So about 8 months ago my dad's Evo started having random boot loop issues, and he shelved it cause its a work phone and he just bought a Moto Photon. Anyways, it came off the shelf today so my mom can move to Sprint from Verizon.
I've done a ton of these "infamous boot loops" for friends and family. Usually a quick RUU jobbie does the trick. Sometimes I come across one that boot loops for a few mins every day, but works most of the time. On those I usually get to root it and show off the world of custom roms to the victim
From what my dad described was going on when he shelved it, that latter scenario is what I thought I was dealing with. His Evo had never been modded in any way, not even a custom launcher. No root. Bone stock. Easy job.
I was wrong.
I can get into the bootloader no problem. Fastboot is functional. S-on, but I can easily htcdev unlock and relock it. I've done that about two dozen times today. NO RECOVERY. And I mean none. I boot into recovery, get the white htc screen, then blackness, followed shortly by the staccato "d-d" sound of a usb device that is no longer connected but wasnt removed... you know the sound.
I've been working on it 12 straight hours now, running around in circles. I've tried everything I can think of, and everything I can find on the web. This one has me stumped. After messing with every Android device that I can get my hands on (most of my friends and family have custom roms cause I bugged them till they let me do it) and personally having owned and modded a G1, DInc, Inspire, Eris, Triumph and Evo3d, I thought I knew how to handle most soft bricks.
Instead of trying to tell you what I've tried (trust me, I've tried everything except that one thing that will fix it), it's probably best that I just think like a noob and start from the top.
Any suggestions are appreciated. This might end up being my white whale.
Some specifics (as of right now):
*** UNLOCKED ***
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.12.19
Dec 21 2011, 12:50:32
At this point I can't really focus on what parts of the last 12 hours are relevant, ask me for any specific information and I will give more details.
{Additional information will be added here as it is requested and answered}
-correct ruu for this phone is the 4.67.651.3 one (full ruu name i used RUU_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.67.651.3_Radio_2.15.00.12.19_NV_2.33_release_234563_signed)
-have done 99% of this using a 16gb sd card.
I've done a ton of these "infamous boot loops" for friends and family. Usually a quick RUU jobbie does the trick. Sometimes I come across one that boot loops for a few mins every day, but works most of the time. On those I usually get to root it and show off the world of custom roms to the victim
From what my dad described was going on when he shelved it, that latter scenario is what I thought I was dealing with. His Evo had never been modded in any way, not even a custom launcher. No root. Bone stock. Easy job.I was wrong.
I can get into the bootloader no problem. Fastboot is functional. S-on, but I can easily htcdev unlock and relock it. I've done that about two dozen times today. NO RECOVERY. And I mean none. I boot into recovery, get the white htc screen, then blackness, followed shortly by the staccato "d-d" sound of a usb device that is no longer connected but wasnt removed... you know the sound.
I've been working on it 12 straight hours now, running around in circles. I've tried everything I can think of, and everything I can find on the web. This one has me stumped. After messing with every Android device that I can get my hands on (most of my friends and family have custom roms cause I bugged them till they let me do it) and personally having owned and modded a G1, DInc, Inspire, Eris, Triumph and Evo3d, I thought I knew how to handle most soft bricks.
Instead of trying to tell you what I've tried (trust me, I've tried everything except that one thing that will fix it), it's probably best that I just think like a noob and start from the top.
Any suggestions are appreciated. This might end up being my white whale.
Some specifics (as of right now):
*** UNLOCKED ***
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.12.19
Dec 21 2011, 12:50:32
At this point I can't really focus on what parts of the last 12 hours are relevant, ask me for any specific information and I will give more details.
{Additional information will be added here as it is requested and answered}
-correct ruu for this phone is the 4.67.651.3 one (full ruu name i used RUU_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.67.651.3_Radio_2.15.00.12.19_NV_2.33_release_234563_signed)
-have done 99% of this using a 16gb sd card.
thats one ive never seen or heard of. sort of suggests there was an error of some sort along the way