[Q] Fix Bricked (???) Inspire 4G Stuck on black screen after htc logo

[CedArctic]

Hey guys, so I am a bit of a n00b with HTC devices, I just got my HTC Inspire, I rooted, installed CWM with glevitans tool (with S-ON) and I attempted to install the Viper ROM. I put the zip in my sd, I fastbooted the boot.img after wipeing cache etc. and then I installed the ROM. Device gets past the HTC logo but it ends up in a black screen (no boot logo no nothing). I thought that I failed, so to make the device usable for a while until a next attempt, I booted into recovery and restored my previous NANDroid backup with the stock ROM. Still goes pass the HTC Logo but black screen again, I am going crazy! IDK what to do please help! Phone's new but no warranty!

 

[ramdesai]

You have to flash the boot.img using fastboot after installing the rom and not before installing the rom.

Thanks doesn't hurt....

 

[pascuals]

if you choose full wipe in Aroma then boot partition is formated, so you have to flash boot.img again
when you restore a backup the boot is not restored(the same way as you can not flash boot from recovery, you can not restore it. s-off needed)

 

[CedArctic]

Issue solved, IDK, it has to be something with my device, I tried a few Sense roms on my device (flashed rom, then flashed boot.img) and all failed with a black screen. Then I downloaded an AOSP ROM (Revolution) and the phone booted right away. I prefer AOSP from Sense (it's much lighter). Anyways thanks guys, you both earned your thanks!