ZTE Blade stuck on Big Android until USB connected - all mods

[Guest digitaltoast]

ZTE Blade OLED 2nd gen - had old CM7 from July on there, then had Ginger Stirfry (RIP), at which point just occasionally it would stick at the Big Green Android.

Now I've put the latest CM7 on it, although the rest of the phone is all good, roughly 4 out 5 times it won't boot.

Randomly, I discovered that if it was plugged into the PC, it boots just fine, every single time.

Unplug from PC, try a reboot, and it's back to endless battery removal until it randomly works.

I notice that "enable USB debugging" is turned on if that makes any difference. I don't work to turn it off in case it's that which is bringing the phone to life.

The strange thing is, both our phones have the same history.

I've wiped every single cache and partition before installing the new CM7, and again yesterday and a complete re-install, but this "stuck on boot screen" persists.

In that I don't want to lug a tower PC and UPS battery round the London underground with me(!) in case my phone needs a reboot, is there any way of diagnosing/fixing this?

Yes, I've seen loads of other posters with stuck boot screens, but most are fixed by a re-install, and none that I can find seem to enjoy this magic USB fix.

[Guest digitaltoast]

More info - both phones have the beta version of Swype. In all other respects, the phone, version, make and build of CM7 is indentical.

In addition to one of them needing to be connecting to either a PC or charger to get past the big boot android, on that same phone, Swype uninstalls itself after each reboot.

All other apps are OK.None have been moved to SD. Strange, eh?

[Guest t0mm13b]

My suggestion to you, try the wbaw's TPT method to re-flash the entire partitions again which will re-install the new boot/clockwork and the rom of your choice. :)