Stock EVO continuous rebooting

madflo · #1 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 04:08 PM

I have a up-to-date stock evo that is stuck into a constant reboot cycle... It gets to the big 4G screen then reboots again...and again and again....
a little background.. battery was very low and I was charging via a car charger that wasnt giving it enough power the phone eventually died... but i have since fully charged the battery and am still stuck.
I am sure if I were to erase all the data and go back to default rom that would alleviate this problem, if possible I would like not to have to use that option.

Any helpful tips would be appreciated..

**OMJ** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by madflo

I have a up-to-date stock evo that is stuck into a constant reboot cycle... It gets to the big 4G screen then reboots again...and again and again....
a little background.. battery was very low and I was charging via a car charger that wasnt giving it enough power the phone eventually died... but i have since fully charged the battery and am still stuck.
I am sure if I were to erase all the data and go back to default rom that would alleviate this problem, if possible I would like not to have to use that option.

Any helpful tips would be appreciated..

did u try pulling the battery?

madflo · #3 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 04:54 PM

Yes I pulled the battery out for several hours and put it back in..

**OMJ** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by madflo

Yes I pulled the battery out for several hours and put it back in..

sounds like you'll have to call sprint.....you're somewhat limited on what u can do since you're not rooted...

madflo · #5 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OMJ

sounds like you'll have to call sprint.....you're somewhat limited on what u can do since you're not rooted...

what are my options if I root it??

**OMJ** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by madflo

what are my options if I root it??

well if u were already rooted you could have booted into recovery, did a backup, then you'd have a copy of your data.img. From there, you could flash a rooted stock or custom rom, then restore your data.img.

I'm not sure if the latest rooting methods would blow away your existing rom/data.

madflo · #7 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by OMJ

well if u were already rooted you could have booted into recovery, did a backup, then you'd have a copy of your data.img. From there, you could flash a rooted stock or custom rom, then restore your data.img.

I'm not sure if the latest rooting methods would blow away your existing rom/data.

I dont see any reference to you losing data when rooting.. but at this point what do I have to loose...I think I'll root and see what happens..