Root [CDMA] Did I brick my phone?

[LonneWolff]

I was on cwm recovery and I was trying to install an update to get cwm touch and it didn't install. It said installation aborted and I tried rebooting and it didn't turn on. I try turning it on and it doesn't turn on. Help? :/

 

[DadeRoyal]

I was on cwm recovery and I was trying to install an update to get cwm touch and it didn't install. It said installation aborted and I tried rebooting and it didn't turn on. I try turning it on and it doesn't turn on. Help? :/

Try this. Put the phone on the charger for 30 minutes to an hour. Then take out battery for 30 seconds. Then switch camera mode that to 2d then hold camera button then vol up then volume down then finally power button until it turns on. Remember to hold the first 3 at the same time then the power button last. This has happened to me. I had twrp and and cwm recovery and I think cwm is buggy and causes the phone to not turn on. I suggest you go with twrp and as soon as you get it back on turn on usb debugging and make a backup with twrp

 

[LonneWolff]

Try this. Put the phone on the charger for 30 minutes to an hour. Then take out battery for 30 seconds. Then switch camera mode that to 2d then hold camera button then vol up then volume down then finally power button until it turns on. Remember to hold the first 3 at the same time then the power button last. This has happened to me. I had twrp and and cwm recovery and I think cwm is buggy and causes the phone to not turn on. I suggest you go with twrp and as soon as you get it back on turn on usb debugging and make a backup with twrp

Well when i plug it in to charge, the LED light doesn't even light up. Should I still try this method?

 

[DadeRoyal]

Well when i plug it in to charge, the LED light doesn't even light up. Should I still try this method?

Yeah hold it for atleast 30 seconds. Also make sure the phone's back is warm that means that the current had enoguh time to pass through the phone. so even though the LED didn't come on the phone received charge. Keep trying though. If it still doesn't work go to the sprint store and say it won't come on, if you have insurance they might give you a new one. Make sure you're good at bullshitting though

 

[jerofld]

Can you even turn it on into bootloader mode? If your recovery partition isn't flashed properly, your device will not charge properly. So here's what you do:

Grab Mini SDK, HTC Sync, and TWRP 1.1.1 (get the IMG version, not the ZIP version).

Extract the Mini SDK zip to C:\sdk-tools\. Put the TWRP 1.1.1 file there and rename it to "recovery.img". If you have extensions hidden (meaning you don't see img in the original file name), then just rename it to "recovery". Install HTC Sync if you haven't, already.

Pull out the battery, count to 10, put it back in. Connect the USB to your computer. Hold Vol Down + Power to get into bootloader mode.

It should boot into the bootloader screen (it's white with a lot of info on it). Your cursor should be highlighted on "FASTBOOT USB". If it says "BOOTLOADER", push the power button once so it switches to "FASTBOOT". It'll turn to FASTBOOT USB automatically once it detects a computer.

Now open a command prompt window (Start > Run > then type 'cmd' and press enter). Type:

cd c:\sdk-tools

Then

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

If you want to verify everything is good, I recommend turning off the device by pulling the plug and battery out. Then try to boot it into bootloader again and select recovery. If it's good, see if you can boot back into Android. If you need to flash a new ROM, please follow my quick guide at the bottom of my guide:

http://androidforums.com/evo-3d-all...ms-kernels-using-fastboot-updated-3-26-a.html

That should flash TWRP 1.1.1 to your recovery partition and you should be good to go. If you want CWM instead of TWRP, you'll have to find the CWM img file and do the same procedure.

If that doesn't work, we have 1 more alternative.

 

[LonneWolff]

Can you even turn it on into bootloader mode? If your recovery partition isn't flashed properly, your device will not charge properly. So here's what you do:

Grab Mini SDK, HTC Sync, and TWRP 1.1.1 (get the IMG version, not the ZIP version).

Extract the Mini SDK zip to C:\sdk-tools\. Put the TWRP 1.1.1 file there and rename it to "recovery.img". If you have extensions hidden (meaning you don't see img in the original file name), then just rename it to "recovery". Install HTC Sync if you haven't, already.

Pull out the battery, count to 10, put it back in. Connect the USB to your computer. Hold Vol Down + Power to get into bootloader mode.

It should boot into the bootloader screen (it's white with a lot of info on it). Your cursor should be highlighted on "FASTBOOT USB". If it says "BOOTLOADER", push the power button once so it switches to "FASTBOOT". It'll turn to FASTBOOT USB automatically once it detects a computer.

Now open a command prompt window (Start > Run > then type 'cmd' and press enter). Type:

cd c:\sdk-tools

Then

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

If you want to verify everything is good, I recommend turning off the device by pulling the plug and battery out. Then try to boot it into bootloader again and select recovery. If it's good, see if you can boot back into Android. If you need to flash a new ROM, please follow my quick guide at the bottom of my guide:

http://androidforums.com/evo-3d-all...ms-kernels-using-fastboot-updated-3-26-a.html

That should flash TWRP 1.1.1 to your recovery partition and you should be good to go. If you want CWM instead of TWRP, you'll have to find the CWM img file and do the same procedure.

If that doesn't work, we have 1 more alternative.

No man, it doesn't even turn on into bootloader at all. :/

 

[jerofld]

You use windows, right? Or have a windows emulator? Try running the RUU:

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