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Root uh oh....i have an issue

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angldvl81

Android Expert
rooted new phone, tried installing my previous rom (shift ics 3.2.1) and it failed saying unable to load side something or other....wiped cache, rebooted and got hung up on the HTC splash screen....so i unrooted and returned to factory settings and same thing....HTC screen only. any clues??
 
rooted with revolutionary,i assume?

when you say "unrooted and returned to factory settings" what did you do,exactly? did you remove the revolutionary hboot(i hope not)

if youre still s-off,you can try just flashing some different roms in recovery.

failing that,you can flash an RUU. again,assuming youre still s-off,you can flash a PG05IMG or run a .exe file(start it with the phone in fastboot). id start with 2.11.605.5.
 
Im back to s-on. I tried different roms and all said unable to load. Even though it was on the splash screen, I was still able to unroot, so I could reroot correct? If so, then what?
 
I have a general philosophy I use with electronic devices: You keep pushing buttons until something good happens and you stop when something bad happens. It may however not work in this case. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. :rolleyes:
 
glad you got it fixed. just to make sure i understand:
1)you unlocked and flashed the engineering hboot with the phone on the splash screen,using the guide here.
2)you flashed the firmware,but not the 1.05.0000 hboot
3)the phone would not boot the 2.11.605.9 firmware with the eng hboot? :eek:
4)flashed the 1.50.0000 hboot and all is well

hmmm thats an interesting scenario that may indicate the firmware/boot/radio is doing extra checks and not letting it flash without the 1.04 or 1.05 hboot. think ill have to try and duplicate this situation :D

are you going to re-root or just stay stock now?
 
Already rooted! When I unrooted I forgot to flash the stock Rom so that's what was causing the issue. (the .9 nohboot file and hboot only)
 
angldvl81 said:
Already rooted! When I unrooted I forgot to flash the stock Rom so that's what was causing the issue. (the .9 nohboot file and hboot only)
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oooooh,yeah thatll do it :eek:

glad you figured it out,tho :cool:

are you able to flash roms now? i still wonder what the prollem was with that the first time :confused:
 
Yea I'm back to SHIFTAO5P ics 3.2

For awhile I was thinking it was twrp that was messing it up but I guess it was my own doing.. As my dad said last night "gotta play to learn"

I'm just glad I was able to fix it.
 
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