May have bricked my eris

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I tried to flash a custom rom on my eris last night with unsuccessful results.

To begin, my phone had the newest 2.1 OTA update on it and is running HBOOT 1.47. I downloaded and ran the 1-click universal root app. I noticed that a few new apps showed up (Latitute), but the Superuser app did not. I re-ran it several times but it still wouldn't show up.

Getting ahead of myself, I decided that I probably *DID* root the phone and I flashed Kaosfroyo V29 through the recovery menu. As I rebooted, the phone hung at the loading screen. I then tried to flash the Cyanogen mod with the same results.

After looking around, it appeared that the HBOOT 1.47 was exploitable with the 1.5 PB00IMG.zip update. I loaded it to my sd card and booted the phone in quickboot. It recognized the image but did not give me the option to update.

So now I am left with a phone that won't boot and without a backup (I know, I know).

What are my options? Is it still rootable from the recovery menu? Should I take it back to verizon and see if they can reflash/replace it (Doubtful as I probably voided the warranty).

Originally Posted by wolfpack10

I tried to flash a custom rom on my eris last night with unsuccessful results.

To begin, my phone had the newest 2.1 OTA update on it and is running HBOOT 1.47. I downloaded and ran the 1-click universal root app. I noticed that a few new apps showed up (Latitute), but the Superuser app did not. I re-ran it several times but it still wouldn't show up.

Getting ahead of myself, I decided that I probably *DID* root the phone and I flashed Kaosfroyo V29 through the recovery menu. As I rebooted, the phone hung at the loading screen. I then tried to flash the Cyanogen mod with the same results.

After looking around, it appeared that the HBOOT 1.47 was exploitable with the 1.5 PB00IMG.zip update. I loaded it to my sd card and booted the phone in quickboot. It recognized the image but did not give me the option to update.

So now I am left with a phone that won't boot and without a backup (I know, I know).

What are my options? Is it still rootable from the recovery menu? Should I take it back to verizon and see if they can reflash/replace it (Doubtful as I probably voided the warranty).

Try installing the engineering Bootloader. Instructions can be found in a sticky called Eris roll-up in the Eris developement section. Even if you can't flash a custom Rom after this you can still flash the official 2.1 ruu which will put your phone back to 100% stock and you can try again.

If your rooted and can still boot to fastboot your not bricked.

Sent from my Eris using XDA App

If the bootloader still appears (power phone on with vol-down+end), your phone is not bricked.

If the recovery boot still appears (power phone on with vol-up+end), your phone is not bricked.

If you don't have a SD card reader on your PC, you can transfer a different ROM to your SD card by booting to recovery and using the USB-MS toggle.

Smart money says that all you failed to do when you installed the ROM was perform a wipe before you flashed the ROM.

Prove this to yourself by installing a conservative ROM such as PlainJane, and when you get it running, for Dog's sake, make an effing Nand backup.

bftb0

I know for a fact it isn't rooted though (It says S-UP on the Recovery Menu).

Can I actually install alternative bootloaders on an unrooted phone?

Also, I want to avoid flashing the official RUU because it updates the HBOOT to 1.49 which, to my knowledge, has not be exploited yet.

Do either of you know why the PB00img.zip didn't work? I read multiple places that it should work with my HBOOT version.

Also, why didn't the 1-click root work? I haven't done anything like this previously and I bought the phone new at version 1.5.

Originally Posted by wolfpack10

I know for a fact it isn't rooted though (It says S-UP on the Recovery Menu).

Can I actually install alternative bootloaders on an unrooted phone?

Also, I want to avoid flashing the official RUU because it updates the HBOOT to 1.49 which, to my knowledge, has not be exploited yet.

Do either of you know why the PB00img.zip didn't work? I read multiple places that it should work with my HBOOT version.

Also, why didn't the 1-click root work? I haven't done anything like this previously and I bought the phone new at version 1.5.

Do you still have ra recovery? If so simply boot to recovery, wipe data and cache and reflash the rom.

All the 1 click root does is flash the custom recovery, so it did work.

Fyi

The Eris can now be rooted no matter what Bootloader version you have so doing the ruu will not prevent you from rooting. I myself was a leaker and had no problem rooting with the 1.49 s-on Bootloader.

As stated by btfb0, ALWAYS wipe data and cache before flashing a new Rom. ALWAYS do or have a nand backup ready just in case.

Sent from my Eris using XDA App

Originally Posted by wolfpack10

I know for a fact it isn't rooted though (It says S-UP on the Recovery Menu).

If you see the text "S-OFF" at the top of the screen, that is the bootloader, not the recovery boot. The one-click rooting method does not touch the bootloader, so, after successfully using "one-click", you will still have the same bootloader (initially).

Originally Posted by wolfpack10

Can I actually install alternative bootloaders on an unrooted phone?

You can install the Root PB00IMG.ZIP file onto a 1.46.xxxx or 1.47.xxxx bootloader phone - but you don't need to, because your phone already has a custom recovery installed on it (Amon_RA). As I mentioned previously, you get to that recovery facility by one of two ways:

1) Power phone off. Press and hold Vol-Up and then End/Power; continue to hold both keys down until you see the three skating droids appear (Don't release the keys until you see that screen). A menu system should appear 10 seconds after that happens. It will say "Amon_RA" on the bottom of the screen.

2) Make sure there are no files named PB00IMG.ZIP in the root folder of the SD card; either that or eject the SD card. Power the phone off. Press and hold Vol-Down and then End/Power; continue to hold both keys down until you see the three skating droids appear (Don't release the keys until you see that screen). A menu will appear immediately. One of the items will indicate that if you press "Vol-Up", you will boot into recovery. Press Vol-Up, and wait 10 seconds. You should be at the Amon_RA menu. (At this point, you can re-insert the SD card if you previously ejected it).

If you can't get either of these things to work, report back with exactly what you observe - saying "it didn't work" might be correct, but it isn't very informative.

Originally Posted by wolfpack10

Also, I want to avoid flashing the official RUU because it updates the HBOOT to 1.49 which, to my knowledge, has not be exploited yet.

Not correct. Both the "one-click" and "Dummies" methods (see All Things Root forum over at AF) work for 1.47, 1.49.0000, and 1.49.2000 bootloaders.

Originally Posted by wolfpack10

Do either of you know why the PB00img.zip didn't work? I read multiple places that it should work with my HBOOT version.

The PB00IMG.ZIP files are not compatible with the Amon_RA "update"-style installs; they are signed using an entirely different method. Not compatible. That's why it didn't work when you tried it (using Amon_RA). They are installed by starting up the bootloader with the PB00IMG.ZIP file in the root folder of the SD card. I am recommending that until you understand things a little better, you avoid this method - it only works with certain combinations of bootloaders and PB00IMG.ZIP file versions.

Originally Posted by wolfpack10

Also, why didn't the 1-click root work? I haven't done anything like this previously and I bought the phone new at version 1.5.

It did work. You indicated in your first post that you used the Amon_RA recovery, which was installed by that method.

bftb0

Thanks for the detailed responses. I know I should have researched this stuff more before I started toying with it but I'll just have to pay the price.

I wiped and flashed KaosFroyo V29 from the recovery menu and it finally booted. Many thanks for that suggestion.

Hopefully this thread will be helpful for other people in the future.

In the mean time, I lost all my contacts so lesson learned.

Originally Posted by wolfpack10

Thanks for the detailed responses. I know I should have researched this stuff more before I started toying with it but I'll just have to pay the price.

I wiped and flashed KaosFroyo V29 from the recovery menu and it finally booted. Many thanks for that suggestion.

Hopefully this thread will be helpful for other people in the future.

In the mean time, I lost all my contacts so lesson learned.

Contacts should have been backed up through google. Although I have leaked and rooted some friends phone and their contacts never sync'd to their phones.

Sent from my Eris using XDA App

Originally Posted by wolfpack10

Thanks for the detailed responses. I know I should have researched this stuff more before I started toying with it but I'll just have to pay the price.

I wiped and flashed KaosFroyo V29 from the recovery menu and it finally booted. Many thanks for that suggestion.

Hopefully this thread will be helpful for other people in the future.

In the mean time, I lost all my contacts so lesson learned.

Glad you got it working.

If you were using Gmail instead of the HTC mail app for managing your contacts, all your contacts are still "in the cloud" (so long as you did not define them to be "phone only" when you added them).

If they were phone-only contacts, it would have been a simple matter to get your contacts back if you had made an initial Nandroid backup. I'm not saying that to add insult to injury, but rather (as you said) "Hopefully this thread will be helpful for other people in the future."

Backups are a really good thing.

BTW - You will find that Android Forums is a useful adjunct to this forum. The reason is that the ROM devs over here on XDA have their hands full trying to do both development work and interact with the users/testers reporting issues with their ROMs, so they don't spend much time in here (Q&A or General sub-forums). When they do announce a new hack, or patch, or rooting method, the descriptions are many times written tersely (for subject-matter experts, not newbs). There are a number of very helpful folks over on AF, and some good "sticky" posts that are quite a bit more detailed than what you will find here. I'm not ragging on XDA at all; just saying that by nature of the focus required for development work, the experts can't give much personal attention to individual users, even if they want to.

bftb0