Root Bricked rooted phone???

[TheCaptainNast]

Ok so i had my phone rooted useing the htc dev methoed. It has been rooted for a little bit now and havent run into any problems till a few min ago...

I downloaded a game off of the google play store and now when my phone locks and when i restart my phone (by way of pulling the battey) all that happens is I get a nice view of my wall paper and the status bar at the top of the screen. I tried to even reset my phone to factory settings and the boot loader wont let me, as in it wont even give me the option.

can any one help me?

 

[Mikestony]

Ok so i had my phone rooted useing the htc dev methoed. It has been rooted for a little bit now and havent run into any problems till a few min ago...

I downloaded a game off of the google play store and now when my phone locks and when i restart my phone (by way of pulling the battey) all that happens is I get a nice view of my wall paper and the status bar at the top of the screen. I tried to even reset my phone to factory settings and the boot loader wont let me, as in it wont even give me the option.

can any one help me?

Can you boot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache?

 

[TheCaptainNast]

let me check

 

[TheCaptainNast]

is that where it asks if i want to erase all user data?

 

[Mikestony]

is that where it asks if i want to erase all user data?

yes, did you access recovery via the bootloader screen? And what recovery do you have?

 

[TheCaptainNast]

never downloaded a recovery because i didn't do anything special with my phone just wanted it rooted to use the wifi capabilities. in retrospect...not such a great idea.

 

[ocnbrze]

moved this thread to the root section, since you are rooted.

curious as to what rom you are on? and what game it was?

 

[Mikestony]

never downloaded a recovery because i didn't do anything special with my phone just wanted it rooted to use the wifi capabilities. in retrospect...not such a great idea.

you can still do it, I assume you are s-on, unlocked then?

 

[TheCaptainNast]

running mikmik and the game was Sonic CD Lite...couldn't resist the little blue hedgehog.

 

[TheCaptainNast]

you can still do it, I assume you are s-on, unlocked then?

you assume correctly sir.

 

[Mikestony]

Go back to this guide..
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...-rooting-gingerbread-2-3-5-dummies-guide.html
Click on "show" of the htcdev method, then skip that method, obviously, the go to step 2," how to install recovery"
After that then step 3 if your current rom is not rooted but as ocn said, what rom are you on? (I just rhymed )

Edit: wait a minute...how did you flash mikG without a recovery?

 

[TheCaptainNast]

Go back to this guide..
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...-rooting-gingerbread-2-3-5-dummies-guide.html
Click on "show" of the htcdev method, then skip that method, obviously, the go to step 2," how to install recovery"
After that then step 3 if your current rom is not rooted but as ocn said, what rom are you on? (I just rhymed )

Edit: wait a minute...how did you flash mikG without a recovery?

you are right now that i think about it i have been through the recovery on my phone before but for some reason now when i go through the boot loader i don't have the option to recover anything. the only options i have are ...reboot, reboot boot loader, and power down. it used to send me to another screen where all the magic happened.

 

[Mikestony]

you are right now that i think about it i have been through the recovery on my phone before but for some reason now when i go through the boot loader i don't have the option to recover anything. the only options i have are ...reboot, reboot boot loader, and power down. it used to send me to another screen where all the magic happened.

Hmmmm. That's odd. At this point what happens when you reboot? Is there an option for fastboot?

 

[ocnbrze]

select bootloader and report back what the menu is

 

[TheCaptainNast]

select bootloader and report back what the menu is

boot loader menu is:

fastboot
recovery
clear storagge
simlock
hboot usb

 

[ocnbrze]

there you go select recovery from there.

 

[Mikestony]

boot loader menu is:

fastboot
recovery
clear storagge
simlock
hboot usb

nice! Click on recovery man!

 

[TheCaptainNast]

options from recovery...

reboot
reboot boot loader
power down

 

[Mikestony]

options from recovery...

reboot
reboot boot loader
power down

Somehow it seems you have lost recovery...just to verify, you are unlocked, s-on correct?

 

[TheCaptainNast]

Somehow it seems you have lost recovery...just to verify, you are unlocked, s-on correct?

that is what i thought, and you are correct.

 

[TheCaptainNast]

so three questions then...

1) can i recover from this?

2) is this covered under sprint warranty?

3) should i just wait till monday when i can upgrade?

 

[Mikestony]

that is what i thought, and you are correct.

o.k...stand by and I will print some instructions how to install a recovery via bootloader...mean while, do you still have your android folder with the 3 files in it created when you unlocked via htc dev method?
If not, go to the guide I linked and click on the htcdev method....create a folder on your desktop and download and move the first 3 files into that folder...the files are
adb.exe
fastboot.exe
AdbWinApi.dll


heres the link again for ya
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...-rooting-gingerbread-2-3-5-dummies-guide.html

 

[Mikestony]

so three questions then...

1) can i recover from this?

2) is this covered under sprint warranty?

3) should i just wait till monday when i can upgrade?

1---yes
2---probably
3--up to you

 

[Mikestony]

ha..brain fart...I need not print any instructions because ocn did in his guide I linked....go to step 2--how to install recovery...and use the adb method....

 

[TheCaptainNast]

ha..brain fart...I need not print any instructions because ocn did in his guide I linked....go to step 2--how to install recovery...and use the adb method....

ok thank you will give this a whirl.