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Root HTC EVO V 4G Boot Loop

Sorry, falling asleep here. After s-off he shouldn't need to unlock the bootloader again. Especially on the custom 1.50.5050 hboot. That hboot allows fastboot commands so the stock bootloader can stay locked
 
"A pending update to your boot partition has been detected. blah blah something else." <-- When I press reboot now. I don't think that's significant.
I'm at the boot animation now. Praying, praying, praying. The alien glows.
 
Quick question about the rom: What is that stupid pink hat in the notifications? next to the wifi and stuff. and why can't i click the stupid pink hat
Also is the default launcher okay or would you suggest nova?
 
I believe I removed the stupid pink hat on mine (I'll have to look it up later to see what it is...), but it's not a big deal... just something the developer put in.

I use Nova, because it's awesome.
 
The Pink hat is called the "Swagga" playa. You show that pink hat to da ladies and they tell you they don't need no money! hehe :P
 
HaTrEd360 said:
Like I said in another thread. You are alllllll lucky. It took me 8 hours to do the wire trick.
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I feel your pain bro.:( Luckily for me I was able to S-off pretty easily on my phone. First time S-off took maybe 5 minutes (from the time I open controlbear for the first time to the time it tells me I'm successfully S-off).
 
Palmetto Fellow said:
Have you made a nandroid backup yet? If you create a backup through 4ext, you can always restore it after a full wipe. This should keep you from having to run the ruu again.
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The thing is, I tried to restore a backup before running the RUU. The backup did the same boot issue thing that it didn't have previously. What's up with that?
And now I'm so unfamiliar with this rom and it doesn't have Swipe2wake~ It'll take a bit of getting used to. I'm so scared of flashing another rom.
 
DaKeeza said:
The thing is, I tried to restore a backup before running the RUU. The backup did the same boot issue thing that it didn't have previously. What's up with that?
And now I'm so unfamiliar with this rom and it doesn't have Swipe2wake~ It'll take a bit of getting used to. I'm so scared of flashing another rom.
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Don't be scared ;)

Now you know that you can just flash that rom again if you are stuck.
Go get the free recovery updater from 4ext.net

Install that apk on your phone. Then use the app to install recovery. It does all the work for you. Make sure to say YES when it asks if you are s-on, that will enable the smart flash feature you need.

I have a feeling you flashed a 4ext recovery.img through fastboot the first time so it wasn't set up properly. It probably didn't have smart flash enabled which is why 4ext still didn't work for you.

You know now that booting the recovery through fastboot will work. You will be fine. Install 4ext per above, and then you won't need fastboot to flash your roms anymore.

Just make sure you stick with stock roms that are compatible with your hboot until you get s-off.


Edit: Wait, are you s-off now? Was really tired when viewing this last night. I think you got s-off. If so, you should never have those problems unless you are flashing incompatible roms.

On hboot 1.50 and below you can flash nearly any rom. For Stock ICS roms, they require 1.57 and above.
 
Brian706 said:
Don't be scared ;)

Now you know that you can just flash that rom again if you are stuck.
Go get the free recovery updater from 4ext.net

Install that apk on your phone. Then use the app to install recovery. It does all the work for you. Make sure to say YES when it asks if you are s-on, that will enable the smart flash feature you need.

I have a feeling you flashed a 4ext recovery.img through fastboot the first time so it wasn't set up properly. It probably didn't have smart flash enabled which is why 4ext still didn't work for you.

You know now that booting the recovery through fastboot will work. You will be fine. Install 4ext per above, and then you won't need fastboot to flash your roms anymore.

Just make sure you stick with stock roms that are compatible with your hboot until you get s-off.


Edit: Wait, are you s-off now? Was really tired when viewing this last night. I think you got s-off. If so, you should never have those problems unless you are flashing incompatible roms.

On hboot 1.50 and below you can flash nearly any rom. For Stock ICS roms, they require 1.57 and above.
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I am S-OFF. And yesterday that booting issue was still occurring. And the roms were def. compatible. That's what frightens me.
 
DaKeeza said:
I am S-OFF. And yesterday that booting issue was still occurring. And the roms were def. compatible. That's what frightens me.
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So you are s-off now, and on hboot 1.57?? Didn't s-off install a custom hboot?

So just to be completely clear so we're on the same page, answer these two questions.

1.) What hboot are you on?

2.) What rom are you trying to flash?

Also please confirm s-off in the bootloader!
 
Brian706 said:
So you are s-off now, and on hboot 1.57?? Didn't s-off install a custom hboot?

So just to be completely clear so we're on the same page, answer these two questions.

1.) What hboot are you on?

2.) What rom are you trying to flash?

Also please confirm s-off in the bootloader!
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1) HBOOT 1.50.5050
2) Midnight Rom Senseless.

Anyways, everything works now. Thanks to EVERYBODY for their help along the way on my journey!

I don't know what was happening with the weird booting issues, but they appear to be gone now.

I've learned a lot in my time here and I appreciate everyone's assistance. I'm forever grateful! If I end up screwing up my phone again, I'll come back for help :D.

Thank you to all!!!!
 
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