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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
EDIT: I think that these steps are helpful for someone who has same issues.

ORIGINAL POST:

My Hero has some problems two days ago. I did many things but it still does not work well. How do I fix these problems? Could anyone give me an advice?

ROM: AOSP 2.3.3 (ver04/21/2011) w/ Firerats 1.5.3 (100 4) + Kifno Universal Scripts 1.5

Recovery: aospCWMod-HC-20110421.img (w/ firerat-recovery

SD card: 8GB(real size:7.45GB) (7.0GB FAT32 + 256ext4 + 128swap)

What happened:

* doesnt recognize SD card not only after booting but also from Recovery mode.

* cant connect with Hero via ADB not only from USB cable and also from wireless(ADB wireless)

(first, I could connect with Hero, but suddenly I couldnt)

* Any other functions on HERO may work well (Call, Network, Wifi are available)

* USB cable still supply power fortunately.

What did I do before this matter happened:

* "Backup Current ROM" via ROM Manager 4.1.0.0

It did not work well although messages (Waiting for SD card to mount (XXsec)) appear. After that my phone does not recognize SD card but ADB was still working.

* After doing "Partition SD card" via ROM Manager 4.1.0.0, typing "parted" on ADB and so on (as follows), ADB was gone.

What I did to solve this problem:

* Reformat and Repartiton SD card (8GB/FAT32, 8GB(FAT32+ext3(256MB)+swap(128MB))

* Change another SD card (4GB/FAT32)

* Try another USB cable

* Partition SD card via Recovery mode

* Partition SD card via ROM Manager 4.1.0.0

* (parted command does not exist on Recovery mode)

* Reinstall Android SDK on PC

Others:

* SD card can be read from Windows 7 after my HERO did not recognizing it. (All of data on FAT32 were copied from SD to other)

* On root in SD card I found some files I have never seen before.

Those names are "qxdm_(DATE)_(TIME)_1.dm"

This files are created after reformat SD card.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
I tried a few:

* ext3 partition is changed from ext3 to ext4, but still not recognize.

* Fortunately ADB wireless WORKS.

What causes that my HERO does not recognize SD card on Recovery mode?

(SD slot destroyed? or not?)

Can I reinstall recovery image and reflash ROMs via ADB wireless without using SD card? (If I can, does it make my HERO a brick?)

Any idea?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
It sounds like you sorta found a solution. I would say it sounds like you're running too many tweaks. Why are you formatting your sd? Are you using data2ext or a2sd? If you use firerat you shouldn't need that. Also, to use SD in recovery you need to mount sd in the mounts/storage menu. I guess I'm a little unsure of where you're at now.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
Thanks, il Duce.

> I would say it sounds like you're running too many tweaks. Why are you formatting your sd? Are you using data2ext or a2sd? If you use firerat you shouldn't need that.

Sure. All you said is right.

I used data2ext or a2sd in other ROMs once before using firerat.

Now I'm using firerat instead of it then I dont use data2ext or a2sd.

I was too lazy to remove ext4 partition.

The reason why formatting my sd card again is that as mounting sd card was not available due to these problems and I thought that its partition might be corrupted and I should fix it due to formatting it. But I had no luck..

> Also, to use SD in recovery you need to mount sd in the mounts/storage menu.I guess I'm a little unsure of where you're at now.

My explanation seemed like obvious. I wrote many unwanted things.

I couldnt mount sd in recovery menu. It said only "Error mounting /sdcard!" (also /sd-ext is same).

Before this problem happened, I was able to mount sd in it and in ROMs.

All I want to do is to use SD card in recover and in ROM again.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
I did additional few things. But still I cant mount sd card.

* My hero in fastboot can be recognized from my laptop. "fastboot devices" can work well. But my hero in recovery cannot be recognized. "adb devices" cant get anything.

-> USB cable may be OK.

+ fasboot flash/boot does not work. (I found a posts that said that flash via fastboot doesnt work on Hero CDMA. Right?)

* My hero in hboot can access SD card. "HERCIMG.zip" on root in sd card can be accessed. But my hero in recovery cannot access sd card.

-> SD slot and SD card may be OK.

+ I cant find available HERCIMG.zip for HBOOT 1.47.

Can I flash recovery in terminal on ROM?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andythegreenguy:
I would recommend the following:

1. Remove all partitions from your SD card, reformat it to FAT32

2. Run RUU on your phone, that should overwrite everything - you will need to re-root, but it will remove all the dingleberries from your phone.

Hope this helps.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andythegreenguy:
Oh Dude, why didn't you say this earlier... I assumed that fastboot/HBOOT is not working on your phone.

1. You can absolutely flash recovery or any other images from fastboot, on a hero. Do "fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>"

2. You can also flash recovery from HBOOT... look for the right HERCIMG.zip, place it on the root of the SD card, boot your device by holding down the volume down + power
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
Sorry I would have written it more orderly.

I already tried both and tried them again. But both seems like not work well.

HERC XC SHIP S-ON, HBOOT 1.47.0000 (HERO20000),

MICROP-0110, TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104,

RADIO-2.42.02.10.29, Mar 1 2010,16:02:39

I tried some recovery.img (aospCWMod-HC-20110421.img, recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img

but it says FAILED (remote:not allow).

I find several HERCIMG.zip via some file share services that Google teaches me. I tried one of them (I got it from http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-792170.html) and it seems like doing well (as below).

Ohters say "CID incorrect" "Update Fail!" after Checking.

It says:

SD Checking...

<snip>

Loading...[HERCIMG.zip]

(refresh screen)

Checking..[HERCIMG.zip]

(refresh screen)

<VOL UP> FastBoot Mode

<BACK> Simlock

<HOME> Recovery

press <HOME>, go to Recovery, then boot.

But nothing changes. Still I have same issue.

Should I look for another HERCIMG.zip?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
I have questions like noobish.

In my thought, these issues (cant mount sdcard in recovery and ROM) may be solved by reflashing ROM image again. Is it right?

Does "flash_image" via terminal on ROMs work well?

(I've not done it from terminal.)

If using firerat, is it necessary to flash FR-recovery over just flashed recovery to avoid rebooting back into recovery?

(I worry that if sdcard were not still mounted in recovery after doing "flash_image recovery" I would have no solution to escape from the bootloop into recovery mode because I cant connect phone in recovery via ADB now.)

Does the following steps seem worth a try?

1. push a recovery image to inner memory (e.g. /data/local/) via ADB wireless

2. open terminal, "su" and "flash_image recovery <above image>"
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andythegreenguy:
Doesn't seem like you are S-off or you have Eng-SPL. The first one would have allowed you to use HBoot and the second to run fastboot.

If you were S-Off and had the Eng-SPL, the screen should have read something like this...

HERC XC ENG S-OFF...

Anyways, did you try to run RUU? You should try the one found on the HTC website for the CDMA Hero.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
Thanks, all.

Fortunately I seems like fixing these problem.

But it's not known exactly why I fixed these problems.

In view of andythegreenguy's advice, I tried to run RUU on my phone.

But I cant connect my phone via ADB.

Then I reinstall HTC driver for Windows 7 once again. Of course, I already tried it before but still it didnt work well.

Booting into FASTBOOT because I could connect my phone via FASTBOOT, and connecting my phone with USB and trying to replace HTC driver.

But it still said that the driver was already installed.

But after rebooting into recovery mode, my laptop recognized it. And sdcard could be mounted in recovery mode for no special reasons.

After booting sdcard works well in ROMs.

(No qxdm_*.dm files I had seen first after these problems occurred doesnt be created any more)

It seems strange to me that connecting ADB act on the behavior of mounting sdcard. I still worry that the same issues will happen. Does this happen?

Anyway, thank all guys giving advices to me.

ps. I'll try S-OFF and ENG-SPL for avoiding the same issues.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andythegreenguy:
Good to hear that your problems seem to be solved.

BTW, you don't need to have ADB running to run RUU, you just need HTC sync properly installed and have the RUU executable from HTC website.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
OMG... I got excited for nothing. I didnt fix it basically. LOL

After that, I tried to flash recovery image.

flash recovery(aosp 4/21) and flash FR-recovery(1.5.3) w/ full wipe and reboot into recovery.

But the same issues occured again. (hero in recovery didnt mount sdcard again laptop didnt connect it via ADB)

It goes worse in point of losing booting ROMs. HBOOT, FASTBOOT work but didnt do S-OFF and ENG-SPL.

I acted stupid. I should have done S-OFF or ENG-SPL before flashing recovery.

I guess that the I have the same chance as the previous post (occasionally ADB works well in recovery). I will do serveral things that I did. (and try on another PC).
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
Thanks. But I completely got no luck. LOL

Oops. I guessed wrong.

I could connect Hero in FASTBOOT via USB then run "HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6.exe". It seemed to work. But it gave 'Error [131] Incorrect Customer ID'.

I was looking for some articles about Error[131]. They said that driver's name should be "My MTC" not "HTC Bootloader".

But my laptop shows "HTC Bootloader" after re-install HTC Sync 2.0.40 again and updating driver from "Devices and Printers".

Does it cause error?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andythegreenguy:
I am all confused about what your phone is doing... :(. Anyways, switch off your phone (battery out, if nothing else works) and follow these steps:

1. Backup your SD card

2. Remove all partitions from the SD card and format it to FAT32

3. Install HTC sync on your computer

4. Download the RUU to your computer

5. Switch on your phone

6. Run the RUU from your computer and see what you get (report back)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
I did above steps.

1. already done backup

2. Use "Mini Tool Partition Wizard 5" for removing all partition and making FAT32. (and use "Panasonic SD formatter 3.0" for re-formatting sdcard)

3, use HTC Sync 2.0.40

4. RUU is HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6.exe

5. connect usb cable to hero

6. run RUU and turn on hero in accordance with its guidance.

hero is booting up normally and it shows FASTBOOT USB on the top of screen.

then rebooting by RUU and it shows alternative HTC boot screen

it says "Error 131 Customer ID error" and quit.

# I tried it from Windows 7 and Windows Vista. But both are same.

My career is KDDI Mobile. Maybe it borrows sprint network

(ROMs showed that the career was sprint) Is it concerned with Error 131?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andythegreenguy:
The HTC RUU is for Sprint only... hence the error. Do you have a RUU specific to your carrier?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
No I dont have it. I have checked that company's page for RUU but I had no clue.

I believed without no doubt thatit would work because KDDI services operates on Sprint networks as a MVNO and usually "Settings" shows "Sprint" as connected carreer.

BTW, I left hero in recovery mode all night.

I found the files "qxdm_*.dm" created on sdcard. What are these files?

These files seem to be created not only in recovery but also FASTBOOT, HBOOT.

Those file size seem to depend on running time after booting. (if the sizes exceed 65535KB, it seem to create a new file.)

I guess that after booting my phone may keep writing these files on sdcard and this may prevent phone from mounting sdcard...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbb-xda:
I fixed SDcard issues ( not mounting). And I could flash RUU into phone by Gold Card.

Unfortunately, USB bricked issue are not solved.

But, I wrote up these steps for helping someone having same issues because I found many similar articles.

See my 1st Post.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrKite4:
when I get to this first step: 1) Extract the JMK-stock-safe.zip into a folder of your choice.

2) Now put your Tab into what’s call the “

Tab. Once shut/powered down, Hold down the Volume Down button and the Power button together

you get the following image appearing on your

“Download” mode. You can do this, by shutting/powering down your

Tab’s screen

do i put the file on the tab anywhere? also how do I know for sure that this is safe to do to my tab do I have to find out what version mine is before hand? Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worwig:
I just switched from a Fascinate. I really hated that thing, but I was calm enough to not slam it against a wall. :rolleyes:

I have a few questions on the TB. Searching revealed some scattered comments on these, but I found no clear answers.

1. I have this guy all set up. I used to use Titanium backup. OOPS, it looks like, in order to root for Titanium Backup, I will lose everything. Is that the only option for rooting, and if so is there any backup that can save me from the couple of hours of reinstalling/reconfiguring the load of stuff I have?

2. The USB refuses to work properly on my PC. I installed it on a work PC, and all is well. My home PC just refuses. It is like it has a poor USB connection, it comes and goes. I tried all four USB ports, and no luck. I suspect all of the ports are on an internal hub. Any suggestions for a more reliable connection? My USB ports work fine for other things.

3. I have a bluetooth stereo headset. My previous devices would allow me to pair the phone AND the stereo. So I could listen to music, or make/take a call. The TB looks like it is paired for both, but only the phone works. If I drop the phone pairing, then the stereo works. But I can't get both to pair as I always had before. Anyone else found this?

4. The auto backlight is poor. Too bright in the dark, not full bright in the sun. Manual brightness settings are adequate. I dislike manual, but I quess I must use it. Does anyone know of a better widget then the built in one? It just has three settings, and I don't care for those.

5. The video player isn't too good. It doesn't play many of the videos that I could play on my previous device. It also only appears to display thumbnails of the videos, no titles. It is pretty hard to tell the videos apart (or even play many of them). Is there a prefered video format for this device, and/or, does anyone have a prefered player?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gatorguy:
I like https://market.android.com/details?id=com.curvefish.widgets.brightnesslevel&feature=search_result the most. Very simple and effective, not to mention free.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ERIFNOMI:
1. Nope. That's the only root method.

2. Maybe it's a bad USB cord? I know I have an extension for USB that isn't good for much more than power.

3. Never used a stereo bluetooth device so I'm going to pass on this one.

4. If you root there the notification power toggles includes brightness with a lot more options. You can also modify the settings for auto-brightness with some ROMs (CM)

5. Not sure on this one either. Most of my video watching on the device is streaming. I did try to put a video on and it wouldn't work but I'm not sure what format it was.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worwig:
I tried all varieties of cords.

Don't anyone have a suggestion on the video format, or a better player?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skipper2:
Removed - Not applicable any longer
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
I am looking for some help with the best Kernel I can run with Cyans roms. Looking for good battery like everyone else, but something stable that wont bring my phone down.

I forgot what Kernel I tried a while back but once my phones screen turned off I could never get it to wake up again unless I pulled the battery so I don't want to relive that one.

Any help or Suggestions would be great.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtr145r:
i have savaged zen bfs havs 1.1.0

for me great battery life.

:)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Go with Tiamat 3.3.8, if your phone reboots due to the undervolting, flash viperboy's overvolt script.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge561:
Savagaed-Zen 2.0.0 cfs-havs-wimax(sbc or nonsbc is your choice) w/ vipers undervolt script.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Could someone give me a link to Savagaed-Zen 2.0.0 cfs-havs-wimax and vipers undervolt script.

I take it I add both to the SD card and then use clockwork to flash the zips?

Also what exactly does the vipers undervolt script do for me? I want to be sure I have good power still.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge561:
Kernel: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=917755

Underscript: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1028322&highlight=viperboy+voltage

The underscript is explained in the 1st post in that link. It saves the heck out of battery life. If the Savaged-Zen kernel doesnt work out for you, then Tiamats is the way to go.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
When you say if the Saveged-Zen docent work out try the Tiamats one. What will I notice that would be wrong with Saveged so i know what to look for?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Your phone may freeze/lag/reboot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Gotch yah. Do you run one of the undervolts on yours? What one do you run?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
I run the 100mv, as my phone can handle it. Start at 100, and if your phone doesn't boot, or freezes short after, battery pull, flash the removes undervolt script, then flash the one below it, like 100 > 75, untill you get one that is stable for you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Also which of the Savage ones do you use?

This one SavagedZen(MOD)-RC2-Evo4G.zip looks to be the most downloaded is this the one to get? Also don't want anything with the trickle battery stuff.

Thanks for all your help here.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
I personally haven't used savaged zen since I switched to Tiamat, but the cfs played nice for me, along with bfs, never used and sbc kernel; my personal preference. And n ever a problem.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Alright I downloaded all the volt ones and the savage to the SD card so here goes nothing ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge561:
Thats a ROM. Look for Savaged-Zen AOSP Kernel. In my opinion search for Tiamat Kernel instead. I just flashed it with the -50 undervolt script and my phone doesnt freeze anymore with no lag either.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Are you using this file Tiamat_Evo-v2.1.5.zip?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge561:
No. Im using Tiamat v3.3.8.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Can you give me a link to that one. Wanna make sure I flash the right one to my evo.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge561:
http://www.tiamat-aosp.com/downloads/tiamat-evo/

It's the last one on that page.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
i found it, had to scroll down ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
So its safe to flash the kernel and the undervolt in one session then reboot or should i put the kernel on and reboot and then do the undervolt?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You can do it that way. Flash the kernel and boot up. Then boot into recovery and flash the underscript. Start with -25 though and see if your phone is stable before going to -50 and so on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
You should:

-Wipe cache & davlik

-flash kernel

-flash undervolt script

You don't need to wipe when flashing the undervolt script

But NORMALLY when flashing multiple items you:

-wipe cache and dalvik

-flash thing 1

-wipe cache and dalvik

-flash thing 2

and so forth, then reboot when you're done.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
So I put on the kernel and i started with the -50 unvolt. It booted got to the cyanogen boot screen then rebooted. So i put on the -25 now it get to the cyanogen screen the spinning arrow stops and it looks like it is going to load but stays on that screen. Odd thing is the phones screen turns of with the TV close thing like it would normally do if i turned off the screen. I can turn the screen back on and it just shows the boot screen and turns off again once it sits.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Ok I had it plugged in when I did that. This time I unplugged it and rebooted the phone. It boots up just fine so I guess things are ok???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Reboot again to see if things go smoothly. You should be fine though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Hmm im having that issue I had the first time i did a kernel a while back. After the screen goes off for a bit and i try to turn it back on with the power button nothing happens other than the bottom 4 lights come on then go back off, then if I hit the power button again no lights come on and nothing happens at all. What could cause this?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Only thing I could say was boot into recovery again, wipe your cache and dalvik cache, and then reflash the kernel but not the undervolt script. Let me know if that works.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Do that, and if you still reboot, flash the overvolt script; not all phones can handle undervolting, and the Tiamat kernel is naturally already undervolted.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Looks like my phone is not a fan of the tiamat kernel. I put on Savage and undervolt 25 and so far no issues.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
Spoke too soon. Seems to not like either kernel now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Just stick with the stock kernel included in cm7 then. That would be your best option.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostdarma:
So strange it does not work for me. I wonder what the issue is.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
No idea from me either.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OGPI:
I'm looking for the kernal that gives me good battery life with CM 7.0.2.1 but doesn't give me the wimax dropout and reconnection bug. Im on SZ 2.0.2 and the battery is doing well so far but now I'm back to rebooting whenever I wanna run 4G more than twice in a day. Gave tiamat a try and had multiple issues but nothing major.

Anyone remember which build of SZ didn't have these issues?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Try Savage-Zen 2.0.0 or 1.1.0

Sent from my......ummm...let me get back at'chya!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekingofmean:
It's possible your phone only likes BFS or CFS, unless you've tried them both I wouldn't go ruling out a custom kernal. My phone loves CFS but lags, hangs and random reboots with BFS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nooomoto:
I've tried several kernels on my girlfriends evolution with no results. She's currently on tiamat 3.3.8 no SBC with -75 undervolt and still has bad battery life.

Any ideas? I've tried sz with and without SBC with no results.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #Winning#:
You can't base the battery life solely on a kernel, especially on the Evo. You need to tweak settings appropriately if you really want great battery life. This would include changes to Haptic Feedback, Syncing Schedules, GPS etc. Search for the threads, there are plenty of them.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] culua:
Taimat 3.3.8 SBC with viper extreme undervolt is the shhiiit! My 3500 battery last me 20+ and my 4g works great.