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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noxzoul:
I am rooting an Evo via the "How to root Android 2.2 on the EVO 4G" by regaw_leinad

The only issue was I had to run ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin twice before the shell came back with the #. However when I rebooted the phone it goes right to Fastboot and I cannot go on.

I checked and the button does not seem to be stuck.

I am assuming that the OS did not flash correctly or it cannot boot to it so it is defaulting to the Fastboot.

Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
What version of 2.2 are you running. I got a new phone with 2.2 when my original broke on me last month and instead of using the method you are using i just used unrevoked and it rooted and s-off my phone in 5 minutes. easy as pie.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noxzoul:
Probably the same version or newer from what you had. This phone just came in this week. I cannot confirm seeing how I cannot get into the OS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noxzoul:
After I ran the PC36IMG update again it started booting correctly.

Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] SXUsr:
2.1 or 1.6?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] theeedy:
X10i 2.1 nordic
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] PoTi_96:
Factory reset....

:/
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] SXUsr:
Try again - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=824788
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] theeedy:
I tried it already around 10 times. :(

EDIT: I had to reflash the firmware -.-
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjpdijkstra:
Hello

I'm on

R 2.15.50.14

G 15.42.50.11U

D 3.14.04666

I booted, worked, and then I wanted to put an android rom on it. I rebooted and now stuck at the white and green bootscreen.

I think this is referred to by "bricking" the phone?

What are my options?

please please help.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xamilx:
Updated to Artemis v41, worked fine all day, all of a sudden half an hour ago phone stopped responding on incoming text message.. the reboot/shutdown didnt work either.. removed the battery, started again and stuck on same screen.. gonna flash a stock rom through microSD card now.. thats the only option :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjpdijkstra:
and where do I get this from?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjpdijkstra:
AHA you download latest stock, press VOLUME DOWN BUTTON and it boots

Don't download latest stock, will have wrong spl. Download semi old stock....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xamilx:
Artemis is built on latest stock base.. it has same spl version, v3.03 so no problem ;) Anyways, I'm gonna flash v1.66 stock ROM through microSD and try EnergyROM ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shin007:
See my post 28576 in the main Artemis thread, I had similar issue. Hopefully fixed now.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxoconstantineoxo:
wrong section ;P

should have been moved to Q&A.

and yeah... if anything goes to "white" screen while booting... just hard reset your phone... its kind of hard to "brick" your device unless you install things for something else than yout htc.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashwinds:
Kabooot - it looks like your /efs folder is corrupt. If you have made a backup of that folder, you can try restoring it. There are some pointers on this thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragin:
How old are you & what exactly did you do?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kabooot:
im 17 i think that i change some sytings in sgs tools
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rawat:
sgs tools shouldn't mess about with your phone. I doubt it was that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragin:
which country are you from?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragin:
When you switch-OFF... remove battery, put battery in, press Vol-Dn+Menu+Power,, do you get this image on your phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragin:
Can you explain step-by step what you have done so that someone here who has done that & succeeddeed can help you?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kabooot:
how can i solve it :( please help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kabooot:
im from kuwait
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kabooot:
yes ofcourse
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kabooot:
explain what?!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grumpyfecker:
Since you can get to the downloading screen I would suggest you reinstall JM9 following the instructions carefully.

http ://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=802909&highlight=jm9
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kabooot:
thank you for your reply
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeebspawnshop:
If following all that stuff from the link does not work (I hope it does!), then you might try to flash a firmware with Odin, and select the option "Phone EFS Clear".

NOTE: I am not entirely sure this is safe!

But when I had the EXACT same problem you are having, I reflashed my phone like 20 times with many different firmwares, and a few times I selected that option. Then one time... just randomly... my phone started working, and I even got back my original IMEI and stuff.

;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragin:
I think he is a young kid & may not have a lot of experience/patience of many of us here, I think some patient soul here can guide him to flash an official ROM over Kies. I think Kies can see the phone in download mode & can update the firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragin:
Have you solved your problem yet?
[Epic 4G Accessories] Electrofreak:
Has anyone tried the Body Glove case with kickstand? I can't post the link as a new user but it can be found on the Bodyglove.com website under Mobile and Epic 4G. I would really like a case with an integrated kickstand (one thing I still envy the EVO for). I've got the Sprint case just to keep my Epic protected, but I would like a higher quality product.

I'm not sure I'm a fan of the textured case, and it's a little pricey at $29.99. Hoping someone who has it can give me their take on whether it was a good buy.
[Epic 4G Accessories] meinken:
looks like the kickstand is in the clip, not the case. They sell the clip seperate for 4.95, I wonder if it will fit on other cases? Anyone own one that can check it out?
[Epic 4G Accessories] Masterface7:
You're not gonna provide us with a link to see what you are talking about?
[Epic 4G Accessories] luis12285:
http://www.bodyglovemobile.com/prod...205035&ManufacturerId=1204552&ModelId=3529501
[Epic 4G Accessories] Electrofreak:
I really would prefer if people actually read my posts before replying.

Thank you luis12285 for providing the link.
[Epic 4G Accessories] codest3r:
That looks like a nice case and the belt-clip/stand is sorta innovative combo. I'd really be interested to see if anyone else has used one or had their hands on one. I ordered the Body Glove case for my wife from Sprint.com accessories, but don't think its this model with the belt clip and kickstand.

Thanks for sharing this guys! Wasn't aware of it and definitely interested!
[Epic 4G Accessories] Geekybiker:
Looks interesting, but body glove cases for other phones I've handled in store are on the bulky side, and this one appears to be the same comparing the photos online to my sprint case.
[Epic 4G Accessories] codest3r:
I got the Body Glove case from Sprint Accessories and was really disappointed with the quality of construction. Sending it back. Went to to Best Buy and got the Platinum "quick clip" case with swivel holster. Keeps the screen safe against a felt lined holster. A little bulky, but better than scratching my baby! :D

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Platinu...07487&st=platinum case&cp=1&lp=8#BVRRWidgetID
[Epic 4G Accessories] OperationMove:
Yeah I wouldnt go with the "Body Glove" on such a high end prestigious phone. I work in a foundry and have a Nokia 5800 (or something along those lines, crappy little flat phone.) that i use there because of all the sand/heat/oil that i'm around at work. I wouldn't dare expose my epic to sand/metal shavings! So I take the Nokia. It had a body glove on it.

The case lasted a few good months and then started to fall apart. Peices of connecting clips broke, leaving it floppy on one side of the phone, the "grip" stuff on the back of the phone is very grippy and feels nice, but unfortunatly it too peels off and away after a while. It's a very neat design of a case, but it just dosen't hold up. Just my 2 cents.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Hi devs,

Strictly speaking, this is not a development issue, but I thought it warranted some special attention as it sheds a little bit of new light on the "bricking" caused by Clockwork (version unknown).

A new XDA member, SoSickWiTiT, brought back an Eris from the grave. The phone he started with could only be put into RUU mode - initially it would not even start correctly in Hboot or Fastboot mode (weird, right?), and is now fully functional. The long and tortuous thread is here in the Q&A forum.

The essential finding was that the "bricking" was apparently caused by enormous numbers of pages in the flash memory device being marked as bad pages, and that this was correctable by using the "flash_erase" tool of the mtd-util project. (This tool allows you to reclaim flash pages marked as bad if they erase successfully.) I built some of the tools for ARM/Android and posted them up here.. As long as you can get Amon_RA to come up, you can run this tool from Amon_RA (using adb) and erase/reclaim partitions on a partition-by-partition basis.

Also SoSickWiTiT found a useful hack that I hadn't seen before: because he could only get his phone to start in RUU mode, he started the "Official RUU", ran it to the point where it unpacks all files, and then replaced the "rom.zip" file (in the Temp folder the RUU utility unpacks) with the HTC Root-ROM (renaming it to "rom.zip", of course). Because it signed by HTC, it got the 1.49.2000 S-OFF bootloader installed (but the rest of the install failed). SoSickWiTiT was then able to flash Amon_RA via fastboot and continue gaining traction from there. Note that just flashing a ROM from this point would not work - his mtd3 (system) partition appeared as if over 60% of the pages were marked as bad, and I think his boot partition was similarly affected. "flash_erase" was able to reclaim these pages using the "-N" command line option.

Anyway, the behavior of his phone (excluding the RUU-only behavior) was consistent with prior bricking reports of how filesystems appear to be "corrupted", and this causes difficulties flashing new ROMs (largely due to lack of free space). SoSickWiTiT reports that the phone he obtained from a friend had been bricked by "a failed ROM flash in Clockwork/ROM Manager followed up with an attempt to use the RUU" - there have been at least one other report of this exact same scenario causing the "bricking".

So now I am wondering - are there a few "bricks" laying around that might be rescued?

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] workshed:
Very interesting and good to know, thanks! And thank you for the tool, great work.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Hungry Man:
Think this could be applied to deleting the NRAM flash on a router? =p
[Droid Eris Android Development] Nikolai2.1:
WAIT wait wait!!!

He changed the bootloader from S-On to S-off??? Was it on 1.49? If so couldnt that have been used to root our phones, A LONGGG time ago? lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
A looooooong time ago - December '09 (circa "MR1") iirc, someone attempted to stuff a different - and unsigned - "rom.zip" file into the running (MR1) RUU.

Naturally, that didn't work, 'cuz it wasn't a HTC-signed PB00IMG.zip file. To my knowledge, this is the first time anybody tried doing things this way (swapping in the validly-signed HTC Root-ROM into the RUU's "rom.zip" location)... maybe it would have worked for the "leakers". I suppose that someone could roll back their phone and give it a shot to see it if works, but that seems sort of academic at this point - hence your "LOL".

There is evidence that both the RUU- and Hboot- based update processes actually end up checking the contents of the "misc" partition for version information TWICE - first before any flashing occurs, and second, only after the bootloader has been flashed and reloaded, but before the remainder of the PB00IMG.zip/rom.zip file has been flashed. I don't think that even at this point in time this behavior is well understood: it is possible that the hboot flash of the bootloader can occur, but then the subsequent flashing of the rest of the PB00IMG.zip file fails due to a "Main Version is Older" error. Sort of hard to understand why that would ever occur (it happened to me once, so I know it occurs).

For anybody that has a brick, but can get RUU mode running, it is certainly worth a try to see if they can replace the bootloader with the S-OFF bootloader - what do they have to lose? In this particular case, it is hard to know what the state of the misc partition was; after all, it was a phone that was previously rooted. The result obtained using the RUU utility likely depends on what was going on in the misc partition on that phone, so it is not obvious that this (RUU utility) "trick" is universal. It might have been that the same phone would have been happy to accept the Root PB00IMG.zip file - but SickWiTiT couldn't get the phone into Hboot mode initially, so that wasn't tried.

cheers

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] xtreme3737:
So if I have been using Clockwork to flash a few roms do you think I would have any bad pages in my flash memory? Is there an easy way to check this?
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
I don't think that using Clockwork causes slow growth in bad pages; afaik, when the problem occurs - whatever causes it - only then do you see a catastrophic number of pages marked this way. I mentioned it only in case someone bricks their phone and then asks for advice here - they can check to see if this repair works for them at that time - after they have determined that this is the nature of their problem. In the meantime, there is not much need to worry about it.

Short of actually performing a flash_erase with the "-N" option turned on, I don't know off the top of my head a way to determine the number of bad blocks easily, and there are good reasons why you should not be doing that unless you absolutely have to.

The tool "nanddump" that I compiled actually reports the number of bad blocks - but it also wedges the Amon_RA kernel when you run it. Rats.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I just wanted to add my thanks for this very informative and interesting information and tool in case it becomes necessary. I do use Clockwork (loaded from Amon RA), BTW.
[Droid Eris Android Development] SikYou:
Thanks for the useful info as always.

It really seems like a bad idea to use clockwork ;)

Sent from my nonsensikal froyo
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I haven't once had an issue with Clockwork Mod through ROM Manager, and have been using it for 3+ months now.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jamezelle:
thanks for this thread i sort of helped one person put their phone into the grave by telling them to flash an ruu (still feel bad about it:()
[Droid Eris Android Development] rrem:
That cus you are a baddie jamezelle xD
[Droid Eris Android Development] refthemc:
Very informative read, thanks bftb0!
[Droid Eris Android Development] meanm50:
When I 'cold boot' I get the Clockwork V2.5.0.1 screen.

I rooted originally the day root was discovered here at XDA. I originally loaded Amon. Somewhere in the last year, I may have clicked the 'install Clockwork mod' at the top of ROM Manager, but I don't think I did.

I don't know if this helps, but I found your post interesting.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Huh.

If you do that, and then fire up an adb session, what kernel string does

adb shell uname -a

report?

When I click "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery", all it does is ask me to verify the phone model ("Droid Eris (CDMA)"), requests root (SuperUser), goes to the Internet and downloads stuff, and then pops up a message on the screen saying "Successfully downloaded Clockworkmod Recovery!" If I shut down the phone normally and then cold-boot the recovery afterward, what is there is Amon_RA - not clockwork.

Hmmm. Just used it to perform a ROM backup**. For this operation, the same thing happens - Amon_RA comes up first, followed by chaining to ClockworkMod and then the backup starts happening. I note that it also backs up the recovery partition - maybe it only modifies the recovery partition when it is installing a new ROM?

Hmmm (part 2). Just wiped and flashed a clean ROM using Clockwork. Cold start into recovery afterward gives me Amon_RA, not Clockwork.

Maybe koush has changed the basic methodology somehow. I have to say, the way I currently am experiencing it makes a great deal of sense - it means that koush does not need to be in the kernel-making/kernel-collecting business in order to support ROM Manager on a new handset.

Can anyone with a more long-term exposure to Rom Manager/ClockworkMod (on the Eris) shed some light on this?

bftb0

** Interesting side note: CWM backup now backs up (and I presume restores) /sdcard/.android_secure; also, a "wipe" operation will attempt to wipe any SD card ext partition if it is found.
[Droid Eris Android Development] meanm50:
I will adb when I get home...my work comp doesn't have the required programs installed...
[Droid Eris Android Development] Chevelle1768:
Also the /cache partition.
[Droid Eris Android Development] meanm50:
Linux localhost 2.6.29-DecaFuctCFS-dirty-c6271491
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Sorry - I meant adb with your recovery booted, not the normal OS. (The above must be from your regular OS right?)
[HTC Aria General] Bob in Northern NJ:
[Q] CM6-RC Post Flash: What The HECK Happened to my CONTACTS???!!!

OK, I flashed the ROM to the CM6-RC. I lost every single contact on my SIM card, which means I lost ALL of my contacts!!!!

What the heck did I do? I used the Lookout restore, (yes, they all backed up successfully during the normal Lookout process), but they don't restore to the SIM!

Is there a setting somewhere in there that I missed?

Also, is there a better Contacts App then this one? I really don't like everything defaulting to Google!
[HTC Aria General] Bob in Northern NJ:
Does ANYONE know if anything has been done via nightly releases or any other means that addresses the issue that the CM6 does NOT read the SIM card? I desperately need to get my contacts info off of the SIM and into the phone!

I DO NOT want to:

A) Re-flash my phone, get my contacts, and re-flash the phone again

B) Manually add my contacts 1 by 1

C) Have all of my contacts entered as Google contacts, (which the CM6 will do if they are on the phone) so that I can sync them back to the phone.

(THERE IS A REASON MY CONTACTS WERE ON THE SIM IN THE FIRST PLACE! TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY INFORMATION OF MY CLIENTS!)

Are there other Contact apps out there that DO read the SIM card that I can install? As far as I am concerned, this is the only major drawback of this ROM. Everything else is phenomenal!
[HTC Aria General] FtaWolf:
You could use Funambol then export to a *.vcf. Then import in to Google then it should sync from then on...
[HTC Aria General] carltont:
Have you checked that you are not filtering them out of the list. There is a menu setting to hide SIM contacts.
[HTC Aria General] bkmo:
stop opening new threads!!!
[HTC Aria General] pulser_g2:
Merged threads.

This is a question, it is NOT development. Please stop making new threads in development for them, as you already had a thread open (albeit in the wrong place).

Refer to the forum rules for more information.
[HTC Aria General] pquegg:
God forbid you should have to do ANYTHING to work around something that is not working in a RC rom...

Flash your phone back to one of the htc based roms I think all of them (liberated/stock) can read sim contacts, export your contacts to a vcf on your sd card or your pc, reflash cm6, turn off google sync, import your contacts.

I know its totally rocket surgery.
[HTC Aria General] chilimac02:
LOL

Another problem with this RC-1 is that some apps do not install... Anyone else having this issue?
[HTC Aria General] jbizz:
Yeah, I think I have that issue as well, its trying to load or install it, it just sits there!
[HTC Aria General] Bob in Northern NJ:
Sorry for opening the duplicate thread. It was an honest mistake. I would delete the duplicate if I were able to. Again, my apologies.
[HTC Aria General] Bob in Northern NJ:
Pquegg, Sarcasm is for those who do not know how to be understanding of others' needs, and have no people skills! If I were well versed on how to work with the code I would be able to do as you imply! To me, it is like rocket science. That is why I am asking for HELP! DUH!
[HTC Aria General] Bob in Northern NJ:
Please give me the menu selection path to get to the filter you are refering to.
[myTouch 4G General] Emrys_90:
I officially hate HTC. Whoever designed the spot for the charging port obviously did not consider left-handed people, I can't even hold the phone properly while it's on the charger.
[myTouch 4G General] floepie:
But, most right handed people hold it with their left hand and vice versa. Are you special?
[myTouch 4G General] Emrys_90:
Majority of the time I hold my phone with my left hand and use my left thumb to use the phone. It works perfectly for me, trying to hold the phone in my right hand is uncomfortable and unfamiliar.
[myTouch 4G General] dwang:
I really like this phone, but the charging port may be a deal breaker for me.

Its hard for me to use the phone when its charging as I typically hold the phone in my left hand.

I'm trying to hold the phone with my right hand, but its not very natural for me at all.
[myTouch 4G General] BeEazy10:
haha i hold it perfectly with my left hand while charging ...try putting the charger in between your middle finger and your ring finger like this >>>>( pinky finger, ring finger, CHARGER cable, Middle finger and rest the bottom of your phone on your pinky finger the back of the phone should rest on your middle finger, index, and ring finger ) <<<< try that
[myTouch 4G General] CaliCL9:
this phone has excellent battery life.. charge the phone then use it; problem solved
[myTouch 4G General] dwang:
Not bad, but this position won't allow you to use the phone with just one hand while its charging.
[myTouch 4G General] Gr8gorilla:
I too am left handed. The charging port on the G2 is on the left side if the phone is facing you. I take it that the port on the MT4G is on the right?

Those bastards, they should put charging ports on the top or the bottom and keep us lefty's in mind!
[myTouch 4G General] Emrys_90:
No, the charging port is on the left side at the bottom. I always hold my phone in my left hand, so it's a problem for me.

I agree, on the top or the bottom are perfect spots for a charging port.
[myTouch 4G General] diversificationied:
On my nexus if I'm using it while charging I'm usually on landscape and having it on the bottom is super annoying.
[myTouch 4G General] dwang:
I decided to order a motorola right angle micro usb adapter to see if that would help.

I'll report my findings after I receive it.
[myTouch 4G General] pack:
lol im left handed and id rather this then the vibrants usb at the top :/ i used to always answer it upside down
[myTouch 4G General] regP:
Got a MT4G for my GF a few weeks ago and after fiddling with it for a while I really want one and can get one for a decent price on Craigslist. Only thing stopping me is the location of the usb port. I am left handed and can not hold the phone comfortably while its plugged in and thats a deal breaker.

But to the point... Has anyone tried using one of the right angle chargers with the phone? From pictures of them they dont look like they would stick out nearly as much as a normal mirco usb plug and may be the solution to this issue.