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Help... *Sigh*

I've been hacking dash' for a long time now... my friend gave me his phone to hack...
Thought it was easy...
I mustv'e messed something up... now every time i boot my device up it gets stuck on the screen with three colors... red, green and blue one
i have try hard resseting it - two soft keys power button...
i have tried leaving the battery out... no good
any help would be greatly appreciated

the tri color screen is the bootloader. you need to use that to flash back to a stock rom, then try to flash again.

because I am stuck on this screen my phone will not connect to the computer and sync... what should I do?

Nano3 said:
because I am stuck on this screen my phone will not connect to the computer and sync... what should I do?
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Turn the damn thing off.
Press and hold in the camera button.
After 10 secs or so, plug in your USB cable.
You can now install an Official, (from your provider), ROM available at a Sticky near you.
Once an official ROM is back on, you can continue with your evil plans.
You have to use an OFFICIAL ROM first.

thanks for that help... i did as i was told, advance to a white screen where it said "checking sd contents" still not being able to connect to my computer via activesync so i can run the original factory rom

Remove your SD card prior to flashing. It's really a very simple process man, so if it's not working for you, you're making a rather minor mistake. Just follow the information in the stickies. You may even find a video on Youtube of someone flashing from the bootloader. Oh, and if you'd read the stickies, you'd know that you don't need to connect via activesync when in bootloader mode. The PC should automatically connect and install whatever driver it needs to communicate with your phone so you can flash.

Bricked Beyond Repair?

right now my dash, when powered on, will just display a white screen.. when doing a hard-reset...nothing happens, when trying to do to the bootloader thing,the tri-color thing doesnt show but the computer does detect the dash...so i tried an update to stock...and it said that instalation was successful,alltho it was not

IceNova said:
right now my dash, when powered on, will just display a white screen.. when doing a hard-reset...nothing happens, when trying to do to the bootloader thing,the tri-color thing doesnt show but the computer does detect the dash...so i tried an update to stock...and it said that instalation was successful,alltho it was not
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Welcome to the forum
Have a read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=397583
And:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=415225
Good luck,

i thank you for the swift response,but im sorry to say that those two posts dont help me in the least bit...i fully understand the upgrade process, im just having some technical difficulties that i cant figure out, but please if there is anymore information that i can offer,feel free to ask... im kinda phone-less until i can solve this problem

how about these essages
you tried plugging it into the computer while holding the camera key? also how about the normal press two home keys and cycle the power button? If these dont work PM me and I will help you out. When you use the bootloader make sure that you are flashing back to a tmboile rom

Help Please!!!

I have flashed my at&t tilt 2 with core cell evo v1.2 & it was working fine for awhile but now my screen is just black i can hear the phone make sounds and all but can't see the screen at all i really need help fixing this as this is the only phone i have any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated thanks in advance.

i may be wrong but from what u have described... ur having a Sleep of Death (SOD) problem. have u tried takin out the battery or soft reseting the phone?
heres a link to a potential problem solver. Try to stay away from CHT lock and auto update apps!

sagarc88 said:
i may be wrong but from what u have described... ur having a Sleep of Death (SOD) problem. have u tried takin out the battery or soft reseting the phone?
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yes i have done both and after the phone reboots i can hear sounds but i am still unable to see anything on the screen

Edit - I take that back, if it's still not working after a reboot

Have you tried entering the bootloader and re-flashing with the stock ROM?

If you can't see anything at all on the screen, no splash screens etc, even after soft-reset or entering the bootloader, then it sounds like you have a hardware problem (screen failure).

steviewevie said:
If you can't see anything at all on the screen, no splash screens etc, even after soft-reset or entering the bootloader, then it sounds like you have a hardware problem (screen failure).
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i can't even tell if i can enter the bootloader screen because i can't see anything on the screen is there any way to tell if it's in the bootloader screen without being able to see the screen at all & if i do have a hardware problem (screen failure) how can i put stock spl & stock rom back on the phone to get it serviced

steviewevie said:
Edit - I take that back, if it's still not working after a reboot
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if its still not working after a reboot then what? please help me i need a solution to fix this because if i can't even fix this how can i even send it in to get fixed i won't be able to because it has been flashed & has hardspl on it
"PLEASE HELP"

It's a tricky situation. So if you hold down Volume Down (and keep it held down) and press the reset button, then you still don't have anything come up on the screen ?
How about if you try a hard reset, does anything come up then ? You can hear the phone making sounds, so it seems like it's just the screen ?
Putting the charger in doesn't help, does it ?
You could try flashing a stock ROM from SD card and seeing what happens.
You might well have to send it back under warranty with HardSPL still on. In that case, if it was me, then if they tried to say the warranty was void just because of HardSPL I would argue very strongly against that and ask them to prove it - e.g. how can HardSPL stop your screen working ? I don't know what country you're in, but in the UK I think our consumer protection laws would have something to say about that.

steviewevie said:
It's a tricky situation. So if you hold down Volume Down (and keep it held down) and press the reset button, then you still don't have anything come up on the screen ?
How about if you try a hard reset, does anything come up then ? You can hear the phone making sounds, so it seems like it's just the screen ?
Putting the charger in doesn't help, does it ?
You could try flashing a stock ROM from SD card and seeing what happens.
You might well have to send it back under warranty with HardSPL still on. In that case, if it was me, then if they tried to say the warranty was void just because of HardSPL I would argue very strongly against that and ask them to prove it - e.g. how can HardSPL stop your screen working ? I don't know what country you're in, but in the UK I think our consumer protection laws would have something to say about that.
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how can i flash anything if i can't see the screen?

Doo Doo said:
how can i flash anything if i can't see the scrren?
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I've never flashed via SD, so I could be wrong on this. But I thought it was still possible. I see that the instructions (in the sticky on flashing ROMs) say to put it into the bootloader and "follow the on-screen instructions". I wonder if it's possible to just wait for a while and then press the appropriate key ? Though I don't know what the "appropriate key" is.
Perhaps someone who has flashed via SD can comment further, e.g. as to whether it's possible to do this without seeing the screen ?

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I've never flashed via SD, so I could be wrong on this. But I thought it was still possible. I see that the instructions (in the sticky on flashing ROMs) say to put it into the bootloader and "follow the on-screen instructions". I wonder if it's possible to just wait for a while and then press the appropriate key ? Though I don't know what the "appropriate key" is.
Perhaps someone who has flashed via SD can comment further, e.g. as to whether it's possible to do this without seeing the screen ?
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man i really need to fix this maybe you can ask around for me since i'm new here & really don't know anybody on this board

I know it's frustrating, I'd be kinda worried if I had an apparently-non-working screen too. But please be patient, and wait for more people to see your posting. The folks in the US will be coming online around this sort of time, so there will be more people looking in and hopefully someone can help further.

Flash without seeing the screen
Enter boot loader even if you can not see the screen. You can flash your phone to stock then enter boot loader again and hard spl. I had a similar situation and was able to complete the process and warranty repair with AT&T no problems, or you can pay to have it fixed at an outside shop. I was quoted 150 and refused to spend that muck so I flashed the phone without seeing the screen...

I saw your post over on Sergio's thread but decided to answer you here.
You do have a blown screen, no doubt there. How that happened is not really relevant.
My best advise is to connect your phone to your PC and wait for the activesync connection to come up. Once that happens you know you have a good connection and can flash. Run the RUU (or exe) for your stock ROM, the on screen (PC Screen) prompts will let you know if it can't proceed. Once the stock ROM is back on it, follow the same procedure and put the stock SPL back. Then send it off to get the screen replaced.
Hope that helps
Russ

Russ741 said:
I saw your post over on Sergio's thread but decided to answer you here.
You do have a blown screen, no doubt there. How that happened is not really relevant.
My best advise is to connect your phone to your PC and wait for the activesync connection to come up. Once that happens you know you have a good connection and can flash. Run the RUU (or exe) for your stock ROM, the on screen (PC Screen) prompts will let you know if it can't proceed. Once the stock ROM is back on it, follow the same procedure and put the stock SPL back. Then send it off to get the screen replaced.
Hope that helps
Russ
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well when i plug my phone to the computer activesync is not popping up what can i do to get activesync to recognize my phone

can somebody please help me i need to reflash my phone but i am unable to see anything on my screen when i plug it up to my computer activesync is not working so what can i do please i really need help with this

Flashing witout screen
Step 1
Enter boot loader mode (* Remove the back cover from the phone.
* Hold the Volume Down button.
* Use the stylus to press the reset hole.
* Or if the device was powered off, press the power button whilst holding down the Volume Down button.)
and attach to computer. (wait 30 to 60 seconds)
Step 2
Check device manager for HTC mobile sync under mobile devices.(Active sync will not work in boot loader mode)
Step 3
Flash using Rhodium CustomRUU on your PC. (use original ROM from At&T.
Step 4 repeat for Radio
Step 5 Use Stock_SPL_Restore_087.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550131 repeat the process with it.
This should work it did for me. Let me know if you run into problems.

[Q] HTC Desire DEAD after ROM flashed... need help plz

Hej,
Hopefully you all are fine and good in health...............
Now come to the point actually i had problem with my HTC Desie that was stuck up with its initial screen i mean when i turn on my phone it shows the htc logo then stuck up. Then i tried many times to hard reset but it could not work either, after that i download ROM "RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00 .32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe" and run from my pc (running windows 7) but after 65 % i got error during updating process and the utility shows how to recover it then according to the instructoins what i did is
1. Unplug my phone (dissconnect from pc)
2. Remove battery for 3 sec and plug it again.
3. Turn on the phone
4. Plug the USB (connect phone again)
but on the 3rd step when i plugged the battery it won't turn on neither charge or in short totally dead nothing happened to it .
I am requesting to all of you please please please suggest me what to do now, how can it work, how to turn it on again ............ is it bricked ??? if bricked then how to solve this problem ????.
Waiting for your responses......
Thanks in advance.

Be more specific.
- Can you still acces your recovery?
- If not, do you have a carrier specific rom? If so, download that rom, go into the bootloader, choose fastboot and run the rom. You can try this method also if you don't have a carrier specific rom.
Look here for a rom.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo

Lennyz1988 said:
Be more specific.
- Can you still acces your recovery?
- If not, do you have a carrier specific rom? If so, download that rom, go into the bootloader, choose fastboot and run the rom. You can try this method also if you don't have a carrier specific rom.
Look here for a rom.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
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no i don't have any access to recovery, because phone is not turn on how can i run this rom when phone is not connected or not power on........
by the way thanks for your suggestion.....

Hej,
After long discussion with HTC customer service and trying to convince them that the phone is not in water or in any wet place but they said that they found my phone or take my phone as liquid damage so my phone is out of warranty .
As they said that it has symptoms of liquid damage which turn white color of sticker into red/pink color. I even don't no how come but any how leave this.
Come to point, what can i do now my phone won't start i opened it disassemble then assemble everything but it won't power on even not charge ............
i am still stuck up with it even no idea what to do more
Need some suggestions can i order its flex cable or board or other stuff or what to do ??? how to power it on ???
Waiting for your response.
Thanks in advance.

arif01 said:
As they said that it has symptoms of liquid damage which turn white color of sticker into red/pink color. I even don't no how come but any how leave this.
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Sorry, no idea for your original problem, but some small explanation where your so called water damage may come from. A friend of mine once had the same problem with a camera. The stickers can change color because of air-moisture. Especially if you carry the phone in your pocket and it is hot, your sweat leads to damp air in you pocket and affects those stickers.
I would try to argue with the htc support that it is not ok that keeping your cell phone in your pocket leads to a water damage. Perhaps they give in.
I wish you good luck with your phone.
mblaster
€: Here some link to back up my argumentation: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-water-damage-sticker.htm

You could try this...
arif01 said:
no i don't have any access to recovery, because phone is not turn on how can i run this rom when phone is not connected or not power on........
by the way thanks for your suggestion.....
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You're problem sounds pretty similar to mine that I managed to solve. See my thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=927702 (post #5).
Hope this helps.
Rich

babblerx said:
You're problem sounds pretty similar to mine that I managed to solve. See my thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=927702 (post #5).
Hope this helps.
Rich
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Thanks bro but the problem is my phone is not turn on , no power , no usb detection. Today i installed skd and used adb shell command but it says device not found what can i do more i dont understand
Please suggest me my friends.
Thanks in advance.

[Q] Dead phone after update, any way to bring it back

Hi guys, need very quick help from you, as I think I have bricked the phone which suppose to be a Christmas gift for may son. I was trying to revert phone from root and custom rom to stock. I've downloaded older OTA update (one of very first ones with android 2.2) an installed it in bootloader. Phone booted fine, and I went for official update. It showed to me there is update available to android 2.3. I have downloaded it and phone rebooted in to update mode. After progress bar gone to the end it disappeared and phone stayed in that update mode (logo with phone and green arrows shaped it to circle) for nearly half an hour. I though, some thing had to vent wrong so I decided to turn off phone, but power button gave no effect, so I pulled battery out for few seconds. After I have putted it back phone never turned on again. I mean is completely not responding. Pressing power button for even minute doesn't wake it up, it is not possible to go to the bootloader. There is no characteristic vibration when it turns on. Basically it behaves like there is no battery in socket but there is, and it is fully loaded as I charged it before updating. When phone plugged to AC or computer LED is not lighting as well whatsoever.
Please, can any one help with this one? I in rush as phone is a Christmas present for my son who lives in Italy and I supposed to ship this today to make it arrive b4 Christmas. This is why I can not spend to much time on searching forums.
Thank you

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hedeon said:
Hi guys, need very quick help from you, as I think I have bricked the phone which suppose to be a Christmas gift for may son. I was trying to revert phone from root and custom rom to stock. I've downloaded older OTA update (one of very first ones with android 2.2) an installed it in bootloader. Phone booted fine, and I went for official update. It showed to me there is update available to android 2.3. I have downloaded it and phone rebooted in to update mode. After progress bar gone to the end it disappeared and phone stayed in that update mode (logo with phone and green arrows shaped it to circle) for nearly half an hour. I though, some thing had to vent wrong so I decided to turn off phone, but power button gave no effect, so I pulled battery out for few seconds. After I have putted it back phone never turned on again. I mean is completely not responding. Pressing power button for even minute doesn't wake it up, it is not possible to go to the bootloader. There is no characteristic vibration when it turns on. Basically it behaves like there is no battery in socket but there is, and it is fully loaded as I charged it before updating. When phone plugged to AC or computer LED is not lighting as well whatsoever.
Please, can any one help with this one? I in rush as phone is a Christmas present for my son who lives in Italy and I supposed to ship this today to make it arrive b4 Christmas. This is why I can not spend to much time on searching forums.
Thank you
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After reading what you said i think that you placed battery wrong. Check the pins inside the phone with battery pins.

whiperhack said:
After reading what you said i think that you placed battery wrong. Check the pins inside the phone with battery pins.
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That was my first idea too but, no m8, battery is placed ok....

Try pressing volume down+power button for a while then leave the power button while still pressing the voulme key. You should boot into the bootloader.

if4ct0r said:
Try pressing volume down+power button for a while then leave the power button while still pressing the voulme key. You should boot into the bootloader.
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Tried that too, still dead

Try connecting you DHD to the PC.
Download one of these Stock RUU's : http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
Run the installer from PC. See if it detects the device.

if4ct0r said:
Try connecting you DHD to the PC.
Download one of these Stock RUU's : http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
Run the installer from PC. See if it detects the device.
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I understand I should not be worried that all of these RUU's are listed as for model: ACE?

Not at all. 'Ace' is the codename HTC gave to Desire HD/Inspire. Just choose the RUU that fits your location(i.e. WWE stands for WorldWide Edition).

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Not at all. 'Ace' is the codename HTC gave to Desire HD/Inspire. Just choose the RUU that fits your location(i.e. WWE stands for WorldWide Edition).
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OMG! I was previously looking for stock roms and everytime I ended up on that site from your link I was annoyed that someone is giving a wrong link to roms for wrong phone. Silly me!
I am downloading right now.

if4ct0r said:
Try connecting you DHD to the PC.
Download one of these Stock RUU's : http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
Run the installer from PC. See if it detects the device.
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No it says phone not connected (error[170])

hedeon said:
No it says phone not connected (error[170])
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My idea is to double check again the battery position in the socket and if it is ok try to leave it 5 minutes alone on the AC adapter. If this will not give good results, go to the appropriate HTC representative.

when you connected it to your computer... did it ask you to install qload drivers?
if not, go into device manager on your computer, then plug in your phone. If you see an unknown device that shows as qload something or other, then sorry to say, its bricked.
The only way to recover it now is via jtagging or replacing the mainboard (which generally is what they do when you send it in for warranty repair)

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My idea is to double check again the battery position in the socket and if it is ok try to leave it 5 minutes alone on the AC adapter. If this will not give good results, go to the appropriate HTC representative.
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Yes, I thought about it as phone behave like it has no power at all. But this is not the case, as I have been flipping that and another battery in every possible position. And I know which one is correct as I can see where pins are in battery pocket. I left it alone under charging and other time with no battery at all hoping that will hard reset phone. No effect at all .
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when connected to your computer... did it ask you to install qload drivers?
if not, go into device manager on your computer, then plug in your phone. If you see an unknown device that shows as qload something or other, then its bricked, sorry to say
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I had drivers previously installed. But I am not entirely sure are we talking about same thing as I don't know what QLOAD is. Anyway comp doesn't see any recognised or unrecognised device that could be my phone...
I am not worrying about damn phone as if it is hard bricked tech guys in service will not probably spot that it was rooted. So they will replace, or if not I will go to insurance company. Problem is it takes to much time, I wont make it b4 Christmas.
Thank you guys,
anyone has some other ideas? Please...

desperation bump

Sorry.. It really seems to be beyond software-repair, If it cannot boot in the bootloader or be recognized by PC there's really not much we can do. We need the device to start in some way.
Although one last thing that we haven't tried and can try is to see if it can be accessed via adb or fastboot. (Although I highly doubt it since the RUU also wasn't working).
I've attached the adb and fastboot files required to test that. Extract it, double-click on StartHere.bat and type "fastboot reboot" or "adb reboot". If it returns an error citing device not found then this too has failed.
(This probably wont work.. desperate action)
Another silly thing that might be tried is to try to put your phone on charging via a charger(not USB via PC) and then try to switch it on. Try normal switching, switching on to bootloader(volume down press)...
If these don't work then you really should give it to the repair center.. you're right that they wont probably realise that it was rooted and would probably change the main board.

if4ct0r said:
Sorry.. It really seems to be beyond software-repair, If it cannot boot in the bootloader or be recognized by PC there's really not much we can do. We need the device to start in some way.
Although one last thing that we haven't tried and can try is to see if it can be accessed via adb or fastboot. (Although I highly doubt it since the RUU also wasn't working).
I've attached the adb and fastboot files required to test that. Extract it, double-click on StartHere.bat and type "fastboot reboot" or "adb reboot". If it returns an error citing device not found then this too has failed.
(This probably wont work.. desperate action)
Another silly thing that might be tried is to try to put your phone on charging via a charger(not USB via PC) and then try to switch it on. Try normal switching, switching on to bootloader(volume down press)...
If these don't work then you really should give it to the repair center.. you're right that they wont probably realise that it was rooted and would probably change the main board.
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Sigh... I got "waiting for device" forever in CMD... As you said, it's dead. Gonna send it to HTC in Monday...
Thank you all, appreciate your time

Hello hedeon,
I have the same experience today, as you state in the first post in this thread.
Did you, and how solve the problem?
Is there people with the same problem? This morning I receive notification about system update for my HTC Desire HD. The rest is exactly same problem from the top of this story = death + death + death.....

The problem is that you PULLED THE BATTERY WHILE UPDATING! Have some paitience. I switched on my DHD after 3 months and it needed updating. Takes around 20 mins to complete update
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using xda premium

GuyInTheCorner said:
The problem is that you PULLED THE BATTERY WHILE UPDATING! Have some paitience. I switched on my DHD after 3 months and it needed updating. Takes around 20 mins to complete update
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using xda premium
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May be, but updating started with downloading, then resetting, and then green line was growing up to 1/3 of total size, and at that size stay more then 20 min. Then I try to to push every button, and every combination of buttons, and after 10 minutes more I had pull battery out.
Was it too impatient ?

What was the Android version before you rooted if you can remember and which tool did you use to root?
From what you wrote earlier, it asked you for a 2.3 update which means you probably flashed a Froyo RUU as stock, to bring the phone back to stock ofc.
However, if your DHD came with stock Gingerbread, flashing a Froyo RUU will most definitely screw the phone. I'm not sure if it's beyond repair atm or not, but if that was the case, even if you didn't mess with the battery, chances are the phone would never boot anyway.
Look into AAHK thread, I think there is a good how to there.