[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeinstlouis:
OK.

Here is a summary of my problem. I have wiped flashed wiped flashed..same problem.

Using Clockwork Mod recovery I tried to flash the new SYNERGY ROM ( MYN, VIRUS etc) onto my EVO . Only problem, I was up delivering babies all night and was tired..I flashed the wrong ROM for the HTC INCREDIBLE instead of the ROM for the EVO. I know...dumb move....

Needless to say..I got an error (this was in clockwork mod)

I was stuck...frozen..couldn't do anything

I pulled the battery and then couldn't boot into recovery..I was freaking out. Even my CWM was dead.

I reflashed a clockwork mod recovery 2.6 I believe is what I had and THANKFULLY was able to get into recovery.

I then tried to do a NANDROID restore and get back to what I had before...but ERROR.

in fact I had two other nandroid backups..all three gave me an error:

checking md5sums...

erasing boot before restore...

restoring boot image...

error while flashing boot image.

I freaked OUT!

I for some reason was able to flash MYN Warm 2.2 and it seems to be working OK, but I haven't really done any thing with it.

I really wanted the new ROM so I tried to install it again.

I tried to wipe the MYN, but when wiping the Dalvik Cache, I got the following error:.

Can't mount dev/block/mmcblk0p2

(file exits). .

I went to the forums and have had a lot of help from some really nice people. They recommended I try AMON RA recovery and to wipe with that .I have wiped and wiped and wiped and wiped.

Everytime I try to install this ROM, it only completes about 1/3 of the installation notification bar (stops just underneath the V in VIRUS), stalls for a few minutes and then, all of a sudden, it says it is complete. I reboot and it goes to the HTC EVO white screen...hangs, turns off, buzzes as it turns back on, over and over (I think this is called bootlooping?)

I have wiped everything that AMON RA has. My tutorial (evorootwiki) said to do data, cache and dalvik cache in CWM.

I have replaced my SD card

I used FORMAT_ALL.zip and SUPERWIPE

I tried to flash MikG ROM and same result, it flashes a third of the way done, and then bootloops.

I was able to do a NANDROID backup with my AMON RA and it was restored OK.

In summary, I flashed the HTC INCREDIBLE ROM to my HTC EVO, Error, messed up CWM, reflashed CWM, couldn't do a nandroid restore. Then flashed Amon RA, wiped everything, used format_all.zip and superwipe, replaced my card and every ROM flash leads to a third of an installation and subsequent bootloop.

It's weird. I can easily load Myns Warm 2.2. and it works fine

I have updated all the radios (caulkins thread?)...no luck. Reflashed my Hboot too.

I have made sure the md5sum count of the ROM was correct before transferring it to my card.

I hope this makes sense.

Did I fry something? Is this fixable?

MYN said that since I see light..I am not totally screwed.

I am starting to think that the CWM wrote something somewhere that I can't wipe.

I am getting that Dalvik Cache error like there is file there that should not be.

It is not the ROM, nor the SD card (I tried to flash Mikg Rom, same results)

Here is a partial recovery.log. It is too big to put here so this is the last part of it:

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/share/bmd/RFFstd_501.bmd"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/share/zoneinfo/zoneinfo.dat"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/share/zoneinfo/zoneinfo.idx"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/share/zoneinfo/zoneinfo.version"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/baseline.par"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/baseline11k.par"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/baseline8k.par"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/dicI:read: progress 0.200000 0

set_perm: chown of /system/etc/bluez to 0 0 failed: No such file or directory

set_perm: chmod of /system/etc/bluez to 755 failed: No such file or directory

set_perm: chown of /system/etc/init.local.rc to 0 2000 failed: No such file or directory

set_perm: chmod of /system/etc/init.local.rc to 755 failed: No such file or directory

about to run program [/system/xbin/busybox] with 4 args

I:read: progress 0.200000 10

mtd: not erasing bad block at 0x00260000

mtd: not erasing bad block at 0x00280000

mtd: not erasing bad block at 0x002a0000

mtd: not erasing bad block at 0x002c0000

mtd: not erasing bad block at 0x002e0000

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x00260000

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x00280000

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x002a0000

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x002c0000

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x002e0000

write_raw_image: error erasing blocks of boot

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x00260000

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x00280000

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x002a0000

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x002c0000

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x002e0000

write_raw_image: error closing write of boot

I:read: progress 10.000000 1

script result was [/data]

tionary/basic.ok"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/dictionary/cmu6plus.ok.zip"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/dictionary/enroll.ok"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/g2p/en-US-ttp.data"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/grammars/VoiceDialer.g2g"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/grammars/boolean.g2g"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/grammars/phone_type_choice.g2g"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/models/generic.swiarb"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/models/generic11.lda"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/models/generic11_f.swimdl"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/models/generic11_m.swimdl"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/models/generic8.lda"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/models/generic8_f.swimdl"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/usr/srec/config/en.us/models/generic8_m.swimdl"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/xbin/busybox"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/xbin/dexdump"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/xbin/su"

minzip: Extracted file "/system/xbin/wireless_modem"

wrote boot partition from /tmp/boot.img

Install from sdcard complete.

I:Set boot command ""

I:Set boot command ""

I:Set boot command ""

Move recovery.log to SD

Press Power to confirm,

any other key to abort.

Moving : .unmounting /sdcard

Any clues as to what is going on? I have a lot of good people helping me and everyone is so nice. I am amazed at the laid back, non-pompous genuinely helpful attitude of this community. Every one has been wonderful. Just trying to fix my phone.

Mike