Root uggh!!! Need help!!

[wb1960]

After root, every time I enter in recovery my phone just sticks on the white screen. I cant access the zip files. What can I do? Now I want to unroot and then start over. I hve downloaded what I need to unroot but cant access the zip files

 

[evomattnc]

Do you have s off in hboot? We probably just need to flash a recovery this happens, kind of often actually with new hardware phones...

 

[evomattnc]

If you have s off already we must go forward because you need recovery to flash the s on tool to unroot...

 

[wb1960]

yes it says s is off

 

[evomattnc]

Ok so you got halfway there. Do you have a card reader or if you toggle usb in hboot does the computer recognize your phone? We have to get a file on your sd card...or maybe use your card in some one else phone...?

 

[wb1960]

my phone is recognized on my computer I can download any file and place it on my card. That is how I placed unrevoked forevr and unrevoked forever son on my phone.

 

[evomattnc]

my phone is recognized on my computer I can download any file and place it on my card. That is how I placed unrevoked forevr and unrevoked forever son on my phone.

Oh your phone will boot? You said you couldn't access zips...any how you just need to grab the pc36img for amon ra and place it on the root of your sd card. Hboot will find it and flash your recovery. I'll link it in a sec

 

[evomattnc]

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/259446-clockwork-amon-ra-pc36img-files.html

I suggest amon ra 2.3. That page has directions too...

 

[midmadn]

my phone is recognized on my computer I can download any file and place it on my card. That is how I placed unrevoked forevr and unrevoked forever son on my phone.

You really should flash Amon RA 2.3 Recovery. Clockwork mod is great for getting rooted easy using unrevoked - but it isn't the most user friendly or reliable recovery to use long term.

1. Just download AmonRA 2.3 from here - http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=PC36IMG.zip

2. Copy it to the ROOT of your SD Card.

3. Power your phone down.

4. Wait 10 seconds.

5. Power it back up while holding the volume down button in.

6. Your phone should find the file and prompt you to flash it automatically.

Then you should be good to go.

Jack

 

[midmadn]

After you flash AmonRA - you need to either delete the PC36IMG.zip file or rename it - otherwise your phone will prompt to re-flash it everytime you go into recovery.

I actually keep a copy of Clockworkmod 2.6 as well as AmonRA 2.3 on my phone at all times.

I just renamed them to -

clockworkmod26_PC36IMG.zp

and

AmonRA23_PC36IMG.zip

Jack

 

[wb1960]

my phone will boot up after a battery pull. It stays stuck on the white screen in recovery. I placed the file on my sd root and booted up but it didnt do anything. I am ready to go back to my droid x and sell this rooted for cheap

 

[evomattnc]

my phone will boot up after a battery pull. It stays stuck on the white screen in recovery. I placed the file on my sd root and booted up but it didnt do anything. I am ready to go back to my droid x and sell this rooted for cheap

Lol it didn't do anything because it's named wrong or in the wrong place...not the phones fault.

 

[evomattnc]

You also don't boot it up with that on the sd card you go to hboot so it can flash it....

 

[jimcraig]

Im in need of help too. I tried to flashn the AmonRA pc361 but the up volume button on my phone is shot. I need that to say yes to update the pc361 file. Any ideas on a work around here? It says, when scanning card at reboot, that it can find the img

 

[ocnbrze]

ok so you need to rename the amon ra .zip file to PC36IMG.zip exactly. just delete the amon ra part of the file. make sure not to name it PC36IMG.zip.zip(as windows hides extensions). place that file onto the root of the sd card (not in any folder). then power off and press and hold power+vol down. it should scan it after that. hopefully that helps.

 

[jimcraig]

ok so you need to rename the amon ra .zip file to PC36IMG.zip exactly. just delete the amon ra part of the file. make sure not to name it PC36IMG.zip.zip(as windows hides extensions). place that file onto the root of the sd card (not in any folder). then power off and press and hold power+vol down. it should scan it after that. hopefully that helps.

that is what I am doing. but it says volume up to update the file volume down to not update. My volume up button is shot, does not work!

 

[ocnbrze]

ahh got it. umm not sure how to get around that one sorry. you might want to take it in and get it looked at.

 

[jimcraig]

no point. I shattered the screen and replaced it myself. When I replaced it I heated the housing up a bit too much and warped\melted the plastic. I have taken it apart a few times. Did so just now and to investigate the volume up button. I see that the tiny little button on the board that is activated by the soft button on the outside of the phone, is not there. The softbutton on the outside has nothing to engage. I am just perplexed as to why it was working fine after I flashed a ROM, Fresh, and then when I went to restore to a backup it wont work. It wont even let me flash a new ROM successfully. I think the problem is that PC361IMG file, but how did it get messed up to begin with? grrr

 

[ocnbrze]

well if you need a new PC36IMG file then you can grab a new one in my sig ref#1.

 

[jimcraig]

that is where i got it! So I even extracted the file on the pc, renamed the .img file to PC361IMG and saved on the root. That didnt work. But I did just flash to a new ROM Froyo 4.6. And it booted up! I dont understand why some will flash & boot and some wont. I cant for the life of me get CYAN to flash. It just loops on the blue droid skateboard animated screen over and over.

Now can anyone explain how to get my contacts back on my phone? I did a wash of all that when I flashed a ROM earlier and now I need my contacts. I did do a back up of all of that in Titanium well before starting all of this.

 

[ocnbrze]

did you say that you extracted it. do not extract it just move to your sd card. as far as your contacts, did you assigned them to your phone or to your google account intially? if it was your google account, it should be there once you sign in to your google account upon setup.

 

[jimcraig]

I saved it to the root as a .zip file, but again my volume up button is shot. so I tried something and unzipped on the pc and renamed the .img file & saved that to the root. No win!

I have my contacts saved to the phone because google is turned off. Way too many BS contacts in google that clog up my phone. I am restoring apps right now via Titanium, hoping I come to an option that allows me to restore contacts.

 

[evomattnc]

I saved it to the root as a .zip file, but again my volume up button is shot. so I tried something and unzipped on the pc and renamed the .img file & saved that to the root. No win!

I have my contacts saved to the phone because google is turned off. Way too many BS contacts in google that clog up my phone. I am restoring apps right now via Titanium, hoping I come to an option that allows me to restore contacts.

You can flash a recovery without the pc36 img...do you have a recovery now?

You can flash a recovery in terminal no need to press volume

 

[ocnbrze]

as far tb goes there is an option to save contacts. it is one of the batch options under backup system data. just be careful what you backup and restore with system data as some of that data can be tied with your previous rom and may cause issues with your current rom.

 

[evomattnc]

I haven't read the whole thread, sounds like a case of not wiping enough. Do you still want a diff recovery? We can flash that while on your phone still in terminal emulator.

When you flash a new rom before you flash wipe boot, system, data, and cache then flash your rom.

If I'm in left field please restate what is going on