MyTouch 4G stuck on boot loop, s-on

Jack_R1 · Mar 10, 2012

As already mentioned, and I'll stress it: you DON'T need to move to FASTBOOT section of the bootloader. The auto-update is done on HBOOT section.

Format your SD card while it's connected to PC with card reader.
Put the file on SD card - it should be the only existing file. Name it correctly. If you don't have extensions showing in your OS - name it PD15IMG and not PD15IMG.ZIP. If you don't know - try once with and once without the .ZIP in the name.
Put the card in your phone.
Boot with VolDown+Power.
It should ask you for update.
If it doesn't - it means you can't follow the guides because you keep misunderstanding something, so give the phone back to your friend and advise him to take it to someone who can.

safdarhp · Mar 11, 2012

Jack_R1 said:
As already mentioned, and I'll stress it: you DON'T need to move to FASTBOOT section of the bootloader. The auto-update is done on HBOOT section.

Format your SD card while it's connected to PC with card reader.
Put the file on SD card - it should be the only existing file. Name it correctly. If you don't have extensions showing in your OS - name it PD15IMG and not PD15IMG.ZIP. If you don't know - try once with and once without the .ZIP in the name.
Put the card in your phone.
Boot with VolDown+Power.
It should ask you for update.
If it doesn't - it means you can't follow the guides because you keep misunderstanding something, so give the phone back to your friend and advise him to take it to someone who can.

Like I have said before, I have tried that. It isn't working. I have tried it with all the kinds of .zip files via the link provided earlier, but still the phone won't read it. I do the "volume down + power key" combo and it takes me to the hboot screen. It's not doing anything else.

If there is any other method of restoring the phone, please help. Maybe there is something wrong with the SD card reader? Is that problem common in MyTouch 4G?

safdarhp · Mar 11, 2012

cnote74 said:
Try one of these pd15IMG files they will work. http://www.4shared.com/folder/xDsyJF52/_online.html

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Thanks for the link. Tried with all .zip files, no luck

The phone isn't reading the file. "S-on" means no superuser permissions right? Is that why I can't get the phone to read the .zip file?

coupetastic-droid · Mar 11, 2012

safdarhp said:
Thanks for the link. Tried with all .zip files, no luck

The phone isn't reading the file. "S-on" means no superuser permissions right? Is that why I can't get the phone to read the .zip file?

then you're definitely putting the zip in the wrong place. You're putting the zip in a folder that's already in the sdcard and not on the actual sdcard itself.

safdarhp · Mar 11, 2012

coupetastic-droid said:
then you're definitely putting the zip in the wrong place. You're putting the zip in a folder that's already in the sdcard and not on the actual sdcard itself.

No no, it's definitely not in any folder, since there was no folder after I had formatted the card. It was just in the card, and the name was PD15IMG.zip (with extensions enabled).

safdarhp · Mar 11, 2012

Please someone, help me. I am still stuck here

I have tried all the methods told so far, and followed them to the dot. However, I still don't have any luck. MyTouch 4G is still stuck on the "MyTouch 4G" screen boot-loop, and all I can do is get it into the hboot mode, however that has proven of no help so far.

Someone please tell me what's going on. Getting desperate now

coupetastic-droid · Mar 11, 2012

safdarhp said:
No no, it's definitely not in any folder, since there was no folder after I had formatted the card. It was just in the card, and the name was PD15IMG.zip (with extensions enabled).

That's probably why then. The extensions being enabled. Make sure the pd15img only has one .zip and not .zip.zip. the extension might be adding another .zip after the first .zip

Jack_R1 · Mar 11, 2012

safdarhp said:
No no, it's definitely not in any folder, since there was no folder after I had formatted the card. It was just in the card, and the name was PD15IMG.zip (with extensions enabled).

In that case, use another SD card, download PD15IMG again and verify its MD5SUM.

If you think you did everything correctly and your HBOOT won't load anything and won't prompt you for update ("Do you want to update? VolDown-yes, VolUp-no", something like that) - read the last part of my previous post.

...Awesome... · Mar 11, 2012

Lets go back to the beginning:
1: do u know what version your pphone had?
2 do u know if u got the upgrade
3: if ur phone had the upgrade and has current version u can't CANT load the file thru hboot YOU CANT!!!
4: You have to forcefully use Adb-Fastboot to downgrade install froyo 2.2.1 to gain temp root then root or just use it to downgrade and install the current version after you are able to boot up your phone

Sent from my ...Awesome... device XDA

Jack_R1 · Mar 11, 2012

He can't "forcefully use" anything, because he has no OS.
And no matter what his current OS is, the bootloader will STILL ASK FOR UPDATE, just notify that it fails, when it checks the ZIP. And in this case he can try to run Panache RUU.

...Awesome... · Mar 12, 2012

I beg to differ the hboot will not update if its the same version that the OS is it may be corrupt but if he's trying to update with the same file it wont let you....

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coupetastic-droid · Mar 12, 2012

...Awesome... said:
I beg to differ the hboot will not update if its the same version that the OS is it may be corrupt but if he's trying to update with the same file it wont let you....

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It won't let you update, but hboot will read the img.zip every single time no matter what os version.

...Awesome... · Mar 12, 2012

coupetastic-droid said:
It won't let you update, but hboot will read the img.zip every single time no matter what os version.

Your right but what I'm saying no point in him keep trying that if its.not gonna update that way.

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pspitbull · Mar 28, 2012

Same Problem, some more details

So I'm having the same problems as safdarhp and stumbled upon this looking for an answer to my friends problems with her device. She applied the update but the battery died at 81% completion so it failed. She then found out how to get into recovery from Youtube and tried to factory reset, Bootloop again. That's where I took over. Fastboot is off, but so is USB Debugging. I removed the SD card and put it into my phone, and put the updated PD15IMG (after verifying MD) on to the root of her SD. I returned the SD into her phone and booted into Bootloader, these are all pretty similar preliminary steps I learned back on the G1. Once that all failed I turned to searching XDA, I've found guides that tell me to do what I've done already. the only new information I see is from ...Awesome... saying to force ADB. How can I force ADB if USB debugging is off? Like I said I am no expert in root, but I understand enough with all the phones I've rooted. Can someone point me in the right direction?

sp0rkticus · Mar 29, 2012

Not entirely a n00b (but not discarding it either) safdarhp, when you formatted your SD card, what format did you use? Because I believe it won't work on FAT and that it has to be FAT32. I tried it in FAT and it wouldn't recognize the file. Once I formatted to FAT32 it recognized the file but since its older it wouldn't update it.

pspitbull · Apr 1, 2012

Ok safdarhp i had the same problem as you if you read my post right above ... and up until now I was stuck ... I used cnote's link to re-download the pd15img (i used the file that says new)

cnote74 said:
Try one of these pd15IMG files they will work. http://www.4shared.com/folder/xDsyJF52/_online.html

Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium

My SD card was FAT32 like sp0rkticus said it should be, but it wasn't working. So i backed up all my files through another phone to my computer, and re-formated the SD card again to clean it out on the off chance that it might work with just the PD15MG on there, and success!! Hopefully it is just a simple re-format for you as well.

Waynesta · Apr 6, 2012

Ive tried the files from the link given(4shared one) and whenever i try to update it says CID incorrect what does that mean?

eric303 · Apr 29, 2012

I have the same problems as the above posters.

My phone wont read the PD15IMG.zip , i've done this on a few other MT4Gs before and they all worked so I know i'm not doing it wrong, could it be another reason it wont read it?

Its on
Gaaclier PVT ship S-on
HBOOT-0.86.0000
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot

Can i force like a RUU through the Hboot screen?

GrimReaper24 · Apr 30, 2012

Thread moved to Q&A

superperry · May 5, 2012

eric303 said:
I have the same problems as the above posters.

My phone wont read the PD15IMG.zip , i've done this on a few other MT4Gs before and they all worked so I know i'm not doing it wrong, could it be another reason it wont read it?

Its on
Gaaclier PVT ship S-on
HBOOT-0.86.0000
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot

Can i force like a RUU through the Hboot screen?

I got the same problem - phone just keep rebooting. I am able to flash PD15IMG.zip it complete the process "update complete" but it still keeps rebooting.

Any help please!

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