Database Users

[q] omg need help. Mytouch 4g stuck on mytouch 4g screen.

Hello,
I need some help. I decided to try out a mod while at work today. i tried it out and didnt like it too much and try to restore my last back up that i did before the change. the phone cut off then back on and was stuck on the mytouch 4g screen and has been this way for about 3 hours.i took the battery out and i went to the hboot screen and tried a factory reset and then the rom manager opened up (v3.0.0.5). from there i went to reboot now and it goes back to the my touch screen. idk what to do and i need help. im new to the droid and am unfamiliar with the terms. can anyone help PLEASE. if possible to gtalk me at j.d.louisy.

thisisjay said:
Hello,
I need some help. I decided to try out a mod while at work today. i tried it out and didnt like it too much and try to restore my last back up that i did before the change. the phone cut off then back on and was stuck on the mytouch 4g screen and has been this way for about 3 hours.i took the battery out and i went to the hboot screen and tried a factory reset and then the rom manager opened up (v3.0.0.5). from there i went to reboot now and it goes back to the my touch screen. idk what to do and i need help. im new to the droid and am unfamiliar with the terms. can anyone help PLEASE. if possible to gtalk me at j.d.louisy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
calm down take a breather us XDA users got your back, OK take out the battery and put it back in then go to the Hboot ( hold power and volume down) then once you get to the Hboot Settings use volume down to get to RECOVERY (i think its the third one) then once you get into Clockwork Recovery scroll down to (Backup and Restore) click then press (Restore) and then choose your Restore file it usually Year-month-day hope i helped you donate pls if i did
BE SURE TO KEEP THE CHARGER IN!!
p.s. if it turns off while its restoring even with the charger in let it boot into recovery mode and let it charge up a bit
incase you still need help gtalk me [email protected]
and p.s. CWM 3.0.0.5 is for gingerbread only

Certain roms require certain versions of clockworkmod. I don't know if this also applies to restoring from backups, though. Which type of rom did you flash?

If he flashed the add on 3.0.0.5 has ext3/ext4 support. Should be able to flash froyo and TB Rome.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

3.0.0.6 supports ext3/ex4 3.0.0.5 only does Gingerbread
Edit: I'm being a dumbass yea what he said was right I'm overly tired and I have to explain to her why I was being a dumbass and trying to flash through fastboot but what I don't understand is why its still stuck at the boot screen

thisisjay said:
Hello,
I need some help. I decided to try out a mod while at work today. i tried it out and didnt like it too much and try to restore my last back up that i did before the change. the phone cut off then back on and was stuck on the mytouch 4g screen and has been this way for about 3 hours.i took the battery out and i went to the hboot screen and tried a factory reset and then the rom manager opened up (v3.0.0.5). from there i went to reboot now and it goes back to the my touch screen. idk what to do and i need help. im new to the droid and am unfamiliar with the terms. can anyone help PLEASE. if possible to gtalk me at j.d.louisy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Three options
Option one: (easiest)
Since you flashed 3.0.0.5 you must flash a Gingerbread ROM, (Which you can download from here ). Make sure to flash the G/apps after you flash the ROM.
Option two:
you can flash a 2.x.x.x Recovery image, or flash 3.0.0.6 via script or manually do it via the HBoot.
Option three:
Flash the PD15IMG and start over from ground one.

thank you so much for the advice and help. i could bang my head on the wall for trying to load gorillasens. i shouldve left it alone. once i get home from work i will give it a try again.

thisisjay said:
thank you so much for the advice and help. i could bang my head on the wall for trying to load gorillasens. i shouldve left it alone. once i get home from work i will give it a try again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah. i think i see what happened. You rooted your phone. downloaded Clockwork Rom Manager, then flashed a recovery image (which was version 3.x). then tried to flash a 2.2 ROM.
Okay. so what.....
a common mistake but one that can be avoided by doing a little research.
Clockwork's 3.0.0.5 recovery image is only compatible with Gingerbread (2.3) based ROMs.
Clockwork's 2.x recovery image are only compatible with FroYo (2.2) based ROMs.
gorilla is 2.2 So it's not cannot be flashed by the recovery image you are using.
if that is correct then the text in the recovery image should be orange in color. If that is correct.....If i were in your shoes i'd load CM7 w/ the GAPPS > download CWRM from the markert > scroll to the bottom (all clockwork recoveries) and flash the newest 2.x. then boot into recovery / make sure the text is GREEN, not ORANGE, wipe then flash your GorillaSense.

Can you cite a source, because I've also heard people claim that Clockwork 3 is backwards compatible, but there was no evidence either way...?
How would you go about switching from a 2.2 ROM to a 2.3 ROM? Do you have to backup with CWM 2, then install CWM 3 to install the new ROM? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me...?
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

danger-rat said:
Can you cite a source, because I've also heard people claim that Clockwork 3 is backwards compatible, but there was no evidence either way...?
How would you go about switching from a 2.2 ROM to a 2.3 ROM? Do you have to backup with CWM 2, then install CWM 3 to install the new ROM? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me...?
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
3.0.0.5 is not backwards compatible, which is the official 3.x that you download via the Application. 3.0.0.6 which is "beta" flashed via the HBoot is backwards compatible.
It's seriously jacked if you ask me.
to go from lets say CM6 > CM7 one would do a nandroid backup of CM6, then go to CWRM flash the 3.0.0.5 recovery image > boot into recovery and flash the CM7.
now to get back to a 2.2 ROM you have to scroll to the bottom of CWRM app's and flash a 2.x version of the recovery then do your nandroid restore, flash the 2.2 recovery image.
From what i've heard once 3.0.0.6 is finished you can use that for everything.

What a pain...
I'm real sketchy about the Clockwork 3 recoveries for the Nexus, because they've been screwing up partitions (mine included). Has there been any problems with Clockwork 3 on the Glacier?
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

danger-rat said:
What a pain...
I'm real sketchy about the Clockwork 3 recoveries for the Nexus, because they've been screwing up partitions (mine included). Has there been any problems with Clockwork 3 on the Glacier?
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I haven't had any problems with mine. The only problem that was noted was the 3.0.0.5 prior to the official release wouldn't do Nandroid Backups directly from the application. Some were reporting it work work from the recovery image, but mine never did.
and i have a feeling the reason it's screwing with Partitions is this (CM7/CW3.x) is a Ext4 set up. And CM6/CW2.x is a Ext3 set up.
but since it went official the only problem i've seen is people flashing the the wrong recovery for the wrong ROM. People are flashing 3.x because 3 is higher than 2 so they think it's an upgrade and have no clue on the who/what/when/wheres and whys of what its for.

The partition thing is different for the Nexus, because they are cross compatible to a certain degree. I rolled back to CWM 2, but I can still flash CM7 no probs...
It's interesting to note the differences between the two platforms though (Nexus vs Glacier).
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

danger-rat said:
The partition thing is different for the Nexus, because they are cross compatible to a certain degree. I rolled back to CWM 2, but I can still flash CM7 no probs...
It's interesting to note the differences between the two platforms though (Nexus vs Glacier).
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea between Google's way of doing thing and HTC, but i'm sure the chip-set has something to do with that. and with the sexy nexi only having 512Mb of memory the factor of tricking the phone to use the SD card has something to do with it i'm sure.

i have the 3.x recovery and i can flash iceglacier which is a 2.2 rom with out any issues. what i can't do is restore my backup from my other phone onto this replacement i just got. i made the backup with the 3.x recovery but i just keep getting stuck at the mytouch bootup screen... gonna try flashing the 2.x recovery and see if it lets me do the restore.

hey there everyone. just giving an update.......phone is still messed up. we tried putting gingerbread on and no go....tried flashing to PD15IMG and starting over. no go, it kept saying that "main version older <bad>" the phone wont go past the htc screen. im going on day 3 and no phone. *sigh* open for more advice. should i just buy another phone?

OMG OMG OMG i fixed it.......thank you for this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957457 i re downloaded the PD(insert file name) and it worked. i broke down in tears. thank you guys sooooo much.

I used the .zip file to restore my mytouch, but now it wont go into Hboot.

I got the same problem and is fixed thanx to this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957457
now I have to root the phone again
Thank you

Thank goodness someone had this problem
I just ran into the same issue. whew good thing xda is here!!! Thanks fellas

Nandroid Backup for 351 ROM

Hi, everyone.
Is there a recovery mod with a 100% working Nandroid backup for the stock 351 ROM? I tried StreakMod Recovery, but it keeps getting stuck at the "Firstboot" stage.
Thanks in advance.

I don't know of anyone who has one, but I expect that in short order you're going to get a slew of posts from posters rubbing it in your face that they got Streakmod to work without a problem.

Wow, butthurt or what? You have the right to say it didnt work for you but I can't say I had no problems? Not sure how that is rubbing it in your face either.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

i also got stuck at first boot stage but i just let it go went to eat and when i came back it was on the streak mod recovery screen and now when i go to nandroid it has a restore option so im guessing it worked.....

lexo1a said:
i also got stuck at first boot stage but i just let it go went to eat and when i came back it was on the streak mod recovery screen and now when i go to nandroid it has a restore option so im guessing it worked.....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How long did it take? Mines was stuck at Firstboot for about 30 mins., then I gave up on it. I might try again later.

It takes 3 to 5 minutes.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Successful Nandroid Backup
I was reading through new posts JUST as I was performing a Nandroid backup with a 351 BB I flashed over a few days ago, went off without a hitch and yeah, about 5 minutes is what the whole process takes.

So, have I bricked my phone?

Used ROM Manager and downloaded Leedriod 3.0, ran Terminal Emulator and did everything by the book. Went into ClockWork Recovery mode and everything looked okay. Then went to HTC boot animation screen and that's where it has been ever since. Every five minutes or so I get the delightful sound of HTC and a permanently on HTC, Quietly Brilliant Boot screen. It's been going like that for about 25 minutes now.
Any help would be appreciated.

No its not bricked, its in bootloop.
This is what i do when it happens to me:
Pull out the battery. If the phone is off, turn it back on with volume down + power on button. Wait till you get the bootloader screen. Now select recovery. In ClockWork Recovery you can set your backup back. (if you had made one before).
I hope its helps you. Goodluck.

Or just copy another rom file to the sd card and flash again.

Unfortunately I made the classic error of not backing up first, was trying to do this while in work (not good) so I presume at this point I'm screwed

joooe said:
Or just copy another rom file to the sd card and flash again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, will try that tonight.

It doesn't hurt to try to flash the rom you already have once again.

Just what joooe said. Use super wipe to clear data. just for sure.
Good luck.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

Just a quick thanks to you guys, did Super Wipe and installed Android Revolution 6.20 last night and all went well. It was worth the screw up to have the small learning curve in the end

I did this one of the first times i flashed roms
i did have abackup first but its a scary experience lol

New Atrix's

Me n the wife are getting rid of the HTC Aria's and just ordered 2 motorola atrix's. So far the reviews from most people are they are a good phone. i like the internal memory, ram, dual core. I dont like the HUGE screens, and dont like em small. so these are pretty good. So far from what ive seen, im gonna go with the alien Rom.
I dont like CM7. tried it a few times on the aria to get used to it. but just couldnt.
been trying to see what the difference in retail roms are, gingerbread, etc.
Wondering tho, are you able to backup the original rom before ya flash a custom to it, for the first time?

After install clockworkmod recovery you can nand backup your stock rom.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App

You can always flash a fruitcake too, to go back to stock.
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

pcrat said:
Me n the wife are getting rid of the HTC Aria's and just ordered 2 motorola atrix's. So far the reviews from most people are they are a good phone. i like the internal memory, ram, dual core. I dont like the HUGE screens, and dont like em small. so these are pretty good. So far from what ive seen, im gonna go with the alien Rom.
I dont like CM7. tried it a few times on the aria to get used to it. but just couldnt.
been trying to see what the difference in retail roms are, gingerbread, etc.
Wondering tho, are you able to backup the original rom before ya flash a custom to it, for the first time?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah you're able to backup the roms. you have to root it first so download this:
http://mophoforum.com/the2dcour/RSDLite5.5.rar
then use that program to flash this:
http://diamantephoto.com/IHOP_Bell.rar
then download fastboot and type in devices then take that special code and type in fastboot oem unlock "device code"
then download this http://server1.underpants-gnomes.biz/~romracer/atrix_recovery/recovery-atrix5.img and put it in the same directory as fast. I just renamed it to 1.img lol so i don't have to type out the whole filename
but anyways you type in
fastboot erase recovery then fasboot flash recovery 1.img then after that you'll have and unlocked bl and a custom recovery. then you download the alien rom place it in the main part of the directory you hold down the lower volume button and the power button then go down to android recovery (use the volume up button to pick) and go to backup/restore and backup (use the power button to click)
then you go to wipe/factory reset and then advanced wipe delvik cache, click yes to everything. then go to install zip files from sd card then if you put it in an sd card click that and if you installed it from internal then click that. and after it's done you go to wipe cache partition and advanced then wipe delvik partition. i don't know if you knew how to do any of that but i was just putting it out there. i got the links from the bl unlocker forum btw

lol just about got all that...
so what does flasing that first file actually do.. i cant just flash it, and not know what it does, or how i know it worked etc.
Im pretty sure i can figure it all out, just dont want to brick the thing.
p.s. the first link is dead...
website is gone.

Yeah if you brick your phone then what?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App

Yeah if you brick your phone then what?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hence the reason for asking about all this etc. Ive seen so far every way is different. even tho they all seem to work.
I will google some more.. and if i have more ?'s i will ask away.

oh haha here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348587
ive never bricked my phone from flashing, and it'll say the status of it and stuff. There's a possibility but i've flashed my phone at least 20 times with defferent roms cause im super picky about all that. but the instructions i posted are a simpler version of what it says in another tutorial. you can find it in developement and its called how to unlock bl.

guyz i need some advice as im currently using optimus 2x but i wanted to switch moto atrix is this a good decision or not and i wanted to know that weather atrix will get ICS update or not plz reply my question

Ok so the phone is rooted. its been a while since i did my aria, I think i need to get Hboot, or fastboot on it, so i can backup the rom..?

If its unlocked and rooted you can download Rom manager and just use the official CWM recovery to nand backup and then flash or after flashing CWM you can download RomRacers modded recovery from the development section, it's what I use just for the little modifications it has, and after Dow loading the CWM flashable zip of RomRacers recovery just reboot into recovery and flash RomRacers recovery. This method will give you RomRacers recovery and it will make Rom Manager think you have CWM installed so you can utilize all it's features. Hope this helps and if you need anything cleared up just let me know.
Link to RomRacer's recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
On each color for the recovery, the first link is the .img only flashable with fastboot like you mentioned and the second one is obviously the .zip CWM flashable update.

mujju85 said:
guyz i need some advice as im currently using optimus 2x but i wanted to switch moto atrix is this a good decision or not and i wanted to know that weather atrix will get ICS update or not plz reply my question
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thats the million doller question of the day man no one knows butt my gess is if we Ever see an official one it wont be till the end of the year and if the greedy f#¡ks
at at&t have there say in it then prolly Never cause they want us to run and buy the next Big thing to hit the market :banghead:
Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk

Please.

Guys please I know this is the wrong forum but no one is answering help. At all. Alright, I went to flash the ICS Sense alpha, and needed to restore a backup. I went into hboot, and restored the PD98IMG.zip. Afterwards it said "Press power to reboot" so i did. The phone turned off, and now nothing. After a LONG time the phone turned on to the White HTC Splash and vibrated CONSTANTLY, until the battery was pulled. I tried volume down + power but nothing. Except for the occasional white screen, nothing. Please, anyone/.

You're bricked
Sent from my Desire HD using telepathy...

I think your phone had a bootloop. Did you already installed custom recovery? Can you enter it through fastboot menu (vol down + power)?

I doubt he's bricked,why are you restoring that zip? You restore your back up....from clockwork?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

It won't enter into fastboot. Occasionally the white HTC screen comes on with a constant vibrate and the only way to stop that is to pull the battery. No fastboot, no recovery, nothing.
It wouldnt enter into recovery so I had to take the long way, by using the PD98IMG

HTC_Phone said:
It won't enter into fastboot. Occasionally the white HTC screen comes on with a constant vibrate and the only way to stop that is to pull the battery. No fastboot, no recovery, nothing.
It wouldnt enter into recovery so I had to take the long way, by using the PD98IMG
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am confused. So what exactly happens when doing this:
remove or rename the PD98IMG on the sd card
pull the battery from the DHD
re-enter it and hold volume down and power until the hboot starts
navigate by volume down/up to Recovery and press POWER

If you had to restore back to factory, why bother flashing ICS?
You should get away by installing one of the RUU using PC. here is a guide on how to install RUU and you'll have to search this section to find a RUU or google it.
Though firstly i would ask you if you can go into the recovery mode anyhow since you're saying that your phone can get the HTC logo. For that, hold down POWER + volume DOWN key to get you into hboot (IF YOU CAN) and choose recovery from there, once in recovery, go to option where you wipe your data + cache, wipe both of em and try restarting again...If you can't even get into recovery then do the RUU way of getting the rom working.

EDIT:
I'm not sure what in the world happened, but it booted into the ATT stock ROM. After 30 minutes of vibration and idk what else, it finally booted.

Lol least its on
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

HTC_Phone said:
EDIT:
I'm not sure what in the world happened, but it booted into the ATT stock ROM. After 30 minutes of vibration and idk what else, it finally booted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Gratz, suppose this thread's unnecessary now?
Anyway take care of what you do: always do a nandroid backup prior to flashing everything. Better spend 5min for backup than 5 days without a phone.

I think know what happens. If I remember correctly you had your phone replaced. And it came with gb. The pd98 you flashed was the froyo one. Hence the crazy vibration and long boot time. If Im right thisvwill happen each time you reboot Until you get the gb bootloader back on
Also spamming the threads is a pretty good way of getting banned. Maybe zel or Andy will be nice about it

marsdta said:
I think know what happens. If I remember correctly you had your phone replaced. And it came with gb. The pd98 you flashed was the froyo one. Hence the crazy vibration and long boot time. If Im right thisvwill happen each time you reboot Until you get the gb bootloader back on
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That sounds somewhat correct. I DID get it replaced, but had a GB PD98 on the SD card. Anyway, it vibrated for quite some time, and eventually the vibration stopped. So I let the phone sit as I figured out some way to salvage the phone. And the the next HTC splash booted, and the phone proceeded into the stock ROM. Idk what happened, but I'm not complaining.

Dear Lord, it just turned off and is doing it again. But, I'm praying for the best again. Thanks guys.

HTC_Phone said:
Dear Lord, it just turned off and is doing it again. But, I'm praying for the best again. Thanks guys.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When you succesfuly back in your phone, just root it with AAHK and install some custom ROM and you should be fine.

motherninja said:
When you succesfuly back in your phone, just root it with AAHK and install some custom ROM and you should be fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The phone itself is already rooted, but I tried booting into CWM, and it did the same thing as it did before. So I have to run the RUU, and then S on the phone, and run the hack kit again. I already ran the RUU once, and nothing.

Probably best just to start over and do everything again,even if you've already done it,maybe the root didnt work?
Your phones a nightmare mate
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

So you intentionally created a thread in the wrong section?
I guess the rules don't apply to you then.