Root Problem at Step 8 while installing ROM

[Colchicine]

I am S-on
Followed Scotty's guide: http://androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/499172-how-manually-flash-roms.html

To install Slim Rom: [ROM][06/29][Slim Rom v1.6.1] Desensed/Tweaks/Rooted OTA 3.14.605.10 - xda-developers

I got to Step 8 and ran into a serious problem where as of now, the phone is useless.

8)launch your recovery:
fastboot boot <recovery name>.img
where <recovery name> is the exact name of your image.

example:
fastboot boot recovery-ra-vigor-3.13-gnm.img
is what i use,since i use amon recovery.

youll see a nifty green status bar at the top right as it downloads to the phone. youll then see white htc screen,followed by your recoverys main menu,just like youd entered it thru hboot,the quickboot,or rom manager.

I saw the white HTC flash screen, but after that the phone turns off. I then have to do a battery pull to get it to boot at all. In HBoot I get some of the green writing that says "wrong image!", then...

Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOT
Do you want to start update?

It doesn't matter if I choose yes or no, it will reboot to the flash screen then turn off. I then have to pull the battery to get it to boot at all.


I think the source of my problem may be in Step 5. I'll annotate with questions.

>5)put your boot image into the same folder as your adb/fastboot. put your recovery
>image into this folder as well.

I DL the Slim ROM, unzipped it and put the boot.img there if that's what it means. Since I rooted my phone 2 weeks ago, I don't remember exactly what the "recovery image" is, but I assumed that since I followed Scotty's instructions for rooting, it must be in there already.

>>put your roms flashable .zip file onto the root of your sd card.

I did get confused by this. I put the entire PH98IMG.zip from the ROM onto my SD card, even though I just put the boot.img FROM that zip onto my C:

>6)make sure usb debugging is enabled and plug in your phone.

But I already had my phone plugged in in order to move the PH98IMG.zip to the root of the SD card? Why would #6 be stated if I already plugged it in to do #5?


I'll be eagerly awaiting assistance, while trying not to panic over a bricked phone.


Edit1: I manually removed the PH98IMG.zip and I can now get to past the "wrong image!" in HBoot. BUT I still can't boot up past the splash screen. I did a restore in recovery and still nada.

Edit2: Did a wipe of cache, dalvik-cache, did a factory reset. Did a restore then tried to flash the superuser zip but I'm getting an error. Probably because I'm already rooted? The error is after "creating SYSTEM...blahblah" Then says (Status 0).

Edit3: Came across the info on flashing the old firmware patch since I'm coming from GB. After "flashing" the ROM (install the update in HBoot) I am not given the option to then flash the patch, only to reboot. So I have to do those separately and after pulling the battery. Still nada.

Edit4: I have suspected it's a kernel issue, so followed this post to flash the maintool http://androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/569823-help.html. No go.
So I flashed the stock ROM. Same thing

 

[beastinbolts]

I think you have a file on for sd card named " ph98img.zip... When you DIY on to hboot it will pick that file up every time ..

flashing a Rom is in recovery is the easiest way I believe ... Put the <Rom>.zip on your sd card then flash it from recovery ...

 

[Colchicine]

Yes, I have recently figured that out. So I fired it back up to try once again to flash it while in recovery. On my way to recover I got the phone with the red triangle symbol. Now I can't get into recover AT ALL.
I tried it through the fastboot and command prompt and I can't get it to return the serial number like it should.

c:\mini-adb_vigor>adb devices
List of devices attached


c:\mini-adb_vigor>md5sumbs recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img.zip
'md5sumbs' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

c:\mini-adb_vigor>fastboot devices
HTxxxxxxxxxxx fastboot

c:\mini-adb_vigor>fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img.zip
error: cannot load 'recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img.zip'

Honestly, I think I remember it not returning my serial # when I first started in on this, but I kept going and was able to get farther along than the above. I wouldn't be surprised if this is where I first went wrong.

 

[scotty85]

Atm I have no electrcty,and therefore no computer,so I cannot leave a detailed response.

In a nutshell you need to:
1 remove ph98img from your SD card
2 place a rom on the SD card
3 boot to hboot,then faztboot.
4 figure out your connection issue(need to get a serial number response from "fastboot devices")
5 "fastboot boot" your recovery *<-very important* read thru the root guide for more info
6 full wipe
7 flash rom
8 flash old firmware patch if you flashed an ics rom

If you have a gb backup,you can restore it in place of steps 7 and 8

 

[scotty85]

wow there are so many things to address here,im not sure even where to start

lets see what we can figure out:

I am S-on
Followed Scotty's guide: http://androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/499172-how-manually-flash-roms.html

To install Slim Rom: [ROM][06/29][Slim Rom v1.6.1] Desensed/Tweaks/Rooted OTA 3.14.605.10 - xda-developers

I got to Step 8 and ran into a serious problem where as of now, the phone is useless.
8)launch your recovery:
fastboot boot <recovery name>.img
where <recovery name> is the exact name of your image.

example:
fastboot boot recovery-ra-vigor-3.13-gnm.img
is what i use,since i use amon recovery.

youll see a nifty green status bar at the top right as it downloads to the phone. youll then see white htc screen,followed by your recoverys main menu,just like youd entered it thru hboot,the quickboot,or rom manager.

I saw the white HTC flash screen, but after that the phone turns off. I then have to do a battery pull to get it to boot at all. In HBoot I get some of the green writing that says "wrong image!", then...
without more info im not sure exactly whats going on. my first guess is that there is a prollem with your command,and the phone is simply trying to boot,and it is not booting fully becasue of an incompatible kernel.

Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOT
Do you want to start update?
It doesn't matter if I choose yes or no, it will reboot to the flash screen then turn off. I then have to pull the battery to get it to boot at all.
you need to remove ph98img with a card reader in your PC


I think the source of my problem may be in Step 5. I'll annotate with questions.

>5)put your boot image into the same folder as your adb/fastboot. put your recovery
>image into this folder as well.

I DL the Slim ROM, unzipped it and put the boot.img there if that's what it means. Since I rooted my phone 2 weeks ago, I don't remember exactly what the "recovery image" is, but I assumed that since I followed Scotty's instructions for rooting, it must be in there already.
yes,you need the boot.img in the mini-adb_vigor folder,as well as your recovery. if you followed my guide,then recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img should be in there. double check when entering the fastboot boot command,that youre chanig the recovery name to reflect the version of amon in your mini-adb_vigor folder.

i.e.,the command in the manual root thread you referenced is this:
fastboot boot recovery-ra-vigor-3.13-gnm.img

but the root guide used 3.14,and now 3.15 is out. again,may sure you command exactly matches the name of the image in your folder:
fastboot boot recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img
or
fastboot boot recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img

>>put your roms flashable .zip file onto the root of your sd card.

I did get confused by this. I put the entire PH98IMG.zip from the ROM onto my SD card, even though I just put the boot.img FROM that zip onto my C:
you dont put ph98img onto the sd card. you put the rom zip file onto your sd,i.e. slim1.6.1.zip

again,remove ph98img from your sd card.

>6)make sure usb debugging is enabled and plug in your phone.

But I already had my phone plugged in in order to move the PH98IMG.zip to the root of the SD card? Why would #6 be stated if I already plugged it in to do #5?
because you havent followed the directions. if you had followed the directions correctly,step 6 is the when you need to connect your phone tothe PC. the other steps can be done just on the pc,no phone.

I'll be eagerly awaiting assistance, while trying not to panic over a bricked phone.


Edit1: I manually removed the PH98IMG.zip and I can now get to past the "wrong image!" in HBoot. BUT I still can't boot up past the splash screen. I did a restore in recovery and still nada.
you still need a kernel. you prolly restored with a permanent mounted recovery,not a fastboot booted one.

Edit2: Did a wipe of cache, dalvik-cache, did a factory reset. Did a restore then tried to flash the superuser zip but I'm getting an error. Probably because I'm already rooted? The error is after "creating SYSTEM...blahblah" Then says (Status 0).
none of that will help you. see above reply to edit1.

Edit3: Came across the info on flashing the old firmware patch since I'm coming from GB. After "flashing" the ROM (install the update in HBoot) I am not given the option to then flash the patch, only to reboot. So I have to do those separately and after pulling the battery. Still nada.
you just select the option to flash zip from sd card again. there will be no special prompts. and its still booting becasue you still have not successfully installed a kernel.

Edit4: I have suspected it's a kernel issue, so followed this post to flash the maintool http://androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/569823-help.html. No go.
So I flashed the stock ROM. Same thing
what did you do after flashing the main tool? what stock rom did you flash? you prolly still have not installed a kernel.

Yes, I have recently figured that out. So I fired it back up to try once again to flash it while in recovery. On my way to recover I got the phone with the red triangle symbol. Now I can't get into recover AT ALL.
the red triangle is the stock recovery. you either never permantly flashed amon,or you ran an ruu that overwrote it?
I tried it through the fastboot and command prompt and I can't get it to return the serial number like it should.
c:\mini-adb_vigor>adb devices
List of devices attached


c:\mini-adb_vigor>md5sumbs recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img.zip
'md5sumbs' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

c:\mini-adb_vigor>fastboot devices
HTxxxxxxxxxxx fastboot

c:\mini-adb_vigor>fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img.zip
error: cannot load 'recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img.zip'

you just have errors with your commands:
md5sumbs recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img.zip
first you have an extra "b",and then you have 2 file extensions.

inside mini-adb_vigor you need to have an IMAGE named recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm and your command will look like this(remove b and .zip file ext)
md5sums recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img

same with fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img.zip you have 2 file extensions. command should be:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img

you are not getting a resoponse to adb devices because you are not in the booted OS,where you use ADB. all your work is in "fastboot" where youre using the fastboot utility. you did get a reply to fastboot devices so it looks like things are working properly.

wich brings us back to this:

Atm I have no electrcty,and therefore no computer,so I cannot leave a detailed response.

In a nutshell you need to:
1 remove ph98img from your SD card
2 place a rom on the SD card
3 boot to hboot,then faztboot.
4 figure out your connection issue(need to get a serial number response from "fastboot devices")
5 "fastboot boot" your recovery *<-very important* read thru the root guide for more info
6 full wipe
7 flash rom
8 flash old firmware patch if you flashed an ics rom

If you have a gb backup,you can restore it in place of steps 7 and 8

the above is still the best course of action.

as ive said many times on this forum,the best way for you s-on guys to flash roms that are desigend for the s-off crowd is to fastboot boot your recovery into memory,even if you have a permanent one installed. launching your recovery in this manner will let recovery install the boot image,eliminating the need for the manual flashing guide.

holler if you have questions with steps 1-8(looks like step 4 is not an issue,i must have looked at the wrong thing last night. as long as fastboot devices gets you your serial number,youre good to go)

 

[Colchicine]

as long as fastboot devices gets you your serial number,youre good to go)

THANK YOU very much for you response. I'll get to what I think the problem is.
I can't get the serial number to return when I use adb devices.

I rebooted the PC, and uninstalled the HTC drivers I had. I downloaded and installed the HTC drivers you linked to by revolutionary.
While in fastboot USB, I can not get the serial to show, just "List of devices attached"

I had no problems with this when I rooted, and I don't see how anything changed since then. This is where I'm stuck!

 

[scotty85]

THANK YOU very much for you response. I'll get to what I think the problem is.
I can't get the serial number to return when I use adb devices.

I rebooted the PC, and uninstalled the HTC drivers I had. I downloaded and installed the HTC drivers you linked to by revolutionary.
While in fastboot USB, I can not get the serial to show, just "List of devices attached"

I had no problems with this when I rooted, and I don't see how anything changed since then. This is where I'm stuck!

as i said above,you will not get a response from adb devices while you are in fastboot usb mode on the phone.

the important thing is to put your phone in fastboot mode,then get a reply from fastboot devices

so unless im misunderstanding something, you just need to:
1) remove ph98img from your SD card
2) place a rom on the SD card
3) boot to hboot,then fastboot.
5)"fastboot boot" your recovery *<-very important* read thru the root guide for more info
6) full wipe
7) flash rom
8) flash old firmware patch if you flashed an ics rom

 

[Colchicine]

One thing this process has taught me is that I am, apparently, not very good at following directions. I'm going to do better for now on.

the important thing is to put your phone in fastboot mode,then get a reply from fastboot devices

Roger that

so unless im misunderstanding something, you just need to:
1) remove ph98img from your SD card
2) place a rom on the SD card

I am indeed confused by this. When I DL the ROM, it is named PH98img.zip. So I'm missing something because otherwise I'm taking it off in step 1 and putting it back on in step 2.
I tried to fix this by naming the ROM slim.zip and when I tried to flash the Can't Find update script.


One other thing I don't understand is how the Kernel fits into this. I haven't done anything with any Kernels, and going to the sticky page list of them, I have no idea which one I am supposed to use. I don't want Sense or GB, so I go with the AOSP one? At which step am I suppose to install the Kernel?

If you have a donate function, I will gladly contribute for your time.

 

[scotty85]

I am indeed confused by this. When I DL the ROM, it is named PH98img.zip.
you did not download the rom,you dowloaded the kernel. if you look inside ph98img.zip,you will see a boot.img and an android info text document.

the rom itself is named slim1.6.1 and is the link underneath the ph98img link. ( Dev-Host - Slim1.6.1.zip - The Ultimate Free File Hosting / File Sharing Service )
So I'm missing something because otherwise I'm taking it off in step 1 and putting it back on in step 2.
what you are missing is the ph98image and rom are 2 different htings,and you apparently have not downloaded them both.
I tried to fix this by naming the ROM slim.zip and when I tried to flash the Can't Find update script.
just download the slim1.6.1 rom from the link above,and place it on your sd card. remove ph98img. renaming it will not do you any good


One other thing I don't understand is how the Kernel fits into this. I haven't done anything with any Kernels, and going to this page to look at list of them, I have no idea which one I am supposed to use. I don't want Sense or GB, so I go with the AOSP one? At which step am I suppose to install the Kernel?

the rom will come with a kernel,you do not need to install a seperate one.

as i have preacehd over and over on this forum, if you fastboot boot your recovery,you will not have to seperately install a kernel.just flash the rom.

when i originally wrote the guide,phones were not s-off yet,and no roms were set up to flash them that way. roms did all kinds of tricky stuff to try and automate the process,and to make not hooking to a pc neccessary. for the most part these automated methods cause as much if not more confusion as manully flashing the boot image as i described,wich is why i made the guide to flash the kernel manually.

now that s-off is common place,roms will automaitcally install the kernel for you. the catch,is that you cant boot to your permantly mount recovery and flash them.

taking the time to hook to a PC and manually launch your recovery from fastboot makes life tons easier,as the recovery can now install the kernel just like your phone was s-off.

so whenever you want to flash a rom,or restore a backup,

hook to pc,boot to fastboot,and fastboot boot recoveryname.img

all you need to do is:
1)download slim1.6.1.zip from here: Dev-Host - Slim1.6.1.zip - The Ultimate Free File Hosting / File Sharing Service . do not unzip,open,or modify it in any way. download old firmware patch from here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/-Support_Files-/SuperChilPil/Old_Firmware_Patch.zip
2) remove ph98img from your SD card
3) place slim1.6.1 and old firmware patch onto the root SD card
4) boot to hboot,then fastboot.
5)"fastboot boot" your recovery *<-very important* read thru the root guide for more info
6) full wipe
7) flash slim1.6.1
8) flash old firmware patch

 

[Colchicine]

This is to serve as some gratitude to Scotty, and to admit an embarrassingly stupid mistake I made. I can't believe I was trying to install the PH98img as my ROM. To think of all the time and anguish I could have saved myself.
Once I downloaded the correct file, installation went smoothly and I am thoroughly enjoying ICS!

 

[scotty85]

awsome! glad you got it working. dont feel bad,your mistake was an easy one to make,and and easy one to correct once we figured out what was going on.

and your persistance in figuring it out im am certain will help others in the future

 

[Colchicine]

I'll chalk it up to being overwhelmed with terminology and instructions. I have an advanced degree so it's not like I haven't depended on following directions before.

In this case, when I saw this:

Download PH98IMG.zip (S-on only) HERE
Download SlimROM HERE

... I thought "OOOH! I'm S-on, that's for me!" And didn't look further.

 

[scotty85]

yup,that sounds like a pretty reasonable mistake to ahve made