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[Q] USB Bricked

Hi all
After flashing different custom ROM`s from XDA for nearly an year i encountered an issue when partitioned my SD card using Amon RA recovery . i never seen this problem before and i am not sure whether its a USB brick or some stupid mistake while flashing . i forgot to do nandroid backup although i saved the sd card files . the current situation i cant connect to the phone via usb whether i try recovery or adb commands
every custom ROM i tried to flash it goes through htc screen but keeps running the custom ROM¬s screen. the only custom ROM which seems to go past these errors is GingerVillain0.8 but i cannot get the settings page or phone as it comes with application not installed error . here are details of my phone . any help would be much appreciated
bravo pvt1 ship s-on
hboot 0.80.0000
microp-031d
touch panel synt010
radio 5.14.05.17
mar 29 2010 21.34:33
recovery image :recovery-RA-desire-v2.0.0 (1)

If it is bricked then take a look here

UNABLE TO BOOT TO RECOVERY/ S-ON /STUCKED ON HTC LOGO WHITE SCREEN (Please HELP!)

Hi,
I don't really know where to start and have no idea what actually causes the issue, please just bare with me guys as I badly need your help.
Here's the thing;
My Phone was rooted way back using unrevoked method (as far as I remember)
> Radio was upgraded to the latest (afaik)
> I have created a cheap generic GoldCard with Ext2 & 3 which is kind of slow and so I decided to try different kinds of Custom ROM.
> I recently installed GingerVillain (GingerBread2.3.4).
> I enabled apps to sd for protected apps using the Terminal I downloaded from Market.
> I was on the process of moving apps to sd (including those when it suddenly started bootlooping. After 4x of loops, I decided to remove the battery. From there I know something went wrong.
> I normally would just go to clockwork recovery and do the reinstallation process in rectifying such issue, but to my surprise I was not able to boot into recovery as well and stucked in Fastboot & Hboot and if I try to boot normally, then it will be up to HTC logo only.
> I also noticed that security flag was turned on (S-ON) wherein it was turned off when I bought it and still Off after I rooted using unrevoked method.
> When I checked the SD it was corrupted already and had to format & repartition it using Ubuntu's Gparted Partition Utility. (I bought a new one as a replacement but was unable to make it a GoldCard as it probably requires that it is inside your phone and running in OS)
>> Did some research for few days and here's what I've tried so far. <<
- Tried to use AlphaRev to turn off the security but was unsuccessful since it requires that you have to be inside the OS (ROM) which is not possible at the moment.
- Tried to use RUU to just unroot it and get back to zero but still unsuccessful, it encountered USB Connection Error....many times.
- Tried getting the rom.zip inside RUU and renaming it to PB99IMG.zip, loaded it using hboot but still unsuccessful, it says CID Incorrect! Update Fail.
- I read that downgrading Hboot would most likely resolve the issue but I really have no idea how to do it, no clear steps are roaming out there upon doing my research.
- Some says, you can push the ClockWork using ADB but doing it actually fails....Error....and no clear steps.
I don't really know what kind of issue(s) I am facing now guys.
I am totally on the edge of my seat.
I must have been missing something along the way...(I know I am)
If somebody would be helpful enough to point & show the way in resolving this issue, that would be greatly appreciated (step by step maybe).
These are the details in my Hboot UI that would hopefully helps (if that will make sense).
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.83.0001
MICROP-051d
RADIO-5.17.05.08
Jun 10 2010, 12:12:05
THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE GUYS.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
{UPDATE......ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED...Read my post down....}

If you do not have a goldcard you must find an RUU specifically for your phone. I'm on Vodafone UK and it appears there are a couple of Vod UK RUUs out there but only one of them would flash correctly. The others left me in a state like yours.
Persevere I believe all is not lost.
Check this thread out and see if that helps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831734&highlight=un+bricking+an+slcd+desire

victorvital said:
Hi,
I don't really know where to start and have no idea what actually causes the issue, please just bare with me guys as I badly need your help.
Here's the thing;
My Phone was rooted way back using unrevoked method (as far as I remember)
> Radio was upgraded to the latest (afaik)
> I have created a cheap generic GoldCard with Ext2 & 3 which is kind of slow and so I decided to try different kinds of Custom ROM.
> I recently installed GingerVillain (GingerBread2.3.4).
> I enabled apps to sd for protected apps using the Terminal I downloaded from Market.
> I was on the process of moving apps to sd (including those when it suddenly started bootlooping. After 4x of loops, I decided to remove the battery. From there I know something went wrong.
> I normally would just go to clockwork recovery and do the reinstallation process in rectifying such issue, but to my surprise I was not able to boot into recovery as well and stucked in Fastboot & Hboot and if I try to boot normally, then it will be up to HTC logo only.
> I also noticed that security flag was turned on (S-ON) wherein it was turned off when I bought it and still Off after I rooted using unrevoked method.
> When I checked the SD it was corrupted already and had to format & repartition it using Ubuntu's Gparted Partition Utility. (I bought a new one as a replacement but was unable to make it a GoldCard as it probably requires that it is inside your phone and running in OS)
>> Did some research for few days and here's what I've tried so far. <<
- Tried to use AlphaRev to turn off the security but was unsuccessful since it requires that you have to be inside the OS (ROM) which is not possible at the moment.
- Tried to use RUU to just unroot it and get back to zero but still unsuccessful, it encountered USB Connection Error....many times.
- Tried getting the rom.zip inside RUU and renaming it to PB99IMG.zip, loaded it using hboot but still unsuccessful, it says CID Incorrect! Update Fail.
- I read that downgrading Hboot would most likely resolve the issue but I really have no idea how to do it, no clear steps are roaming out there upon doing my research.
- Some says, you can push the ClockWork using ADB but doing it actually fails....Error....and no clear steps.
I don't really know what kind of issue(s) I am facing now guys.
I am totally on the edge of my seat.
I must have been missing something along the way...(I know I am)
If somebody would be helpful enough to point & show the way in resolving this issue, that would be greatly appreciated (step by step maybe).
These are the details in my Hboot UI that would hopefully helps (if that will make sense).
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.83.0001
MICROP-051d
RADIO-5.17.05.08
Jun 10 2010, 12:12:05
THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE GUYS.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
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Remove your sd card and unplug battery.... It will start in recovery mode. Then then your recovering and it says no sd. Reinstall sd..
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA Premium App

SeanyC said:
If you do not have a goldcard you must find an RUU specifically for your phone. I'm on Vodafone UK and it appears there are a couple of Vod UK RUUs out there but only one of them would flash correctly. The others left me in a state like yours.
Persevere I believe all is not lost.
Check this thread out and see if that helps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831734&highlight=un+bricking+an+slcd+desire
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Click to collapse
The link somehow helps me....
After how many days of troubleshooting...was finally able to get my phone back in it's working condition...
Thank you all guys.

victorvital said:
The link somehow helps me....
After how many days of troubleshooting...was finally able to get my phone back in it's working condition...
Thank you all guys.
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plz can u help or suggest me how to do that..i m also stuck like u for 3 month....i got same probs like u....
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.09.05.30_2
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

jgm092 said:
plz can u help or suggest me how to do that..i m also stuck like u for 3 month....i got same probs like u....
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.09.05.30_2
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
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Just need to go to church for a whole day activity.....will do the steps afterwards.
Just hang in there buddy...

jgm092 said:
plz can u help or suggest me how to do that..i m also stuck like u for 3 month....i got same probs like u....
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.09.05.30_2
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
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So Sorry for the long delay...been busy and Sick these past days...
Ok here goes.
The steps will be assuming that we have "Exactly" the same issue so if ever along the way you think that something might have gone different then I suggest you discontinue following the steps as you might end up with a Totally Bricked Desire. (which I am not liable of )
Credits to the people who created ALL steps I have copied and pasted in here!
Here's what I did in my case;
(**Make sure your unit is totally charged up)
Step 1:
Downgrade Hboot & Unroot (restore shipped ROM) your device;
- Get the latest RUU for your region (make sure it is for your region) from Shipped Roms. (remember to check the md5 sum, we don't want to download a corrupted file )
- Run the RUU as administrator.
- When it gets to the portion of asking you to plugged in the device,, click Start and type %temp% in the search box, it will come up with a folder named Temp,,Open it.
- Using the search bar (again) in the temp folder that we just opened, type in rom.zip when you see rom.zip, move it to desktop or anywhere you like, then you can cancel the opened RUU process.
- Create GoldCard (other threads doesn't suggest to use a GoldCard YET as the ROM will run even without a GoldCard, but in my case...Ordinary SD Card doesn't work for me at all leaving me in creating a GoldCard). Format the SD Card to FAT32 afterwards.
- Rename the rom.zip to PB99IMG.zip
- Copy it to the SD Card root
- Boot to Hboot (Vol- plus Power)
- Hboot will then detect the zip and will load it up, Wait for few minutes and grab a cup of coffee .
- When it finds PB99IMG.zip, it starts to load it;
It gives the next options after few minutes from the initial key press of Vol- and Power key.
Parsing………………….[SD zip]
1. Bootloader
2. Radio V2
3. Radio_Cust
4. Boot
5. Recovery
6. System
7. Userdata
8. Splash1
9. Splash2
Do you want to update device?
<Vol Up> Yes
<Vol Down> No
and so we would want to choose Yes
During the Process, it will reboot and will reload PB99IMG.zip again and will continue with its process....if ever you got stucked into HTC screen again after it reboots during the process, you can pretty much remove the battery then boot to Hboot again and it will continue with its thing.
If it asks for a reboot, choose Yes.
If you pressed Yes, then:
Update is in progress..
Do not power off your device.
1. Bootloader -OK
2. Radio V2 -OK
3. Radio_Cust -OK
4. Boot -OK
5. Recovery-Unzipping/Updating
6. System
7. Userdata
8. Splash1
9. Splash2
If it asks for a reboot again, choose Yes.
On rebooting, HTC screen shows up for a few seconds.
Then a green Down arrow in a green circle shows up for another 5-6 seconds.
Then, HTC screen again.
Finally, HTC screen disappears and the HTC Quietly brilliant logo shows.
Your device now boots into the Android phone.
DONE with Step 1...your phone is now unrooted, Hboot downgraded and is back into its Shipped State.
**If you encountered error during the initial loading of PB99IMG then chances are the ROM you downloaded might not be the one for your device, remember that the ROM vary from region to region so you must make sure you have downloaded the right one....
Step 2:
S-Off your device
- AlphaRev will guide you here
**no need to NANDROID since you don't have anything to...
**This thing will actually install its customized CWM Recovery which you'll find it COOL......& will also upgrade your Hboot again
Step 3:
It's time to ROOT your phone again.
- Use Unrevoked Method,,,the EASIEST way as far as I know.
Step 4:
Flash a custom ROM....I'm pretty sure you know how to do it.
I suggest flashing GingerVillain 2.7 [GingerBread 2.3.4] (not 2.8,,,still BETA I think)
- Make use of AlphaRev's Customized CWM Recovery.....in my case I partitioned the SD Card using AlphaRev's Customized CWM Recovery instead of using Linux's Gparted Utility (choose 2gb of partition if you have a bigger SD Card Space and 512mb of swapping)
- In making sure everything will work well...I did the following things;
>> Restart CWM after formatting and partitioning the SD Card.
>> Resatrt CWM after wiping.
>> Restart CWM after copying the custom ROM to SD Card.
DONE...The Rest is up to you.
To Moderators and Geeks in here......please correct any steps I have provided in here if you find it a bit OFF so as to help others who have encountered same issue as I had.....Thanks.
CREDITS TO ALL HARDWORKING PEOPLE AT XDA WHO TOOK THE TIME AND INITIATIVE TO POST ALL STEPS POSSIBLE IN RESOLVING SUCH ISSUES....
GOD BLESS YOU GUYS.
Edit:
I have learned that buying Cheap and Crappy Sd Card will not actually save you money but will further make your day worst.........so my suggestion is to buy the BEST one......just think of it as an investment (LOL!)

Comments?? Anyone???
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

[Q] HTC Desire not booting after theme installed

I installed a neondroid theme from this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=554028 from the SD card through recovery mode, rebooted my phone, and it won't boot to the wallpaper.
It's supposed to show the joker with s-off on it for a few seconds then go off then my network provider shows then my wallpaper.
It just stays at the joker then a black line appears on screen.
Any ideas how I can get my phone functioning again??
img flashing won't work as i get a CID error, just in case anyone suggests anything. I don't know how to overcome this cid error.
--- AplphaRev ---
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.14
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

Reboot into recovery, go to mounts and storage and ersae everything apart from sdcard, then restore backup. Should fix it.

I have no recovery file. Is there a copy somewhere i could use?

You should always work with backup in the recovery, before flashing anything.
One thing you might try: Get the zip of your current ROM (not the Theme) and flash it right over...
And be patient: first boot always takes some time.

To get rid of of the cid error, you need either create goldcard with ubuntu or use the appropriate ruu from your provider (make sure this one is not too old).
Which rom are you running? As far as I understand, this theme is for only cyanogenmod 4.0.4.

Unable to figure out HBOOT update process?

Rooted my desire way last year and have enjoyed using a number of roms since...
Yesterday I quick look at a couple of the ICS roms, which were nice but clearly not ready for primetime, so started to look at a more recently update gb rom to replace the update-oxygen-2.3.2-Bravo-signed.zip that I've been using.
The MildWild V-3.0 xperia Launcher & MildWild V-3.0A Launcher2 look liked a decent bet, but of course failed as I hadnt read through the whole post and failed to take into account "do a clean installing and please keep in mind the ROM is to big for the oxygen hboot use CM7r2 Hboot"
What is the process for updating the HBOOT?
Here is the steps I taken so far, but without much sucess
Jumped over to http://alpharev.nl/ and followed the precess there, booting into fastboot I now see:
--- AlphaRev ---
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010,17:52:10
So I'm assuming that this is done correctly and I just have to now grab the required HOOT files and update - this is where I get a little lost
I have grabbed bravo_alphaspl-cm7r2.img.zip & PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip
renaming PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip to PB99IMG.zip, drop onto sdcard and started the phone in HBOOT to flash the HBOOT, but this gives me
CID incorrect!
Update Fail
Have doubled checked using a file manager that the isnt named PB99IMG.zip.zip as some suggest
and have tried to follow this post here but am at a complete loss with it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14668785&postcount=2575
installed the HTC USB Drivers
Installed the Android SDK Manager and have the Google USB Driver package, Android SDK & Platform Tools installed...
then boot into BOOTLOADER, connect phone... and ... no idea, not sure what my PC is supposed to do or if there is a console I can open must have missed something as I just cant seem to workout "Then you boot your phone into bootloader, connect it to your pc and select the downloaded hboot-drivers."
Am sure there is something just outta reach, any help appreciated

You're on the stock sized hboot, so you dont actually NEED to change it for any of these ROMS.
Best bet is using fastboot flash from your PC IMHO. Flash the .img file. Read the adb and fastboot faq in my signature (Skipping the ADB bit as this is nto relevant here)

[Q] help needed rooting and flashing rom

Hi all, I am having problems rooting and flashing a custom rom to my desire phone. My phone has the following:
android 2.3.3
bravo pvt1 ship s-on
hboot-1.02.0001
microp-031d
touch panel-synw0101
radio-5.17.05.23
jul 22 2011, 16:19:19
I tried using unrevoked 3 tool, but i got the error that my firmware was too new. What would be the easiest way for me to root and flash a custom ROM on my phone please?
Thanks in advance guys

ewicc said:
Hi all, I am having problems rooting and flashing a custom rom to my desire phone. My phone has the following:
android 2.3.3
bravo pvt1 ship s-on
hboot-1.02.0001
microp-031d
touch panel-synw0101
radio-5.17.05.23
jul 22 2011, 16:19:19
I tried using unrevoked 3 tool, but i got the error that my firmware was too new. What would be the easiest way for me to root and flash a custom ROM on my phone please?
Thanks in advance guys
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To root use Revolutionary. It will give s-off and then you will be able to flash a rooting tool. I'm a noob too and have used it very recently to s-off and root my Desire without any problem... You will find useful information in the forum for that...
Hope this helps...
Edit: I tryed using unrEVOked 3 also and got the same error...

ewicc said:
Hi all, I am having problems rooting and flashing a custom rom to my desire phone. My phone has the following:
android 2.3.3
bravo pvt1 ship s-on
hboot-1.02.0001
microp-031d
touch panel-synw0101
radio-5.17.05.23
jul 22 2011, 16:19:19
I tried using unrevoked 3 tool, but i got the error that my firmware was too new. What would be the easiest way for me to root and flash a custom ROM on my phone please?
Thanks in advance guys
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For GB use Revolutionary. Unrevoked worked well on Froyo.

Thanks guys I managed to root and install a recovery file/rom.. heres how i did it
On the Revolutionary page read everything and download the following:
a) Revolutionary zip - save to PC. They will ask for info (currently) on your phone to get a beta key.
b) Root file - place this on your SD card. I used Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
Now you're ready to go.
S-OFF PROCESS
Run Revolutionary (unzip and run) and follow prompts. Say no to installing their recovery.
Congratulations, you should be S-OFF now. You can check by booting to Hboot and seeing if you have a nice pink "Revolutionary" label above your HBoot info.
ADDING CUSTOM RECOVERY
it's time to install your recovery file. i used (recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-bravo.img)
a) Boot into fastboot mode (from off, volume-up and power or volume-down and power then cycle to fastboot option)
b) Connect phone to PC through USB. You should see "FASTBOOT USB" on your phones screen.
c) Open CMD (Start > Run > type "cmd" and press enter)
d) Type "fastboot flash recovery c:\your recovery file name" where c:\your recovery file name is the exact location and name of the recovery file you downloaded.
You should now have a S-OFF phone with a custom recovery
ROOTING PROCESS
Now for rooting:
a) Boot into Hboot (from off, hold vol-down and power) and choose "Recovery" from the menu.
b) Choose "flash zip from SD card" or similar from Recovery menu (use trackpad to navigate)
c) Choose the Root file you downloaded to your SD card from the Revolutionary website.
d) Wait till it says it's done, then choose to reboot.
Congratulations, you're S-OFF and Rooted!​
Whats the best and most stable custom rom to use please?
Also I backed my phone using the recovery.. it stated that I have no sd-ext..is that bad? Do I need to change that?
Thanks again for your help
my phone now has the following:
bravo pvt1 ship s-off
hboot-6.93.1002
microp-031d
touch panel-synw0101
radio-5.17.05.23
aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
Thanks again for your help

You would need an ext partition for many roms, to get a lot more internal memory. Check the partitioning guide in my sig.
A good rom to start out with is MildWild Redux. I've been using it since it was released. No problems.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
You would need an ext partition for many roms, to get a lot more internal memory. Check the partitioning guide in my sig.
A good rom to start out with is MildWild Redux. I've been using it since it was released. No problems.
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thanks... if i use the method in the guide, will i lose the clockwork recovery rom? Will I need to install that again?

ewicc said:
thanks... if i use the method in the guide, will i lose the clockwork recovery rom? Will I need to install that again?
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4ext is a better recovery than ClockWorkMod.

thanks all for your help.. I have managed to root and install MildWild 9.5 on my phone and so far it seems to be working fine