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Did I Brick My Phone?

Ok I've flashed close to a dozen times using various great ROMS everyone has provided and never had a problem. Today I realized that ATT/HTC released their official ROM yesterday and I thought I would give it a try. I followed their instructions but it did not work.
My phone looked as though it was updating and it got stuck at 11%. Followed the instructions to recover and it still did not work. Now my phone is stuck at the Triple Color Bar screen and I cannot do anything.
Did I brick my phone?
Can I use some of the options to try to unbrick in the xda wiki?
Thank you in advance.
- Monty

Have you tried flashing a different rom or using a different pc to flash with?

i managed to revive mine from that state the key is getting the usb to let you update again dont plug in the cable until after the ruu is looking for the connection might take a couple tries but that worked for me.

Hi
Try this:
1) Turn your phone off completely
2) Hold the side OK button and the power button, at the same time push the reset button at the bottom with your stylus.
3) this should get you into the bootloader (the three colour screen)(dont be lazy and just let it load into the bootloader, actually run the key sequence ive just mentioned!)
4) on your PC run the update, i would reccomend the latest official update for your handset, BUT, do the following:
a) Make sure you have WinRAR installed
b) Right click on the update file you have just downloaded
c) 'Extract' the update file to the folder it makes
d) within that folder should be ANOTHER executable file that has the same icon as the original update
e) Extract this file again
f) open the folder it makes and within that there should be a RUUSIGNED.NBH and also the RUU utility itself
5) Run the update utility in the second folder
6) once the utility has loaded, plug your phone in (the text will change from 'SERIAL' to 'USB')
7) proceed with the update and see what happens
hope that helps
good luck.

MontyV77 said:
Ok I've flashed close to a dozen times using various great ROMS everyone has provided and never had a problem. Today I realized that ATT/HTC released their official ROM yesterday and I thought I would give it a try. I followed their instructions but it did not work.
My phone looked as though it was updating and it got stuck at 11%. Followed the instructions to recover and it still did not work. Now my phone is stuck at the Triple Color Bar screen and I cannot do anything.
Did I brick my phone?
Can I use some of the options to try to unbrick in the xda wiki?
Thank you in advance.
- Monty
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You should not update using the Oficial ROM release Update because you put in the boot loader from here (Hard-SPL-V7) and it will try over righting the entire rom if you do and is probably what messed up your update attempt. Use Dutty's NBH tool and just decompile the NBH of the official rom, then recompile the windows, splash screens and radio into a new NBH then flash using the RUUwrapper from this site to flash the phone.

TooSharp said:
Have you tried flashing a different rom or using a different pc to flash with?
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Yes I've tried two different Official ATT ROMs and on different computers but same problem. Actually the only one that will attempt to start loading are the ATT ROMs and none of the cooked ROMs here are loading. Maybe that has something to do with the way they are packaged.
Jefem24 said:
i managed to revive mine from that state the key is getting the usb to let you update again dont plug in the cable until after the ruu is looking for the connection might take a couple tries but that worked for me.
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Yeah I've done this now over a dozen times since yesterday and still no luck.
duke_stix said:
Hi
Try this:
1) Turn your phone off completely
2) Hold the side OK button and the power button, at the same time push the reset button at the bottom with your stylus.
3) this should get you into the bootloader (the three colour screen)(dont be lazy and just let it load into the bootloader, actually run the key sequence ive just mentioned!)
4) on your PC run the update, i would reccomend the latest official update for your handset, BUT, do the following:
a) Make sure you have WinRAR installed
b) Right click on the update file you have just downloaded
c) 'Extract' the update file to the folder it makes
d) within that folder should be ANOTHER executable file that has the same icon as the original update
e) Extract this file again
f) open the folder it makes and within that there should be a RUUSIGNED.NBH and also the RUU utility itself
5) Run the update utility in the second folder
6) once the utility has loaded, plug your phone in (the text will change from 'SERIAL' to 'USB')
7) proceed with the update and see what happens
hope that helps
good luck.
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This looked the most promising maybe because it felt like I was doing something and I was using the ATT ROM again to update, and it actually started updating again. But it stopped at 11% again and gave me the 262 error.
Below pulled from readme.txt file.
"ERROR [262, 276, 284, 302] : UPDATE ERROR
This error occurs during the CE ROM code upgrade process.
Solution: If this happens, you can just soft-reset the device and run RUU again. The update process will then continue.
Note: At this stage, the Wince is destroyed; instead, it is in upgrade mode."
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Tried to soft-reset and reinstall but same problem.

Scrambler001 said:
You should not update using the Oficial ROM release Update because you put in the boot loader from here (Hard-SPL-V7) and it will try over righting the entire rom if you do and is probably what messed up your update attempt. Use Dutty's NBH tool and just decompile the NBH of the official rom, then recompile the windows, splash screens and radio into a new NBH then flash using the RUUwrapper from this site to flash the phone.
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Haven't yet tried this because I am having a hard time getting details on this. I've been searching looking for "duttythroy nbh tool", "nbh tool", "dutty nbh tool", and "dutty's nbh tool" and I can't find it.
If this helps anyone this is what I have on my tri-color screen:
HERM100
IPL - 1.04
HERM100
SPL - 2.03
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You can also try to flash from the SD card:
- format a SD card with FAT32
- extract the .NBH file from the rom image you like (for your device of course)
- rename the .NBH to HERMIMG.NBH and copy it to your SD card
- put SD card in phone and start it in bootloader (hold OK button on left side and POWER button at same time and stick with stylus in RESET on bottom)
- confirm flashing on screen
- flashing might hang after some time but this is normal. Just wait. Complete flash takes about 30 minutes.
This also works for normal (non preproduction) devices but keep in mind that if the CID does not match the flashing might not work. - this was taken from one old thread
- notes - you should backup everything on your SD card to your PC (because except for HERMIMG.NBH it should be blank)
- you can not get USB related error because it loads from a card
- if you flash official ROM you flash it with everything - radio ROM, Windows and bootloader
I am not really sure about bootloader you should have but for official upgrade official bootloader should be ok (it is first thing to be flashed - so I think you have bootloader from ATT ROM already.
Hope it can help somehow...

hey, what is your spl version?

it should say on your bootloader mode
and then read this http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unbrick
that really helps a lot, it has the solution and stuff. hope you unbrick your phone! all i did was download the update and it reloaded to wm5 update on my 8525 then after that, i went for olipro's 2.10 so i dont unbrick it anymore =) then flash all you want!

oh yea the factory update for my 8525 that unbricked my phone was this http://www.htcamerica.net/support/8525/software-downloads.html
try loading that in your phone =)

Ok that was the oddest thing but it worked. I've been trying to possibly unzip some of the packages by way of what duke_stix instructed. My last ROM was Schaps most recent 4.0. I unzipped what he had and ran the RUU file. What was funny though is that it started updating up to 3% then gave me the 260 error but this time my phone restarted and booted back up. I don't know what happen but it works now. If this is suppose to go in as a fix I don't know what happen.
Thank you everyone for all your help. I want to reflash my ROM but I will wait until I see this working for a while.
- Monty

asianr0cker said:
...i went for olipro's 2.10 so i dont unbrick it anymore =) then flash all you want!
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How do I change my SPL to 2.10 now?

Here is nice tutorial how to flash HardSPL v7 (a.k.a. bootloader 2.10 Olipro). Glad to see you are out of brickland

KarhU said:
Here is nice tutorial how to flash HardSPL v7 (a.k.a. bootloader 2.10 Olipro). Glad to see you are out of brickland
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Thank you just finished flashing it. Thanks again to all that helped.

MontyV77 said:
How do I change my SPL to 2.10 now?
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See mrvanx.org
... Edit: That's what you get for waiting 10 minutes before posting. Doh!

Thank You So Much !
I did all pricedures and it worked perfectly. You are the best dude!
duke_stix said:
Hi
Try this:
1) Turn your phone off completely
2) Hold the side OK button and the power button, at the same time push the reset button at the bottom with your stylus.
3) this should get you into the bootloader (the three colour screen)(dont be lazy and just let it load into the bootloader, actually run the key sequence ive just mentioned!)
4) on your PC run the update, i would reccomend the latest official update for your handset, BUT, do the following:
a) Make sure you have WinRAR installed
b) Right click on the update file you have just downloaded
c) 'Extract' the update file to the folder it makes
d) within that folder should be ANOTHER executable file that has the same icon as the original update
e) Extract this file again
f) open the folder it makes and within that there should be a RUUSIGNED.NBH and also the RUU utility itself
5) Run the update utility in the second folder
6) once the utility has loaded, plug your phone in (the text will change from 'SERIAL' to 'USB')
7) proceed with the update and see what happens
hope that helps
good luck.
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if its an official rom you may need to hard sol it first as i had the same problem updating to original after a chefs special

blowfeld said:
if its an official rom you may need to hard sol it first as i had the same problem updating to original after a chefs special
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what is a hard sol and how do I do it? I wanna go back to the OEM Official ROM to see if it fixes my no service phone problems.

Ok, I've tried everything that was posted in this thread and nothing worked so far.
My last setup before trying to reinstall the Radio is:
AT&T 8525 (location - Hawaii)
Black Majik's WM6
Herm Radio 1.43.00.00
Hard SPL-V7
The OS has been working great until this previous Monday. Also just in case if this is any relevant, Hawaii has just recently upgraded and turned on it's 3G network just a couple of weeks ago. They are still tweaking the whole thing to make sure all is well. Unfortunately it seems that something they did this past Monday seemed to really screw up the 8525's.
The reason I'm trying to reinstall my radio is because I happened to go to the phone settings, and saw that there was no Radio version on the screen. Thought this might also add to the problem.
Well where I'm at now is that I'm stuck at the Tri-Color loader screen. I've read the Wiki regarding fixing a bricked phone. Doesn't seem to help.
So I'm now stuck and need expertise of more knowledgeable members who might have been in the same situation as me.
Please, really need help as this is a company phone and I've got to get it working cause I don't wanna have to pay for it.

Help ASAP... Dash can not flash to any roms

Hey, currently i have kavana rom installed from a long time ago and it seem like when i turned it on this morning the whole rom is messed up.. my two left and right soft key doesn't work and i can't even go to settings or anything.. I try to flash it back to its original tmobile rom but it doesn't work... anyone have any suggestion? i haven't used this phone for a long time and i need to lend it to my uncle so i need a answer asap. thanks!

btw... it keep saying the image file is corrupted!

stuck on HTC screen!!!
i tried doing the hard reset but after i press the send button it just stays at the htc screen. I was flashing the original tmobile rom and i accidently dropped it and lost connection, after that it gets stuck on the htc screen and wont start up... what can i do? is this fixable?

i believe if you go to the bootloader screen you can flash back to the original t mobile rom. ummm use the wiki tab to find the rom and how to get to that screen. hope this helps

Yes it is fixable. All you have to do is hold the camera (sym) button down for about 10 seconds, then plug the usb cable in while still holding it down. You now should see a tri-colored screen. When you see this screen you can flash you phone with the OFFICIAL ROM (the rom the phone came with).
This rom could be found below (in my signature).
Hope this helps.
Also, once you have the original rom on there you can always reflash to the new 6.1 rom or whatever rom you would like.

Try to download the Tmobile Rom from below (in the official rom section) I have this posted in my signature.

jdoggraz said:
Yes it is fixable. All you have to do is hold the camera (sym) button down for about 10 seconds, then plug the usb cable in while still holding it down. You now should see a tri-colored screen. When you see this screen you can flash you phone with the OFFICIAL ROM (the rom the phone came with).
This rom could be found below (in my signature).
Hope this helps.
Also, once you have the original rom on there you can always reflash to the new 6.1 rom or whatever rom you would like.
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i did exactly as you have told me but it is still stuck on the HTC screen. I turned on the phone, held down the sym button/camera for 10 seconds i tried holding it longer and then plug the usb cable back in but it is still stuck on the HTC screen. thanks

Ok take out the battery, then insert the battery in. Hold the button down and make sure the usb is plugged in the computer and then plug it in to the phone.

jdoggraz said:
Ok take out the battery, then insert the battery in. Hold the button down and make sure the usb is plugged in the computer and then plug it in to the phone.
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alright thanks got it to the boot loading screen/tri color. ok as you have read my previous post... now i can't flash it to any rom. it keep saying the image file is corrupted.. i downloaded everything again and it still says the same thing. When my dash was able to start up i ran the CID bypass and then run the rom installer and it worked but like i said, i accidently dropped it and lost connection. now i can't even run the CID bypass cause i can't even start up the phone... what should i do?

Well you will need to flash it with the original rom the phone came with, i.e. if its a tmobile phone, then you must reflash with the tmobile rom... Once you have the tmobile rom up and running then you can reflash with any other rom i.e. the 6.1 rom.

and you can find the original roms under offical roms below.

jdoggraz said:
Well you will need to flash it with the original rom the phone came with, i.e. if its a tmobile phone, then you must reflash with the tmobile rom... Once you have the tmobile rom up and running then you can reflash with any other rom i.e. the 6.1 rom.
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alright.. i kinda got it working and its flashing right now.. thanks for ALL your help.. i appreciated!

porkch0p said:
alright.. i kinda got it working and its flashing right now.. thanks for ALL your help.. i appreciated!
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Oh no problem, once you have the rom all working then you can download the new 6.1 from below. I recommend using it because its awesome. Also once you install this rom make sure you run connection setup under the tools folder to get the network working.

Would I need the unlock code again?
How do I use that T-Mobile download? It only has a single file? Any guidance welcome.

T-Mobile Dash
1.22.531.6 (T-Mobile USA, WM6)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z4vjgzxisrz
1.22.531.4 (T-Mobile USA, WM6)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yygkw1d5xmc
http://member.htc.com/RuuDownload/T-...eDownload.aspx Valid T-Mobile IMEI Required
1.11.531.1 (T-Mobile USA, WM5)
http://rapidshare.com/files/10464194...531.1.exe.html
T-Mobile MDA Mail
Files Needed to Upgrade or Downgrade (With only the .nbh file)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Where it says "Files Needed to Upgrade or Downgrade (With only the .nbh file)" Click on that and there should be a text file giving you instructions on how to continue.

I get the fundamentals of Simunlock v/s AppUnlock etc.
It was SimUnlocked using Unlock code I had got from T-Mobile.
1. It already has the latest Official ROM version on it (i.e. I tried doing it with the latest T-Mobile) and it shows the version I have is the same.
Do I need to reflash it with the ROM that is aleady present on my DASH? Is it worth trying that?
2. Now the step called AppUnlock? Which tool should I use given that I would have the T-Mobile Carrier 6.1 ROM on it (either already or reflash with T-Mobile 6.1 AGAIN)
3. After AppUnlock should I go for the FLASHing guide? Which one would that be?

What did I do wrong here?

I have a HTC touch with Bell. I flashed NFSFAN's WM6.5 onto it. I didn't use a cab, mostly because I couldn't figure out which one or how to....
When I power on my phone I get to the today screen and I can't do a thing. It shows the correct time, and flashed the green light... I can see the options, and if I press on the screen the phone vibrates.
What did I miss? Oh ya, and how do I turn off the vibrate on screen press when I do get this working?
Thanks!!

On subsequent restarts I find that I am sometimes unable to even get to the today screen and connecting to the PC is impossible.
Hope that helps explain it.

The question is, what did you flash it WITH!?

NFSFAN's 6.5 21198 V3 GENERIC CARRIER ROM

x01001010x said:
NFSFAN's 6.5 21198 V3 GENERIC CARRIER ROM
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did you update the radio first?
did you hard reset after you flashed?
did you flash this ROM via activesync or bootloader mode?
Detroit Doug

Yes I think I did update the Radio. I used the current bell version from HTC. (Radio Version 3.42.50)
Yes I have hard reset the phone. I noticed that it froze once after a hard reset and had replaced the start with customization. I left it for 10 minutes but nothing had changed so I reset it.
I entered bootloader on my phone, plugged in the usb cable then ran the loader on the pc and waited for that to complete.

x01001010x said:
Yes I think I did update the Radio. I used the current bell version from HTC. (Radio Version 3.42.50)
Yes I have hard reset the phone. I noticed that it froze once after a hard reset and had replaced the start with customization. I left it for 10 minutes but nothing had changed so I reset it.
I entered bootloader on my phone, plugged in the usb cable then ran the loader on the pc and waited for that to complete.
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OK, there is an issue with the flash from what it sounds and bootloader is done from the SD card NOT from a USB cable, try this...
- Using the original SD Card that came with the phone (or any SD card under 2GB in size) Format your SD card making sure it FAT32
- Copy the RUU_signed.nbh file over to the that card and rename it VOGUIMG.nbh
- Then flash via bootloader power+camera+stylus, it will pull the image to flash from your SD card automatically
- wait and then hard reset (red+green+stylus) after customizations/autotun occurs
then try using the phone, hopefully that will take care of the issue
Detroit Doug

Detroit_Doug said:
OK, there is an issue with the flash from what it sounds and bootloader is done from the SD card NOT from a USB cable, try this...
- Using the original SD Card that came with the phone (or any SD card under 2GB in size) Format your SD card making sure it FAT32
- Copy the RUU_signed.nbh file over to the that card and rename it VOGUIMG.nbh
- Then flash via bootloader power+camera+stylus, it will pull the image to flash from your SD card automatically
- wait and then hard reset (red+green+stylus) after customizations/autotun occurs
then try using the phone, hopefully that will take care of the issue
Detroit Doug
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Shouldn't be an issue flashing from bootloader mode via PC cable. Bootloader allows the computer to reckonize your phone as a usb device.
The 6.5. ROM is still a custom ROM, so the question is have you unlocked your phone?
If not unlock using imcokeman's 2.31 unlocker first, then follow dd's instructions.

jmitr said:
Shouldn't be an issue flashing from bootloader mode via PC cable. Bootloader allows the computer to reckonize your phone as a usb device.
The 6.5. ROM is still a custom ROM, so the question is have you unlocked your phone?
If not unlock using imcokeman's 2.31 unlocker first, then follow dd's instructions.
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Yeah the "I think " part got to me as well until I remember responding to a different thread of his helping him along in getting started to flash and in that one he had unlocked as was on his 3rd ROM by the end of it LOL so I believe he has successfully unlocked his phone, just the issue may be corruption in the flash of the 6.5 WinMO ROM
Detroit Doug

Ok. I will have to find my smaller card. All I have here is a 4GB one.
Thanks jmitr and Detroit Doug! I will try moving the file to the card. It will take me a few days to get my smaller card as I left it at the office.

Any luck yet? let us know how it worked out for you...
Detroit Doug

I will. I turned my office upsidedown looking for that little card... and it was at home by my laptop the whole time.
I have it now, and actually just came online to get the file names I need. I will keep you updated.

Well... that was a little different. I didn't get the customization the first run after the flash. I did however get it immediately after the hard reset.
So far (and about 10 min.) everything is looking good!
I will play with it for a while and let you know.
Thanks for the help!!

x01001010x said:
Well... that was a little different. I didn't get the customization the first run after the flash. I did however get it immediately after the hard reset.
So far (and about 10 min.) everything is looking good!
I will play with it for a while and let you know.
Thanks for the help!!
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No problem and welcome to the wonderful world of hard drug.... ummm I mean flashing, yeah flashing thats it
now that your hooked you can forget about sleep, family, a life, anything else
MUH HA HA HA HA ha hahhahahahahahahahahhaha
Detroit Doug

Oh ya! That looks like it did the trick.
It has been running since my last post without locking up... the internet works... and it is slick!
Thanks for your help Detroit_Doug and jmitr! I appreciate it.

Stuck at the "Touch Pro2" Screen after ROM Flash

Well I just flashed my first ROM and thought I followed everything to the letter. I ran HardSPL, it completed, and I verified that it was done in the bootloader screen. Then I downloaded Energy 23544 with MaxManila Mar 09. Sync'ed with WMDC, Ran Custom RUU, It says it flashed ok. Now it just sits at the "Toch Pro2" startup screen. Can anyone tell me what I missed and if there is anyway to fix it?
Thanks
Steve

stisinai said:
Well I just flashed my first ROM and thought I followed everything to the letter. I ran HardSPL, it completed, and I verified that it was done in the bootloader screen. Then I downloaded Energy 23544 with MaxManila Mar 09. Sync'ed with WMDC, Ran Custom RUU, It says it flashed ok. Now it just sits at the "Toch Pro2" startup screen. Can anyone tell me what I missed and if there is anyway to fix it?
Thanks
Steve
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Need more info like who is your carrier...the problem you are describing sounds like you flashed a gsm rom (t-mobile and at&t) to a cdma phone (sprint and verizon). If that is the case you need to flash back to stock rom then grab the energy rom from here for the CDMA phone
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=86489
hopefully you did not brick your phone...good luck

Seems like you've done everything right. Just note that first time flashes usually take a while to load on the first boot before customization procedures.
If the phone doesn't budge, try a hard reset. To Hard reset your phone, Turn it completely off (remove and reinsert battery if needed), then hold down the Send and End and the power button. It should load the SPL and then ask you if you want to Hard Reset, press the Volume Up key to accept.
If the Hard Reset doesn't work, download a stock ROM, and flash that via the bootloader. If the stock ROM works, try to flash the Energy ROM again.
To enter the bootloader, Hold down the Volume Down key while turning on your phone. or hold it down and while pressing the reset button.
Hopefully you can get this sorted.

eichenberg said:
Need more info like who is your carrier...the problem you are describing sounds like you flashed a gsm rom (t-mobile and at&t) to a cdma phone (sprint and verizon). If that is the case you need to flash back to stock rom then grab the energy rom from here for the CDMA phone
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=86489
hopefully you did not brick your phone...good luck
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That could be the case, but he sucessfully flashed a HardSPL, so he could just enter the bootloader and flash his stock ROM to continue operation of the phone.
When he responds about who his carrier is and which TP2 he has, we'll go from there.

I am on US Cellular and I did use the GSM ROM for some stupid reason. I can load the bootloader screen and am downloading the correct ROM now. I assume I then follow the load from microSD card procedures?
Thanks guys
You are lifesavers if I can get past this

stisinai said:
I am on US Cellular and I did use the GSM ROM for some stupid reason. I can load the bootloader screen and am downloading the correct ROM now. I assume I then follow the load from microSD card procedures?
Thanks guys
You are lifesavers if I can get past this
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Yes, with HardSPL you can flash the nbh file from the microSD card, but I recommend you flash using your PC via USB. It would save you the hassle of trying to find and extract the NBH.

Well it wouldn't update via the PC because it wouldn't connect. I did find and rename the nbh file and put it on another sd card. It is updating now with the stock ROM. Then its back to the drawing board if this works.
Thank - I'll update and give other noob idiots my story when all is good. (still having fingers crossed)

stisinai said:
Well it wouldn't update via the PC because it wouldn't connect. I did find and rename the nbh file and put it on another sd card. It is updating now with the stock ROM. Then its back to the drawing board if this works.
Thank - I'll update and give other noob idiots my story when all is good. (still having fingers crossed)
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Hmm... HardSPL usually enters USB mode when the bootloader is run and a USB cord is connected, but I'm glad you got your phone flashing either way. Good luck.

My problem was definitely the wrong ROM version.
For anyone else as dumb as me, this is what my problem was...
Everything seemed to flash ok originally (the program said it was successful). Then it restarted and the phone would not go past the "Touch Pro2) screen. There was nothing else on the screen.
and here is what I did to fix it...
Got another SD card and formated to fat32.
Extracted the proper original ROM.exe file using winrar.
Placed the .ngh file in the root of the card with the name rhodimg.nbh
Insert the sd card in the phone and restart into the bootloader screen
When it asked if I wanted to load the ROM, I of course did what it said
When it finished I removed the sd card and pressed the reset button
It took a while but everything loaded ok.
Then I started over with the ROM I wanted (this time using the correct CDMA version). Again everything seemed to go ok. This time when it rebooted, on the "touch pro2" boot screen there was additional text at the bottom indicating the cooked ROM I installed.
Thank you to everyone who helped me understand what I did wrong and I hope noone else is as dumb as me, but if you are there is hope.
Thanks
Steve

stisinai said:
My problem was definitely the wrong ROM version.
For anyone else as dumb as me, this is what my problem was...
Everything seemed to flash ok originally (the program said it was successful). Then it restarted and the phone would not go past the "Touch Pro2) screen. There was nothing else on the screen.
and here is what I did to fix it...
Got another SD card and formated to fat32.
Extracted the proper original ROM.exe file using winrar.
Placed the .ngh file in the root of the card with the name rhodimg.nbh
Insert the sd card in the phone and restart into the bootloader screen
When it asked if I wanted to load the ROM, I of course did what it said
When it finished I removed the sd card and pressed the reset button
It took a while but everything loaded ok.
Then I started over with the ROM I wanted (this time using the correct CDMA version). Again everything seemed to go ok. This time when it rebooted, on the "touch pro2" boot screen there was additional text at the bottom indicating the cooked ROM I installed.
Thank you to everyone who helped me understand what I did wrong and I hope noone else is as dumb as me, but if you are there is hope.
Thanks
Steve
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No biggie, you're very welcome. We all are noobs at some point of our existance and we all make mistakes. I'm just glad you were able to learn from yours and recover, in addition to pointing out to others what went wrong. Have fun with your new ROM.
~Joseph

stisinai said:
My problem was definitely the wrong ROM version.
For anyone else as dumb as me, this is what my problem was...
Everything seemed to flash ok originally (the program said it was successful). Then it restarted and the phone would not go past the "Touch Pro2) screen. There was nothing else on the screen.
and here is what I did to fix it...
Got another SD card and formated to fat32.
Extracted the proper original ROM.exe file using winrar.
Placed the .ngh file in the root of the card with the name rhodimg.nbh
Insert the sd card in the phone and restart into the bootloader screen
When it asked if I wanted to load the ROM, I of course did what it said
When it finished I removed the sd card and pressed the reset button
It took a while but everything loaded ok.
Then I started over with the ROM I wanted (this time using the correct CDMA version). Again everything seemed to go ok. This time when it rebooted, on the "touch pro2" boot screen there was additional text at the bottom indicating the cooked ROM I installed.
Thank you to everyone who helped me understand what I did wrong and I hope noone else is as dumb as me, but if you are there is hope.
Thanks
Steve
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Glad you got your TP2 back, it's not a nice paperweight

Badwolve1 said:
it's not a nice paperweight
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Actually as paperweight's go, it's a damn sexy one
But I would prefer a working phone any day

I do have to say that I am drooling at the possibilities of this phone. Just have to take things a little slower.

I did the same thing basically. I tried a gsm rom on my us cellular phone. didnt know that they conflict at that point.
what rom do i need to flash to get my phone back?

Here is a good place to start...
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=98
I am very happy with the Energy Rom's, but that is a whole different discussion.
Or you can go back to the stock ROM which you can get at ppcgeeks also.

joseph881 said:
Seems like you've done everything right. Just note that first time flashes usually take a while to load on the first boot before customization procedures.
If the phone doesn't budge, try a hard reset. To Hard reset your phone, Turn it completely off (remove and reinsert battery if needed), then hold down the Send and End and the power button. It should load the SPL and then ask you if you want to Hard Reset, press the Volume Up key to accept.
If the Hard Reset doesn't work, download a stock ROM, and flash that via the bootloader. If the stock ROM works, try to flash the Energy ROM again.
To enter the bootloader, Hold down the Volume Down key while turning on your phone. or hold it down and while pressing the reset button.
Hopefully you can get this sorted.
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O Bless you Joesph881.I had same problem.Flashed stock Rom in bootloader.My life is back to normal.Again,thanks.

stisinai said:
Well I just flashed my first ROM and thought I followed everything to the letter. I ran HardSPL, it completed, and I verified that it was done in the bootloader screen. Then I downloaded Energy 23544 with MaxManila Mar 09. Sync'ed with WMDC, Ran Custom RUU, It says it flashed ok. Now it just sits at the "Toch Pro2" startup screen. Can anyone tell me what I missed and if there is anyway to fix it?
Thanks
Steve
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hit the red reset button on the right. mine did that also, and that is what I did, and it came back up without a problem.

STOCK ROM
FYI, the stock ROM, original ship ROM can be found here at the htc mobile phone product support page. It comes as an *.exe and you double click once in the bootloader screen and it works
I had a problem where I flashed with a new rom, and it went to the white screen. I had to flash with the original ROM and it came back to life! yay.

How to flash my HTC Touch pro 2 (sprint)

Hi everyone well I'm new to the flashing and dont want to jump any steps as this could possible brick my phone...
I've been having some problems with flashing as i cant find a step by step to flashing my HTC TP2. I've managed to do the RhodiumW Hard-SPL package but after trying to flash to some custom RUU's the installation seems to go fine its not until the phone first boots up, that's when the phone just hangs on the HTC splash screen
From there i cant do anything other then boot up to the tricolor bootloader screen and re-install the original 2.04.651.4 update!
can someone tell me what im missing to be able to flash my HTC correctly, or at least point me in the right direction?
Thank you in advance!!!

step 1
http://member.america.htc.com/download/RomCode/HTC Touch Pro2 (Sprint)/HTC Touch PRO2 MR1.exe
step 2
http://rhodiumw.htc-unlocks.com/hard-spl.php
step 3
http://www.mightyrom.com/mightyrom/touch-pro-2/

Hey Tommy many thanks for the post. I just upgraded my phone and peeling through the information overload, however you direct link does not work for step 1. I want to make sure that I am running the correct piece of software that you recommending. Could you please list the title for that file?

Nevermind I was able to find it via a mirror site.
Back into lurker status for now
Thanks

alright so i was able to install they mightyrom on my phone that went well my phone didnt freeze and everything started the way it should have.
but does that mean i can now flash my phone to other for example "leo cell" or Bxsteez Rhodium" if not how do i get to that point cuz when ever i flas them to they just freese on the white splash screen with the HTC logo in green letters!!
Thanks!

If you have installed Hard SPL then use the sd card method.
1. Format the sd card FAT32 ( they come FAT default) and copy the rom's .nbh file onto it. Rename to Rhodimg.nbh .
2. Insert sd card back into powered off Rhodium. Go into bootloader by pushing down volume and power.
3. If you did it properly and Hard SPL is on your phone then it should say to press power to update os...
If you aren't sure if you have Hard SPL then go to bootloader without the sd card in there, it should say SPL - 0.85.Olinex if you have Hard SPL, anything else won't register the flash file.
Cheers...

OK I was able to update to Winmo 6.5 with no issues....but here is my questions with regards to the Rhodium_W Hard-SPL
I was attempting to run it and it never gets pass 0%...In reading the details of the install instructions it reads
"the device needs to be connected to Activesync or WMDC via USB cable. and it must not be in Flight/Airplane mode (i.e. the phone part should be on).
3) internet access is required as the program checks online for updates and for the license."
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I have yet to activate my phone with Sprint could this be my error that I need to active my phone? I wanted to have the phone flashed and customized before activating.

signalsoldier said:
OK I was able to update to Winmo 6.5 with no issues....but here is my questions with regards to the Rhodium_W Hard-SPL
I was attempting to run it and it never gets pass 0%...In reading the details of the install instructions it reads
I have yet to activate my phone with Sprint could this be my error that I need to active my phone? I wanted to have the phone flashed and customized before activating.
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I think you should ask this in the hard spl thread in the cmda section...That is the place for those questions Assuming that you have a cdma phone because you did not mention it. Otherwise check the hard spl thread in the gsm section.

Heading that way thanks for the directions mate!

Alright so ive been able to flash my rom to my first custom rom by energy which i like very much, although still a noob, i want to flash it to a different rom
What is the best way to flash to a different rom with out leaving any files behind that would affect the new rom?!
do i have to do a hard reset or something that would clear my phone from any old files?!

htcru7 said:
Alright so ive been able to flash my rom to my first custom rom by energy which i like very much, although still a noob, i want to flash it to a different rom
What is the best way to flash to a different rom with out leaving any files behind that would affect the new rom?!
do i have to do a hard reset or something that would clear my phone from any old files?!
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Just flash away

LOL alright thanks i guess im just paranoid but thanks i'll "flash away"

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When you start Rhodium_CDMA_HardSPL_V1_10R3_100HSPL stoppers on 0%.
I removed the firmware via mtty 1.42 entering the command: task 28 \ task 29. Ie fully formatnul system. This is often applied to remove the lock on the HTC 6800. At this time nothing worked. Under bootloger any firmware stoppers on 0%. Besides, even the official RUU_Rhodium_W_S2_Sprint_WWE_2.04.651.4_RS_2.32.00WF_NV_SPCS_2.20_0224_PRL60660_S
hip
and HTC Touch PRO2 MR1 from the official portal hangs at 1%, then is restarted Device, and as expected if there is no OSes lit logo HTC ...
What should I do?? If GSM is blocked, how do I remove it to flash?
Ps Is it possible to disable the lock on the firmware via mtty
1.42??
Thank you very much for your answer!

Scream-krg said:
When you start Rhodium_CDMA_HardSPL_V1_10R3_100HSPL stoppers on 0%.
I removed the firmware via mtty 1.42 entering the command: task 28 \ task 29. Ie fully formatnul system. This is often applied to remove the lock on the HTC 6800. At this time nothing worked. Under bootloger any firmware stoppers on 0%. Besides, even the official RUU_Rhodium_W_S2_Sprint_WWE_2.04.651.4_RS_2.32.00WF_NV_SPCS_2.20_0224_PRL60660_S
hip
and HTC Touch PRO2 MR1 from the official portal hangs at 1%, then is restarted Device, and as expected if there is no OSes lit logo HTC ...
What should I do?? If GSM is blocked, how do I remove it to flash?
Ps Is it possible to disable the lock on the firmware via mtty
1.42??
Thank you very much for your answer!
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the Hard-SPL will only work if you booted windows mobile. you have to sync the phone in windows mobile to the PC.

is there other way to get through in hard spl because i dont have any account for example, paypal...... http://media.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

chrisjavier666 said:
is there other way to get through in hard spl because i dont have any account for example, paypal......
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Hard SPL is free for non-commercial users.

my tp2 is bricked
i tried to upgrade my htc touch pro 2's rom. i received error 226 and anytime i switch it on, it gets to the tricolor boot and displays a lot of info and says try again. Can anyone please help me?

nastyrock said:
i tried to upgrade my htc touch pro 2's rom. i received error 226 and anytime i switch it on, it gets to the tricolor boot and displays a lot of info and says try again. Can anyone please help me?
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Did you try flashing the stock ROM? It's always a good idea to try that if you think there's no hope. It flashes everything.
Also, did you try task29?