Have you tried flashing a sense based gingerbread ROM such as MikG3.11 or Tommy's Classic Evo?


It sounds to me like you need to read this guide. It has directions for doing EVERYTHING in it and you'll make sure you dont screw anything up.
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html

 

wait so in your other thread, you seemed to have gotten your phone to work. now it is not?

ok to get a better understanding on what is going on lets have you answer some questions to get us up to speed with what is going on:
1. what is your hboot now?

2.do you have s-on or s-off?

3.what happens when you try to go to recovery? and if you can get to recovery which one do you have?

4.which ruu's have you tried?

5.what is your baseband now?

6.can you charge your phone when it is fully off?

 

Do me a favor LittleBigOne and first make sure you're fully rooted (S-OFF), and follow these instructions:

-Copy this PC36IMG.zip to the root of your SD Card
-Power off your phone
-While holding the VOLUME DOWN button, power on your phone into bootloader
-The phone will scan for a PC36IMG.zip
-Once prompted, install the update and reboot

If you're not able to place the PC36IMG.zip file onto the root directory of your sd card the traditional way, use a card reader (hopefully you have one), download to your computer, and transfer the zip file onto your sd card. This should get you back to a bootable state.

 

That is definitely a possibility.....BUT the fact that it's booting up every so often rules that out (for now). I'll continue to research possible solutions for you, but if all else fails, I would take it in to Sprint; rooted or unrooted.

 

ok so here are some more questions:
1. ok what happens when you try to get to recovery?

2. just to make sure on your computer, when you look at files do you see the extensions listed? so when you download the PC36IMG file do you see the ".zip" part of the file? or is it hidden?

3.can you at least get to bootloader?

 

My old death booted evo still charged, still went to the bootloader, still recognized PC36img's so I don't believe that you are death booted yet.

 

ok on your computer, you have it either to show extensions or not. if you look at other files you will see extensions like .exe or .bin. by default windows do not show extensions. if that is the case then do not add the .zip as then the actual file name would be PC36IMG.zip.zip which will not work. if you have it setup to show extensions and you leave the .zip out then that will not work as well.

and the bootloader is not your recovery. it is the hboot screen. power+vol down. this is how you get the PC36IMG ruu to flash in the bootloader.

 

I am by no means as qualified as OCN or frenchie..but I want to try to understand your problem as well.

what size SD card are you using? I read somewhere else that if you are on anything smaller than 8 gb the phone may not be able to find it.

also, could have an sd card issue.

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I am just as baffled as everyone else...just trying to clearly understand where your problem lies so we can all learn.

does your phone boot up normally? if you can get in, try ROM Manager app and installing Amon_RA recovery?

 

I would think that either you are wiping out the extentions therefore the update isn't seeing them or as bear has stated your using a card that either is a to small or b corrupt. To eliminate these possibilities 1 make sure the card is at least 8 gig.

2. run a command prompt and type in this command:
chkdsk x: /f
replace x with the actual drive letter of the disk of your sdcard.

3. i think you can go in to folder options and uncheck hide known extention files.

 

This is certainly an odd issue that I'd love to see the end result of.

I was going to say that perhaps renaming PC36IMG is causing the problem. Often times, people will rewrite PC36IMG without putting the .zip part or putting it on there. Depending on what computer you have, it can go either way. Some will automatically leave it as a zip file and others won't. I'd suggest copying the file into two and putting both on there and seeing if it recognizes either of the two (one with .zip and the other without .zip).

If this was my phone, I would take out the battery and leave it out for a few hours and then try rebooting.

Using some Command Prompt codes may work as well. Try looking for a list of codes to use, I'll try seeing if there's anything else I can find.

 

I apologize, I should have checked the file ahead of time.

 

I haven't re-read your last thread, but can you tell us again what happens when you go to recovery?

 

Technically they aren't working if they install and you still can't get into recovery. No access to recovery and bootlooping = you're screwed.

Are you able to use the PC36IMG for a stock recovery and ROM?

 

Wipe EVERYTHING except for SD. This includes wiping SD-ext and SD-android.secure.


Dalvik cache & cache isnt enough to wipe for ROM flashes.

Hopefully you read that before you reboot, because who knows the next time you'll make it to recovery

 

If you are able to successfully flash Mik, please report your Evo's stability.