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[Motorola Droid Bionic] Notorious93:
http://tpu-cases.com/index.php?main..._id=17&zenid=cc1e8d0feb2dc1342f0f46a2f33923e1

That's the only case I know about that's fits the extended battery...besides that the only other options you have are holsters which aren't really the same

I can't confirm that it fits the docks tho
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kschang:
18 months late, but the Diztronic case is still for sale on Amazon.com, and it's a beauty. I got it, and it fits MUCH better than that crap case with kickstand that Verizon sells for $40. In fact, this case fits so good, it fits into the nav dock (with the extended battery insert instead of the regular insert) and even the holster that came with that crap case Verizon sells.

Definitely worth $10
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
Remember the group of people sometime last year who got into infinite bootloops, with access to bootloader but no recovery?

Yeah. That's me right now. Problem is, I can't remember if we ever found a solution, if anything would work. So I come before y'all for any help :eek:

Was running latest CM build before with Tiamat 4.1.0, just shut off during Google Navigation while charging and entered infinite bootloop.

004 Evo

2.18.0001 HBOOT S-OFF

Newest radio, Wimax, PRI, NV

Amon Ra (No access)

It does charge (or says it does - light is on)

So yeah. Access to HBOOT, no access to recovery, still have S-Off. Any help appreciated :o
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
have you attempted to reflash recovery?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devnulldroid:
Had this happen the other day and pulled battery and then held power button and volume button down and it went right into Recovery... 1st time ever for me :eek:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
Just reflashed recovery. Still nothing. Goes into bootloop as I enter recovery.

Note: It does not show boot animation, only splash screen. Just clarifying
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimzip69:
Give it some time some times after a crash/hotstart takes a little longer..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
Tried a ruu yet?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
Just did. 2.16.0001 HBOOT S-OFF with 2.15.00.0808 radio.

No access to recovery (HTC or custom after flashing recovery)

Same bootloop. :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
might need to wait till Captian_Throwback gets online he'll probably know a way to fix it. He fixed his when he got bricked by TWRP
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
No, there never was a solution, other than the doc I attached, which may not work and again.. someone running CM get's this Boot Loop issue....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
Nice of you to think of me! :D

Umm, yeah . . . my problem was a little bit different, as I was still able to boot into a ROM. So, any suggestions I offer here will be purely theoretical. But, perhaps the same fix will apply. Maybe the misc partition needs to be "reset"? Since you have access to fastboot, we'll need you to flash a bootloader version where fastboot commands will work. Since you have a hardware 0004, I think 2.18 is the only option. Get that from here: PC36IMG_HBOOT_2.18.0001.zip (flashable via bootloader). You'll also need to download the "mtd-eng.img" file from toast's thread here: mtd.eng.zip, and you'll need the fastboot.exe from the Android SDK.

After you get the 2.18 HBOOT flashed, select fastboot to get into FASTBOOT USB mode. I assume you already have the fastboot drivers installed on your computer, so I won't get into detail on that.

Put the mtd-eng.img in the folder with fastboot and open a command prompt. Navigate to that folder and issue the commandEDIT: I just tried this and it didn't work. I think you're going to have to go with the above method :(. It was a good ol' college try, I guess.

fastboot flash misc mtd-eng.img

It should flash successfully, since you're S-OFF. Once that's done, try rebooting the bootloader, and see if you can get into recovery.

The mtd partition seems to be the thing that messes everything up, so I figure that's the best place to start and see if it's that easy to fix :rolleyes:.

EDIT: I guess if the above doesn't work, HipKat's method will be the next thing to try. I don't envy you if you have to try that . . . :eek:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
I get the error attached below in attachments, fails to write. I am up to 2.18.0001 HBOOT S-OFF with the HBOOT you included

HipKat, the RUU is downloading. The Evo Softbrick.zip link you have in there leads to me to: "The file link that you requested is not valid."
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvOFaNaTic4G:
very simple

reflash by doing adb push update update.zip then format sd

by adb mount/sdcard

then adb erase sdcard

then do fastboot flash update update.zip

erase all data

then should be good to go.....

thats how i fixed mine
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
I just ran the RUU, that is all I've done because of the down link. I'm now at 0.79.0000 HBOOT S-OFF with 1.39.00.0426 radio. Now whenever I turn on my phone it goes straight to bootloader. Entering recovery gives me 5 vibrations with notification light blinking green

Edit: It no longer goes to bootloader whenever I turn it on. It gives me 5 vibrations with blinking green notification light. Still have access to HBOOT
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
That means it's in maintenance mode. As for that document, it's s few months old.maybe you can do a search for that missing file.

Swyped From The Hippest MIUI'd phone Using XDA Premium
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
I now have HBOOT 2.10 ENG S-OFF (Hex-edited one from here). So I have fastboot command capabilities. Trying to flash mtd-eng.img gives me the attached error.

Going to start searching for that file. I have fastboot capabilities, so I think I need the nv.img so it's time to go hunting

Edit: So I had HBOOT 2.10 ENG S-OFF. I followed the document HipKat posted, was unable to erase nv, microp, and radio. I flashed nv.img, then I ran the RUU again.

Back to .79 HBOOT S-OFF. Turning the phone on vibrates it 5 times and flashes green light. No access to recovery either.

Starting to think we are out/almost out of options... Guess it is time to start talking about getting S-On with somewhat recent HBOOT and radios.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
you don't have to get S-on. If all it does is go to that Maintenance Mode, then just take it to Sprint. They'll probably replace it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
I can still access HBOOT, however. I have a couple of friends at the local Sprint store (due to a Samsung Intercept for my sister - worst phone ever). The problem is, several of the managers there check the HBOOT. They've checked it in front of me (I had S-On) and for recovery on the Intercept. When I asked why they checked, they said they support repairs but not replacements (could go through Asurion) with rooted devices.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Wow, that's the first time I've seen that someone at Sprint checks for Root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atapia984:
O_o

They do check them. I had mine checked the two times I needed service. Last time they even updated the phone to the latest 4.67 update without consent.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
I've seen so many posts about Sprint doing updates without consent. If you ask them to not do the update, they ask questions.

Well, I shall search for a way to get S-On with no access to recovery; I'll continue flashing to see if I can get something to stick before that though. My fallback plan is a Samsung Moment I have sitting around...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
I saw this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16133086#post16133086

Not sure if it'll help, but at this point, probably couldn't make it worse. I saw a reference to nv items so it could be something.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
Thanks man. I'll look into this tomorrow, I've been working on a couple Nooks, a Nexus S, an Epic and a Moment for the last couple days and it's burned my energy.

Will go back and hit the thanks button, thank y'all for your help. Hopefully I can fix it, if not then hopefully a replacement... If not, then I'll see you on the next quad-core LTE phone :cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andygu3:
Thanks captain, I tried this last October with my death booted evo but to no avail. Hopefully someone has success because I'd be interested in seeing how they got the phone running. My death boot started while on miui
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
I'm throwing in the towel. Let's talk getting S-On without recovery. I am at .79 HBOOT, any ideas? I've stared at the screen so long looking through a lot of threads and tried so many flashes. I can't handle it anymore.

This is S-Off through Unrevoked. The only way I knew how to get S-On was to flash it through recovery, but because of my lack of access, can't really do that...

Thanks guys for all of the help, I do appreciate it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
Ya, I got nothin. I'll try to think of another way, but I honestly don't know of any. Maybe try and open up the unrevoked s-on zip and see if the steps it performs can be done manually (i.e. through fastboot)? That's the only thing I can think of.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
Update-binary is absolute gibberish to me, but updater-script makes some sense to me. I didn't know that it involves EPST.

Other than that, maybe a hex-edited HBOOT?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
Hex-edited HBOOT shouldn't affect an unrevoked forever S-OFF, as the unlocking method has nothing to do with HBOOT (unlike Revolutionary). If you can find a way to perform the commands listed in the updater script, you might have a fighting chance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
That's what I thought, I wasn't sure if you could spoof S-On or you actually had to get access to that NV stuff.

I'll look for a way to run the commands. Perhaps a PC36IMG.zip could do it? ROMs can be flashed through that, so if I flash a ROM with the EPST file from the S-On package and find a way to get that command to run, then I might be able to have a chance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
I will look into this and see if I can help. Not sure when I'll have time, though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
I'm curious is this only a problem with unrevoked devices because unrevoked used the NV to root? Just wondering since revolutionary used Hboot to nand unlock the phone and I don't want to risk using cm7 and end up with a brick on my hands
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
Minor update. Maybe a glimmer of hope? I'm probably thinking too much of it.

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot erase nv
erasing 'nv'...
FAILED (remote: partition is not allowed to be erased!)
finished. total time: 0.000s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot erase userdata
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 5.081s]
finished. total time: 5.081s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot erase system
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 4.259s]
finished. total time: 4.259s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot erase recovery
erasing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.062s]
finished. total time: 0.062s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot erase microp
erasing 'microp'...
FAILED (remote: partition is not allowed to be erased!)
finished. total time: -0.000s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot erase boot
erasing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.031s]
finished. total time: 0.031s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot erase radio
erasing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: partition is not allowed to be erased!)
finished. total time: -0.000s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot erase cache
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.923s]
finished. total time: 1.923s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot flash nv C:\nv.img
sending 'nv' (640 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.343s]
writing 'nv'...
OKAY [ 3.120s]
finished. total time: 3.463s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.031s]
finished. total time: 0.031s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot flash recovery C:\recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (4124 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.123s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.732s]
finished. total time: 2.855s

C:\Users\Robert>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.031s]
finished. total time: 0.031s

NV image was 1.77 and recovery was Amon Ra 3.11. Hex-edited HBOOT 2.10.0001 ENG S-OFF.

So whenever I try to turn on my phone or enter recovery, it enters Maintenance Mode. So I did everything as mentioned above. I then booted into recovery manually, and it did NOT enter Maintenance Mode at first. It entered recovery for a split second, showing "Build: RA-supersonic-v3.11-gnm" for a split second before getting kicked back to Maintenance Mode. Pull the battery, try to enter recovery manually again. Goes straight into Maintenance Mode. I can't enter recovery again without repeating the steps.

What this means? I have no idea. Probably nothing. But it shows it is trying to boot into recovery.

That part is trying to fix the phone. On the unrooting side, just downloaded a PC36IMG.zip that will work with the S-ON patch. The hard part is trying to figure out how to get the command to run.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
Since you're running the ENG bootloader, maybe you can try flashing the ENG image from this thread, and see if that normalizes your device? It flashes the NV and microp, so perhaps that'll get you a step closer to getting into recovery.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip is the one you want me to flash, correct? Downloading now. Thanks for all of your help, again. My knowledge pales in comparison
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
Yeah, that's the one. It helped someone else that was having nv problems, but your situation is a bit different. But you never know.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
Well, it no longer goes into maintenance mode whenever booting up or going into recovery. It is back to bootlooping (splash screen). All I did was check MD5, change the name and run the PC36IMG.

I have not tried flashing recovery yet. I'm back at .76 ENG S-OFF, so I'm going to try that next I guess.

Edit: Just flashed recovery. I can see the bottom text right before it goes into bootloop.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
Well, it was worth a shot. I'm out of ideas.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alaman68:
Time to drop it in water and blame the kids. Or, throw it in the middle of busy intersection and watch the cars run it over. Sad, I liked your posts tropical. I never preach insurance fraud, but you are a good guy
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
I'm not advocating insurance fraud. I never said that I would bring it in and blame it on Sprint. I said that my local Sprint would refuse to handle the replacement claim. I have insurance, but Asurion has been a less than stellar with at least 4 crappy replacements (all of the replacements I ever got). One time, I got a whole different phone model (a Zio - that's insulting :eek:).

Usually I file a replacement claim through the Sprint store. Whenever I had a problem with one of the replacements, I would go into the Sprint store and they would handle it with Asurion. If they refuse to handle the replacement claim, then... I just don't want to spend a lot of time on the phone trying to convince them of my claim.

Don't worry, I'm not going to go blame a bad update and demand a free Evo 4G / 3D / GSII / credits, those people are ridiculous! :p Maybe once I raise some capital (16 years old, minimum wage, 7 hours a week if I'm lucky) I will file a claim and hopefully get a 4G :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megatronmac:
plz repost the evo softbrick.zip i cant find it anywhere
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmmaHAARP:
Sad to see there wasn't a fix for this problem. I'm having the exact same issue and the ROM it had was MIUI with anthrax kernel. Guess i'll report it as stolen and use it for parts.Ima hit some thank buttons in this thread. you guys really fought hard to solve this. This is when I wish I had a Sammy instead (USB dongle to Download mode and get to stock hehe).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swagstr:
Wait, Anthrax is a Sense kernel. Why did you flash that on AOSP?

What exactly is happening with your EVO? It may not be completely bricked ;)

Pull your battery.

Re-install.

Hold volume down button.

[At the same time] Press power button.

White skating Android screen.

Use volume keys to go to recovery.

What happens?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dz1:
I have the exact same issue has the solution been found I'm out of ideas
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swagstr:
Answer my questions to figure out a solution.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dz1:
Sorry xda app never showed pm ... OK I was running cm7... and phone out of nowhere went into boot loop.. read many threads about it being a cm7 issue. Not sure if its related to original issue... but other links regarding this issue led me here...

Basically phone during normal use when into boot loop... I have tried flashing a recovery ect and no luck

I can only access boot loader.. if I try to access recovery it goes into boot loop again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swagstr:
Download this and put on the root of your SD card: http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=PC36IMG.zip

Install it via recovery, here are instructions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705026

Let us know the results :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Sounds similar to the phone I'm working on. Check out my thread in this forum:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1639812

Flashing a good RUU zip doesn't always resolve the bootloop issue unfortunately. :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dz1:
Thank you guys havent tried this yet..

when I get a chance I'll let you know what happens... thanks again I really appreciate it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtowngs4g:
im having same issue. sucks doesn't it. i will try amon ra hopefully this does the trick
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J0hncramer:
I recently ran into this issue and have made some headway on it piecing together things from this thread and other dark corners from the internet. I have been able to get into recovery after following these steps:

1) Plug in usb cable

2) Boot into hboot

3) Clear storage

4) After clear storage completes it automatically reboots the phone, hold the volume down while this is happening and wait for it to reboot back into hboot

5) Select fastboot

6) On your PC, run the following fastboot command: fastboot oem enableqxdm 0

7) Again from your PC re-flash your desired recovery (I've been having success with twrp 1.1.1) so my fastboot command is: fastboot flash recovery recovery-twrp-supersonic-1.1.1.img

8) After your recovery has completed flashing, unplug the usb cable

9) Go back up into the bootloader menu and select recovery

This puts me into my custom recovery and I am then able to flash/nandroid.

My problem now is though that I still have problems with the phone later going back into the white screen bootloops after a reboot and not being able to get back into recovery without again following the steps I've just provided. I am gonna try a gingerbread ROM or maybe stock to see if that will rectify my problem. (I've been trying to get the unofficial CM9 to work which it was doing wonderfully before I ran into this issue after flashing the Mason Kernel and messing with the overclock)

Hopefully the smarter people on this forum come up with a fix, or at least help people get back to stock so they don't have to worry about Sprint hassling them :p

edit: I was able to flash to a Gingerbread ROM and get back in the game, seems this phone just doesn't want to stay alive on ICS
[HTC Rezound] kingspan:
Hi I have spent days on this but I can not find an answer to my issue.

I am a noob but have learned a lot over the past few days just reading.

I have an unlocked HBoot 2.1 bootloader. I can not boot to Recovery, it errors out. I pull the battery and reboot, everything is ok.

I can not root. I get errors - Permission Denied.

I tried to do anything in adb shell and I get Permission Denied or operation not permitted. The phone works but I would prefer to root.

I appreciate any feedback.
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
PM Me or post in this thread again if you still need help.
[HTC Rezound] engsoccerfan:
Are you using the OneClickRoot?
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
Did you flash a custom recovery? If not, download Amon Ra here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?chpoxzb8bl4nn2b

and flash that then use that recovery. If you want root, go into the developer menu and install su then you should be set.
[HTC Rezound] kingspan:
I did try One click as well as few roots. I will try to figure out how to "flash the recovery" and report back.
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
Pull battery, put back in, boot into bootloader (hold volume down and power) and go to fastboot, connect to pc, in cmd prompt on pc type:

fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img

Just make sure you add the .img on the end of the file name or you will get an error.

After you flash that successfully, go into recovery on the phone and navigate to the developer menu and there will be an option to install su. Do that and you should be rooted.

Since you unlocked, I assume you are set up to use fastboot. You can put the recovery file in that same folder you were using and run the command above.
[HTC Rezound] kingspan:
Can't flash recovery image

I read the instructions on how to flash a recovery image from the computer. When I try it through the adb I still get Permission Denied. I can't do it from the emulator on the phone - Permission Denied.
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
Did you add ".img" to the end of the file name? I had an error before I did that.

Also do you have the following items in the folder you are using? (you don't need the unlock item, I just keep that and recovery in there to have them handy) Those are all the items you need for flashing stuff so if you have a bunch of other folders and files you can get rid of those and just set up a folder like the attached pic.

Also, make sure HTC Sync isn't running.
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Just flash the recovery through fastboot, Amon Ra specifically as you can gain root from it as well.
[HTC Rezound] kingspan:
Thank you all for the suggestions, I really appreciate all the advice. I tried to flash from the computer and got "Failed (remote: not allowed)"
[HTC Rezound] zZDave_Stud:
You can flash the recovery right from the phone.

If you downloaded the OTA update download this

If not, download this

1.Put whichever file you downloaded onto the root of your SD card, which is ext_sd. Rename it to PH98IMG.

2. Pull battery out. Put it back in. Hold power & volume down until you're in H-Boot. You will see green text moving and it will eventually say, do you want to update? Press volume up for yes and then press power to reboot.

3. Delete the PH98IMG.zip off of the root of your SD card.

4. Pull battery out, press power & volume down until in H-Boot.

5. Scroll down to recovery and press power.

6. You will be put into Amon Ra recovery and from there, you can root your device.

Hope I helped! If I did, a thanks would be greatly appreciated!
[HTC Rezound] kingspan:
As far as I know I did the OTA update. I downloaded that image and renamed it - put it in the root of the SD card and the green writing says - wrong image or no image.

Thanks,

g
[HTC Rezound] TuxDroid:
When you boot to hboot what do the top couple of lines say exactly?
[HTC Rezound] kingspan:
Relocked

Vigor PVT Ship S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.11.0000

eMMC-boot

Oct 6 2011 15:43:22

When I try the HBOOT - Fastboot I get about 6 green lines looking for parts of the image and they all say No Image! one says No Image or Wrong Image. I can not read them as they go by too fast.
[HTC Rezound] TuxDroid:
Problem one is you need to reunlock your phone with the file from htcdev. Once you do that flash AmonRA via ADB and use it to root.