I installed the beats audio installer and things seemed to be working ok, except that my phone volume was either lower than expected or overly loud where the external speaker had distortion. So I opened the app and clicked uninstall from within it. Afterwards I rebooted my phone as it said and now it's stuck in a bootloop. My brother rooted my phone for me when I went home for a visit for me. I'm not root or phone savvy. I live in South Florida and I can't make the 12 hour drive back there anytime soon. How do I fix this? I had performed a nandroid backup but I noticed my external storage was 100% full after I did that a few times. So I went into storage in settings and deleted the clockwork mod stuff sitting at 6.86 gigs. That must have been the backup in there I know. Now with no backup I did a factory reset, still a bootloop. Phone is rooted still. I'm thinking maybe the audio drivers were damaged. Please help how do I fix this? Thanks!
darinthereal said:
I installed the beats audio installer and things seemed to be working ok, except that my phone volume was either lower than expected or overly loud where the external speaker had distortion. So I opened the app and clicked uninstall from within it. Afterwards I rebooted my phone as it said and now it's stuck in a bootloop. My brother rooted my phone for me when I went home for a visit for me. I'm not root or phone savvy. I live in South Florida and I can't make the 12 hour drive back there anytime soon. How do I fix this? I had performed a nandroid backup but I noticed my external storage was 100% full after I did that a few times. So I went into storage in settings and deleted the clockwork mod stuff sitting at 6.86 gigs. That must have been the backup in there I know. Now with no backup I did a factory reset, still a bootloop. Phone is rooted still. I'm thinking maybe the audio drivers were damaged. Please help how do I fix this? Thanks!
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I don't think the audio drivers were damaged. A factory reset wipes the /data partition, which is where all the personal data is stored, but it does not touch the /system partition, which is probably where the Beats Audio installs/modifies files, since it probably needs root (I'm just assuming, don't know which app that is nor what it does).
Since you have Clockwork Mod (CWM), I'm assuming your recovery is still working, right? When you start up your phone, the LED should turn on (either blue or purple), and then you should press volume up/down to enter recovery. Do you have an external SD card?
yes I have an external sd card
Antiga Prime said:
I don't think the audio drivers were damaged. A factory reset wipes the /data partition, which is where all the personal data is stored, but it does not touch the /system partition, which is probably where the Beats Audio installs/modifies files, since it probably needs root (I'm just assuming, don't know which app that is nor what it does).
Since you have Clockwork Mod (CWM), I'm assuming your recovery is still working, right? When you start up your phone, the LED should turn on (either blue or purple), and then you should press volume up/down to enter recovery. Do you have an external SD card?
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Thanks for replying, I'm crushed. When I boot the phone the led goes red then purple. If I hold down volume down and power the purple becomes yellow then it goes into recovery but I have absolutely nothing to backup from. If I reboot it bootloops.
also...
darinthereal said:
Thanks for replying, I'm crushed. When I boot the phone the led goes red then purple. If I hold down volume down and power the purple becomes yellow then it goes into recovery but I have absolutely nothing to backup from. If I reboot it bootloops.
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The phone says there is no OS now and when I power up it's stuck on the Sony logo. At this point am I able to install a custom rom say a stable version of Kit Kat? If so, where do I find one and how do I install it? I don't know how to get into download mode I'm afraid to because I don't want to hard brick my phone. Thanks!
darinthereal said:
The phone says there is no OS now and when I power up it's stuck on the Sony logo. At this point am I able to install a custom rom say a stable version of Kit Kat? If so, where do I find one and how do I install it? I don't know how to get into download mode I'm afraid to because I don't want to hard brick my phone. Thanks!
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Ok, since you're talking about custom ROMs, I'm assuming you have an unlocked bootloader. You won't hardbrick your phone unless you mess up real bad, although I am wondering how on earth you ended up with "no OS". That would only happen if you wiped the /system partition. Here's what you're going to do:
1.- Download the links number 1,3 and 4 from this post.
2.- Connect your SDcard to your computer with a USB adapter or an SD adapter, and copy all those downloaded files to your external SD card.
3.- Once that is done, put the SDcard back in your phone, and turn it on and enter recovery.
4.- Navigate recovery with volume buttons up/down and Power button for enter, and select the "Wipe Data" option, which is the same as a Factory Reset (just for good measure, since you already did this); it will ask you to confirm the operation, select "Yes".
5.- Do the same with "Wipe Cache".
6.- Go to "Install ZIP from SDcard1", and, with vol +/- navigate to the file you downloaded in number 1 from the link above (filename should be "LT29i_Rockers_X_ROM_v1.2_03292014-signed.zip"), and press the Power button to confirm that you want to flash that file, then confirm with "Yes".
7.- Once that completes, do the same for the file from number 3 (filename should be "LT29i_9.2.A.1.199_kernel.zip").
8.- Finally, do the same with the file from number 4 (filename should be "UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip").
9.- Reboot your phone.
It should power up now, and if you have any doubts regarding the procedure, post back and/or read through the original thread here.
I just posted how to do method 2, described in the original link.
EDIT: In my opinion, there is no "stable" version of Kitkat. FXP has a CM11 ROM, but it has kernel issues regarding battery life; if you can live with a battery not lasting more than 7 - 9 hours, maybe you'd want to try that, but I wouldn't recommend it.
http://fxpblog.co/qualcomm-krait-200-family-1st-gen/sony-xperia-tx/
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Ok, since you're talking about custom ROMs, I'm assuming you have an unlocked bootloader. You won't hardbrick your phone unless you mess up real bad, although I am wondering how on earth you ended up with "no OS". That would only happen if you wiped the /system partition. Here's what you're going to do:
1.- Download the links number 1,3 and 4 from this post.
2.- Connect your SDcard to your computer with a USB adapter or an SD adapter, and copy all those downloaded files to your external SD card.
3.- Once that is done, put the SDcard back in your phone, and turn it on and enter recovery.
4.- Navigate recovery with volume buttons up/down and Power button for enter, and select the "Wipe Data" option, which is the same as a Factory Reset (just for good measure, since you already did this); it will ask you to confirm the operation, select "Yes".
5.- Do the same with "Wipe Cache".
6.- Go to "Install ZIP from SDcard1", and, with vol +/- navigate to the file you downloaded in number 1 from the link above (filename should be "LT29i_Rockers_X_ROM_v1.2_03292014-signed.zip"), and press the Power button to confirm that you want to flash that file, then confirm with "Yes".
7.- Once that completes, do the same for the file from number 3 (filename should be "LT29i_9.2.A.1.199_kernel.zip").
8.- Finally, do the same with the file from number 4 (filename should be "UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip").
9.- Reboot your phone.
It should power up now, and if you have any doubts regarding the procedure, post back and/or read through the original thread here.
I just posted how to do method 2, described in the original link.
EDIT: In my opinion, there is no "stable" version of Kitkat. FXP has a CM11 ROM, but it has kernel issues regarding battery life; if you can live with a battery not lasting more than 7 - 9 hours, maybe you'd want to try that, but I wouldn't recommend it.
http://fxpblog.co/qualcomm-krait-200-family-1st-gen/sony-xperia-tx/
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YES the bootloader is unlocked my brother did it when he rooted it back home but he's not familiar with many of the custom roms. THANKS! I'm going to try this. I erased the OS last night. Before all of this I installed One Click Scroll from GooglePlay. It worked perfectly but it install TeamWin recovery on my phone and it's still there. I'm not familiar with it at all, but it seems to work perfectly on the device. Ok I'll let you know how it goes thank you even if this doesn't work!
darinthereal said:
YES the bootloader is unlocked my brother did it when he rooted it back home but he's not familiar with many of the custom roms. THANKS! I'm going to try this. I erased the OS last night. Before all of this I installed One Click Scroll from GooglePlay. It worked perfectly but it install TeamWin recovery on my phone and it's still there. I'm not familiar with it at all, but it seems to work perfectly on the device. Ok I'll let you know how it goes thank you even if this doesn't work!
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Well, directions still apply to TWRP; wipe /data and /cache, flash files in the order posted previously, then reboot. Good luck.
I love you!
darinthereal said:
yes the bootloader is unlocked my brother did it when he rooted it back home but he's not familiar with many of the custom roms. Thanks! I'm going to try this. I erased the os last night. Before all of this i installed one click scroll from googleplay. It worked perfectly but it install teamwin recovery on my phone and it's still there. I'm not familiar with it at all, but it seems to work perfectly on the device. Ok i'll let you know how it goes thank you even if this doesn't work!
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i love you thank you how do i thank matt?!!!!!!!!!
darinthereal said:
i love you thank you how do i thank matt?!!!!!!!!!
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Glad to be of help. If you must, just clicking on the "Thanks" button on a post is good, that's what it's for. And you'll have to probably find one of matt's posts too (don't know who you're talking about) and do the same, I guess.
THANKS!
Where is the thanks button? Lol
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Where is the thanks button? Lol
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Under each post, left side of the screen.
THANKS!
darinthereal said:
i love you thank you how do i thank matt?!!!!!!!!!
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JUST CLICKED EVERY THANKS BUTTON THAT I COULD FIND THANK GOD FOR YOU! I had to come to my laptop the thanks button don't show in my mobile boat browser weird. Again thank you dearly Antiga Prime, cool name btw!
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My hero is stuck on the HTC (white screen) reboot, it keeps looping every 15mins or so, until the battery dies.
I tried to go into FastBoot (which keeps flashing, the screen turns on and off), but I can get it to go into fastboot USB if I hold down the "search" button (and the screen stabilizes too)
I flashed the stock rom, but that doesn't help. I even tried to clear all the data by doing, home + back key.
Did I truly brick the phone? I even swapped memory cards to see if it would help, but no luck there.
Any help would be GREATLY apperciated.
Thank you!
I'm still pretty new to the rooting and flashing stuff (I've had my Hero for less than a week) but I ran into the same problem and was able to get out of it. If you have an external card reader that you can use, it would help greatly, because that's how I was able to add data to the SD card without having to access the phone. Turn your phone off and remove the SD card. Plug it into your reader, then into your PC, and add a custom ROM directly to the root of the card (i.e. - NOT inside a folder) like Fresh 2.3.3 or anything else you want to use (I used Fresh because I couldn't get CM6 to load). Put the card back into the phone and boot it into recovery mode (hold the HOME button whole powering it on). You should be able to access the ROM and flash it from there, just be sure to wipe first and backup at some point. Hope this helps!!
Did you completely wipe the phone (data and dalvik) before flashing a new ROM? If you didn't wipe the top 3 options (data, dalvik, ext3) before flashing a ROM, this may be what's causing your bootloop.
Bricking the Hero is very very very hard. Unless you flashed a GSM radio, you're pretty much safe
Go back into recovery, wipe EVERYTHING (except SD), flash original ROM, it should work.
Where is your dalvik cache btw?
cricketman24 said:
My hero is stuck on the HTC (white screen) reboot, it keeps looping every 15mins or so, until the battery dies.
I tried to go into FastBoot (which keeps flashing, the screen turns on and off), but I can get it to go into fastboot USB if I hold down the "search" button (and the screen stabilizes too)
I flashed the stock rom, but that doesn't help. I even tried to clear all the data by doing, home + back key.
Did I truly brick the phone? I even swapped memory cards to see if it would help, but no luck there.
Any help would be GREATLY apperciated.
Thank you!
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do the stock ruu and you should be
fine...
@jordanjackthomas
I tried to do what you said, I extracted the zip file and placed its contents in the root of the SD card, but when I tried to boot up into recovery mode, It was still stuck on the HTC screen.
@chromiumleaf
I don't think I have, but how would I be able to fix that issue if I didn't?
@derekwilkinson
Luckily, I have a copy of my SD card, So I still have it, if it would be any use?
@Big-O-Devil
I have been flashing the stock RUU for days now, and its still stuck on the same issue, (i just did it now, just to be sure, again) and will leave the phone on, till it dies basically. that way I know that I know I waited for it to boot...
cricketman24 said:
@jordanjackthomas
I tried to do what you said, I extracted the zip file and placed its contents in the root of the SD card, but when I tried to boot up into recovery mode, It was still stuck on the HTC screen.
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Don't extract the zip file. Just copy it to the root of your SD card. Hold down the home key + the power key to boot into recovery. If that doesn't work, try to using the volume DOWN button + the power key. Then press home when the screen loads up. I'm sure you know this, I'm just making sure you didn't forget anything.
YoungSinema said:
Don't extract the zip file. Just copy it to the root of your SD card. Hold down the home key + the power key to boot into recovery. If that doesn't work, try to using the volume DOWN button + the power key. Then press home when the screen loads up. I'm sure you know this, I'm just making sure you didn't forget anything.
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Okay before, when I extracted the zip there was a boot.img file in there, but now i'll download
http://link.geekfor.me/freshhero233
and saved that link, and placed that into my SD Card. [will update this as soon as its done]
Great! Keep us posted
cricketman24 said:
Okay before, when I extracted the zip there was a boot.img file in there, but now i'll download
http://link.geekfor.me/freshhero233
and saved that link, and placed that into my SD Card. [will update this as soon as its done]
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When you connect your phone to your computer does your computer make some kind of connecting. Noise.?.?.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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Great! Keep us posted
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It's been about 1hr, and its just been on the reboot loop. I don't think it helped :/
Here is the some of the information thats on the "volume down" screen:
(HBOOT SCREEN)
HERC XC SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.47
..
Radio 2.42.01.04.27
@Big-O-Devil
And yes it does, I can see the device in ADB list of devices, but it is "offline"...
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do the stock ruu and you should be
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I'm gonna have to agree with Big-O-Devil here, stop trying to do it through recovery and just use the RUU from HTC/Sprint
@derekwilkinson
I have been doing that, I've tried to use the HTC/Sprint RUU and its still the same. I've been flashing the .5 RUU and .6 RUU, but none of which have helped. They are all still stuck in the reboot loop.
Is my hboot version correct?
My device does this when I boot into hboot..
"It also does a SD card check when it boots up onto this screen, says something like
herodiag.zip
etc etc"
cricketman24 said:
@derekwilkinson
I have been doing that, I've tried to use the HTC/Sprint RUU and its still the same. I've been flashing the .5 RUU and .6 RUU, but none of which have helped. They are all still stuck in the reboot loop.
Is my hboot version correct?
My device does this when I boot into hboot..
"It also does a SD card check when it boots up onto this screen, says something like
herodiag.zip
etc etc"
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Ok so flashing doesn't. Work... look for the stock ruu program that restores your phone back to the its original 2.1.. it's a program that does everything for you... if it works you are going to have to reroot again and start from the beginning.. let me know......
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
pm me i will give the file to you.....
Big-O-Devil said:
Ok so flashing doesn't. Work... look for the stock ruu program that restores your phone back to the its original 2.1.. it's a program that does everything for you... if it works you are going to have to reroot again and start from the beginning.. let me know......
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
pm me i will give the file to you.....
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Yes, I too suggest that you re-root.
chromiumleaf said:
Did you completely wipe the phone (data and dalvik) before flashing a new ROM? If you didn't wipe the top 3 options (data, dalvik, ext3) before flashing a ROM, this may be what's causing your bootloop.
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cricketman24 said:
@chromiumleaf
I don't think I have, but how would I be able to fix that issue if I didn't?
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From your recovery menu (holding Home then pressing Power to turn the phone on) there is an option called "Wipe". Select that one, then there are 5 options within that. Do the top 3 of them (data, dalvik, ext3). After that, push your Back button which brings you to the main recovery menu. Then select Flash zip from sd card and go through the process of flashing whatever ROM.zip you have on the root of your SD (the whole .zip itself, don't extract all the files out).
If that still doesn't cure your bootloop problems, then you need to download the stock RUU (you can find it at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6686401&postcount=2). This RUU is NOT the same as nfinitefx45's STOCK ROM! You have to run this RUU through HTCSync on your PC. But try the wiping that I recommended above first....then do this RUU if that doesn't work. Know that running the RUU will remove your root access, so you will have to re-root again after it's done.
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From your recovery menu (holding Home then pressing Power to turn the phone on) there is an option called "Wipe". Select that one, then there are 5 options within that. Do the top 3 of them (data, dalvik, ext3). After that, push your Back button which brings you to the main recovery menu. Then select Flash zip from sd card and go through the process of flashing whatever ROM.zip you have on the root of your SD (the whole .zip itself, don't extract all the files out).
If that still doesn't cure your bootloop problems, then you need to download the stock RUU (you can find it at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6686401&postcount=2). This RUU is NOT the same as nfinitefx45's STOCK ROM! You have to run this RUU through HTCSync on your PC. But try the wiping that I recommended above first....then do this RUU if that doesn't work. Know that running the RUU will remove your root access, so you will have to re-root again after it's done.
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+1.. that should do the trick for you... good luck....
I apologize, I wasn't using the correct terms.
I don't currently have the phone rooted, I have used the Sprint/HTC RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.27.651.5_R_signed_release(2)
file to "reset"(if you want to call it that) back to stock mode...but that doesn't do anything, it still is stuck in a reboot loop.
So currently, I dont have any options other than the default when I press "home" on the phone while turning it on. It just automatically clears the data when I do that.
@Big-O-Devil - I have used that file in that post before, and It doesn't help the situation. It is also stuck in a reboot loop.
@YoungSinema - If the file is different from the STOCK RUU, the "exe" that runs...then I would love to try that out. I went ahead and sent you the pm just incase.
Try running the RUU again via HTC Sync on your PC while your phone is turned on and during the bootlooping.
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Try running the RUU again via HTC Sync on your PC while your phone is turned on and during the bootlooping.
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How would I do that, since HTC Sync actually never connects to the phone while the phone is turned on and during the boot loop?
How can i run the RUU via HTC Sync?
Hi
I have been using Clockwork recovery for months and tonight was flashing ROM/zips as usual, and all of a sudden when I try to get into recovery my Nexus just sits on the colored X. When I pull the battery it reboots fine with the ROM I currently have installed. Then I go back into ROM manager, re-flash clockwork recovery: it says flash was successful, so then I choose to boot into recovery, and again it just sits at the blue, red, green and yellow X.
So then I tried a round-about way by going into ROM manager and choosing to restore a backup. Again, when I choose to restore backup it just boots to the colored X again and freezes there.
I've also tried the regular method of holding power button and trackball and get the same results.
Does anyone know why this might be happening? Right now I'm stuck with a ROM I was just playing with and didn't necessarily want to use permanently....I'm afraid I might be stuck with it forever now
Thanks for any help!!!
I've been searching and I should add that my bootloader is not unlocked
Try to flash your recovery manually, using the guide from my signature. Try Amon_RA's.
Jack_R1 said:
Try to flash your recovery manually, using the guide from my signature. Try Amon_RA's.
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Well I ended up wiping all user data in fastboot and now I get nothing but an X nomatter what I do, won't boot at all.
All I can do is hold down the power button and trackball and get the page that says
bootloader
reboot
reboot bootloader
power down
the only way I'm going to get this fixed is to use my computer and I've never done it that way...I've always used ROM manager
I'll read the links but I think I'm screwed because a lot of this is over my head
Thanks for the links !
1) Try to follow "Unroot/restore" guide first, see if you can restore functionality using PASSIMG method. Once you have functional FRG33 with recovery, you can root it, replace the recovery and install custom ROM of your choice / update to FRG83G.
2) If nothing helps - consider a) replacing your phone, b) unlocking the bootloader and flashing recovery through fastboot.
Getting in over your head is sometimes a good way to expand your horizons
Hi Jack
Thanks for the help
I'll do some reading and see what I can do....got two feet of snow here so I guess I have the time
worst comes to worst I'm still under warranty.
Well I tried the instructions but nothing happens..it just sits on the screen with the androids skateboarding. I renamed the zip and moved it to my SD card but it doesn't seem to even search for it, let alone find it. Really wish I had not deleted storage. At least I had a working ROM at that point.
Which instructions did you try? Did you download FRG33, rename it to PASSIMG.ZIP (and not PASSIMG.ZIP.ZIP !), put it on the root of SD card and reboot to bootloader?
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Which instructions did you try? Did you download FRG33, rename it to PASSIMG.ZIP (and not PASSIMG.ZIP.ZIP !), put it on the root of SD card and reboot to bootloader?
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Hey Jack...
Sorry for taking so long to respond...I finally had to crash for awhile, my brain was frying.
Yes I did what you describe: downloaded FRG33, renamed it PASSIMG.ZIP(not ZIP.ZIP) moved it to SD card just like any ROM and held down volume and power button and came to the screen with the three androids. Then it just stayed there, nothing happened.
The only thing is I had to use my backup Nexus One(EDGE only on ATT model) to move it to the SD card as I don't know how to access the SD card with the device acting like this. If I connect the device to my computer while the three androids are on the screen, I hear it connect to the computer, but nothing pops up allowing me to access the SD card....
Like I said I'm a noob at this I appreciate you trying to help me here
About 3 seconds after the 3 androids skating appears, you should see some text flash up?
It does say you're in HBOOT and not FASTBOOT right? If in fastboot, pick the bootloader option and then it should find the file.
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About 3 seconds after the 3 androids skating appears, you should see some text flash up?
It does say you're in HBOOT and not FASTBOOT right? If in fastboot, pick the bootloader option and then it should find the file.
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Hi Rusty
Sorry I somehow missed your post here. Yes I see some text flash up...takes a little longer than 3 seconds...maybe 8 seconds...
At first it says I'm in Fastboot, but then I press the power button and then it says HBOOT at the top.....that's when the text flashes on the screen. It flashes too fast for me to read it though....but nothing happens after the text flashes on the screen.
I'll be damned guys....I got it working! After responding to Rusty's post above, I decided to give the whole thing another try. Well I went thru the whole process of putting the file on the SD card and realized I had in fact renamed it zip.zip....it LOOKED like it was only ZIP, but when I clicked on the file while it was still on my PC, it said it was zip.zip...that's when I knew what the problem was.
My problem now is getting it re-rooted. Originally I used the Universal Androot application..the true one-click method...I just tried it again and it didn't work.
Is there a way to downgrade to a version where this app will work again?
Thanks guys you really helped me out here!!
Please read the guide in Wiki, and follow one of the zillion SuperOneClick threads that are around. It's really as simple as it gets - and if you happen to have Windows 7, it's even more simple - you won't need to install the drivers.
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Please read the guide in Wiki, and follow one of the zillion SuperOneClick threads that are around. It's really as simple as it gets - and if you happen to have Windows 7, it's even more simple - you won't need to install the drivers.
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Yup I'm already rooted!!! Thanks man!!!! Took 12 minutes!!
Okay I'm having another issue: SuperOneClick said I was rooted,I have the superuser icon in my app drawer, but ROM manager will not flash Clockwork mod recovery and Titanium Backup says I do not have root rights??
well I rebooted and now have root rights but am still getting an error when I try and flash clockwork mod: it says: "an error occurred while flashing your recovery"
Do you have Busybox installed?
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Do you have Busybox installed?
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You're going to think I'm a dip**** but I don't even know what busybox is?
Let's just say it's an app that the system needs Go to Market, download and install it, try again. If it doesn't work - you can try to install custom recovery manually, using another guide from Wiki. Look in "Installing Recovery" for "For locked bootloader - flash_image using Terminal" guide. If you don't know what Terminal is - download "Android Terminal" by Jack Palevich from the Market.
Use the fix problems button in Titanium Backup to install it, long story short is it lets you use a bunch of native Linux commands that as missing from Android.
I bricked my CDMA Hero. I rooted it with the super one click, and installed a early version of froyo, and had some issues with it. I wanted to get it off, so I used CWM recovery, and formatted everything. Now when I turn it on it goes to the HTC opening screen, and stays there for hours until the battery dies. It will charge, but my computer doesn't recognize it, and it will not boot. What can I do?
Bricked means it is a brick and that is it, your phone still turns on so the good news is that it is not bricked.
Need some more info before anyone can help:
1. You reformatted everything using clockwork recovery
2. Did you re-install a new ROM?
3. Did you restore a nandroid backup?
I would recommend booting into recovery and wiping everything (factory reset and dalvik-cache) in recovery, then reinstall froyo - once you are booted and running you can figure out what you want to put on it. At least your phone would work then.
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I bricked my CDMA Hero. I rooted it with the super one click, and installed a early version of froyo, and had some issues with it. I wanted to get it off, so I used CWM recovery, and formatted everything. Now when I turn it on it goes to the HTC opening screen, and stays there for hours until the battery dies. It will charge, but my computer doesn't recognize it, and it will not boot. What can I do?
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Just what Heaterz16 said...
I'm also pretty sure your phone isn't bricked, as long as you can still get into Recovery, it Most Likely can be Fixed!
I also Recommend trying to Wipe Everything, then Reinstalling a New Rom, Also as a Suggestion... If it were me I'd Probably Choose a Different ROM to install! My Very First ROM I Flashed was a Cyanogen one, and I had Trouble with it Booting Also!!
Try LiquidSense... its Only 2.1, but its Stable, It Boots Fast, and just plain out Fast as Hell!
You can always Switch to Whatever you want... Once you get your phone back to a Working Condition!
Good Luck!
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I cannot get it into recovery now. It will turn on, but it stops at the initial HTC screen, and stays there until the battery dies. When I connect my phone with my computer, the computer recognizes it, but I can't seem to get the 2.1 exe from HTC.com download to the phone. My guess is I wiped the thing clean. Unfortuneately, I didn't back anything up.
I can't even get into recovery, it just sits on the HTC startup screen until the battery dies. It does recognize when I connect it to my computer, but running the 2.1 exe doesn't do anything.
Can you adb into the phone and flash a recovery?
I think that would be a helpful start.
stonemad said:
I can't even get into recovery, it just sits on the HTC startup screen until the battery dies. It does recognize when I connect it to my computer, but running the 2.1 exe doesn't do anything.
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Pull the battery, hold volume down and power and you should boot into bootloader. I believe it is *home* to get you back into recovery. Then reinstall a new rom and you should be good to go.
kwahomba said:
Pull the battery, hold volume down and power and you should boot into bootloader. I believe it is *home* to get you back into recovery. Then reinstall a new rom and you should be good to go.
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kwhomba,
he can't get into the recovery.
mtran2988 said:
kwhomba,
he can't get into the recovery.
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t-y, got it. Yeah, then adb a new recovery image may be the only thing. But he may not even be able to get in then.
Just a matter of waiting right now.
He did say his computer was recognizing his device, so he might be ok.
If he can flash a new recovery, or even just adb.. then he can start rebuilding it.
stonemad:
You'll want to grab a recovery, and try to connect to your phone via ADB when it's on.
Then do adb shell
then : flash_image recover [name of recovery].img
let us know
Ok, I can get to the CWM recovery, there is no backup files, no recovery files, and no files on my sd card. I cannot seem to get an opperating system on. I mounted my phone to my computer and downloaded .zip files, but it still says no files available.
How do I flash a recovery, I can't find any files anywhere.
i have .zip files on my sd card to flash, but when I try to apply them it says no files found.
Ok, I have been working on this all day. Thank you to every body who answered. This is the situation as best as I see it. I can use the power and the down volume buttons to go to recovery mode. I have ClockworkMod 2.5 and can mount my computer to my sd card. It appears that I don't have an opperating system at all, or anything else on the phone. I have downloaded several .zip files and tried to install them, I can mount them, but when I try to apply them it states that there are no update.zip files on the sd card. I have deduced that I need an opperating system for an update to work, but I could be wrong. I am having a hard time finding the right files to use to get my phone to go. It seems salvageable, but I'm not sure how. People have sugested a couple of Mods to instal, but I don't know how to do that with what I have. CWM is asking for a update.zip, or a recovery.zip, but I don't know wich one at which time, or even how to get it to flash. That is what I think I know, but that is subject to change depening on what you all know.(showing just how foolish I really am) Thanks again people for you time and advice, I really do appreciate it.
Don't select "install update.zip", select "install zip from SD card" or whatever the option is called.
I've tried that too, it seems like all the software is gone. HTC, Sprint, Google, and Android. Does anybody have a download they think will work. I'm at the point to try anything.
stonemad said:
I've tried that too, it seems like all the software is gone. HTC, Sprint, Google, and Android. Does anybody have a download they think will work. I'm at the point to try anything.
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What software are you talking about? Sprint, Google, and Android what, specifically? A download for what?
Mount usb storage in recovery, put rom of your choice on there, and flash?
what about kernals, how do I know that I have everything I need?
ROMs generally have kernels in the zip builds already. From the sounds of it, you're kind of lost at what you're doing.
Do you have a SD card reader? if so, plug in the SD card to your computer and pull over a ROM zip, like Cyanogenmod or whatever is to your liking.
Then in recovery, go to "install zip from sdcard"
go to "Choose zip from sdcard"
then search for the ROM zip you put on the sd card.
State exactly STEP BY STEP, what you are doing. Your phone is perfectly fine, you just dont have a ROM on your phone, which is why you cant boot. You're not missing kernels, or anything, you simply dont have the baseline of a ROM on your phone yet.
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I don't know where or how to find a rom, I have heard good things about cyanogen, but can't seem to find where to download it. Is ClockworkMod a rom, and if so how do I use it. You're right, I got way in over my head, and now I just want my phone back the way I bought it. What is your favorite rom, and can you give me a link. Thanks again everyone.
Hi,
Just yesterday my phone died and appears to be in boot loop. The X is stuck on the screen. I've been reading through some forums and heard trying to reboot with the SD card, but that didn't do anything. Unfortunately my main problem is that my power button is also broken, so I can't do a system restore or fastboot. My phone isn't rooted and I'm new to the technical stuff of phones so if someone could give me some help or advice I would greatly appreciate it.
in a smiliar boat
I dont mean to step on the OP but maybe my situation could help shed some light. My N1 is displaying the same symptoms but my power button works fine. If I power up while holding the trackball, the only thing that shows up as selectable items are:
BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN
Way back when I rooted my G1, it seems to me there was a much more extensive menu available at this stage. I'm willing to root and flash at this point if needed--I just need this to work as a phone for my non-data using wife. Any suggestions appreciated.
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I dont mean to step on the OP but maybe my situation could help shed some light. My N1 is displaying the same symptoms but my power button works fine. If I power up while holding the trackball, the only thing that shows up as selectable items are:
BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN
Way back when I rooted my G1, it seems to me there was a much more extensive menu available at this stage. I'm willing to root and flash at this point if needed--I just need this to work as a phone for my non-data using wife. Any suggestions appreciated.
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I suggest you should do some reading first to get familiar with the procedures and then work on your N1. Here is the Nexus One Wiki on this thread which has extensive information http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One
I've been reading the wiki for two days but I keep running into roadblocks. I just now realized the fastboot was highlighted by default (duh). It's coming back to me now. I'll just keep plugging. Thanks!
I had your exact problem at one point. Broken power button, locked bootloader, stuck at the boot up screen, only difference was that my phone was rooted. What I did to fix it was the PASSIMG.ZIP method which can be found on the wiki here.
You're going to need an alternative method to putting the ZIP file on your SDcard since you can't boot into Android to mount it. If you have one, use an SDcard adaptor to plug the card directly into your computer, or use another phone and mount it from there.
Good luck!
(Not sure if this is what you did and meant when you said "reboot with the SD card," hopefully it's not)
I've tried the ZIPIMG method but when the phone reads the file it just says 'No Image or Old Image' and goes back to Fastboot menu
magma9495 said:
I had your exact problem at one point. Broken power button, locked bootloader, stuck at the boot up screen, only difference was that my phone was rooted. What I did to fix it was the PASSIMG.ZIP method which can be found on the wiki here.
You're going to need an alternative method to putting the ZIP file on your SDcard since you can't boot into Android to mount it. If you have one, use an SDcard adaptor to plug the card directly into your computer, or use another phone and mount it from there.
Good luck!
(Not sure if this is what you did and meant when you said "reboot with the SD card," hopefully it's not)
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magma9495 said:
I had your exact problem at one point. Broken power button, locked bootloader, stuck at the boot up screen, only difference was that my phone was rooted. What I did to fix it was the PASSIMG.ZIP method which can be found on the wiki here.
You're going to need an alternative method to putting the ZIP file on your SDcard since you can't boot into Android to mount it. If you have one, use an SDcard adaptor to plug the card directly into your computer, or use another phone and mount it from there.
Good luck!
(Not sure if this is what you did and meant when you said "reboot with the SD card," hopefully it's not)
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I have the same problem and following your instruction, I have copied the PASSIMG.zip to the SD card, but how can I mount it when the power button is broken?
So this is my first xda thread. I spent hours searching without finding a solution for my particular case.
I am using a LG L90 D415 (T-Mobile version) and I got bored of it and so I started playing with the system (not the first phone I'm doing that with, so I know a bit about that sutff). So I tried to install the new Android L home launcher from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2796019
I did everything like explained, installed it and changed the build.prop like described. But after I rebooted my phone, expecting a new home launcher, the phone boots, I am at the lockscreen, but after like 4 seconds I receive multiple errors (like gapps stopped working) and than everything freezes and it reboots.
Unfortunaly I didn't install a recovery or unlocked fastboot. So I can access download mode, but that's it. My computer doesn't see my phone (because usb debugging deactivated?) and so I don't know what to do. I think that's a pretty tough case but I hope some smart person can help me
Thank you
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So this is my first xda thread. I spent hours searching without finding a solution for my particular case.
I am using a LG L90 D415 (T-Mobile version) and I got bored of it and so I started playing with the system (not the first phone I'm doing that with, so I know a bit about that sutff). So I tried to install the new Android L home launcher from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2796019
I did everything like explained, installed it and changed the build.prop like described. But after I rebooted my phone, expecting a new home launcher, the phone boots, I am at the lockscreen, but after like 4 seconds I receive multiple errors (like gapps stopped working) and than everything freezes and it reboots.
Unfortunaly I didn't install a recovery or unlocked fastboot. So I can access download mode, but that's it. My computer doesn't see my phone (because usb debugging deactivated?) and so I don't know what to do. I think that's a pretty tough case but I hope some smart person can help me
Thank you
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No custom recovery and no fastboot? Factory reset is your only option. See this post. Scroll down to Q14. Even though it's titled something else, the same button presses apply for your device in it's current state, ie; no recovery, no fastboot
shinobisoft said:
No custom recovery and no fastboot? Factory reset is your only option. See this post. Scroll down to Q14. Even though it's titled something else, the same button presses apply for your device in it's current state, ie; no recovery, no fastboot
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First thanks for the fast answer. So I figuered that I only need to delete the build.prop file and replace it with my backup file. Isn't there any way to rescue my files and/or access the /system folder? I'm an exchange student now and I don't wanna lose my picture memories
And btw I know that I build the perfect worst case scenario right now
Oh and in the L90 faq it says that when you flashed a recovery and you navigate to factory reset it won't reset but boot into recovery. Does something like this work even without recovery, so I could try doing stuff with adb?
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First thanks for the fast answer. So I figuered that I only need to delete the build.prop file and replace it with my backup file. Isn't there any way to rescue my files and/or access the /system folder? I'm an exchange student now and I don't wanna lose my picture memories
And btw I know that I build the perfect worst case scenario right now
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If adb isn't detecting the phone, no. There isn't any other way.
mcfiish said:
Oh and in the L90 faq it says that when you flashed a recovery and you navigate to factory reset it won't reset but boot into recovery. Does something like this work even without recovery, so I could try doing stuff with adb?
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Unfortunately, no.
Factory reset will not erase your sdcard. It will however erase internal data. It will return the phone to the state it was in the first time it was powered on.