Hi guys,
Tried to upgrade from Darchdroid 2.6.5 to 2.7 today and am now stuck with an unusable phone.
I get a boot loop OR I get stuck on the HTC boot screen for 20+ min. I'm not sure why I get stuck on either one.
This advice was given to me today in the 2.7 thread:
hold down menu+back+power and do a hard reset.
then wipe everything. [EVERYTHING ext4, ect.]
then flash DD2.7
then flash GoogleBits.
good luck.
edit: this has the newest kernel.
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The problem is, in order to complete a hard reset, you have to reboot the phone!(right?) But when I reboot, I just get stuck on the HTC boot screen. Is there wiping instructions (i.e. do I need to do certain things from adb instead of the phone?) that I'm missing out on?
Thanks so much. Really loved 2.6.5. Don't know why I keep getting suckered into updating
A hard reset is the same thing as doing a factory reset. So, go into recovery, go tinto the wipe list, and wipe everything on that list. Then, flash it and reboot.
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A hard reset is the same thing as doing a factory reset. So, go into recovery, go tinto the wipe list, and wipe everything on that list. Then, flash it and reboot.
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Thx, Heromeng. Did exactly what you said - wiped everything possible in AmonRa 1.7 and now I'm back to a boot loop.
Some further info: When I was upgrading from 2.6.4 to 2.6.5, Darch said I should push the boot.img from 2.6.4 to make things work. That did the trick for the last update (although I don't know why!).
Is pushing the boot.img from 2.6.4 the way to get 2.7 to work on my phone?
Alright, I went ahead and pushed the boot.img from 2.6.4 and now it's working. I guess it's just like 2.6.5.
My question:
What am I sacrificing by using this boot.img instead of the one from 2.7? I'm not clear what the trade-off is.
Thanks again.
Back up your sd card, then repartition it.
Sometimes ramswapz corrupts the sd card, so you have to format it and repartition before being able to flash a new ROM.
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There isn't enough of a difference between the kernel where your phone shouldn't boot.
Decad3nce said:
Back up your sd card, then repartition it.
Sometimes ramswapz corrupts the sd card, so you have to format it and repartition before being able to flash a new ROM.
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There isn't enough of a difference between the kernel where your phone shouldn't boot.
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Decad3nce: I've re-partitioned it 3 separate times and every time it's a boot loop! Would you tell me if I'm doing this all in the correct order?
-Wipe everything.
-Re-partition sd card
-Enable USB toggle
-Move 2.7 and Googleshits from computer to Phone
-Flash ROM
-Flash googleshits.
-Reboot.
note: I was able to boot into 2.7 with the (pushed) 2.6.4 boot.img but I wasn't able to start wi-fi. So I'm assuming the 2.6.4 boot.img had something to do with that and that's why I'm trying a "virgin" 2.7 flash again.
All I can say is I'm in the same boat. It seemed to me, in my earlier tinkerings, that my phone needed a boot.img that was slightly less overclocked. The few DarchDroid successes I've had were from lower-clocked boot.img's. Without it, I just look at the HTC logo forever.
bohiti said:
All I can say is I'm in the same boat. It seemed to me, in my earlier tinkerings, that my phone needed a boot.img that was slightly less overclocked. The few DarchDroid successes I've had were from lower-clocked boot.img's. Without it, I just look at the HTC logo forever.
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That's really helpful info, Bohiti. I thought I was alone here!
I am in 2.7 now with the 2.6.4 boot.img but I'm unable to start wi-fi.
This is a dealbreaker for me.
Why would the boot.img affect wi-fi??
Well sorry, kind of. While what I said was true, I just now tried the hard reset suggested to you. (Menu+Back+Power). And then I wiped everything and flashed 2.7 and GoogleShits. And it booted fine, quickly. Only on HTC screen for 10 seconds maybe.
So I'm not in the same boat, though in the past I've had the same symptom with my phone. I haven't rebooted again, maybe I just got lucky.
Darch made changes to his kernel(so it boots at a higher frequency); your phone probably can't handle it then.
Bug him, jus10o, or me(tomorrow) about making a 710mhz bootable.
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Darch made changes to his kernel(so it boots at a higher frequency); your phone probably can't handle it then.
Bug him, jus10o, or me(tomorrow) about making a 710mhz bootable.
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Thanks decad3nce. I will do just that! And thanks for the info, bohiti.
Finally some positive news!
sariamanascar said:
Thanks decad3nce. I will do just that! And thanks for the info, bohiti.
Finally some positive news!
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I lied. it defaults at 710 on boot. But, try booting 2.6.7 with no sd card in your phone. (do a full wipe, I mean everything)
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I lied. it defaults at 710 on boot. But, try booting 2.6.7 with no sd card in your phone. (do a full wipe, I mean everything)
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OK, just tried this two different times.
No boot loop(!) but now it just hangs on the HTC logo.
Any other ideas?
Bout to go ask Darch and jus10o for ideas....Btw, should I PM them or create a thread?
Thanks again for your help.
sariamanascar said:
OK, just tried this two different times.
No boot loop(!) but now it just hangs on the HTC logo.
Any other ideas?
Bout to go ask Darch and jus10o for ideas....Btw, should I PM them or create a thread?
Thanks again for your help.
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already told jus10o, but feel free to pm him or Darcj anyways. one of us just needs to compile a kernel that defaults and limits itself under 710.
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already told jus10o, but feel free to pm him or Darcj anyways. one of us just needs to compile a kernel that defaults and limits itself under 710.
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Just PM'd them myself. Thanks for the help, Dec.
Has this issue been addressed? I am having the exact same issue. I have flashed just about every rom on XDA and never had any issues, but I am having the same problem with 2.7 and Buffed2.0...both overclocked kernels. On 2.7 if I do a few battery pulls the phone somehow gets past the HTC logo but everytime I reboot i get the boot loop again.
I have never had any issues like this so I have never had to pull a log. If this would be helpful i would be glad to do it but would need directions on how to.
For all future visitors: Dec was kind enough to modify a kernel that got GPS and Wifi working for me - so thanks Dec. Problem was, GPS eventually started crapping out and I had a whole bunch of force closes over the past week. Including my phone app even crashing on me.
Today, I finally gave up on 2.7 and am on to PureHero which is largely AOSP and (for the non-OC'd version) a lot more stable. While I don't like the look as much, for those of us on weak phones, I think it's the best option.
I had the same issue, but flashed the uv kernel and it booted fine ever since. Couldn't run 2.7 till then.
stand corrected
I recently flashed the UV kernel and I have to say, everything works great. I stand corrected - no one told me the uv kernel was the same thing as "under clocking" a a kernel but I guess that's what it does. Thx.
Worked for me too
Hi just wanted to add that the UV kernel also solved my bootloop problems with DD 2.7.
A few times before the UV I was lucky, and after the 2nd or 3rd iteration of the bootloop it would get past the htc screen and boot. Happened enough times to get hooked on 2.7 haha But the last time I rebooted the phone it was very stubborn and stayed stuck no matter what I tried. That sent me searching back here. Glad I found your post, I assumed the UV kernel was only for those having battery issues, based on the main 2.7 thread.
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Hey peeps, hope somebody out there can help. I have quite a strange problem and have tried everything I know to sort it with no luck.
Ok before I start I just want to say I'm not playing the blame game, it was probably an unhappy coincidence it happened at the time it did.
I was on kingk's 2.0 hero rom, but decided i'd try maxisma's, so I wiped, formatted ext, flashed maxisma 2.0, then 2.0.1 which had just been released as a fix. Rebooted the phone. Everything was going smooth, I got a little flash of the notification bar same as what happens with every hero rom I've tried, then I got FC on messaging, then the phone froze. Thinking nothing of it, reboot, reflash after a wipe, but I repaired ext after wiping it. Flashed 2 and 2.0.1, then rebooted. Phone got to htc logo, then froze for a few seconds before going back to the animated android. Ok, this rom needs more time in the oven I thought.
I then wiped, formatted and repaired and flashed kingk's rom back to my phone, boot loop
I tried mlign, boot loop
I tried xrom, boot loop
I flashed htc image and then cyanogen's rom, finally got booted.
I've spoken with MikeTaylor (he has the patience of a saint, buy him a beer, I did) and he suggested clearing the dev folder, I tried and was prompted with "device or service in use" so that didn't work. I even thought going back to stock would help, but it didn't. I then thought it had something to do with the SPL, cyanogen's being the only rom not needing haykuros, so I flashed "the official donut" which also gave me a boot loop.
So here I am, asking for any suggestions, and I'm willing to try anything.
Many thanks in advance for any help, and I hope when I get fixed, this thread isn't used anymore, we don't want more people with my problem
The only suggestion I can make is recreating the partitions on your card using parted or something like that. I had the same problem as you going from Cyan to xROM, recreated the partitions and it was fine
well, not near computer to back things up, but i'l give it a go, it's either that or fastboot erase me thinks
if it works, thanks in advance, if it doesn't then thanks for trying
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well, not near computer to back things up, but i'l give it a go, it's either that or fastboot erase me thinks
if it works, thanks in advance, if it doesn't then thanks for trying
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Oh, I assumed that card wouldn't mount so it wouldn't matter if you couldn't back up
So what does fastboot erase do? Wipe out /system?
i was hoping somebody here could tell me that, i've never used fastboot other than changing the splash screen and that was done using a tool, so i didn't actualy use it lol. card mounts, the flash goes through ok, but it just never boots, unless it's cyanogen mod, which i've not used for about 2 months, xrom awesomeness got to me, but i decided to try out a few hero / sense roms while JAC was out of the office, and now i can't go back to it lol
Sorted, being lazy doesn't work. I used amonra recovery to make the partitions initially which worked, then had this problem. Tried using it again and it said it worked but I still couldn't flash. When I checked manually using parted, it showed 3 partitions. Fat32, blank, and swap. Recreated the partitions and I'm now back to full flashing fun. Unfortunate coincidence it happened right after flashing maxisma's 2.0.1
Hey guys i don't know if anyone of you had the same issue but any info/help could be helpful.
I used to flash my N1 A LOT! but today i have this strange issue. I wiped and flashed rodriguezstyle again for a clean start, but i only got the colorful X with the unlocked symbol at the bottom and then just a black screen. i thought I've done something wrong and flashed again, but with the same results.
i changed my sd and downloaded again the rom but still no luck, did a nandroid restore and the phone was working properly. then i got a bit frustrated. downloaded 2-3 more roms but the result was the same.
i read somewhere that flashing with battery <50% may cause some errors so left the phone off to fully charge and tried again... no luck
then i remembered i upgraded the radio and i downgraded it to the old one, but still the same results and nandroid doesn't work... jeeeesh... back to the new radio and to my nandroid, but its no fun owning a smart-phone if you cannot flash it.
anyone with the same issue or any helpful tips/instructions?
Try this:
When the phone hangs at boot, reboot to recovery, wipe cache and dalvik-cache and reboot from recovery. Does that work?
If not, you'll need to logcat the boot process and post the log somewhere for us to have a look at.
So, assuming adb is working on your computer, plug in via usb, use adb logcat > output.log and reboot the phone. Continue logging for about 60 seconds after the phone stops.
Post the log to www.pastebin.com and then link back here.
hmmmm ok i will post results in abt an hour. thanx!
hmmmm i think i sorted it out... reflashed recovery. propably i messed smthing in there! thanx for your effort!
Hello everyone!
Weird problem here, too.
I was backing up my SD card in view of a format/cleanup....and when I went to boot into recovery, my N1 was stuck on the black screen with the white letters at the bottom "Build : RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1"... The phone actually boots great, it is just not loading the recovery image. Is it possible that part of the flash got corrupted? If so, I'm pretty much done flashing my N1, right???
I'll post a log asap (if it could help any)...
Oh and btw i tried to re-flash Amon-RA's recovery twice already...Superboot said it was successful....but I doubt it...
Well try flashing stock rom! I flashed it through fastboot step by step and it worked. Also check if the rom you try to flash needs ext partition or if apps2sd is enabled
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Thanks nica.
I had to flash stock boot and rom to fix it...
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anyone getting anything out of this log?
http://pastebin.com/YDNJK3RF
Wipe and reflash?
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done a dozen of times. changed radios reflashed recovery! all!
the nandroid is working fine
Use a different rom or start from scratch on the one you're trying to use(not your nandroid)
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JoshHart said:
Use a different rom or start from scratch on the one you're trying to use(not your nandroid)
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i'am trying from scratch. wiped everything tried from the begining. even changed the radio
Yes - well I have observed these symptoms before.
The kernel is falling over loading the audio drivers.
It's very strange but if you slow the boot process down you can work around the problem and then get the phone to boot. Once it has booted once the problem doesn't tend to reoccur very often. I have only noticed this on a handful of phones although I can reproduce it from time to time.
When "stuck" (it is actually boot-looping as you observe) reboot to recovery using adb or finger-gymnastics and wipe dalvik-cache (or cache for that matter)... but you need only wipe one of them. Reboot the phone from recovery, should boot as normal but may take a loooooong time the first time...
Please report back, I'd be interested in your findings.
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Yes - well I have observed these symptoms before.
The kernel is falling over loading the audio drivers.
It's very strange but if you slow the boot process down you can work around the problem and then get the phone to boot. Once it has booted once the problem doesn't tend to reoccur very often. I have only noticed this on a handful of phones although I can reproduce it from time to time.
When "stuck" (it is actually boot-looping as you observe) reboot to recovery using adb or finger-gymnastics and wipe dalvik-cache (or cache for that matter)... but you need only wipe one of them. Reboot the phone from recovery, should boot as normal but may take a loooooong time the first time...
Please report back, I'd be interested in your findings.
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i will try it later tonight. the part that's bothering me it's that i loaded several kernels on my current nandroid and every single one is working fine! when i flash a new rom though i get this issues...
hmmmmm nop... not working. i flashed, and rebooted. pulled battery and wiped cashe same thing. then nandroid restore, flashed again, restarted, pulled battery and flashed dalvik. same thing...
i think i sorted out the issue... dunno why it happened but i flashed the stock rom part by part via fastboot and it seems that everything is fine now...
I had the same issue. It happened on every single ROM + Radio combination you can think of, including stock everything. Finally gave up and sent my N1 to get repaired. Received it a week ago and it's working again. They also re-locked my bootloader... And now here I am contemplating unlocking it again... but I don't want to go through that experience again.
I'd send it in rooted or not, if you still have the problem going back to stock.
I recently installed CM7 nightly 12 on my NC, and of course, just after getting it all setup the way I like it, I decided to reboot. Now it just will not boot. I can boot from a CWR sdcard, and then I can attempt to install any number of zip files from the stock 1.0.1 to CM7 nightly 13, and I still can't get it to boot. I think I probably borked the /boot somehow, but I have no idea how. Basically, I can press the power button as often and for as long as I like, but without the CWR sdcard in, I get nothing but a blank screen. So, what are my options now?
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I recently installed CM7 nightly 12 on my NC, and of course, just after getting it all setup the way I like it, I decided to reboot. Now it just will not boot. I can boot from a CWR sdcard, and then I can attempt to install any number of zip files from the stock 1.0.1 to CM7 nightly 13, and I still can't get it to boot. I think I probably borked the /boot somehow, but I have no idea how. Basically, I can press the power button as often and for as long as I like, but without the CWR sdcard in, I get nothing but a blank screen. So, what are my options now?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690
There is a Boot partiton Flashable zip at the bottom of that post. Flash that and see what happens. it should restore you boot back to stock.
Ha! i did the same thing and was about to post the same thing! Thanks.
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There is a Boot partiton Flashable zip at the bottom of that post. Flash that and see what happens. it should restore you boot back to stock.
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Sorry, when I said that I tried the stock 1.0.1, I actually meant that I tried the nook-complete-restore-1.0.1.zip as you suggest. As hopeful as I was when I saw it adding boot files, it didn't seem to help. Maybe I missed something though, so I'll try it again...
Update: ah, sorry. I fail. I didn't see the repartition boot part. Let me try that.
Update #2: The "repartition boot" link (at the very bottom of that post, as you said) worked! Thanks very much. God, I love this nook. I can't tell you how many times I've thought that I had destroyed this thing when I didn't. It's indestructible!
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Sorry, when I said that I tried the stock 1.0.1, I actually meant that I tried the nook-complete-restore-1.0.1.zip as you suggest. As hopeful as I was when I saw it adding boot files, it didn't seem to help. Maybe I missed something though, so I'll try it again...
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i've formatted the boot and i was able to get back to stock using that method.
Same thing just happen to me also the other day. for some reason something gets jacked with the CM7 build when you go to reboot, weird part is it does not always happen tho. And I've yet to figure out what is causing it. As mentioned tho flashing the repartition boot file from the link posted above does at least correct the /boot partition so the devices powers on again unlike when you first try and all you get is a blank screen.
I tried to flash the boot image for my first custom rom using easy kernel flasher, and my Vivid is now stuck at the white HTC screen. I then realized that I had used rom manager to flash CWM, even though I had already flashed the custom CWM from the superguide. Is this what caused my phone to hang at the HTC screen?
Is it safe to pull my battery? What is the next step, repeat step 2 from the superguide and then reflash the new kernel and rom?
I apologize if this has already been answered, I just haven't seen this exact question elsewhere and I don't want to pull my battery without being sure that I won't brick my phone or make my problem worse.
Rom manager does not work for our phones. That is why your phone is stuck. I remember another post like this. The guy pulled the battery and flashed the new cwm image without rom manager and it worked. I believe you would start at step two to correct your issue. Let us know how it goes for you.
Ok I pulled the battery and put it back in and now it won't boot at all. The power light flashes orange and then nothing happens. I'm getting a bit more worried about this now.
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Ok I pulled the battery and put it back in and now it won't boot at all. The power light flashes orange and then nothing happens. I'm getting a bit more worried about this now.
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Alright, so I just did the same exact thing you did... updated CWM from ROM manager and tried to backup the ROM, hung at HTC screen. I haven't gone through the steps to reverting my CWM yet but I did get it to boot. Pull the battery, put it back, boot into HBOOT and let it do its thing, go to fastboot and then reboot. Give it a minute. Mine came back, set for a while at the boot image but it came back.
I just did the whole thing again but with out the HBOOT process and it worked too. Didn't take nearly as long as before at the boot image. Try both or see if you can't get to recovery from HBOOT. I'm pretty new to the Vivid since this is my wifes phone and its a lot different from my Inspire, the process of everything that is
Now reading your 1st post again, I didn't do the exact thing you did but close...
I tried again and it went in to h-boot, and i was able to reinstall the custom vivid CWM. But now I'm not sure if the kernel flash which started all this worked. Is there a way to find out while in recovery?
Should I reboot the phone now, or just flash the rom I was planning on flashing originally? Or should i try to return everything to stock and start all over?
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Alright, so I just did the same exact thing you did... updated CWM from ROM manager and tried to backup the ROM, hung at HTC screen. I haven't gone through the steps to reverting my CWM yet but I did get it to boot. Pull the battery, put it back, boot into HBOOT and let it do its thing, go to fastboot and then reboot. Give it a minute. Mine came back, set for a while at the boot image but it came back.
I just did the whole thing again but with out the HBOOT process and it worked too. Didn't take nearly as long as before at the boot image. Try both or see if you can't get to recovery from HBOOT. I'm pretty new to the Vivid since this is my wifes phone and its a lot different from my Inspire, the process of everything that is
Now reading your 1st post again, I didn't do the exact thing you did but close...
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Thanks man. I got into recovery and fixed the CWM problem, but now I'm not sure what kernel I have running so I don't know if its safe to reboot.
Though I know how to use CWM I couldn't tell you how to check your kernel and whatnot from there. Best thing I can think of, or what I'd do, would be to wipe everything out and restore a nandroid, granted if you have one I've never really messed with kernels untill now so I don't even know if that would work
I realized I could just reflash the kernel while I was in recovery. It hung at the htc screen on the reboot like before, but i just pulled the battery, went back into recovery, flashed the rom, and now everything is working perfectly with the new rom. What a relief.
I think the original kernel flash may have actually worked, and I just freaked out when it hung at the htc screen and assumed it was because of the rom manager/cwm thing. It may have been fine all along.
Here is something that will help with flashing kernels.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423151
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ok i did the same thing awhile ago, i flashed new CWM then insatlled rom ...the Kernal did load thats the reason you got the white screen ..so just go ahead and load your rom you should be fine