Root Please Help! Stuck on Htc Evo 4g Boot Screen

[Gus22]

i apologize if this has been posted before but i have been researching for days before posting this thread. i have an htc evo which is rooted. i am running cyanogenmod 6. its been running fine for months and then all of the sudden my phone turned to the white htc evo 4g boot screen and has been stuck on it ever since until i take my battery out. I try to boot into recovery but then it automatically goes right back to the white screen. Ive also tried to flash a new rom but when plugging my phone into the comp and going to hboot usb the computer is not reading the phone and vise versa. So, cant go into recovery and cant do hboot usb to flash a new rom. If anyone has had this happen to them or have any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated. Thank You

 

[ocnbrze]

ok so what happens when you power off then press and hold power+vol down? does it go to the hboot(bootloader) screen?

 

[Gus22]

yes it does ... and then if i hit recovery it goes straight to the white htc evo 4g boot screen then after 2 seconds goes black and then white screen and then black and so on. it does this until i take the battery out. its been a while but if i remember correctly if i push hboot usb while plugged into the comp it should give me more options to zip from flash drive or whatever but it doesnt read that its plugged into anything it just says no image found. my phone has been working fine on cyanogenmod for over half a year and out of the blue its useless

 

[Gus22]

i would flash a new rom if i could but its not letting me or maybe i just dont remember how

 

[beastinbolts]

Sounds like u have no recovery have u tried a recovery.Img to be updated in hboot

 

[ocnbrze]

ok so sounds like you have a broken recovery. so if you can use a card reader download the PC36IMG.zip of your choice of recoveries. get them here http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/259446-clockwork-amon-ra-pc36img-files.html. rename the file to PC36IMG.zip exactly and then reboot into hboot(bootloader). that should give you a recovery and from there you can flash a rom to get your phone back up and running.

 

[frenchy714]

yes it does ... and then if i hit recovery it goes straight to the white htc evo 4g boot screen then after 2 seconds goes black and then white screen and then black and so on. it does this until i take the battery out. its been a while but if i remember correctly if i push hboot usb while plugged into the comp it should give me more options to zip from flash drive or whatever but it doesnt read that its plugged into anything it just says no image found. my phone has been working fine on cyanogenmod for over half a year and out of the blue its useless

So you're saying you're not able to mount your sd card in recovery?

 

[Gus22]

that sounds like a great idea unfortunatly i dont have a card reader right now. im going to get one tomorrow and load that recovery onto my card and see if it works thank you so much for your help

 

[ocnbrze]

So you're saying you're not able to mount your sd card in recovery?

no he has no recovery for some reason. he only has hboot. so hopefully he can transfer the PC36IMG.zip over to his sd card via a card reader.

just make sure that it is named correctly. hboot will only see the file if it is named PC36IMG. if you add a .zip to it then you will get a file named: PC36IMG.zip.zip (as windows hides extensions) and hboot will not see it.

 

[frenchy714]

no he has no recovery for some reason. he only has hboot. so hopefully he can transfer the PC36IMG.zip over to his sd card via a card reader.

just make sure that it is named correctly. hboot will only see the file if it is named PC36IMG. if you add a .zip to it then you will get a file named: PC36IMG.zip.zip (as windows hides extensions) and hboot will not see it.

OIC, should've done more than just skim the thread .

 

[Gus22]

ok so no luck so far. I dowlaoded the recovery and im confused as to why my phone doesnt read it. you say you have to rename it but it is already named pc36img.zip. there are two downloads one says supersonic something and the other one is the pc36img.zip. which one do i put on my sd card. and how do i get my phone to read either one. when i get into hboot it reads my sd but says no files found

 

[ocnbrze]

ok so no luck so far. I dowlaoded the recovery and im confused as to why my phone doesnt read it. you say you have to rename it but it is already named pc36img.zip. there are two downloads one says supersonic something and the other one is the pc36img.zip. which one do i put on my sd card. and how do i get my phone to read either one. when i get into hboot it reads my sd but says no files found

ok so here is a step by step:
1.download this file PC36IMG_RA_2.3.zip.
2.rename it by just deleting the "_RA_2.3" part of the name. since wondows hides extensions, do not add a .zip to the name. otherwise, it will be named PC36IMG.zip.zip which will not work.
3.using your card reader transfer the file over to the root(not in any folder) of the sd card.
4.power off then press and hold power+vol down to get to hboot(bootloader)
5.hboot should then scan automatically for the file.
6.if it is named correctly, it will ask you to update. press vol up for yes.
7.once it is done it will ask if you want to reboot. press vol down for no.
8.it should now load your new recovery and from there you should have an option in the menu for usb-ms toggle. now you have access to your sd card from your computer via recovery and should be able to flash a new rom. since you were on cm6, i would recommend that you check out cm7.0.3.1 with a tiamat kernel.

hopefully this will work for you. any questions feel free to ask.

 

[Gus22]

well, unfortunately that didnt work. i loaded the file onto my sd card and named it what you said to name it. i even moved everything off the sd card expect for that file. when i boot into hboot it reads the sd card but says no file found and goes to the hboot home screen. If it helps at all this is the text at the top of the hboot home screen

SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.97.0000
MICROP-0412F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.09.01
Aug 19 2010, 14:29:08

Throughout my research I have seen that if it says SHIP S-OFF at the top that its not possible to falsh a new recovery or something. Im not sure what to do i think i now have an expensive paper weight. Thank you again for your continuing advice

 

[Xtremedays]

S-off means you have nand unlocked are able to flash recovery and anything else. Did you verify the file is on the root(top level) of your SD card? Is it named properly?

 

[Gus22]

when i push recovery it goes to frozen white screen. the file is the only file on the sd card and it is named correctly

 

[ocnbrze]

ok so lets try and re-download the file and try again. sometimes it could be a bad download. you can also try a different recovery. i gave you amon ra 2.3. you can try clockwork mod 2.6 as well. what size is your sd card out of curiosity?

 

[Gus22]

8 gb

 

[Gus22]

where do i find clockwork mod

 

[ocnbrze]

oh well just a thought. some evos have issues with smaller cards. have you tried to re-download the .zip file?

 

[ocnbrze]

where do i find clockwork mod

here is the page that talks about recoveries that might help. most of it you already know. http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/259446-clockwork-amon-ra-pc36img-files.html
Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire this is the direct link to all of the recoveries that are available to us. i would only recommend amon ra 2.3 and clockwork mod 2.6.

 

[Gus22]

ok i used one of the stock recoveries and it worked... to an extent.. i pushed yes for update and no for reboot and it brought me back to the hboot homescreen again but there is no usb-ms toggle like you said would be there to access the sd card. maybe ill just keep trying different recoveries

 

[ocnbrze]

which stock ones did you use exactly. please post a link for it. if you still can try clockwork mod 2.6 or amon ra 2.3.

 

[Gus22]

i used PC36_RECOVERY_3.29.651.5.zip i dont know how to post a link

 

[Gus22]

flashed amon ra 2.3 and same problem .. asked to update then to reboot if i push no to reboot have no option to get into sd and if i push yes to reboot it goes back to frozen white screen

 

[ocnbrze]

ok try clockwork mod 2.6