[Q] How Do I Flash 2.15.x Radio? - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am currently running SkyRaider3 RC3 with a radio 1.00.03.04.06 which has been modified to permit AP tether. How do I flash the newest 2.15.x radio? Just throw the .zip on the SD root and flash it in Clockwork? I am also S-OFF.
Thank you.

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Download the file in the first post. Place on root of sdcard, meaning /sdcard/. Reboot phone into hboot. It will automatically detect the update and ask if you would like to apply it. Select Yes and let the update commence.
This will take a very long time. Probably 10 min or so. DO NOT PULL YOUR BATTERY OR DO ANYTHING TO DISRUPT THE UPDATE. I suggest putting your phone down, and leaving it there till it's done.
Also, there is no such thing as a stupid question, your just trying to learn, although a search would have probably helped you out

Thank you for replying :]
Loaded that file onto the root of my SD card, restart into hboot, and while it detects the file, it says something about there being something wrong with the image. I can't read it very well - some messages scroll quickly, then disappear, leaving just the hboot menu. Tried redownloading twice and no difference. Strange.
I assume that I'm not supposed to extract anything from PB31IMG.zip?

Mercutio5 said:
Thank you for replying :]
Loaded that file onto the root of my SD card, restart into hboot, and while it detects the file, it says something about there being something wrong with the image. I can't read it very well - some messages scroll quickly, then disappear, leaving just the hboot menu. Tried redownloading twice and no difference. Strange.
I assume that I'm not supposed to extract anything from PB31IMG.zip?
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Your sdcard has to be formatted FAT32. Back ur sdcard up to ur PC and reformat the whole card fat32. Then put all files back on and try again.
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Ah, thank you.

Mercutio5 said:
Ah, thank you.
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Let me know how it goes.
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tcberg2010 said:
Your sdcard has to be formatted FAT32. Back ur sdcard up to ur PC and reformat the whole card fat32.
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How is this exactly done?? I'll be searching in the meantime.

SleeperRam said:
How is this exactly done?? I'll be searching in the meantime.
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I believe that if ur using windows u right click on it while its mounted and select format. If ur on Ubuntu use gparted. As for Mac I couldn't tell u
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SleeperRam said:
How is this exactly done?? I'll be searching in the meantime.
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Here is a Mac thread discussing FAT32: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?ac=375750
FAT32 is a format which works with both Macs and PCs - should be very easy is the consensus.
I haven't yet flashed the 2.15 radio - have been doing some bandwidth speed tests on my 1.x radio, and speeds seem very solid... not sure if I should bother with the flash after all...

This is very easy is you have S-OFF. just download the PB31IMG.zip file place on root of SD CARD and boot into HBOOT then follow the steps.

ACD168 said:
This is very easy is you have S-OFF. just download the PB31IMG.zip file place on root of SD CARD and boot into HBOOT then follow the steps.
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He did, this received an error due to sdcard not being fat32
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Oh I see. cool. hope he got it.

Ended up flashing the radio today. Formatted to FAT32 and everything was smooth as could be. Thank you for the help.
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hi everyone,if i may ask how is hboot done and also how to turn s-off

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Need help on unrooting

I know it has been asked alot but i have spent literally 7 hours straight trying to do this. I followed the guides and add the file to my sd card but when I open up boot loader it goes through the sd card and never loads that image. I would really appreciate some help as I have no idea why it is doing this! Thanks!
Edit: It always says no image when I know for a fact that there is a image in the .zip file
http://androidforums.com/all-things...ideo-howto-unroot-incredible-downgrading.html
Just follow this and make sure you are putting the update on the SD card and not internal storage.
RLothar said:
Just follow this and make sure you are putting the update on the SD card and not internal storage.
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I even put the zip files in both sd card and internal just to make sure and I am still getting the same thing lol
How is your card formatted? Make sure it's a default FAT32 format. I have seen what you describe happen when I formatted the card as regular FAT.
seanmcd72 said:
How is your card formatted? Make sure it's a default FAT32 format. I have seen what you describe happen when I formatted the card as regular FAT.
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Same problem here... use Fat32.
I also changed the allocation unit size to1024 to get it to work.
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seanmcd72 said:
How is your card formatted? Make sure it's a default FAT32 format. I have seen what you describe happen when I formatted the card as regular FAT.
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I was having this issue for a couple hours and your solution worked. Thanks man.
Edit: Damn, still no update prompt. Hopefully it will come soon and I won't have to use this stock, rootless rom for much longer.
Um you manually flash the ota. Then do the quick reroot. No waiting involved...wow lol.
Honestly77 said:
Um you manually flash the ota. Then do the quick reroot. No waiting involved...wow lol.
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Enough with the sarcasm. Obviously he's waiting for the official OTA so just cool down.
Another note: from what I understand as long as you receive notifications you only need to unroot when the OTA actually hits. Anyone else know more on this?
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seanmcd72 said:
How is your card formatted? Make sure it's a default FAT32 format. I have seen what you describe happen when I formatted the card as regular FAT.
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Yeah i read even more into it and realized this is probably the problem. Thanks for helping guys havent fixed it yet. But i still appreciate it.
Honestly77 said:
Um you manually flash the ota. Then do the quick reroot. No waiting involved...wow lol.
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Hey, you're the douche that's known for his nerd rage on these forums? Correct? I Just read your post over in the other thread where you went completely off and wrote a novel to some kid because he didn't agree with you on what deserved to be in development or not.
Anyways yes ogre150, I was hoping that I would be able to download the official OTA.

[Q] Unrooting Issues, broken USB port.

I'm having issues unrooting. My USB port is broken (It will not even charge unless held in the right position), which is why I need to take my phone to the Sprint store to get repaired. I have already flashed the UnrEVOked s-on tool and that worked alright for me. The problem now is that whenever I try to flash the PC36IMG.zip through hboot, it will not recognize it. My hboot is version 0.93.0000. What can I do next? If any more information is needed, please let me know.
Thanks.
Idk bruhh, good luck with that tho.
firebird0 said:
I'm having issues unrooting. My USB port is broken (It will not even charge unless held in the right position), which is why I need to take my phone to the Sprint store to get repaired. I have already flashed the UnrEVOked s-on tool and that worked alright for me. The problem now is that whenever I try to flash the PC36IMG.zip through hboot, it will not recognize it. My hboot is version 0.93.0000. What can I do next? If any more information is needed, please let me know.
Thanks.
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What does "it will not recognize it" mean?
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By that I mean that when hboot loads, it will look for the PC36IMG's but it will just say "No Image!" underneath PC36IMG.zip.
firebird0 said:
By that I mean that when hboot loads, it will look for the PC36IMG's but it will just say "No Image!" underneath PC36IMG.zip.
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Can you redownload the file, and double check that you have it named correctly?
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I already tried that. I used 2 different mirrors and neither of them worked. MD5's were both good too. The names were correct also.
ok and you definitely renamed the file to PC36IMG.zip? I am just triple checking because that's a common thing people overlook sometimes. Or they don't realize they need to rename it. Or they forget that it must be put on the root of the sd card.
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Yeah, I know. But I've triple checked everything and it just does not seem to be working. I'm 100% positive that it's named PC36IMG.zip (yes, I've checked the file extension too) and it is in the root of my SD card.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've tried using nandroids but they didn't fix the fact that hboot doesn't recognize my PC36IMG (I was trying to downgrade updates to the phone, didn't work).
firebird0 said:
Does anyone have any ideas? I've tried using nandroids but they didn't fix the fact that hboot doesn't recognize my PC36IMG (I was trying to downgrade updates to the phone, didn't work).
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Sorry dude I don't know much about hboot. Maybe install a different hboot? Its a weird problem......
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How do I flash another hboot without using USB?
Bump. Does anyone know how to downgrade hboot?
When u rename the pc36img, the .zip is already there. Try taking the .zip off & boot into hboot. If it is named right & on the root of your sdcard it will load it.
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I got it, I had to hold the USB cable in the right position and I flashed it using Fastboot.

[Q] Stuck At HBOOT...plz help

I have a rooted phone by unrevoked and have clockwork mod recovery 3.0.6.(Because the latest version wouldn't work with the rom i was trying to flash) and flashed the rom but the it wont boot. im stuck at the white screen and when i try to go to recovery it just crashes with 2 white vertical lines on the sides of the screen. I have no idea how to fix this. someone please help me
That's you having an incompatible CWM on an slcd screen. Update to a different one by flashing it in hboot.
How do I flash a different version on HBOOT? And thanks so much for the help
korydak1lla said:
How do I flash a different version on HBOOT? And thanks so much for the help
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put the new cwm find it here at d o u g p i s t o n . c o m on your sd card
www.dougpiston.com and go to the Inc recoveries tab.
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what is the location on the sd card to put the zip file?
korydak1lla said:
what is the location on the sd card to put the zip file?
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Directly on the root of the card. Aka, not in any folders. Otherwise hboot won't see it.
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how do i get hboot to use the zip file instead of the other cwm recovery because its not working. Also do i have to name the zip anything?
You put it on the root of your SD card and boot into hboot by booting while holding power and volume down. It will automatically find the file and ask you if you want to flash it. It has to be name PB31IMG.zip
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My phone did not automatically reconize the file in hboot when I named it PB31IMG.zip. So I went to the Verizon store. They're sending me a new phone but i would still like to get this one to work because they let me keep it. I'm probably going to send it to a guy that can rewrite the software. However since Im running low on money I probably wont send it in for a while so if anyone notices anything i didnt or thinks they know the problem, please let me know. Thank you
cvbcbcmv said:
it's probably PB31IMG.zip.zip. Try getting rid of the .zip and see if your extracting program will still recognize it, if yes, it has a hidden .zip, and keep it like that, if no, then you need the zip there. Can you do that for me? That's probably your problem.
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Yes, this happened to me early on. You ususally don't see the extension (the .zip) part of the file name, so when you add it you are creating a file named PB31IMG.zip.zip. So like the good person above says, just make it say PB31IMG and it will likely be fixed. If not, THEN make it say PB31IMG.zip
Good luck!
Yes got it. Wow that was frustrating. Thank you so much everyone who helped me

[Q] Sending my HTC Desire for repair

Basically my Desires micro usb connector is broken and I am sending it for repair on monday.
They only asked for the phone - no battery, back or sd card - so should I return the phone to stock since I'm rooted and s-off.
What would be the best way to do this keeping in mind I can't use usb.
My desire was originally orange branded and is from the uk.
1. Download the Alpharev downgrader.zip and rename it to PB99IMG.zip
2. Orange did not release any RUU's (The things that factory reset your phone), so you will need a goldcard and a WWE (World wide english) RUU.
3. Once you've made your goldcard, extract the rom.zip. To extract the rom.zip:
[PHASE1]- we need to extract rom.zip from the RUU.
[P1/STEP1]- Run the RUU (BUT DO NOT PLUG IN YOUR PHONE OR CONTINUE), move it to the side as it cannot be minimised.
[P1/STEP2]- go to start menu, and use the "run" feature. Type in %temp%
[P1/STEP3]- select "date modified" to "today" (to make it easier to find). There are should now be 2 folders with long names of random characters.
[P1/STEP4]- search the folders for rom.zip and extract it to the desktop.
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4. Put the Alpharev downgrader PB99IMG.zip on your the root of your sd-card (not in any folders)
5. boot into HBOOT (NOT fastboot)
6. When you are prompted to update, select yes and wait for the process. Once completed. Poweroff.
7. Rename to rom.zip you extracted to PB99IMG.zip
8. Delete the PB99IMG.zip FROM YOUR SD-CARD, and replace it with the new one
9. Boot into HBOOT and select yes to update. The process takes a while. DO NOT INTERRUPT IT OR YOU WILL MOST LIKELY BRICK YOUR PHONE!!!!!!!
Do you have a sd reader or spare phone you can put stock system on card from computer then do it from recovery? Just a simple thought I guess
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I had similar issue used my hero as a reader then put card in desire and restored it
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njdan30 said:
Do you have a sd reader or spare phone you can put stock system on card from computer then do it from recovery? Just a simple thought I guess
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What use would that be if he is S-OFF and the stock system backup is most likely rooted?
Thanks guys yeah I can still put stuff on the sd card. I'll give all your suggestions a try and see what happens
Mount it as drive on comp JuSt to write on card if he has no easy to use usb was just a thought
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Good luck
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kekni said:
Thanks guys yeah I can still put stuff on the sd card. I'll give all your suggestions a try and see what happens
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i made a more detailed section in my guide now too so if you need help check there
It had to be said, bortak you're a legend.. The amount of help you give people is applaudable
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timmaaa said:
It had to be said, bortak you're a legend.. The amount of help you give people is applaudable
Swyped from my CM7.1 Desire using XDA Premium App
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Wow thanks
bortak said:
i made a more detailed section in my guide now too so if you need help check there
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Thanks man, it's true you are a complete legend. Most people would just tell me to search (which I did) or something but a full blown tutorial was not was I was expecting. Much appreciated
bortak said:
Wow thanks
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How can I make a goldcard without usb? I used to have one set up too, wish I knew what I'd done with it.
Edit: I managed to find my email containing my goldcard image from when I first rooted my phone (july 2010!) so I'll try making one with that.
kekni said:
How can I make a goldcard without usb? I used to have one set up too, wish I knew what I'd done with it.
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you can get the CID with this (just stick your sd-card in a usb adapter ), because you want the CID of the sd-card not the phone, then just follow this tutorial, and skip the part where they get the CID.
Just a thing to point of with that tool, when you copy down the CID, do it without any spaces or commas... just the numbers/ letters
LOL just made my goldcard and I found my old one sitting right next to me! BTW that site doesn't generate goldcard images anymore http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard
Edit: Update is running, wish me luck!
kekni said:
LOL just made my goldcard and I found my old one sitting right next to me! BTW that site doesn't generate goldcard images anymore http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard
Edit: Update is running, wish me luck!
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yes it does.. i just tried it and it worked for me
bortak said:
yes it does.. i just tried it and it worked for me
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Oh, it's working now. Was saying page cannot be found earlier. Weird. Anyway thanks for all your help got my phone good as new ready to be picked up in the morning

Unrooted Desire Stuck In bootloop

I have tried to look for an appropriate thread for this issue but didnt really find a helpful one. However, let me know if there is a thread already for this issue.
My HTC Desire is stuck on bootloop all of a sudden and doesnt go past by HTC splash screen. my hboot is 1.03.xxxx and its unrooted and S-ON. my phone CID is HTC_001.
I would appreciate your help.
In my sig, you can see the 2.3 RUU. Download it, put the PB99IMG.zip on the root of your sd-card, boot in hboot, then select yes.
You will lose all your stuff. (Except things on your sd)
abaaaabbbb63 said:
In my sig, you can see the 2.3 RUU. Download it, put the PB99IMG.zip on the root of your sd-card, boot in hboot, then select yes.
You will lose all your stuff. (Except things on your sd)
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Thanks a million for replying back my friend. However, I wanted to get one clarity before I go ahead, that my phone doesn't boot up so I cant access my SD Card via data cable. Should I put RUU on SD Card by using a card reader and then put it back in phone and reboot in hboot?
Appreciate your help.
Yes. It doesn't matter how you get the zip on your sd-card.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Yes. It doesn't matter how you get the zip on your sd-card.
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Thanks my friend. I am going to try it as soon as I reach home.
And I appreciate that you took some time out to reply. Thank you :good:
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Yes. It doesn't matter how you get the zip on your sd-card.
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I have put that zip file in SD Card and booted into bootloader. Bootloader reads SD Card but nothing happens then and phone is still in bootloaps if I try to boot it up.
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Response awaited mates
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farazhassankhan said:
Response awaited mates
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Are you sure you didn't put the zip in a folder?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Are you sure you didn't put the zip in a folder?
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Guess what? It worked. I was making a mistake as I used a Nokia SD Card and that one was not FAT32 formated and thats why Desire Hboot didn't read it.
I formated it FAT32, copied that Zip file and ran it with hboot and it worked.
Thanks a million for replying and helping my friend. God bless you.
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No problem, man.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
No problem, man.
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Hi abaaabbbb63, hope you are doing greet. You helped me once and I need your help once again.
I rooted & S-offed my desire and kep trying different ROMs. Some of em didn't work so well so I wanted to restore my back up from CWM recovery. When I tried to restore it said not enough space to restore. I reinatalled PB99IMG.zip file reinstalled recovery but same error. Now my phone does not mount SD Card and don't show charging led.
One more thing that I did partion SD Card from CWM.
Hiw am I supposed to get everything back to normal?
Help would be appreciated.
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farazhassankhan said:
Hi abaaabbbb63, hope you are doing greet. You helped me once and I need your help once again.
I rooted & S-offed my desire and kep trying different ROMs. Some of em didn't work so well so I wanted to restore my back up from CWM recovery. When I tried to restore it said not enough space to restore. I reinatalled PB99IMG.zip file reinstalled recovery but same error. Now my phone does not mount SD Card and don't show charging led.
One more thing that I did partion SD Card from CWM.
Hiw am I supposed to get everything back to normal?
Help would be appreciated.
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You shouldn't have partitioned your sd-card with CWM. Check the guide in my sig if you want to partition again.
So now, does the phone boot? Hboot, anything?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
You shouldn't have partitioned your sd-card with CWM. Check the guide in my sig if you want to partition again.
So now, does the phone boot? Hboot, anything?
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Yes, phone does boot up correctly. it is still S-off and recovery installed but doesnt charge or cant read SD Card.
farazhassankhan said:
Yes, phone does boot up correctly. it is still S-off and recovery installed but doesnt charge or cant read SD Card.
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I think you have a usb brick.
4ext recovery has a usb-unbrick function. Install the one in my sig. Instructions in the thread.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
I think you have a usb brick.
4ext recovery has a usb-unbrick function. Install the one in my sig. Instructions in the thread.
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Yes, It is fixed. I am much thankful to you my friend. I mean you are simply a genius.
God bless you :good:
farazhassankhan said:
Yes, It is fixed. I am much thankful to you my friend. I mean you are simply a genius.
God bless you :good:
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Thanks, and no problem!
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Thanks, and no problem!
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abaaaabbbb63 - I am sorry I keep bugging you all the time. Everything went right and phone came back to normal. I installed 4EXT recovery and and phone booted up quite fine. Then I tried to install a ROM and it didnt get installed when I tried to reboot my phone it didnt rebot and didnt into recovery even. I put that PB99IMG.zip file SD Card and tried to reinstall RUU but it gave an error "cannot roll back hboot' something and then phone got stuck on htc splahs screnn. I installed 4ext recovery via fastboot and wiped everything in wipe section. Then I wanted to reinstall that RUU but this time phone went off and it doesn't turn on. there is no charging led even.
Man I am so worried. Please let me know what am i supposed to do. :crying:
farazhassankhan said:
abaaaabbbb63 - I am sorry I keep bugging you all the time. Everything went right and phone came back to normal. I installed 4EXT recovery and and phone booted up quite fine. Then I tried to install a ROM ??????? and it didnt get installed when I tried to reboot my phone it didnt rebot and didnt into recovery even. I put that PB99IMG.zip file SD Card and tried to reinstall RUU but it gave an error "cannot roll back hboot' something and then phone got stuck on htc splahs screnn. I installed 4ext recovery via fastboot and wiped everything in wipe section. Then I wanted to reinstall that RUU but this time phone when off and it doesn't turn on. there is no charging led even.
Man I am so worried. Please let me know what am i supposed to do. :crying:
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Flash the recovery once again and boot into it. Wipe everything, partition your sdcard, put the ROM on the root of your sdcard and flash.
Try a stable ROM like mildwild. Should work fine.
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dvsk69 said:
Flash the recovery once again and boot into it. Wipe everything, partition your sdcard, put the ROM on the root of your sdcard and flash.
Try a stable ROM like mildwild. Should work fine.
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My friend, phone doesnt even boot now.
Have I bricked my phone?

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