I am aware its using slc-euda so you can't low level format it this is the reason they replace the motherboard. We are not just talking about single partition here as it seems the recovery partition is first thing to be effected. I need to do some more work and atm I only have 1 phone and I don't feel like hacking it and end up with dead as I don't have any backup phones as I gave it away. Let me see if I can get another MT4G cheaper from ebay/cl and I can test on it.
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i dont rememeber which unroot thread but one of them has it, and supposedly it works with any mytouch 4g. not just the one it was created on
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Thats the gfree revert meth which is the only place you use part7backup and then if you want to roll back to stock eng bootloader you do the unroot.sh which flash the eng.nb0 and turns S-OFF.

Alright so let me get this all played out in my terms so I can see if I understand it.
1. Do I actually need that part file? I rooted with gfree so I figure yes
2. Will PMG15.IMG work at all or no?
3. Should I just say F it all and try anyhow? If so anyone wanna throw me a link to the part file?
4. I STILL don't get why this happened the first time! And why the way I fixed it the 1st time isn't doing $hit the 2nd time...
UGH! Damn it why couldn't this happen the end of May closer to when the Sensation 4G is suppose to launch... :'( damn you CWM ghost...

[Q] Have I possibly bricked my myTouch 4G?

Hi everyone,
I am in a big problem it seems. This is what happened: My phone was working fine with CM7 and latest version of CW Mod but suddenly everything started force closing. So what I did was to factory reset the phone from recovery wiping cache and davlik cache. After doing factory reset it stopped at splash screen itself and not booting up. Does factory reset removes rooting for mt4g?
After that, I tried to install ADB and root again but adb devices doesnt show my device when I am in recovery. But when I go to fastboot it, fastboot devices cmd shows my device.
I then tried to go back to stock by applying PD15IMG and it successfully applies it but now it gets stuck at "my"splash screen. What should I do now?
Thanks in advance.

Uh oh... Sounds like bad eMMc chip which no, can't be fixed. I'd see if you can check your eMMc but if not I believe your screwed and will have to send back to tmo.
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Do you get any cache errors in recovery when wiping?
Did you upgrade your radio to a version other than stock before attempting to restore to factory using PD15IMG?
It's starting to sound like a bad eMMC at this point though. Those things are starting to fail left and right!

I will check eMMC and post it here. But yes, while wiping cache I get error E: cant open /cache/ or something like that so i assumed that it might be because i got unrooted and I wanted to root again (but i cant adb). When applying ROM, it exits saying Status 1. No, I didn't upgrade radio images.

Fc followed by bootloop followed by cache errors...definitely eMMc
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Because of applying PD15 image I got original h-boot version (not engineering h-boot) so couldn't check eMMC. But I have radio version which is 26.03.02.26_M
If I assume that eMMC is gone then, Is there any other option of doing ANYTHING except sending it to TMobile as I am using it outside US.

sagarparmar said:
Because of applying PD15 image I got original h-boot version (not engineering h-boot) so couldn't check eMMC. But I have radio version which is 26.03.02.26_M
If I assume that eMMC is gone then, Is there any other option of doing ANYTHING except sending it to TMobile as I am using it outside US.
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Bootloader version has nothing to do with being able to check eMMC version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081243
Somewhere in there there's instructions for checking without root if you've lost it already.

Thanks for the link but I can't adb. fastboot shows my device but adb doesn't. I don't know if there is any problem with my drivers. because when i plug the phone in is shows ADB Interface in Device manager. Still I will check them again will try to put eMMC version ASAP.

sagarparmar said:
Thanks for the link but I can't adb. fastboot shows my device but adb doesn't. I don't know if there is any problem with my drivers. because when i plug the phone in is shows ADB Interface in Device manager. Still I will check them again will try to put eMMC version ASAP.
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Someone posted some instructions a while back that allowed you to check your eMMC version using terminal commands, so you could do it without root or ADB, but for the life of me I can't find them! I thought they were in the main eMMC serial thread, but maybe not. I'll keep looking.

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Someone posted some instructions a while back that allowed you to check your eMMC version using terminal commands, so you could do it without root or ADB, but for the life of me I can't find them! I thought they were in the main eMMC serial thread, but maybe not. I'll keep looking.
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This is the terminal cmd it seems:
cat /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name
But right now, my phone is not even booting up. how would I go to terminal emulator?

sagarparmar said:
This is the terminal cmd it seems:
cat /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name
But right now, my phone is not even booting up. how would I go to terminal emulator?
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I'm suffering from brain fade today. I forgot about the fact that your phone wasn't booting. If memory serves, there is a terminal option in CWM recovery. If your recovery is still usable, try selecting the terminal feature and enter those commands there. Honestly though, this would only serve to confirm what we already know. Your eMMC has failed, so there's isn't much hope. The good news is most people have had no trouble doing a warranty exchange, even when sending in a rooted phone. Good luck!

As I tried to flash PD15IMG it is now into stock recovery. Need to flash CWM using fastboot but dont know whether it would work or not because last time I tried (before applying PD15) it failed saying Status 1. Need to check that.
But you know what the bigger problem is, I bought it from Swappa.com and I don't even know whether I can exchange it or not. I will have to send it to my friend who is in the US as I am outside.
Do they give warranty card or something when you buy (I dont know as I am not the original buyer ) ??

TeeJay3800 said:
I'm suffering from brain fade today. I forgot about the fact that your phone wasn't booting. If memory serves, there is a terminal option in CWM recovery. If your recovery is still usable, try selecting the terminal feature and enter those commands there. Honestly though, this would only serve to confirm what we already know. Your eMMC has failed, so there's isn't much hope. The good news is most people have had no trouble doing a warranty exchange, even when sending in a rooted phone. Good luck!
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There's a terminal in cwm...? Since when?
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Nope, bought mine from eBay and htd fixed it when mine quit. Just called for a rma, advised it was bootloopimg then went blank, shipped it and got another or it back fixed. Call it won't hurt.
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As I tried to flash PD15IMG it is now into stock recovery. Need to flash CWM using fastboot but dont know whether it would work or not because last time I tried (before applying PD15) it failed saying Status 1. Need to check that.
But you know what the bigger problem is, I bought it from Swappa.com and I don't even know whether I can exchange it or not. I will have to send it to my friend who is in the US as I am outside.
Do they give warranty card or something when you buy (I dont know as I am not the original buyer ) ??
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knothead said:
Nope, bought mine from eBay and htd fixed it when mine quit. Just called for a rma, advised it was bootloopimg then went blank, shipped it and got another or it back fixed. Call it won't hurt.
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Hey I'm in the situation where my phone won't even turn on now... I called HTC already and they're actually mailing in a battery thinking that it's the reason the phone won't charge or turn on...
What were the steps you went through to get the to take it in? Did you end up getting a new one or the one you sent in for repairs? You paid for shipping or any repair fees? Any input would be useful... let me know!
Thanks!

Nicgraner said:
There's a terminal in cwm...? Since when?
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It doesn't. As I said in that post, I wasn't sure. It turns out I was thinking of Amon-RA's recovery which does have a terminal option.

TeeJay3800 said:
It doesn't. As I said in that post, I wasn't sure. It turns out I was thinking of Amon-RA's recovery which does have a terminal option.
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CWM does have adb shell though.
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knothead said:
Nope, bought mine from eBay and htd fixed it when mine quit. Just called for a rma, advised it was bootloopimg then went blank, shipped it and got another or it back fixed. Call it won't hurt.
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Yeah, It would be great if you tell the procedure. You directly called HTC guys or TMobile? What else do you need to ship along with the phone?

Flashing CWM??
Guys,
As I described my phone is in a boot loop but I can see it in fastboot but when i go to recovery it jst goes to bad state and have to remove battery. Is there a way to flash CWM recovery and opening adb shell as I might want to see what is eMMC and need to try this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15299273&postcount=66 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039504&page=2
I know we can flash recovery from fastboot but when i tried that it gave me an error saying you remote not allowed (android sdk on Win 7).

You weren't in fastboot mode, but in hboot mode.
Choose "fastboot" to be able to flash.