Not your typical EVO Issue

ryanwesley · #1 (**permalink**) 01-19-2011, 11:26 AM

Let me start off by apologizing if this comes off as a repeat and if i sound like the noob that i am. I am not in front of my laptop that i spent the past 10 hrs trying to read various websites, including this one, to resolve my issue. Not one solution I have seen yet has resolved it. So here is what happened and what not.

I thought I would totally impress people if I had my EVO custom mod'd and just out right coming off fancy. *rolls eyes* So I sought out looking up the ways of going about it.

I first rooted my EVO the easy way using unrevoked and backed up.. woo hoo that was simple enough.. then i though well hell lets keep going.. so I went to the app store and got ROM Manager.. installed just fine and dandy. I went on to research the most commonly used or stable ROMs and found that CyanogenMod seemed to be the one.. so I downloaded update-cm-6.1.2-Supersonic-signed.zip ... well I started off by going to HBOOT and backing up my EVO.. Installed beautifully!

Ok at this point I am happy as pie.. well then I realize when I try do the Exchange account so I can see my contacts... it wont work.. so I do some research and basically I am directed to install the google HDPI.. so I look up the latest for the EVO 20110115 and downloaded.. went to HBOOT to install and it failed.. so i figured ok just reboot.. no problem.. well it got stuck in the Animation and kept looping.. so I said the hell with this let me just go back to HBOOT and restore my previous backup.. Ended up with Error 7 i believe and didnt work.. tried the one previous to that of my backups and the same thing.. so at this point i figured ok why not just clear cache and what not and try again.. nope.. same thing.. so then i reckon I need to do more research.. well i downloaded the android sdk and usb drivers and the missing files from "Tools" of the SDK.. found a version of the Sprint RUU... (sorry i cant think of the orignial one i tried but not at that laptop right now).. well that was going swimmingly and then it FAILED!!! So basically I have a basic HTC Evo black screen with little icons in each corner..

When I run the "adb devices" it is blank but when I do "fastboot devices" it displays my EVO.. I have removed and reinstalled the drivers and remain with the same issue..

Yes I have tried all ways except that magical one you plan to suggest to me.

Please I implore you for your suggestions and advice Almighty Android Guru!!!

**Karl** · #2 (**permalink**) 01-19-2011, 01:55 PM

let me guess you cant get to hboot ?

**PropagandaX** · #3 (**permalink**) 01-19-2011, 02:29 PM

So you can't get back to recovery or hboot? Check the bottom of the third post here.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4g...roms-wipe.html

RECOVERY FIX FOR THOSE WHO CANT FLASH ROMS (THIS IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE ABOVE AND IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE ROOTED OR HAVE A BROKEN RECOVERY):

Download Amon_RA Custom Recovery Here: PC36IMG_Recovery.zip

Maybe that will help. I recogmend you flash a couple sense based roms and get comfortable first before you jump to open source land. To be honest everytime I go to ASOP or Cmod I run into things that dont work for me and I end up back at Sense. I can totally see your pain, if you havent been around long the methods to root are extremely confusing (helll just look through the link i posted above), which version, which hardware, its insane. Honestly I just went to XDA to the unrevoked link and followed their method to the letter and had great success.

Edit: Confirmed it helped this person.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4g...shing-cm7.html

**PropagandaX** · #4 (**permalink**) 01-19-2011, 02:53 PM

Can we get a "sticky" called "I borked my EVO - Get help here thread" These posts are taking over this entire forum.

**lkillen** · #5 (**permalink**) 01-20-2011, 11:28 PM

Why Noobs have to leap all the way in on their first day, I'll never know.

People, take your time and learn about your phone!

**Karl** · #6 (**permalink**) 01-20-2011, 11:41 PM

They'll never learn

kevmo1965 · #7 (**permalink**) 01-21-2011, 03:20 AM

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Noobs
Here is the word of the day, research!

elnene20 · #8 (**permalink**) 01-21-2011, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lkillen

Why Noobs have to leap all the way in on their first day, I'll never know.

People, take your time and learn about your phone!

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarlE

They'll never learn

To me it sounds like he knows a little more than some of these other post that I read here! Plus when are you not a noob? When you dont ask questions any more? Either way you have to start some where! So good luck to you OP..... Oh yeah and welcome to the fun....