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I tried to uninstall Voodoo and now when I restart my phone it shows the galaxy
s and verizon animations, then loads up to a black screen and lit up capacitive icons. I can reboot into recovery, but I can't seem to mount the sd card and i keep getting errors when I try to mount any extensions. Please tell me there is something that I can do to fix this.
try wiping?
try instructions from "how to remove voodoo completely" thread. i cwm flashed the file from there when i had the same problem as u.
Take a deep breath. If you can see any thing at all on your screen, it's not bricked.
Just follow the instructions here;
How to remove voodoo
And your phone will be like new.
I would specifically follow the instructions that i give on page three, as adrynalyne's auto removal script still doesn't work 100%.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804784&page=3
i had a similar problem when i tried to remove the old lag fix.
screen turned black on bootup and lights would come on but nothing else...
i had to use odin to restore everything and i had to wipe the cache and data from recovery.
Sometimes pixie dust works...or just listen to them
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Thank you for the replies. I was able to finally mount the phone after doing a nandroid. It was force closing like crazy, but I kept with it until I was able to mount the phone from the os. Then I put in the voodoo lagfix uninstall folder and wiped and rebooted. Then I was able to nandroid to another backup and wiped, then did a odin restore, wipe and nandroid data restore. Now it's running like new and voodoo is uninstalled. This is an interesting experience coming from the hero and droid. I am a champ at those phones and I have never bricked a phone and I bricked this one twice. Kind of reminds me of the first time I started playing with my hero. It's a way to get the blood pumping.
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I would specifically follow the instructions that i give on page three, as adrynalyne's auto removal script still doesn't work 100%.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804784&page=3
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This. My removal utility is a pain in my ass
I found it works, but then you gotta battery pull and nandroid back. A clean wipe wont cut it.
I disabled voodoo lagfix and the phone would not boot. I tried to use Odin and now all I get is force close when the phone boots up and it will not let me mount the card. any ideas?
Since I initially wrote this thread, I tried Voodoo one more time and when I removed it, this time with an app to see if it was user error, it once again made my phone non-responsive, it seems that it just is a bit unstable when being removed. With that said, I was where you are now and I was able to restore it. I did a factory wipe of my phone and cache through clockwork and then replaced my kernel and put the full stock image on the phone through Odin. Then I went into clockwork and went to my last backup and restored data. The phone loaded up, but it was as if I did a factory reset. I skipped everything, mounted my phone to my cpu and deleted voodoo files manually (the file needed to remove vodoo was just sitting there too). I went back into clockwork and just restored data under the advanced settings and I was back in business. Hopefully this can help you too. It may be overkill, but it worked.
You did NOT brick your phone. Will people please stop saying they bricked their phone when they haven't? Bricked means YOU CAN NOT RECOVER!!!! Stop scaring and confusing people! pretty please.
I'm not sure who that was directed to, but when this first happened,for a while it seemed that no matter what I did, the phone would not become operable. So for all intents and purposes, it is bricked. It doesn't matter if it can be restored, if you can't fix it, then it is bricked. I don't understand why people are so stuck on semantics. If that is the case, then no phone can be truly bricked, because once you send it to Samsung, they can restore it with their proprietary software. If your phone is nonresponsive and you can't fix it, it's bricked. I kept at it and was able to restore my phone, but I've read that there are people on here who couldn't figure it out and gave their phone in for another one. Because restoring the phone is above their skill level, they bricked their phone.
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I'm not sure who that was directed to, but when this first happened,for a while it seemed that no matter what I did, the phone would not become operable. So for all intents and purposes, it is bricked. It doesn't matter if it can be restored, if you can't fix it, then it is bricked. I don't understand why people are so stuck on semantics. If that is the case, then no phone can be truly bricked, because once you send it to Samsung, they can restore it with their proprietary software. If your phone is nonresponsive and you can't fix it, it's bricked. I kept at it and was able to restore my phone, but I've read that there are people on here who couldn't figure it out and gave their phone in for another one. Because restoring the phone is above their skill level, they bricked their phone.
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I believe the preferred term is "soft-bricked"...LOL
Just do a wipe. I used adrenalines uninstaller. Worked like a charm. Voodoo is a pain in my butt
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Haha, yes, I've seen people use the term soft bricked here. Voodoo's instability is interesting though. I haven't felt this way since I started using smart phones in 03'. Just something I can't seem to get to work. Good thing the payoff isn't that great. To the person who is having trouble with their phone, I hope I, or someone else here, was able to help.
I just removed lagfix and it worked perfectly. Lol my phone never had lag until I installed lag fix. But I do love the kernal And boot animation provided.
Wanted to say I removed voodoo tonight by adding the remove file via adb. Everything worked as planned. Took about 10 minutes to get off step 2 but everything completed and booted up.
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I can only offer <3 support... When I tried to remove Voodoo the first time, ugh I went through hell. I was stuck on my loading screen with Samsung just staring me in the face. Followed the complete remove by Adrynalyne, and everything was ok in the end.
Alright, this issue has seriously driven me insane over the last few days, and today it's gotten to the point where I'm going to do something I'll regret if somebody can't help me out. As you can tell, I'm pretty desperate.
Using Fresh 3.5.0.1, I've encountered more reboots than I can count. Whether it's checking an email or playing Asphalt, the phone frequently decides it doesn't want to cooperate and restarts itself. I decided to try to get rid of the reboots for good today with a complete wipe and new rom.
First, I made a nandroid backup, followed by a data/system wipe and cache/dalvik cache wipe. Afterward, I flashed the ZenDroid 1.1.0 kernel in case that was the issue. I then proceeded to flash CyanogenMod 7 RC1 with gapps.
That worked for all of three minutes, and then it got even worse. The phone started restarted itself when I wasn't even doing anything, up to the point where it would restart on the CM7 boot animation. I took my rage out on a nearby pillow and decided to try something else.
I downloaded the final release MIUI rom and used Calkulin's format all to wipe my phone as instructed. This time around I flashed Savage-Kernel 1.6 along with MIUI. Lo and behold, after rebooting I was finally able to swipe through the home screens again.
And then I wasn't. It started rebooting on the boot animation again. At the moment it's even worse, rebooting three seconds into the damned splash screen. I've tried keeping the battery pulled for half an hour with the HTC battery and two after market batteries. I wiped the ext partition on the micro sd card. I even physically removed the card itself. This effing phone is still rebooting on the splash screen.
I'm at the end of my wits. All I want is for my Evo to WORK, without any constant reboots or force closes that make it utterly unusable outside. If anyone could help me out with this issue, I'd be extraordinarily grateful.
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Alright, this issue has seriously driven me insane over the last few days, and today it's gotten to the point where I'm going to do something I'll regret if somebody can't help me out. As you can tell, I'm pretty desperate.
Using Fresh 3.5.0.1, I've encountered more reboots than I can count. Whether it's checking an email or playing Asphalt, the phone frequently decides it doesn't want to cooperate and restarts itself. I decided to try to get rid of the reboots for good today with a complete wipe and new rom.
First, I made a nandroid backup, followed by a data/system wipe and cache/dalvik cache wipe. Afterward, I flashed the ZenDroid 1.1.0 kernel in case that was the issue. I then proceeded to flash CyanogenMod 7 RC1 with gapps.
That worked for all of three minutes, and then it got even worse. The phone started restarted itself when I wasn't even doing anything, up to the point where it would restart on the CM7 boot animation. I took my rage out on a nearby pillow and decided to try something else.
I downloaded the final release MIUI rom and used Calkulin's format all to wipe my phone as instructed. This time around I flashed Savage-Kernel 1.6 along with MIUI. Lo and behold, after rebooting I was finally able to swipe through the home screens again.
And then I wasn't. It started rebooting on the boot animation again. At the moment it's even worse, rebooting three seconds into the damned splash screen. I've tried keeping the battery pulled for half an hour with the HTC battery and two after market batteries. I wiped the ext partition on the micro sd card. I even physically removed the card itself. This effing phone is still rebooting on the splash screen.
I'm at the end of my wits. All I want is for my Evo to WORK, without any constant reboots or force closes that make it utterly unusable outside. If anyone could help me out with this issue, I'd be extraordinarily grateful.
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hmm...
i don't know what kernel fresh comes with, but both of the other kernels are more aggressive ones, and i would guess your phone doesn't like them. i would try this:
Wipe twice using calk, wipe again using recovery, flash mikfroyo or stock rooted (stock kernel). If you still get reboots... unroot and take your phone back in because its a hardware problem.
I had this problem. Drove me insane. Ultimately just unrooted and got a new one from sprint. Not one reboot since I got the new one.
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Well I'm still super new to the whole flashing of the ROM's. But from what you have explained the only thing I can think of is that you missed a step when you rooted your phone. Because of this that is why your phone keeps brick. You should go and check out HTC EVO Hacks (go Google it) and the guy who runs the site made a sweet video & write-up on how to root your phone. Just re-do everything and follow directions, then when your done just flash Kings Unleashed. And when you check out the HTC EVO hacks root page look for the link to the XDA root forum which has more info on how to root your HTC the proper way.
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hmm...
Wipe twice using calk, wipe again using recovery, flash mikfroyo or stock rooted (stock kernel). If you still get reboots... unroot and take your phone back in because its a hardware problem.
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Yeah, I guess I should try the stock rooted rom. If I'm only able to use that instead of any other custom rom, though, I'm going to lose it. There's something inherently frustrating about a device refusing to work for no apparent reason.
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I had this problem. Drove me insane. Ultimately just unrooted and got a new one from sprint. Not one reboot since I got the new one.
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I'm sort of hoping I won't have to do that, considering I'll likely get a refurbished unit.
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But from what you have explained the only thing I can think of is that you missed a step when you rooted your phone. Because of this that is why your phone keeps brick. You should go and check out HTC EVO Hacks (go Google it) and the guy who runs the site made a sweet video & write-up on how to root your phone. Just re-do everything and follow directions, then when your done just flash Kings Unleashed. And when you check out the HTC EVO hacks root page look for the link to the XDA root forum which has more info on how to root your HTC the proper way.
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I'm pretty sure that isn't the case at all. If there was an issue with the way I rooted my phone, it would have been present eight months ago when I bought it. This rebooting issue is relatively new, and it isn't bricked. I appreciate the advice, though.
It could be just a defective phone - memory isn't immortal or impervious to defects.
I'd downgrade to a Sprint ROM, and keep it stock and see how that works. You have to rule out bad hardware first, and that's the only way to do it.
I agree on all of your guys suggestions but one thing i noticed was that he said he wiped data then dalvic cache then he said he flashed the kernel then the rom. Maybe he should try and rewipe everything with calk format all then flash the rom and reboot. Then go back into recovery and flash your new kernel then reboot again and see whats up from there.
Have you tried repartitioning your SD card and formatting? I was getting random reboots on every single rom I tried, and every single kernel. Turns out my partitions somehow got messed up on my SD card and that was causing it randomly. Now I have no reboots.
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Have you tried repartitioning your SD card and formatting? I was getting random reboots on every single rom I tried, and every single kernel. Turns out my partitions somehow got messed up on my SD card and that was causing it randomly. Now I have no reboots.
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Yes, I first formatted the sd card in Windows and then partitioning it on the phone's recovery. Still no luck.
Yeah... Sprint rom or if you go through with the unrooting process (I forgot how...) then you can figure out if it is hardware.
But yeah, endless reboots are frustrating.
If Sprint rom is giving you troubles, then just return it and get a new one. It's gotta be hardware then.
Also you could try running stock rooted without any downloaded market apps. Just run what came with the phone.
You can also try stock rooted eclair 2.1
Mine started the reboot bs after the december update. Mine seems to reboot when I use it heavily even though I'm not overclocked (heats up). Before the 2.2 update, it was very fussy being outside during the summer. I would like to exchange mine for another, even though I don't use it anymore. It would be nice to have a fully functioning backup. My gf's daughter wants the evo very much. Even if I would do that, which I wouldn't, I wouldn't let someone use a possibly unstable phone. If an emergency happened, and the phone started it's rebooting bs, it would be very bad to not be able to use the phone when you need it the most.
I am guessing I would have to reactivate the evo, run it for a month or so, unroot and lock it, then take it to a service center and see if I can make it start rebooting like crazy. Maybe I will get lucky and they would give me another one. I don't care too much if it is a refurb as long as it is in good shape and works good.
Try removing the SD card and booting.
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I had this same problem with my evo. Sometimes it would be ok, but then others it wouldnt stop doing it, didnt matter what I did. It could be sitting by itself and I would hear it rebooting. Drove me mad!!!
My first evo was awesome, it was a hardware ver 3. My camera lens cracked and the gave me a refurb, hardware version 2. This is when my reboots started happening.
After 3 batteries from Sprint and two more refurbs I finally blew in front of a store full of customers telling them that either give me a NEW evo, hardware version 3 like I originally had with no problems or it was going against their wall.
I havent had one problem since.
I wasnt rooted yet so cant comment along those lines but if you take it back to stock and it still does it I recommend throwing it at one of Sprints walls. No need to do any drywall patching at your place LOL.
I hope you get it resolved as I can feel your pain!
It may not be hardware. Did you restore any apps using any back up app (Titanium Backup) after flashing the AOSP roms? If so, make sure you did NOT restore any system apps or data. This is especially important when you go from Sense to AOSP.
The test is what everyone is suggesting. Flash back to Sprint rom and see what happens.
Also, you need to flash the kernel after flashing the rom, otherwise you'll just get the kernel packaged with the rom. I usually reboot and art least try the default kernel unless I know that my phone hates it.
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It may not be hardware. Did you restore any apps using any back up app (Titanium Backup) after flashing the AOSP roms? If so, make sure you did NOT restore any system apps or data. This is especially important when you go from Sense to AOSP.
The test is what everyone is suggesting. Flash back to Sprint rom and see what happens.
Also, you need to flash the kernel after flashing the rom, otherwise you'll just get the kernel packaged with the rom. I usually reboot and art least try the default kernel unless I know that my phone hates it.
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No, I haven't even been able to get to the stage of installing any apps before the rebooting cycle starts again. I tried installing the stock Sprint rom this morning with the stock radios and kernel and it was stable for about five minutes. It's back to rebooting again, though.
Do you guys think it's time to unroot and go to the Sprint store for an exchange?
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No, I haven't even been able to get to the stage of installing any apps before the rebooting cycle starts again. I tried installing the stock Sprint rom this morning with the stock radios and kernel and it was stable for about five minutes. It's back to rebooting again, though.
Do you guys think it's time to unroot and go to the Sprint store for an exchange?
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If it was me, I would take it back. I just downloaded the newest ruu and will flash it later tonight. The only thing I'm worrying about is they won't be able to reproduce the problem. I really have to be multitasking a lot and pushing the phone hard. Actually the last time it had rebooting fits was with wireless tether running. The back of the phone was warm. I put it in front of the ac vent in the car for a minute or two and that seemed to help it stop rebooting.
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If it was me, I would take it back. I just downloaded the newest ruu and will flash it later tonight. The only thing I'm worrying about is they won't be able to reproduce the problem. I really have to be multitasking a lot and pushing the phone hard. Actually the last time it had rebooting fits was with wireless tether running. The back of the phone was warm. I put it in front of the ac vent in the car for a minute or two and that seemed to help it stop rebooting.
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Well, it looks like I'll be taking it to the store after all. I just finished unrooting my phone with the RUU, so it's as if I had never touched the software. Lo and behold, the damned thing still rebooted a minute into using the phone.
I guess that in some sick way, I can consider myself more 'fortunate' than you, seeing as how my phone doesn't even need to be used in order to begin rebooting. It's ridiculous that I have to part with my Evo because of this bs.
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Well, it looks like I'll be taking it to the store after all. I just finished unrooting my phone with the RUU, so it's as if I had never touched the software. Lo and behold, the damned thing still rebooted a minute into using the phone.
I guess that in some sick way, I can consider myself more 'fortunate' than you, seeing as how my phone doesn't even need to be used in order to begin rebooting. It's ridiculous that I have to part with my Evo because of this bs.
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Did you even try removing the sd card and booting the phone?
Same thing happend with my old evo it started after i install one of the first cm safe roms not nightlies not saying tyat was the cause, i tried evverything wiping unrooting botting without sd, ive been on android sice g1 and i tried everything nothing worked, ended up going to sprint and getting another refurnished it was prolly hardware issue maybe cpu overheating or something, anyways not sure why ppl are so scared of refurnished phones i believe they do a lot more tests on those phone than retail ones lol
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Did you even try removing the sd card and booting the phone?
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Yes. I've already said I tried booting the phone without the sd card several times now without success.
I need to send my D2 back to Verizon for a replacement (Keyboard isn't registering presses, double letters, etc.)
I had rooted my D2 originally.
I have pushed the stock SFB to the Phone (Which did not wipe out my apps/settings?)
I then ran Root Checker which returned False, and indicated the folders + files did not exist.
I then did a System Reset, and went back to square one. I re-activated the phone (Did not add any accounts though).
Is there anything else I should do before sending it back to Verizon?
Thanks!
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On a similar note, What's the difference between an Oxidized and Deoxidzed SBF? Same with System-Only and Full.
(I pushed the Full SBF to the phone, but I'm curious what the other ones are)
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I need to send my D2 back to Verizon for a replacement (Keyboard isn't registering presses, double letters, etc.)
I had rooted my D2 originally.
I have pushed the stock SFB to the Phone (Which did not wipe out my apps/settings?)
I then ran Root Checker which returned False, and indicated the folders + files did not exist.
I then did a System Reset, and went back to square one. I re-activated the phone (Did not add any accounts though).
Is there anything else I should do before sending it back to Verizon?
Thanks!
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On a similar note, What's the difference between an Oxidized and Deoxidzed SBF? Same with System-Only and Full.
(I pushed the Full SBF to the phone, but I'm curious what the other ones are)
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It didn't delete your apps or data? Interesting. You should have gone into a bootloop after the SBF, requiring you to go into the stock recovery to format system/cache....
As far as odex and deodex'd. Stock ROM's have odex files for every system app installed on the phone. Supposedly they are supposed to help speed up the startup time of the phone.
Deodex'd is obviously when the odex files have been removed, usually to save room in /system and also to allow themeing.
Full SBF includes EVERYTHING the phone came with (ROM, Kernel, Bootloader, Radio, etc.)
System only SBF is only the operating system. You would use this if your not worried about going back to complete stock, and just need to reload the OS.
Hope this has helped!
That's what I thought @ Still had data.
(Unless this process requires an SD card to work, I don't have one in my phone because it's dead )
I flashed it twice, once with the phone on and connected via RSD Lite 4.8, I just selected the phone there, picked the SBF and hit start... It restarted the phone into some boot-loader like menu, said it was recieved a SW Update, restarted itself and... nothing change.
So then I did it again but started it in the boot-loader like menu to no difference, so I just did a factory reset.
Thanks @ Explanation though!
You should be good. Just make sure your system version is 2.3.20 (I think that's the latest version, haven't had a d2 for a while). Make sure your boot logo and boot animation are stock, and that you don't have superuser install.
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They are indeed stock.
I took my D2 into the store today to see what they had to say, I have no idea if this is truthful or if the guy was just making it up to sound smart (Never can be sure after listening to other people talk about your own field )
Said that the missed keypresses + double repeats I was getting was from the phone having overheated at some point, and the keyboard is coming away from the keys a bit (The rubber mat is 'bubbled' a bit in some spots) were indicators of overheating too.
No idea if this is true or not, but he said warrenty should cover it and I just have to call into Verizon so I'll do that.
I'd have to say the phone would have had to get pretty damned hot to do that, but who knows. As long as warrenty will cover it its all good.
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I agree... The previous owner might have left it in the sun or something... Did that with my DS, turned itself off but it was fine in the end.
Gonna call Verizon tomorrow, too late now. Thanks for the help!
I'm still curious as to why the full-sbf didn't factory reset it though.
is Root Checker an app?
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Yes. It attempts to do something that requires Root to do. If it fails, it tells you. It then checks if the superuser app exists and if the folders for root exist.
I have the same problem with double entries on the physical keyboard. I've had my phone for a year and I'm pretty sure I have never had an overheat (and definitely have never left my phone out in the sun). I attributed this to CM7 nightlies, but now I doubt that.
Anyone else have this problem?
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Since I installed Aura 1.2.1.0 on my phone the power button has been getting really hot. I just installed Homebase v5 and its still the same thing. So im thinking its not the rom. Any ideas?
That's odd. The bottom of my phone gets hot, but not the power button. If you're on att or even if youre not, I suggest trying to get a warranty replacement.
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someone here said they fixed it by doing a factory reset; i suggest wiping EVERYTHING through fastboot, then clearing data/cache/dalvik in CWM and then reinstalling a stock ROM (fruitcake for example)
I did a clear data, cache, and dalvik wipe. What would be the difference in doing a fastboot wipe?
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replace it b4 your warranty is out. my power button failed. and to many of these scripts require the power button to select options
Odd this happened to a homebase mega build I set my old man up with just last week did a back factory wipe then restored data and no problems so far, I though he left it in the car or sun or something when he said it was the finger print/power button. Even sat down and checked it out couldn't reproduce the problem or guess what happened no fp profile was even set active so. As mentioned above when in doubt replace they just upped the insure deductable x.x the 1st of this month
I got this once
removed the battery and reboot the device .. problem solved
I've rebooted, pulled the battery, got it working off the power cable (doesn't get hot then). Theres a warrant service place by work so ill revert it back to stock and just get it replaced.
I've had random moments when the phone felt like it was heating up towards the bottom, especially using the HKTW 2.3.4 build, but never on the power switch. I'd suggest just get a warranty exchange to be on the safe side. Better replace it now than when your warranty is over.
I know im gonna get flamed but how do I go back to the stock rom? Do I flash fruitycakes or sbf? I've read the threads on reverting back but their didn't seem to be any consistency.
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I know im gonna get flamed but how do I go back to the stock rom? Do I flash fruitycakes or sbf? I've read the threads on reverting back but their didn't seem to be any consistency.
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fruit cake is the safest way to go back to stock. you can also flash the 2.3.4 gingerbread sbf file with rsd lite, but do NOT attempt to flash back to Froyo if you ever did the Gingerbread OTA update. if you're not sure, then just be safe and never revert back to Froyo.
flashing the gingerbread sbf file with remove your unlocked text on bootloader and revert you to a pure stock state.
So I took it to the warranty repair center and they replaced it no problem. Said shes seen it happen a few times already.
Even though I have the "good" eMMC, it looks like mine finally died (click for full size):
The odd thing is the phone still boots normally and has been working fine in the 10 hours since I first noticed the cache mounting errors. Even fixing permissions in recovery still works. I have not yet tried wiping or flashing anything.
I know all about flashing the stock PD15IMG.zip image to unroot and return to stock in hopes of getting rid of the errors, but I'm not interested in that. The way I look at it is it's just a matter of time until it dies completely no matter what I do. Since I'll need to get a replacement sent to me, I'd rather to it now before Christmas than wait. I've been out of contract since April, and I have Premium Handset Protection (PHP).
- First, how do I kill the phone complelety so it no longer boots? I assume that is necessary before T-Mobile will replace it.
- What phone will they send? I've heard they are no longer shipping MT4G's, but are sending the Slide instead. Since I'm a long-time customer and out of contract, I was hoping I could sweet-talk them into sending a Sensation instead.
Any input anyone has is appreciated.
wow, it seems like all the old school glacier users are having bad luck... Glad mine is still going strong though! Sorry to hear it though, you have been a great help to many of us and will be missed bro!
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irrelephant said:
wow, it seems like all the old school glacier users are having bad luck... Glad mine is still going strong though! Sorry to hear it though, you have been a great help to many of us and will be missed bro!
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I'm on my 3rd one going strong :/ with bad screen and chip but I call every once in awhile to see if I can get a mt4gs. Good luck teejay! As for none booting just run pd15img and do a battery pull while it's updating until it won't turn on anymore
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This is one of the reasons I had to jump ship on this phone. Was scared it might take a **** on any given time.
But I always love the MT4G, hopefully TJ can get something viable from TMO.
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Even though I have the "good" eMMC, it looks like mine finally died (click for full size):
The odd thing is the phone still boots normally and has been working fine in the 10 hours since I first noticed the cache mounting errors. Even fixing permissions in recovery still works. I have not yet tried wiping or flashing anything.
I know all about flashing the stock PD15IMG.zip image to unroot and return to stock in hopes of getting rid of the errors, but I'm not interested in that. The way I look at it is it's just a matter of time until it dies completely no matter what I do. Since I'll need to get a replacement sent to me, I'd rather to it now before Christmas than wait. I've been out of contract since April, and I have Premium Handset Protection (PHP).
- First, how do I kill the phone complelety so it no longer boots? I assume that is necessary before T-Mobile will replace it.
- What phone will they send? I've heard they are no longer shipping MT4G's, but are sending the Slide instead. Since I'm a long-time customer and out of contract, I was hoping I could sweet-talk them into sending a Sensation instead.
Any input anyone has is appreciated.
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that doesn't really look like failed eMMC yet... and you can't really tell until you flash PD15IMG.zip in bootloader. but yeah, if the phone can still boot, i think it's just that your recovery is messin' with ya
how about reflashing the recovery image and see if those errors are still there?
saranhai said:
that doesn't really look like failed eMMC yet... and you can't really tell until you flash PD15IMG.zip in bootloader. but yeah, if the phone can still boot, i think it's just that your recovery is messin' with ya
how about reflashing the recovery image and see if those errors are still there?
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You think re-flashing the recovery will eliminate the errors? I could be wrong, but it seems to me that even if that works, the errors could still reappear at any time. My gut says there is an actual hardware problem, and that measures like recovery flashing would only be a temporary fix. Worth a shot though.
TeeJay3800 said:
You think re-flashing the recovery will eliminate the errors? I could be wrong, but it seems to me that even if that works, the errors could still reappear at any time. My gut says there is an actual hardware problem, and that measures like recovery flashing would only be a temporary fix. Worth a shot though.
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yeah, worth a shot lol
but well, like i said before, unless you try the PD15IMG file and it gives you Fail-PUs, you don't know if it's dead eMMC. but if your phone still works, then i doubt the chip died...
Your eMMC most likely isn't dead or anywhere near. Cache errors in recovery can be a lot of things, usually partition corruption.
If you have engineering bootloader, try "fastboot erase cache" and "fastboot flash recovery". If that doesn't help - flash PASSIMG and re-root (after you backed up the ROM, of course).
I heard awhile back that there was a way to enter some commands through terminal emulator to the hboot partition that will brick the phone. dont know which partition it is though.
Did you just flash a new radio? I just flashed the latest radio and my phone got stuck at the splash screen. Went into recovery and thought I saw something similar to what you had (can't be sure though since I didn't write it down).
I did a wipe cache and error went away. If nothing else works, you can try wiping cache and see what happens.
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Did you just flash a new radio? I just flashed the latest radio and my phone got stuck at the splash screen. Went into recovery and thought I saw something similar to what you had (can't be sure though since I didn't write it down).
I did a wipe cache and error went away. If nothing else works, you can try wiping cache and see what happens.
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Had the exact same thing happen to me yesterday.
Mine went belly-up recently too. No Failed-PU message but it would not flash or boot properly. Powered it on and got a 7 to 8 vibrates in a row on the splash screen before it powered itself off. Recovery (4EXT) failed to restore a nandroid (couldn't mount data) and shortly thereafter couldn't boot recovery. Flashing recovery (and original splash) through ADB fastboot claimed to be successful but didn't actually work. Flashing PD15IMG from bootloader also failed, shortly into it. T-Mobile sent a warranty replacement MT4G (it was just under 1 year). Bad screen and eMMC, but I'll live with it. Will find out if they notice the engineering bootloader and custom splash...
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Your eMMC most likely isn't dead or anywhere near. Cache errors in recovery can be a lot of things, usually partition corruption.
If you have engineering bootloader, try "fastboot erase cache" and "fastboot flash recovery". If that doesn't help - flash PASSIMG and re-root (after you backed up the ROM, of course).
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Did you just flash a new radio? I just flashed the latest radio and my phone got stuck at the splash screen. Went into recovery and thought I saw something similar to what you had (can't be sure though since I didn't write it down).
I did a wipe cache and error went away. If nothing else works, you can try wiping cache and see what happens.
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Well, this is a little embarrassing, but it seems that a simple cache wipe fixed the problem. I was hesitant doing that initially thinking that would aggravate the problem and make the phone unusable. The question now is what caused it. Last week I flashed the newest radio. I knew that in some cases a cache wipe was necessary after flashing a radio to prevent freezing at the slash screen, but my phone booted normally after the radio flash and worked fine for days after. This is the first case I've heard of where I radio flash caused cache errors in recovery. In any case, it all seems fine now so thanks all for the kind words and input.
If you've flashed radio from recovery - the script that didn't properly unmount the /cache partition after flashing and before reboot might have been the reason for corruption, or some well-hidden bugs in the CWM itself.
Anyway, glad that your phone is working. It's better to panic and be relieved, than not to panic but get things screwed
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If you've flashed radio from recovery - the script that didn't properly unmount the /cache partition after flashing and before reboot might have been the reason for corruption, or some well-hidden bugs in the CWM itself.
Anyway, glad that your phone is working. It's better to panic and be relieved, than not to panic but get things screwed
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I only flash radios via fastboot commands from the computer, but I think you're right about something not unmounting or a CWM bug. There were something like half a dozen CWM bug-fix releases after the original version 5, so it wouldn't be too surprising. And yeah your last statement is exactly correct!
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Even though I have the "good" eMMC, it looks like mine finally died (click for full size):
The odd thing is the phone still boots normally and has been working fine in the 10 hours since I first noticed the cache mounting errors. Even fixing permissions in recovery still works. I have not yet tried wiping or flashing anything.
I know all about flashing the stock PD15IMG.zip image to unroot and return to stock in hopes of getting rid of the errors, but I'm not interested in that. The way I look at it is it's just a matter of time until it dies completely no matter what I do. Since I'll need to get a replacement sent to me, I'd rather to it now before Christmas than wait. I've been out of contract since April, and I have Premium Handset Protection (PHP).
- First, how do I kill the phone complelety so it no longer boots? I assume that is necessary before T-Mobile will replace it.
- What phone will they send? I've heard they are no longer shipping MT4G's, but are sending the Slide instead. Since I'm a long-time customer and out of contract, I was hoping I could sweet-talk them into sending a Sensation instead.
Any input anyone has is appreciated.
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Sorry to hear that, if you was to give an estimate, how many roms have you flashed before this happened, also tmobile still ships mt4g, i just ordered a replacement for my girlfriend last week thursday and she received a new phone next day.. she had the bad emmc(Embedded Multi-Media Card) chip, i ran the code with terminal emulator and she's not rooted, she's on stock rom..her problem was the buttonS was not responding..after she received the new phone, it still had the bad chip(she don't care as long as the darn phone works).. so you just might get a good or bad one either way i believe they still ship the mt4g.
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Sorry to hear that, if you was to give an estimate, how many roms have you flashed before this happened, also tmobile still ships mt4g, i just ordered a replacement for my girlfriend last week thursday and she received a new phone next day.. she had the bad emmc(Embedded Multi-Media Card) chip, i ran the code with terminal emulator and she's not rooted, she's on stock rom..her problem was the buttonS was not responding..after she received the new phone, it still had the bad chip(she don't care as long as the darn phone works).. so you just might get a good or bad one either way i believe they still ship the mt4g.
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Thanks, but did you read the rest of the thread? No replacement for me, at least not yet.
TeeJay3800 said:
Well, this is a little embarrassing, but it seems that a simple cache wipe fixed the problem.
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Awesome. Glad it worked for you too. I never had to clear cache after radio flash before either except for the latest radio. Freaked me out too when I first saw it too
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Awesome. Glad it worked for you too. I never had to clear cache after radio flash before either except for the latest radio. Freaked me out too when I first saw it too
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I hadn't had to either. There's definitely something different about this latest radio.