Failed ROM flash, won't pass the loading screen... Please help?

[acme15]

I just flashed from the stock ROM to Cyanogenmod 9.1 (Pyramid) on my HTC Sensation 4G (unlocked bootloader, CWM recovery, rooted, S-ON) and the device is stuck sitting on the Cyanogenmod loading screen.

I left it around 15 minutes initially and then booted into recovery, wiped everything (including dalvik cache) and rebooted again, and it has been sitting on the loading screen for another 45 minutes as I am typing this message.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. The reason I installed a custom ROM was because the old one was broken with corrupted firmware and loads of things werent working, for that reason I dont have the stock ROM backed up either, so there is a-lot riding on this.

Cheers all

I'm not sure if this would affect anything, but it is an EU Sensation 4G (UK) initially sold locked to '3 Mobile'. It was then unlocked, but still used on 3 Mobile.

*edit* I just wiped the cache and such again, and re-installed the ROM. Same issue.

Note that I used the new/official HTC Developer method of unlocking the bootloader, rather than turning security off and then doing it the regular way.

I need this phone working in the next few days because I need to be able to recieve calls for work. If it isnt fixed soon I will have to go out and get a new phone.

 

[SwoRNLeaDejZ]

I just flashed from the stock ROM to Cyanogenmod 9.1 (Pyramid) on my HTC Sensation 4G (unlocked bootloader, CWM recovery, rooted, S-ON) and the device is stuck sitting on the Cyanogenmod loading screen.

I left it around 15 minutes initially and then booted into recovery, wiped everything (including dalvik cache) and rebooted again, and it has been sitting on the loading screen for another 45 minutes as I am typing this message.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. The reason I installed a custom ROM was because the old one was broken with corrupted firmware and loads of things werent working, for that reason I dont have the stock ROM backed up either, so there is a-lot riding on this.

Cheers all

I'm not sure if this would affect anything, but it is an EU Sensation 4G (UK) initially sold locked to '3 Mobile'. It was then unlocked, but still used on 3 Mobile.

*edit* I just wiped the cache and such again, and re-installed the ROM. Same issue.

Note that I used the new/official HTC Developer method of unlocking the bootloader, rather than turning security off and then doing it the regular way.

I need this phone working in the next few days because I need to be able to recieve calls for work. If it isnt fixed soon I will have to go out and get a new phone.

Reboot your phone again, but reboot directly into recovery. Factory reset, wipe everything (data, system, Cache, dalvik) and reflash the rom then Gapps then wipe dalvik and cache again, then reboot.

Good luck

 

[acme15]

Hi there, I had already tried that and it didn't work out, but all is well now as I flashed a different ROM and everything is working apart from the camera and wi-fi. (the camera is physically faulty, i'm not sure why wi-fi wont work)

I guess the Cyanogenmod ROM needs a different kernel or something?

Thanks for taking the time to reply

 

[SwoRNLeaDejZ]

Hi there, I had already tried that and it didn't work out, but all is well now as I flashed a different ROM and everything is working apart from the camera and wi-fi. (the camera is physically faulty, i'm not sure why wi-fi wont work)

I guess the Cyanogenmod ROM needs a different kernel or something?

Thanks for taking the time to reply

G dude that was exactly what I was going to say next: mount sdcard in recovery and place a different rom on your sdcard and try it out to see if it was the ROM. Glad you fixed it

CyanogenMod shouldn't be dependant on the kernel at all. Are you using a modded kernel? If you are try flashing the stock kernel.

 

[acme15]

G dude that was exactly what I was going to say next: mount sdcard in recovery and place a different rom on your sdcard and try it out to see if it was the ROM. Glad you fixed it

CyanogenMod shouldn't be dependant on the kernel at all. Are you using a modded kernel? If you are try flashing the stock kernel.

No, i'm using the stock kernel. Any ideas as to why the flash of Cyanogenmod might have failed? I'm running a ROM called Virtuous Inquisition now.

 

[acme15]

The cameras stopped working a while ago on the stock ROM, they havent worked on either of the other ROM's I have flashed since (a stock T-Mobile ROM which I found online and Virtuous Inquisition) in all three cases neither the front nor rear facing camera work.

I suppose that means it must be a hardware issue?

Also Wi-Fi does not work now, despite the description of the two ROM's I flashed saying that it does work. It worked on the stock ROM. Any clues?

 

[androidbee]

G dude that was exactly what I was going to say next: mount sdcard in recovery and place a different rom on your sdcard and try it out to see if it was the ROM. Glad you fixed it

CyanogenMod shouldn't be dependant on the kernel at all. Are you using a modded kernel? If you are try flashing the stock kernel.

Hi there...sorry to bring this old issue again.

I have a HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile US) that is dead slow and wanted to root and use a custom ROM. I am new to this process and trying to do it with the help of the forums.

I have flashed a custom ROM with CyanogenMod 10 and then it never boots. I guess it's in a dead loop.

Boot details:

Unlocked Bootloader
Pyramid Pvt SHIP S-ON
H-BOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot

I have read in some of the forums that we need to make it S-OFF and I felt it's a difficult process. Any help to get my phone working is much appreciated...Thank you!