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[Q] Boot loop but can get into recover and flash

OK heres the deal. I have done tons of searching and it looks like I SHOULD be able to get out of this, but I cant figure it out and I may have gone to far(by unrooting with 4.24 and bootloader 2.16).
So long story short, my launch day evo got lost about a month after I got it. Got a replacement from Sprint(or whoever their insurance is), my original Evo got found about a month or so after that. It has not been powered on since then(a year realistically) with no battery or SD card in it. I got bored and decided to power it up and update everything(because I cant do **** with my new Evo3d, yet since im on a Mac and have no access to a PC). Here are where things went bad.
Phone was rooted with the very original Toast method including S-off with the .76 Eng boot loader. I was running some form of CM6 on it when I lost it.
-Went to power it up and it boot looped at the white Evo4g screen.
-Went into bootloader and tried to get into recovery(had Amon RA 1.7 I think). No go.
-Flashed the new TWRP recovery and got into recovery just fine.
-Flashed the CM7.1.0-RC1
-reboot into a boot loop
-battery pull and a reboot and it loaded, but after about 30 seconds, reboot into a boot loop.
-Thought maybe TWRP didnt like the phone so I flashed Amon RA 2.3
-went into recovery just fine. Did complete wipes of everything using Calkulin Wipe all.zip
-re-flashed CM7.1.0 RC1
-boot loop
-flashed latest radios
-rebooted back into recovery
-reflashed cm7.1.0 rc1
-boot loop
During all of the reboots I would occasionally get the CM7 splash screen and then a reboot into boot loops. I THINK everything was flashing ok.
At this point I was frustrated and was thinking it was something I was doing that was jacked up so I decided to unroot and I flashed the newest RUU(which obviously removes root, S-off, .76 boot loader, etc...) so I did it. Figured I was just trying to get the phone running to sell anyway. Flashed was successful, chose to reboot and guess what. Boot loop. I pulled the battery out for about 10 minutes and it boots into the rom, runs for about 10-15 seconds in the rom and then reboots, back into the rom at least, but only about 10-15 seconds later, another reboot.
Every thread I read on these infinite boot loops were guys saying they couldnt even get into recovery or flash anything, which I had no problem doing(obviously cant really do that anymore with losing root and s-off). So I am stuck.
So current state of the phone is boot loader 2.16 S-on with 4.24.651.1 with all current radios, etc... flashed(as far as I can tell) from the RUU posted on Goo-inside.me.
Does anybody have any ideas for me to try? It seems like I am so close to getting it running because it will run for about 60 seconds but then reboot. I am guessing a hardware issue, but I honestly at this point have no clue.

Sounds like a hardware issue to me.
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Rem3Dy said:
Sounds like a hardware issue to me.
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Thats what I am leaning towards, but why, if a hardware issue, will the phone run in the boot loader or recovery for basically forever without rebooting? It will also successfully(or did) flash everything I asked it to. I would think it would always reboot around that 60 second time frame if it was a hardware issue.

damn, too bad you ran RUU & lost s-off. now you couldn't do anything to test/troubleshoot even if you wanted to.

drdrewdown said:
damn, too bad you ran RUU & lost s-off. now you couldn't do anything to test/troubleshoot even if you wanted to.
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I know. I probably should have posted up and waited, but I got impatient and thought that was a last ditch effort anyway since I tried everything else I knew to try.

rjacobs said:
but why, if a hardware issue, will the phone run in the boot loader or recovery for basically forever without rebooting? It will also successfully(or did) flash everything I asked it to. I would think it would always reboot around that 60 second time frame if it was a hardware issue.
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because in the boot loader and recovery menu I'm sure the phone is not accessing radios, audio components, gps, and all manner of other hardware components that get activated once the phone tries to boot up for real.

It sounds like according to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805612&page=4
That my NV is FUBAR, but since I ran RUU and lost S-off, I cant do the fix. Oh well, I am sure eventually somebody will crack the boot loader and then I can fix it. Otherwise I have to send it off to HTC and I am sure pay them to fix it.

Just to clarify. The thread you linked to is for people who wrote nv items to their device.
What I'm afraid you are experiencing is the bootloop commonly complained about by those running CM roms.
I have yet to find a solution to the CM bootloop and all signs point to hardware failure.
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Boot loop not past Evo Splash screen

I know this is a known issue but I wanted to see if anyone has had any luck yet.
My phone only gets to the HTC Evo splash screen and reboots. I can get into hboot and when i choose recovery from hboot it goes back into the boot loop.
This just happened to me a few days ago. I went from MikG to Deck to CM7. I just flashed CM7 over Decks 1.3 wiping only cache and dalvik. I was starting to really dig CM7 and I was planning on sticking with it. When it happened I was using the stock web aplication. I finished reading the page I was on and hit the back button (the one at the bottom of the phone) and next thing I knew my phone started rebooting. It never made it past the Evo splash screen since. I've been able to flash different hboots and it takes but it does not take any of the recoveries or RUUs. Has anyone had any luck with this yet? Or does anyone have any different advice with the extra info I have provided?
To reiterate I cannot get into recovery only hboot.
Thanks a ton in advance all.

nanstedt said:
I know this is a known issue but I wanted to see if anyone has had any luck yet.
My phone only gets to the HTC Evo splash screen and reboots. I can get into hboot and when i choose recovery from hboot it goes back into the boot loop.
This just happened to me a few days ago. I went from MikG to Deck to CM7. I just flashed CM7 over Decks 1.3 wiping only cache and dalvik. I was starting to really dig CM7 and I was planning on sticking with it. When it happened I was using the stock web aplication. I finished reading the page I was on and hit the back button (the one at the bottom of the phone) and next thing I knew my phone started rebooting. It never made it past the Evo splash screen since. I've been able to flash different hboots and it takes but it does not take any of the recoveries or RUUs. Has anyone had any luck with this yet? Or does anyone have any different advice with the extra info I have provided?
To reiterate I cannot get into recovery only hboot.
Thanks a ton in advance all.
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Try getting this:
http://goo-inside.me/amon_ra/supersonic/recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3-PC36IMG.zip
To thee root of your SD card and then boot into HBOOT to load it.
Make sure it is named PC36IMG.zip
You may be missing your recovery.

atapia984 said:
Try getting this:
http://goo-inside.me/amon_ra/supersonic/recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3-PC36IMG.zip
To thee root of your SD card and then boot into HBOOT to load it.
Make sure it is named PC36IMG.zip
You may be missing your recovery.
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I appreciate the link but my issue is that I can flash the recovery files from hboot but to my dismay I still cannot get to recovery from the recovery selection within hboot. There seems to be an issue where hboot hands the reins off to recovery or android. I'm not sure how to troubleshoot or overcome something like that. Maybe my assumption is wrong but who knows.

You don't have to go into recovery to flash a pc36img. It happens in Hboot.
In theory, you should be able to flash that, then flash recovery.

HipKat said:
You don't have to go into recovery to flash a pc36img. It happens in Hboot.
In theory, you should be able to flash that, then flash recovery.
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Is the link provided not Amra recovery? That is what it looks like to me, but I could be wrong. Please advise. I can flash the recoveries in hboot but when i go to recovery from the hboot screen and select it the boot loops commence.

Unfortunately, that is a problem that you can search and see a fair number of people have had and I don't think anyone has fixed it as it means bad blocks and/or something to do with partitions being resized and I hate to even say this, but all but a very few cases were running CM7

HipKat said:
Unfortunately, that is a problem that you can search and see a fair number of people have had and I don't think anyone has fixed it as it means bad blocks and/or something to do with partitions being resized and I hate to even say this, but all but a very few cases were running CM7
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Yes, i've noticed that. I was hoping that since it had been a while that someone had found a solution. Hopefully a dev will chime in and give some steps that I haven't taken yet.

nanstedt said:
Yes, i've noticed that. I was hoping that since it had been a while that someone had found a solution. Hopefully a dev will chime in and give some steps that I haven't taken yet.
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I hope you hear something. Mine is exhibiting a similar behavior. Maybe time to trash this phone or at least flash it back to stock so I can take it back to Sprint.

jerrykur said:
I hope you hear something. Mine is exhibiting a similar behavior. Maybe time to trash this phone or at least flash it back to stock so I can take it back to Sprint.
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I wish i could flash it back to stock so i could use it again. I paid $200 for this thing. I'd like to get a few more years out of it. Nothing like the OG. I've tried running the RUU files from windows while in hboot and the files do change as I flash different versions. I noticed this when during the ruu program it shows you the from/to screen. So I know the RUU programs are working, it's just that the hboot recovery/ROM handshake is not happening. I guess I'm hosed ATM.

bad emmc preventing me from flashing now..

is there anything else i can do to flash roms still? or am i stuck on my icecoldsandwich backup forever?

Bootloader version?

how would one go about locating this?

Reboot. When your screen goes black and backlight on keys goes out hold down volume down to boot into bootloader. Write down the info displayed at the top of the screen and post it here.

estallings15 said:
Reboot. When your screen goes black and backlight on keys goes out hold down volume down to boot into bootloader. Write down the info displayed at the top of the screen and post it here.
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Is bootloader even relevant here? Anyway, are you sure its the eMMC? Usually symptoms for bad emmc include lag and ending up with a shiny paperweight. Why domt you try reflashing cwr?

THEindian said:
Is bootloader even relevant here? Anyway, are you sure its the eMMC? Usually symptoms for bad emmc include lag and ending up with a shiny paperweight. Why domt you try reflashing cwr?
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Yes it is relevant. Very. Ever since the HTCdev unlocked boot loader came about I've seen some weird things. By telling us what bootloader he has we know exactly what he is dealing with.

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H-boot .85.2007 (pd1510000)
Microp-0429 radio- 26.11.04.03_m
Emmc-boot
Oct 11 2010 12:44:14

Engineering bootloader. So you should be good to flash another rom. Reflash CWM recovery using ROM manager, just in case there is sonething wonky with your recovery. Download your desired rom. Reboot into recovery. Make a backup. Go to mounts and storage. Format system and data, and wipe cache. Go back to main menu and hit wipe data/factory reset. Then install your rom.
If you have tried those steps before to no avail then.... I don't know.

Tried flashing cwm again through rom manager again. I was getting hopeful when I noticed the bootanimation was lasting longer then usual...then my heart sank when it froze.
Just to make sure I did it right
I reflashed cwm using the rom manager app
Formatted system data and cache under mounts and storage
Factory data and full wipe them cache and dalvik
Flashed the latest version of the ice cold sandwich rom
And then freeze..

No, that was pretty frickin thorough. Man.... what a drag. I don't get it. Does anyone have any ideas at all?

Flash a non ics Rom, that might be it
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what if you tried flashing one of those RUU files at least to get hte phone back to stock.
You know where you hook your phone up to the computer and then run the .exe file from your computer?

[Q] phone wont boot or charge?????

Just picked the phone up yesterday. Not new to the mt4g but they said it was a software issue so I was like hell that's an easy fix. Got it to flash the pd5img but still has a amber light that blinks 7 times then tries to boot but it loops at the mt4g splash screen. Anyone know a fix for this? Can boot into the boot loader but can't do much cause the battery won't charge. Prolly need a new battery but if anyone knows how to force charge let me know.
edit: tried charging the phone by blocking off the middle two contacts on the battery. that got the orange light to stop blinking and i managed to get the pdimg to install again but still loops... it installed everything fine it skipped one of the tp's but the other one did its thing. guy i got the phone from said it wouldn't start up for him it was a software problem he assumed and put it in a drawer for like 3 months so the battery is completely drained. gonna keep the other two pins on the battery blocked for 30 minutes or so to see if it will boot. fast boot kept throwing me a error about the battery not having enough voltage to install the pd15img.zip update so battery might be toast not sure will keep everyone posted. any ideas just throw them my way
Edit: OK got the battery to charge and no voltage errors in hboot anymore but can't boot to recovery or factory reset the device. Is hboot screwed? If so how would I flash another without being able to use they phone?

99 views and nothing?

skater4690 said:
99 views and nothing?
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I'm no expert, but I would read through the Sticky in the Q&A section and see if that helps. Good luck!
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Is the phone rooted? Or stock? Did u get any errors flashing the PD image?
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...Awesome... said:
Is the phone rooted? Or stock? Did u get any errors flashing the PD image?
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no errors flashing the emmc chip i would guess is good still because it flashed. I've already read the q&a sticky about this stuff and nothing is helpful. phone is stock as far as i know. before i flashed the pd15img i looked at the radio it was the same one from the zip and the phone still had s-on i got it from some guy that looks like he wouldn't root or anything since he had an iPhone... and like i said hoot said s-on and had the latest radio so i would assume everything was stock. might be the battery but i won't charge every time i connect the phone to the charger it tries to boot and ends up looping at the mt4g splash screen. ill try another battery tomorrow when i get a chance to swap it from my brothers girlfriends phone. but I'm working a 24 hour shift today so i have plenty of time to mess around with this phone so i figured i would

ok i can get into fast boot but can't do much since i have s-on but if anybody has an idea please let me know id like to come back to the mt4g

To save yourself the time, you could try HTCDev unlocking it and installing recovery by fastboot, since the warranty on the phone is long gone anyway. This might allow you to try flashing ROMs from recovery. Don't forget to flash boot.img from fastboot though!
If this route brings your phone alive, you can try to relock and S-OFF the thing, to have normal flashing access from recovery.

Jack_R1 said:
To save yourself the time, you could try HTCDev unlocking it and installing recovery by fastboot, since the warranty on the phone is long gone anyway. This might allow you to try flashing ROMs from recovery. Don't forget to flash boot.img from fastboot though!
If this route brings your phone alive, you can try to relock and S-OFF the thing, to have normal flashing access from recovery.
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I did HTC dev but when I tried to flash stock boot.img or recovery it didn't wanna work saying that the boot loader was locked which is weird since its supposed to be unlocked

Anyone have any ideas?

Boot Loop Issue

Hi,
I am having an issue with my phone where the phone keeps on boot looping. I have read the brick guide and I tried the solutions in there but I am still stuck with a boot loop.I managed to install clockwork and cm 7.2 on the phone but it still boot loops and it has the good emmc chip as well. I also flashed the pd15img in hboot it doesn't return any errors and still loops. Any help/direction would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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HBoot-0.86.0000
Radio -26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot

make sure u have the correct .img. I got it from here. Did u make any backups?
try flashing the .img from the link. Follow "I - 4) Downgrading" I used 4b after that. so try that...it will help u get to stock froyo

Me too
trollimammoth said:
Hi,
I am having an issue with my phone where the phone keeps on boot looping. I have read the brick guide and I tried the solutions in there but I am still stuck with a boot loop.I managed to install clockwork and cm 7.2 on the phone but it still boot loops and it has the good emmc chip as well. I also flashed the pd15img in hboot it doesn't return any errors and still loops. Any help/direction would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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HBoot-0.86.0000
Radio -26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
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Mine boot loops with just about every ICS rom except (so far) the new chameleon one. It does the thing where if I get an incoming text when I try to check it it restarts the phone, and after a few days it boot loops permanently. What I mean by that is I'll try to use the phone and it's in the rom's splash screen just looping and looping and doesn't stop until I turn off the phone.. So when that happens I have to hold the volume down, turn the phone on, and wait until the boot menu comes up.. Then go into recovery and wipe data, cache, dalvik, and flash a new rom and gapps. It really sucks because I love PACman rom's and they boot loop the most.
Oh also my phone kept not booting once because my back button got stuck down.. So check your buttons too? Hopefully something there helps. I'm still trying to find out why PACman rom's hate me! Good luck!

Everybody please read the op in the developer's roms they all tell you to wipe cache/dalvik this what I do when I install any rom I throws out all the bugs and gets the rom moving normally
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that's not it..
aliamin86 said:
Everybody please read the op in the developer's roms they all tell you to wipe cache/dalvik this what I do when I install any rom I throws out all the bugs and gets the rom moving normally
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That's not it.. I wipe my data, cache, and dalvik cache 3x before flashing a new ROM. I think the problem may have something to do with the kernel the devs are using because both Pacman and evervolv roms do it the worst, and I noticed Pacman is using evervolv's kernel. chameleons ROM doesn't restart or boot loop on me at all..

I had same problem. I installed 4EXT recovery and formatted everything ext 4 +full wipe.Then installed a different kernel other than stock.That solved all issues.
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Had success with factory data reset
Hello. I had the boot loop problem and tried everything (even the wierd twisting thing which worked for others, not me). I ended up fixing the problem by using the factory data reset solution. This is done by holding the power and volume up button until the screen lights up with options. Then select the factory data reset option.
THIS WILL WIPE OUT EVERYTHING except whats on your SD card. So you'll have to redownload all your favortie apps. But i actually liked that new phone feeling after the reset. Hope this helps someone.