I am in need of some help with my Droid 2 that I rooted and flashed. Everything was going smoothly up until I flashed the rom and now i am stuck at the Motorola M and in a boot loop. I have pulled the battery and tried to re-install and still nothing. I re-installed to sbf and tried the whole process over multiple times and still nothing. I have watched many how to videos even though this is my 4th time rooting a phone i know they are all different, and i seem to be doing all the right steps and no matter what i do im stuck at the Motorla Logo. Please help!
What are you flashing it from? Froyo? GB?
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I've tried both medthods...Froyo originally. So I tried OTA to GB and then flash it...that didnt work either. What is the last sbf for the droid 2 anyway?
You should be on OTA GB when flashing it.
Check your MD5, lots of people seem to be having problems getting it to match.
Look at my thread on the Droid 2 Global section.. do steps 9-11 only.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060694
If you're flashing Liberty you can try using Rom Manager. Otherwise after you install GB and root, install Bootstrapper, run it's installation tab then recovery. Once in recovery wipe cache, wipe data, then select zip from sd and install.
Make sure you have the proper version of Liberty for your phone.
Hi, I am also having the same issue
I had Liberty 2.0 v2.0.1 and wiped data and installed from SD, stuck at splash screen
I pulled the battery and tried 2 more times, still same issue
Then I wiped the cached, wiped data and installed from SD and I'm still stuck at the splash screen, any help is greatly appreciated!
1) Try wiping davlik cache as well
2) Make sure you have the version of Liberty designed for your handset. It shouldn't flash anyway if it's the wrong one, but anything is possible.
Are you guys using Rom Manager or Bootstrapper by the way? Just wondering.
Also, if you're coming from a Rom already on there and you mess up you can use Clockwork to restore your last saved system image.
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so i went through the instructions on instaklling the tranquility rom, well after installing all i got was the motorola boot, nothing else, so i restarted the phone after about 10 min, and still nothing, so i reboot into recovery, and wiped the phone, well its still only showing the motorola logo, any suggestions?
Same thing happend to me
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oxidant11 said:
so i went through the instructions on instaklling the tranquility rom, well after installing all i got was the motorola boot, nothing else, so i restarted the phone after about 10 min, and still nothing, so i reboot into recovery, and wiped the phone, well its still only showing the motorola logo, any suggestions?
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Boot into recovery and load one of your backups. If you don't have backups, then you just learned why you need them. Of course, there are people who have uploaded nandroid backups to this site and others, find one of them, move it to your sdcard, boot into recovery, and install it.
If all this fails, then just .sbf. It doesn't take forever, and you can make a nice clean stock 2.2 backup after you root and then upgrade.
What OS are you running? Have you tried to SBF your phone back to factory?
Im guessing its 2.2 only
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Yeah i got it back by doing spf. And then reloaded a backup, but i could never get into clockwork, what do u do yo get into clockwork because the only recovery i was able to get into was the recovery that comes with the phone, just would like to know.
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The same thing happened to me trying to update using the update.zip. Installs everything normally but when it comes to booting it simply stops at the motorola logo, then if you reboot it several times taking the battery out it boots into the system.
Doesn't sound like your rooted? Have to be rooted to use Clockwork.
If you are rooted might try reinstalling the Bootstrap Recovery.
Would definitely suggest doing an SBF on the phone. The guides here are a little unorganized, so I wrote up a nice one below. Includes everything including the SBF file needed for flashing.
http://destdroid.com/showthread.php?18-How-to-Flash-2.1-(SBF)
Need help! My phone was rooted using the Easy Root process, all was peachy until I decided to try the latest leak of 2.2. Didn't work, got stuck at the M logo and could only get the bootloader screen up. I thought it was bricked but after searching high and low through the blogosphere got to this post. Now I've done the sbf as suggested, but when I try to do the Easy Root again, nothing happens. Any suggestions? I would like to root again so I can access the backup from my sd card and get my phone back to where I had it b/f. HELP!
I'm rooted, unrevoked; I'm currently stuck in a boot loop. I can not reach recovery. I can not get to my rom. I can only access bootloader.
So far I have taken these steps to cure my problem:
Ran RUU software in Windows (with and without sd card in evo)
Flashed RUU as PC36IMG in bootloader
Cleared Storage using fastboot in command prompt
Cleared Recovery and then Flashed Amon Ra's Recovery and Clockwork using fastboot in command prompt
Flashed Amon Ra's Recovery and Clockwork as PC36IMG in hboot
Flashed Sprint Lover's as PC36IMG in hboot
Flashed eng-PC36IMG from Toastctfh's Old Root Tutorial as PC36IMG in hboot
Each of these methods flashed successfully as far as I can tell... yet I still go into an infinite boot loop.
Before the bootloop this is what I was doing:
I had the initial CM7 nightly installed for about 2 weeks. It was buggy, and a few days ago restarted and deleted all my texts, and desynced from google. On rebooting, google apps acted as if I had never ran the phone before - it asked me to enter google account info, etc, upon reboot.
I decided CM7 was too unstable and so I wiped data and davlik, and flashed CM6. When CM6 booted google apps was already on, before I had even flashed it! Anyways I figured I wanted to give MIUI a run, so I wiped data and davlik, and flashed MIUI. It ran fine for about two hours, and then rebooted out of nowhere... and never came out of the boot loop.
I'm really starting to sweat this as I have gone three days now without a phone. Does anyone have any ideas that may help me? Thanks.
If I am unable to get out of my boot loop, does anyone know if I would be able to unroot my phone and then take it into Sprint and get another?
Are you able to boot into recovery?
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unfortunately, nope
Hmm then I'm not to sure what to tell you. That was my only idea.
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bump, maybe with a new day a new person will have a new idea?
Hopefully
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bump to this as I am also experiencing this same situation. Phone stuck in an infinite bootloop to the white htc screen then all over again. can get into bootloader but not into recovery.
tried all the above. this was out of nowhere.
This problem is all over the Evo section, especially in Q&A and I don't think I've seen anyone come out of it.
On the positive side, I also don't think I've seen anyone take theirs back to Sprint and have a tech even check to see if their phone was rooted or not, and btw, next time you flash a new ROM, not saying this is the cause, wipe EVERYTHING, not just cache and dalvik-cache
Having the same problem here also...
didi you try the clear storage mode in the boot loader cause if you already flashed the PC36IMGyou wouldnt have a custom recovery just the triangle screen i recomend doing it with the original 2.1 zip file then just re rooting it put the rom then flash radio and g apps
dominirican said:
didi you try the clear storage mode in the boot loader cause if you already flashed the PC36IMGyou wouldnt have a custom recovery just the triangle screen i recomend doing it with the original 2.1 zip file then just re rooting it put the rom then flash radio and g apps
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I have tried everything you have mentioned and nothing works...
The OP's list of attempted fixes looks like he ran the gamut.
Unless there's a fix that I haven't read about, it's time for a trip to the Sprint store....
I have someone working on mine that claims he can get it fixed...has access to things I don't. We will see. I will report the results.
Ok...He did it and its up and running. I was trying to flash mine to Boost Mobile so thats how i got mine into a boot loop but he got mine out of it with this...Download the
README_EVO.docx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805612&page=4
So I'm not an Android expert, but I do have experience rooting and installing ROMs and I'm stuck.
I've followed the instructions from this forum for loading Liberty 1.5 on my DX, which are copied and pasted below:
-boot into recovery via clockworks bootstrap
-select "wipe data/factory reset"
-select "Yes -- delete all data"
-go back "powerbutton"
-select "install zip from sdcard"
-select "choose zip from sdcard"
-find and select LibertyX/2-X.X.zip
-reboot
When bootstrapper tried to flash the Liberty zip from the sd card I get an "installation aborted" error. I deleted and re-downloaded the file numerous times from various sources, but I get the same error.
Any ideas?
Did you download multiple times from multiple sources on your phone? If so try downloading with a PC. I had issues a couple of times downloading from my phone until I noticed that the zip file wasn't downloading correctly.
I downloaded 3 times from different forums through my macbook, then transferred the files both via awesome drop and via usb. Got the installation aborted error every combination. I rooted using the Z4 app if that makes any difference.
So you tried dling on your macbook... did you try downloading directly to your phone? I never use a computer to download roms.
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What you need to do is wipe your data and cache, go to advanced, wipe dalvik cache, wipe battery stats, go to mounts and storage, mount system and data, and then install it
I've installed liberty 1.5 on two phones now, mine and for a friend of mine. I was really super careful on mine and it took a couple tries to get it to go, but if you dont clear the cache and wipe everything it gives you lots of problems. It's a must.
Finally got it to work. My download was getting terminated from xda (at least that's what my computer was telling me) and I was only getting partial downloads. I downloaded via the ftp link and it loaded somewhat ok. was stuck in a boot loop for awhile, but a couple recovery reboots fixed that. Running smooth now, thanks for the assistance.
Nice. How do you like it?
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Help!!
I'm brand new to installing custom ROMs and I think I made a big mistake. I installed Apex just fine and then I thought I would try to install Liberty. I went through the process but after it rebooted it is just staying on the Liberty logo and not doing anything else. I figured it might take a few minutes but it's been over 30mins!
Thinking back to when I installed the ROM, I might have forgot to wipe the old ROM.
I need help. Is there anything I can do or is my phone now bricked??
Not a big fan. A little too buggy for me. Installed darkslider and I love it!
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tsibs7 said:
I'm brand new to installing custom ROMs and I think I made a big mistake. I installed Apex just fine and then I thought I would try to install Liberty. I went through the process but after it rebooted it is just staying on the Liberty logo and not doing anything else. I figured it might take a few minutes but it's been over 30mins!
Thinking back to when I installed the ROM, I might have forgot to wipe the old ROM.
I need help. Is there anything I can do or is my phone now bricked??
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I ran into the same issue the first time around. While my friend didn't recommend it, I did a battery pull and restarted; after that, everything went well. I can't say that this will work on yours.
You can also try the Darkslide ROM as recommended by jrdecat. I didn't run this one for long, but it was stable.
Rooted using unrevoked. Flashed to evio 3 and trying to flash different roms such as CM 7, or Decks 1.0 and it wont get passed the boot animation screen.
The animation keeps looping and I end up restoring it back to evio 3 with manual recovery mode boot.
I tried cleaning the caches before flashing and it wont work.
Flashed with different methods as well.. Rom Manager and manual install zip from sd on recovery boot menu..
Im new to flashing roms so please let me know if you see anything wrong in my steps. I have titanium back up, but I dont think I have my stock rom backed up for some reason..
Did you wipe EVERYTHING before flashing?
all the caches it specifies on the pop up from Rom Manager, yes.
I havent wiped it to factory, re-root and flash if that is what you are asking.
Ok, wiped everything and got it to boot into new rom but marketplace is gone and its functioning bad. apps arent working and I cant restore apps or contacts..
You need to flash gapps to get your market and other google apps - this will then allow you to sync your contacts, calendar, etc. There should be a link to it in the rom's thread.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
feelingnerdi said:
Rooted using unrevoked. Flashed to evio 3 and trying to flash different roms such as CM 7, or Decks 1.0 and it wont get passed the boot animation screen.
The animation keeps looping and I end up restoring it back to evio 3 with manual recovery mode boot.
I tried cleaning the caches before flashing and it wont work.
Flashed with different methods as well.. Rom Manager and manual install zip from sd on recovery boot menu..
Im new to flashing roms so please let me know if you see anything wrong in my steps. I have titanium back up, but I dont think I have my stock rom backed up for some reason..
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For the love of God do some damn research and learn something before you go and ruin your phone.
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Just go ahead and reinstall the RUU. Search on youtube for unrooting htc evo. I believe the video is from zedomax. Great tutorial for getting your phone back to stock.
And another one having problems, and using ROM Manger......
Here's the backstory:
My DX has been rooted for about 6 months. I've used CM7, MIUI, and RevNumbers ROMs and have had little trouble with anything before yesterday. I know how to SBF, use Droid2Recovery, wipe data, and all that good stuff that gets our rooted phones to the sexiness they are.
Well the other day MIUI was acting a bit funky and would so I decided to SBF and start from scratch. Well after SBFing, rerooting, running D2Recovery, and wiping data/dalvik I installed ROM Manager and proceeded to download the latest CM7 nightly.
This is where the problems began...
After downloading the ROM and selecting Wipe Data/Dalvik Cache it rebooted into CWM Recovery. But it informed me an error occured and the installation was aborted. After trying several more times with MIUI and RevNumbers ROMs I decided to reSBF and try again. Same thing, kept getting the error while in CWM Recovery (It didn't tell me the error by the way, just tells me there was an error). So then I tried a slightly older GB Kernel and SBF'd to that. I still got the same error when it tries to install the ROM. I also tried downloading and manually installing the ROMs with the same failure.
So there we are, SBF'd phone, rooted, not installing ROMs.
Thoughts?
Rom manager maybe?
choonami said:
So there we are, SBF'd phone, rooted, not installing ROMs.
Thoughts?
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I would say that ROM MANGER is causing the issue. Perhaps try this process by entering recovery manually, and not installing ROM MANAGER at all.
let me know how it goes
How do I install a zip if I'm in regular recovery?
I take back my last reply. D2Recovery got me into CWM. BUT...
No dice. Still getting errors. I think my SD card is bad. Going to steal my wife's and test it out. Will update this after I give it a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18463099
Here is what your looking for xP
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i see now! forgot I sbf'd to gb for miui. will test out revnumbers