[Q] Soft Bricked EVO 4G LTE

[readysetmosh]

Hey guys. So the other day I flashed a rooted stock sense 5 rom and everything worked beautifully. Unfortunately, it started slowing down after awhile so I decided to flash a different rom (in this case Bean Stalk). I did a nandroid backup and then attempted to flash. For some reason the phone rebooted during the flash and apparently deleted all of the data off of my internal storage. Now whenever I try to flash any rom (even those not 4.4 based) it says:

symlink: some symlinks failed
E:Error executing updater binary in zip /rom.zip/
Error flashing zip /rom.zip/
Updating partition details...

I've tried flashing different versions of the twrp recovery to no avail (I'm running 2.6.1 at the moment). I tried flashing MeanBean but when it tried to install on the /data partition it failed. I've formatted everything multiple times but still no luck. (I'm on HBOOT 2.10?) Any suggestions?

 

[Captain_Throwback]

You've updated to Sense 5, which means you can only use TWRP w/the "b" after the version (mine).

It also means you can only use ROMs with the "new" or "updated" partition layout, which MeanBean is not.

Go back to the proper TWRP and flash a stock rooted Sense 5 or the Sense 5.5 port, and you should be fine. Then flash a ROM built with the new layout.

 

[readysetmosh]

You've updated to Sense 5, which means you can only use TWRP w/the "b" after the version (mine).

It also means you can only use ROMs with the "new" or "updated" partition layout, which MeanBean is not.

Go back to the proper TWRP and flash a stock rooted Sense 5 or the Sense 5.5 port, and you should be fine. Then flash a ROM built with the new layout.

Thanks for the quick reply. Could you link me to the recovery? I can't find the twrp I used before

 

[Captain_Throwback]

Thanks for the quick reply. Could you link me to the recovery? I can't find the twrp I used before

It's linked in my signature.

 

[readysetmosh]

It's linked in my signature.

Thanks, man. I'm going to try it now

 

[readysetmosh]

It's linked in my signature.

It flashed successfully. When it booted it asked for a password to decrypt the storage. I formatted the /data partition and did a full factory reset but it is still asking for a password.

 

[Captain_Throwback]

It flashed successfully. When it booted it asked for a password to decrypt the storage. I formatted the /data partition and did a full factory reset but it is still asking for a password.

Did you try going to the wipe menu and repairing the data partition?

 

[readysetmosh]

Did you try going to the wipe menu and repairing the data partition?

Thank you so much! Everything looks like it's working. Could you give me a list of the roms compatible with my current twrp/hboot/ version? Thanks!

 

[Captain_Throwback]

Thank you so much! Everything looks like it's working. Could you give me a list of the roms compatible with my current twrp/hboot/ version? Thanks!

That's easy:

- Any Sense ROM running Android 4.3 or higher
- Any AOSP ROM stating it works on the new layout (most, if not all, are listed here)

 

[readysetmosh]

That's easy:

- Any Sense ROM running Android 4.3 or higher
- Any AOSP ROM stating it works on the new layout (most, if not all, are listed here)

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Thanks for the help, man. I'm gonna try out EVO-Hybrid and Paranoid Android.