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Root HELP! Rooted my EVO4gLTE and I think I bricked it.

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usesunblock

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Information: - HTC EVO 4G LTE on Sprint. Was running Android 4.0.3, HTC Sense 4.0, and basically default on everything else.

This morning I rooted my phone using the RegawMOD method. It took a couple clicks and I was good to go. Phone was working as normal, and I had superuser privileges.

Tonight, I tried to install the V6 Supercharger mod that was supposed to make my phone blazing fast. It required that I get JellyScreamPatcher first. So I ran the JellyScreamPatcher on my computer with the phone plugged in and it seemed to work.

I took a break to make dinner and do some stuff. Anyways I tried to run just a normal facebook app on my phone and it crashed. I thought that was weird and figured maybe my phone needed a reboot. I tried to do a reboot and the phone did the htc quietly brilliant logo, then the sprint logo, but got caught at the beats audio logo screen and never advanced.

Went into recovery (Team Win Recovery Project v2.2.1) and tried to do a factory reset, and a whole bunch of other things to no avail. The phone still gets stuck at the same screen. Also, I am unable to get it to be accessible on my computer again. It used to say HTC EVO in My Computer when it was plugged in. Now it just says Removable Disk and when I double click it just says "Please insert a disk into drive..."

I'm able to access recovery mode. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Edit: When I try to power down in TWRP, it tells me "No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to power off? And now it only takes me to the "HTC quietly brilliant" logo.
 
Hello and welcome to the forums usesunblock - thanks for joining!! :)

It sounds like you will have to download a ROM (don't forget to check that the MD5 sums are the same) and put it on the root of your SD card using an SD card reader then, once you've put the SD card back in the phone, reboot in to recovery and perform wipes (system/cache) before flashing the ROM on your phone.

Could you confirm that you can actually boot in to recovery?
 
No worries, as long as you can get into hboot and/or recovery all is not lost. You can do this by powering off your phone. Then hold volume down and power until it comes on. If you're stuck in a boot loop hold volume up and down and power until it shuts off. Once we know your phone can do this everybody can help you, no problem.
 
Yes, I have gotten into recovery. I power down. Then I hold volume down and power and the screen comes up with:

tampered
unlocked
jewel put ship s-on rl
hboot-1.15.0000
radio-1.05.11.0606
opendsp-v25.1.0.32.0405
emmc-boot
jun 18 2012,17:05:37

and then some options. I choose recovery and TWRP loads.

This is where I'm at a wall though, and I'm not sure how to proceed. What do I need to download (a direct link would be awesome!), and how do I do the install?

In terms of moving from PC > device I'm going to need to buy a microSD, but that's not a big deal.
 
Hmmm... this could be a little more complicated than I said above. I am not familiar with your phone and will need to try and speak to someone.

Could you let me know, did you use HTC Dev to unlock the phone? Could you give a link to the root method you used?
 
Ok First A Factory Reset only wipes caches and /data it does not put the phone back into factory state. I guess you have learned that. So Moving On :)

You need a Sense ROM go with viper for right now

ok on the phone you go into recovery and tap the mount button

make sure internal sdcard is selected then mount usb storage.

copy rom to device. after sucessful copy go back to d-u-r-x suggestion and wipe cache, data, system x 3

then install the ROM give it a few extra minutes for booting as you are giving it a new install.
 
It's important to make sure the Rom is the same base as whatever he was using before.

You're going to want to avoid the need for flastboot flashing the kernel right now. On my phone so I can't really provide anymore help than that.

Hopefully another guide can see this and make sure its ok
 
As mentioned above the factory reset in twrp is a little (ok so a lot) different than the one in your settings in android. The twrp reset wipes everything to get you ready to flash a rom. The reset in android just wipes data. You erased your operating system so you're going to have to flash a new one on either with a zip in twrp or maybe with an ruu (not my area of expertise).
 
Here's what I tried.

Downloaded viper4g_1.0.0.zip and put it on an sd card. Put that sd card in my phone.

Got into TWRP v2.2.1 and tried to mount usb storage. (Not sure why... just following directions). Tried to select, "Use internal storage" but it is unselectable. I can click it for maybe a tenth of a second and it always reverts back to use external SD. Ok... so I click Mount USB Storage anyway..."USB Storage Mounted. Be sure to safely remove your device from your computer before unmounting!"

This makes zero sense bc I am not connected to a computer. Try going back but the screen will not respond to anything until I tap "Unmount" and it goes back to the Mount Menu.

Well, I guess maybe it's mounted by default?

To copy rom to device I went to advanced>file manager, then I selected the .zip file located on sd2 and copied it over to sd (put it right next to the twrp file).

Wiped cache, davlik cache, system. There is no option to wipe "data". The 6 options are "cache", "davlik cache", "factory reset", "system", "external storage", and "internal storage".

Rebooted recovery.

Tried to flash viper using the location in sd. Failed. Tried to flash viper using sd 2. Installer launches. Selected full rom install with full wipe before option. Success. Phone reboots.

INSTALL WORKED! PHONE IS OPERATIONAL!

Last Question though: Is installing using SD2 (external card) bad? Or is it installed on internal storage anyways?
 
Good to read that your phone is working again. I am not sure on your last question, but am certain that someone who has your phone will be able to answer :)
 
Either way works. Using the internal sd card just goes a bit faster. Glad to hear your problem is all sorted out. Time to try out some yummy Jelly Bean-y goodness one of these days? And as stated above always have a nandroid handy somewhere. They've saved my butt on more than one occasion.
 
argedion said:
Glad your back and operational.
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well i have the same device and the same Hboot And i did as he said but after i try to wipe cache twrp reboots :( , anyway i continued wiping delvik And System 3X but twrp reboots After the 2nd system wipe , i ignored it and went to install viper from internal sd it fails so i use sd 2 And it starts installing for a bit and then twrp reboots again :mad: but this time its stuck at twrp strart when u see ( TEAMWIN ) , its been 10 Mins stuck with no change

please HELP ME :( i Dont know what to do And im afraid it bricks
 
Try a different version of TWRP. And don't wipe before installing Viper. The Aroma installer in Viper will give you an option for what to wipe. I believe it wipes differently, but better for Viper. That last sentence might be wrong, but the rest is right for sure.
 
Raz Alhakimi said:
well i have the same device and the same Hboot And i did as he said but after i try to wipe cache twrp reboots :( , anyway i continued wiping delvik And System 3X but twrp reboots After the 2nd system wipe , i ignored it and went to install viper from internal sd it fails so i use sd 2 And it starts installing for a bit and then twrp reboots again :mad: but this time its stuck at twrp strart when u see ( TEAMWIN ) , its been 10 Mins stuck with no change

please HELP ME :( i Dont know what to do And im afraid it bricks
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when you try to flash viper what exactly did it say? it could also be a bad download. but since it reboots after each wipe, it could be that twrp is not working right. try windy's suggestion and try the latest twrp if you have not already.
 
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