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[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
Hello All,

I have run into a problem with my Heroc not wanting to boot. Some background:

ROM: CM7

Kernal: Jaybob's recent Kernal

Mods: Firerats

All was fine and dandy until yesterday, when I decided to reboot the phone (with a full battery charge). The phone shutoff and when restarted was stuck at the HTC screen. I've tried several times to get into recovery but it hangs at the HTC Screen.

I can enter Fastboot/Hboot. I did some digging and tried to unroot by using this method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=988741

Method 1, loading the imaging on the sd root and loading. Everything loaded fine but when I reboot it still hangs at the HTC screen. I have not tried to RUU being that I am on a Mac and don't have access to a PC at the moment. So RUU will be done later tonight hopefully, but I don't expect different results.

It seems like I have some messed up memory and its not allowing me to boot. Does anyone know of a fix? I'm not desperate because its time for an upgrade. I just wanted to hold off on using it until January when Sprint holds their press conference, assuming its an Android device. I'd like to see what I could get versus the phones on the market now. :)

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance :)
[Hero CDMA General] NineInchNails:
You definitely need to do an RUU. No way around it. know it sucks starting fresh again but it'll solve all these problems you have. If your s-off you can also do the RUU from Hboot but it's better to do it from PC as I have learned. Good luck man.
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
thanks a lot! om going to give it a try later tonight when i have access to a pc. Im not so much worried about starting fresh than I am losing the phone and using my upgrade now... I have a curve laying around and started to thing about using that for a while until I see something I like.

i will report back tonight or tomorrow when i am up and running again. :-)
[Hero CDMA General] williams1978:
I had the same problem awhile back and it took me forever to get it fixed but I finally got it fixed. Search the forum for " stuck at HTC screen and look for the threads I started for as possible fix. I will try to find it and post the link here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1305479&page=3

My last post describes how I finally fixed my Hero, but you should read the whole thread.
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
Thanks. I will give it a look.
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
I read through the thread and it looks like you passed the black htc screen and got to the white one. I can't get passed the black and adb doesn't pick up the phone at this point. I'm still waiting to try the RUU and see if HTC sync picks up the device.

Very resourceful thread and I'll be sure to give all the suggestions a try before giving up.
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
HTC sync won't pick up the device and I don't think any other option will work since I don't have ADB access. I'm just gonna bite the bullet and look into a replacement.
[Hero CDMA General] dastin1015:
Ok to verify your phone does boot at least to the bootloader? If so I have a doffeemr approach for you to take

私のEVO 3Dから送信される。
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
yeah. I can get into bootloader and fastboot. whatcha got?

I have a new phone on the way. Amazon has ET4G for $79, too good to pass up so I used my upgrade. Ill still be curious to know how I can get the Hero up and running.
[Hero CDMA General] dastin1015:
Follow these instructions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804692
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
I used a flashable RUU based off Flipz source and still no luck. I will give your RUU a try later tonight... Thanks
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
No luck. The phone freezes at the HTC screen and fails to go any further. :-(
[Hero CDMA General] oostah:
i had same kinda deal from a bad radio flash

if you still have fastboot do

"fastboot erase system -w"

"fastboot oem boot heroc.hboot-1.46.2000.zip"

you may need to rename the file to HBOOT.

if that dose not work unzip the file take the hboot img and place on sdcard and place where your fastboot files are like in android/platform-tools.

this made a deference for me.

then try fastboot flash img hboot.img

this is what i went through here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1086125

good luck if i can help let me know.
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
Thanks for the help oostah. I haven't been able to get ADB to recognize the device. When I get home I'll try it again and remove the hboot as suggested and give that a try.

Now that ICS is in beta for the Heroc my phone decides to crap out on me and I can't enjoy the hard work put in by the developers. Nonetheless, I am much appreciative of all the support put into the Heroc and have learned a lot from this community :)

I'll report back tonight with my results.
[Hero CDMA General] oostah:
you are welcome i have been there before.

your phone may not recognize ADB but it may still take fastboot commands. that was one thing that drove me crazy is that i could fastboot but not adb. let us all know how it goes.
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
I did "fastboot-mac devices" and got my device to show up, so it registered. however, when I go to erase system I get an error, "remote: not allowed". The same occurred when trying to flash the .zip and img files separately as suggested :(. At one point the devices started vibrating like crazy and shut off, the led started to blink green. I did get it back into Fastboot, but now it won't turn on.

Thanks for the help though :) It was already replaced and the new phone should be here tomorrow. I'm just going to miss the Hero since it was my first Android device and I learned a lot in this forum.

Thanks! :)
[Hero CDMA General] oostah:
i still have one of my hero's that i let people play with when the come over. it still runs off wifi so they can play games yous gtalk what ever be nice to get it up and running for experience and fun lol now that your not in a have to mode.

do you have a nan back up from a sd card any place like on your pc if so look for your clockworkmod folder look for backups and you should see your backups open one of them you will see

boot

system

data

recovery

sd-ext

cache

they will be img files you can place them on your sd card and fastboot them back to the phone

"fastboot flash img boot.img"

"fastboot flash img system.img"

and so on

or

"fastboot boot img boot.img"

"fastboot boot img system.img"

and so on

or you can let it RIP
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
good to know. I'll give that a try if I can get it booted. I'm thinking its dead and needs a charge to get back into fastboot. I'd love to get it back up and running as a learning experience more than anything. I wont have time until tomorrow or Thursday :-) . I will report back when I give it a try.
[Hero CDMA General] oostah:
will the charge light come on when plugged in if not there is a trick take a old usb cable cut one end off on the battery there are

= and - becare full connect the red wire to + and black to - tap them down so they dont move. let it set for 2 1/2 hrs should be good to go.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mobalized:
Just installed TiBu on my razr, it did not show in the app menu so I restarted the phone. When phone was booting it got stuck in a boot loop and after soft resetting phone by holding power and volume down it shuts off and then restarts the process and loops again.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mobalized:
Soft reset / factory reset failed to solve the problem multiple times. Ended up taking the phone back and getting a new one. I am scared to re root and install tibu since it was right after I installed tibu and restarted that the phone went into loop.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mobalized:
Anyone have any ideas what may have caused this issue? And if I root the new phone and install tibu if im going to have the same issue? Id rather not ruin another phone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TehWhale:
I rooted my phone using doomlords zergrush v2 and have been fine. Rooted many times have titanium backup installed and such. Not sure what my have caused it
[Samsung Infuse 4G] joeym11:
I have been "trying" to use my infuse as an alarm... and it usually works

but for instance this morning, i don't know if it didn't go off or i slept through it

Is that possible that it might have not gone off? i set 2 of them and set it to daily. Anythoughts?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Alternate option, if you are on a rooted/custom ROM:

1. Get the clock app from a different ROM, say Infused 2.2.3.

2. Copy it to your SD card

3. Rename the clock.apk from your /system/app folder to say clock.bak

4. Copy the clock.apk from step 1 to /system/app folder

5. Reboot
[Samsung Infuse 4G] joeym11:
Would i do that with root explorer?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Yes please... You could use other root file managers too, but I prefer root explorer.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Truckerglenn:
I use alarm clock extreme free, it's never failed me.

Cranky...

MitRa
[Samsung Infuse 4G] omnimanx1:
Ditto. Works great and wont let me sleep it off. The math solving drives me nuts and wakes me up pronto.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] malice9005:
its not just you happens to me all the time happened to me today infact and that alarm clock you guys suggested is awesome i definately wont go back to sleep after some math problems
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
SPB have officially announced the tablet support for their launcher today. Here is the small youtube video that I have made for SBP running on HP Tablet :)

[YOUTUBE]wOTs5Pf_L0M[/YOUTUBE]
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] gribblefish:
can you use multi live wallpaper with this app
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
Yes

You can use regular live wallpapers with this app. I'm not sure what do you mean by multi-live wallpaper ??
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] gribblefish:
it's a app you can use to set up "hubs" it allows you to put a different wallpaper on each screen. Just trying to find out if SPB will work with this app
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
No, it does not seem to work well with multi-Picture live wallpaper app. It keeps on displaying the picture is unavailable error.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] gribblefish:
ok thanks for trying rattlesnake
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Realistpm:
worth $15 though?
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] dan-fish:
no way. The novelty wears off after a while.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Capt.Insano:
Not a chance, I've been doing great with ADWLauncher Ex. Have had it since Alpha 1 and its great, VTL Launcher is good also.

Both less than €2.50!!
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] ace9988:
what version is this?
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
It's running cyanogenMod alpha 3 for hp touchpad
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] zanderman112:
SPB Shell 3D is not worth the price. Its just flashy. No real enhancements.

Sent from my Legendary 2.2 infused device.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] sahhar1993:
spb shell 3d 1.5.2
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
Should definitely have more functionality for a 14.99 launcher, but saying 'just flashy' does not do the justice.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Leoisright:
I like it. Makes the touchpad more complete and honeycomb flavor....
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] kerryking1:
I think its pretty awesome more than just being flashy.

---------- Post added at 03:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:46 AM ----------

Looks good on my phone too!!
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] vampirexhunter:
The wallpapers are cropped, anyone know the proper resolution?
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] chhaggerty:
I've used all the launchers on my android devices. Even MIUI is basically a launcher on steroids. And let's face it launchers are mostly eye candy but can also make your device easier and more pleasant to use. That being said SPB is really really nice. Looks real good on my Galaxy Nexus and I like the tablet version on the TP a lot. Expensive, yes but if you have $15.00 to waste I don't think you'll be disappointed. If the developer can provide value by continued updates and added features it will be worth the money.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] ace9988:
can actually use multi-live wallpapers...but first you have to enable live wallpapers in the settings, and after that the performance is -bad- partly cuz it force closes everytime i'd like to change screens and it gets very stuttery....to be fair a pop-up warning does show up explaining the performance goes down, but hey ho we all like to have live wallpapers of some sort.

gotta say this is pretty smooth....like smearing honey on the screen of my touchpad
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
I agree, flipping through the panels is pretty smooth
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Boniat:
Looks awesome, thanks for the video.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
U r welcome

from EVO
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Moshe5368:
I come from a linux background and this launcher is quite like the rotary launcher in Ultimate Ubuntu. Yes, its a bit of flash, but we all want to be able to show off our touchpads and this launcher has a major "WOW" factor when people see it. I think it improves my functionality. With other launchers out there I have had a difficult time getting just the right combination of widgets and shortcuts on my screen to put everything together for my uses. SPB has many features that make it a refreshing change from the iCrap out there.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
Totally agree

from EVO
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] palmersquall:
I think the launcher is pretty sweet. The only problem I have with it is I have to close it in order for graphic demanding games like shadowgun and asphalt to work.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] bmcgarry84:
Looks nice. I'm considering it for my TP.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
Won't regret it :)

from EVO
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] peachpuff:
Really wish there was a demo/trial version or something.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Moshe5368:
I don't see any slowdown issues running shadowgun under SPB.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lay_forat:
same problem here on Hp Touchpad i've to close it for graphic demanding games :mad:
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rattlesnake8:
I have been playing need for speed - hot persuit without any problems

from EVO
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Cklaven:
Hey guys, I am currently the owner of a Samsung Charge with a cracked screen. While still functional, its a little annoying. I am thinking about getting a new phone off eBay as contract renewal isn't an option. While I would love a Nexus, Rezound or Razr, the prices are way too high. I noticed the bionic is reasonable at $200-250 on ebay used. Seems like the only reasonable LTE dual core actually. How is the bionic? Sounds like people like them, community pretty strong with the development of ROMs? Any reasons to avoid it?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MarcMaiden:
The Bionic is a good phone itself, crippled by a locked bootloader. Because of that Dev has slowed down quite a bit. If I were you, I'd save for the Galaxy Nexus.

Dont take my word on this, but I read somewhere that you could still use LTE phones with bad ESNs just by putting your sim card in them so maybe you can get one on the cheap.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] htcdesirezgeorge:
Initially, I HATED the bionic because of the lack of development going on and that it had a locked bootloader and the wifi tethering couldnt be used even though rooted.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

One month later....

I absolutely LOVE the bionic! There aren't as many devs out there for it BUT P3droid and dhacker29 absolutely rock the living crap out of the phone and they work almost fulltime with it. With the 5.5.893 update manually installed(its a ***** to install if you used safestrap even once) the phone doesn't have a buzzing anymore and is fast and smooth! I came from being a hardcore HTC product fan(see name) and I don't honestly mind the bootloader being locked right now as Blur is actually nice.

My suggestion... Buy the Bionic, learn about it and enjoy having a phone that is able to keep up with new phones(nexus and razr) without overclocking or kernal swapping. The sheer knowledge of the devs and the ingenuity that they exhibit is MORE THAN ENOUGH to keep me with this phone for several more months. Once the bootloader is unlocked, it will be a contender for the next year or so.

P.S. The 5.5.893 update actually gets rid of headphone buzzing and the data drop issue!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bigtex52:
As someone who has owned both Samsung and Motorola handsets,there is no comparison when it comes to build quality. The last Samsung I had, I retired it early because I had to. It was literally cracking and falling apart and I am not rough with my phones. My last Motorola (OG Droid) I retired it because I wanted to go to 4G and it still is being used on a daily basis today. I just hope that all of the people who went for the GNex are still as happy with it 6 months from now. I'm pretty sure that I will still be happy with my Bionic. JMHO.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] duvious:
Go to droidbionicroot.com. It is a great resource for the Bionic including wireless tether. The guy shows you how to do different stuff via you tube video. I played a coulple of games of Battlefield 3 on Xbox 360 with it. I had no lagging issues.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] htcdesirezgeorge:
lol exactly! I changed the entitlement check(super easy) and havent been busted by verizon for the month and a half Ive used it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] TheBiles:
I don't know why anyone would ever get the Bionic now with the Nexus and Razr available. This phone is insanely disappointing with the locked bootloader.

--

Sent from my Droid Bionic.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MillionManMosh:
I see brand new Razrs on Craigslist for $300 all the time. Comes down to preference and whether you want to shell out the extra $50. I think the Razr is a little bit better build quality but the internals are all but identical. Running current firmware they're both reliable, quick phones. I prefer daylight visibility and a swappable battery to the AMOLED and slightly more rigid frame. YMMV.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Cklaven:
On ebay the Razr is going for $400-500, $300 would be a steal. Anyway, I got the bionic, was able to pick one up for $230 including the car dock and extended battery. I am sure its better than a Samsung Charge with a cracked screen.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mcleaver84:
I had VZW trade me a razr for my bionic because of 4 diff devices having the same problem with connectivity. Other than that I loved it, good solid phone. Invert I got past the Pentile screen which isn't that bad as others say it was like my dx on steroids. I'd still have it if nor for my problems with it, but like others say price wise might as well look at a razr. Whatever feels best
[Motorola Droid Bionic] spotmark:
If you enjoy tinkering with your phone, I would advise against the Bionic. The locked bootloader sucks, and I don't see it being unlocked anytime soon, if ever. Although there is some dev support, it's not much. Motorola has great build quality, but as long as they keep locking their phones down, I don't think I'll be buying anymore of their products. The Nexus has massive support, already, and the Rezound got unlocked, today, so expect to see dev support take off for that. If I were you, I'd stick it out with the Charge until you can afford one of those.

Edit-Sorry, I missed your post about getting it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] adlzian:
I just came over from using a charge. The charge has a better screen but the bionic is so much faster and more reliable. The charge did best for me with stock roms. Every custom rom i tried there was something wrong with it. So now that i have the bionic i took the latest ota update and i rooted it. Couldnt be happier. It was a good purchase as i sold my charge for 200 and got a mint bionic for 215 on swappa.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] z0mghii:
I've had the bionic since release. When the droid razr and galaxy nexus came out and all the devs moved, I was disappointed and pissed off. But after enabling webtop2sd and webubuntu along with dhacker's fabulous rom, I think it's safe to say that I'll be staying here for the next 2 years. Droid razr and galaxy nexus may be newer phones but they are both missing either the sdcard storage or the external battery. The Bionic has it all!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] adlzian:
Ooh whats webtoptosd or whatever
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 340DartMan:
If you are a Sam's Club member (or know someone who is) you can get the Bionic for $120.00 with the Renew/Upgrade option or $50.00 with the Add More Lines to My Account option. But if you buy it as a Replacement Device, it'll cost you $570.00. I bought mine from them about end of October for $150.00 and added a line to my wifes' account. They have come down since then.

Hope this helps.

Tony
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johntinman:
I recently came from the Fascinate which had a solid dev community, but the device was crippled with its lack of RAM. I am very happy with my Bionic on stock rooted. The screen isn't as vibrant add the SAMOLED but the device itself is fast and it has a ton of features. The build quality is far better than the Fascinate and hopefully the Droid branding will mean quicker updates (even though we are still on 2.3.4).
[Motorola Droid Bionic] duvious:
I had the Bionic for nearly a year and was pretty happy with it except for the bootloader issue. Flashed the ICS leak and it was like a brand new phone. But for some reason it started having data drop issues. I couldn't live with that. So after my third Razr replacement they gave me a HTC Resound. Having a phone with an unlocked boot loader for the first time has been a real eye opener. I happily bode Motorola goodbye. (they are liars anyway with the empty promise of unlocked bootloaders on their devices. To date they still have not honored their promise.) The Razr was a dog. No battery life and majordata drop issues.

So I am a HTC fan now. So far so good. Hopefully this phone will last a while. I don't plan on renewing my contractwith big red so I can keep my unlimited plan. Don't need the newest phone just data with options.

Sent from my HTC Rezound

Unlocked Bootloader

Rooted with S-Off

using Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Droid Bionic] zoompastu:
The bionic is a GREAT phone! 1.2Ghz dual core (rated at 1Ghz but the ICS update bumps it up .2) 1GB DDR2 RAM. Don't worry about the locked bootloader, they have a work around figured out on that now (its called Kexec) and dhacker29 is developing CM10 (Jellybean 4.1) for the bionic right now. I have used the alpha version and it is smooth as butter. It is alpha so there is a few bugs but it will be a usable daily driver eventually and that is what the SGS3 and Nexus is running (Jellybean). I have used the Samsung Charge before and the Bionic is leaps and bounds ahead of that phone. If you keep it stock on ICS (the official update is out soon or you can run the leaked version for the time being) or load roms it truly is the best bang for the buck out there in the 4G world. There's a good reason why this is the phone I chose to use. My $0.02
[Motorola Droid Bionic] BleedsOrangeandBlue:
this thread is 9 months old, y'all
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daryelv:
And another policy change... only the Primary line is eligible for discounts after Feb 1.

http://www.sprintfeed.com/2011/12/s...ing-february-2nd-2012-it-just-might-cost-you/

This comes after removing the discounts on lines 3-5, doubling the activation fees, revamping the Premier program, and then removing the Premier program. Basically my 20% company discount is only good for 1 line, big whoop.

So, let's see... they're "aligning" to what AT&T and Verizon do, but they still have the slow network and 3G speeds. 4G is at least over a year away if I stay with Sprint, Verizon and T-mobile have 4G locally and AT&T and coming soon. Why would I pay the same for slower speeds? Yeah, time to move on.

For those that don't want to read the article linked... sfhub clearly summarizes the article in a simple way...

-Daryel