[Q] USB-bricked Desire - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This is my first time rooting my phone and I managed to USB brick it (SD and carrier work). I've read many threads on how to fix a USB-brick Desire but I still haven't managed to fix mine. Here's what I've done:
I ran the latest Unrevoked3, which gave me root and put Clockworkmod 2.5.0.7 on the phone. I tried to go into this and run a backup but the backup failed. From my research I think this is because it's a PVT4 phone or possibly because it has HBOOT 0.93, i.e. it is a brand new Desire.
I tried to run Unrevoked again with a custom IMG which was a newer Clockworkmod, 3.0.0.5. This didn't work, when it rebooted it stayed on the fastboot screen, I eventually got through it but I was still on Clockworkmod 2.5.0.7. I cancelled out of this, after that booted and all seems fine except that USB doesn't work.
I tried following two different guides to unbricking USB, the first involved putting a special updates.zip on and applying it from recovery mode. This didn't work, I don't know why but my guess is that Clockworkmod 2.5.0.7 can't correctly apply the update onto the phone.
So far I have been unable to get adb/fastboot to work from my Linux machine, with adb running, running "adb devices" does not show it even when it's plugged in and has USB debugging on and everything. I also tried rebooting into the fastboot screen and "adb devices" still returns nothing.
I'd like (1) to get my USB back and (2) to replace Clockworkmod 2.5.0.7 with something that actually works, so that I can run a nandroid backup and eventually try other ROMs. However I'm not sure how to do this since I can't use Unrevoked and I can't seem to get fastboot to work either (am I correct in thinking that fastboot has to run over USB? or can I type fastboot commands directly into the phone?). I do seem to have root, if that makes things any easier. I'm stuck on the stock 2.2 OS.
Any help greatly appreciated.

If you want to use fastboot you need to actually use it, so not "adb" but "fastboot". Also try to follow the modaco guide on fixing usb brick.
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[Q] Cannot access recovery

Guys,
I am lost. I thought I am not stupied, but it seems I am.
Here's the problem:
After flashing a couple of different ROMs somehow I wasn't able to access recovery any more - I always used a batch to load the recovery, I never flashed in permanently. Now I only see the white HTC screen.
So I unrevoked, a new RUU plus rerevoked but both scenarios give the same result: unrevoked it stopping when it should boot in recovery.
Also I used some batch scripts flying around. and the problem should be that it is not possible to write the recovery.
my phone:
BRAVO DVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.75.0000
MICORP-031d
TOUCH PANEL SYNT0101
Radio 0-4.05.00.11
Any clue how I can restore recovery???
Thanks in advance.
M
Can you get into fastboot? If you can, go to shipped-roms.com and find your original stock RUU. Connect your phone and place it in Fastboot mode (select Fastboot and wait until it says FASTBOOT USB and run the RUU your phone came with originally). You may need to insert a Gold Card into your phone if you are running a generic one).
I;m just thinking... it could also be a USB brick, see this guide here for a possible fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691187
If i were you, i would steer away from manually accessing recovery using batch scripts/pushfiles, especially when connected via USB, as this can always potentially brick your phone. As you were saying, use unrEVOked with a permanent custom recovery like Amon-Ra, or use ClockworkMod. This will make it virtually impossible to brick your phone.
Hope you get it fixed soon.
You could also try running unroked from a linux live cd. People have less problem running it true linux.
Thank you guys for trying to help.
I installed the RUU from fastboot and still... no recovery in sight. I looked into USB brick as well, but all solutions require a recovery mode - which I don't have. Also I don't this it is a bricked misch partition. But hell, what I know. I just bricked this *****.
After RUU I ran unrevoked again. all fine until booting the recovery: White screen and HTC logo. But at least I have root ;-)
Is it possible that there is something wrong with the rights? I tried:
r5-desire-root/fastboot-mac boot recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img
downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
Any clue?
Cheers
M
tameike said:
Thank you guys for trying to help.
I installed the RUU from fastboot and still... no recovery in sight. I looked into USB brick as well, but all solutions require a recovery mode - which I don't have. Also I don't this it is a bricked misch partition. But hell, what I know. I just bricked this *****.
After RUU I ran unrevoked again. all fine until booting the recovery: White screen and HTC logo. But at least I have root ;-)
Is it possible that there is something wrong with the rights? I tried:
r5-desire-root/fastboot-mac boot recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img
downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
Any clue?
Cheers
M
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Try placing the 'recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img' in the tools folder of the android sdk folder, and then drag the tools folder into terminal and type:
./fastboot-mac boot recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img (to boot the clockwork recovery through fastboot)
or this:
./fastboot-mac flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img (to flash the clockwork recovery through fastboot)
Hope this helps some.
Tried this just now:
./fastboot-mac flash recovery ../recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img
sending 'recovery' (4216 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
./fastboot-mac boot recovery ../recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img
cannot load 'recovery'
Does this mean anything to anyone?
Thanks guys...
You are S-on, maybe running alpharev so that you are S-off can help you. But I have no experience with that. If you are S-Off you can use the fastboot commands to push the recovery.
It's possible that the stock RUU you ran earlier may have had an HBOOT update in it forcing s-off to change to s-on, causing the HBOOT to be overwritten.
I s-off'ed not too long ago (i know... i know... it does sound dirty ) and it is a risky procedure as it could end up bricking your phonr entirely if not done correctly. I'm am not certain on what exact procedure to follow on Mac, running Windows 7 here...
If you want to give it a try yourself, you can follow what is suggested in the following guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805811
This is what i did to security unlock my phone:
I ensured USB Debugging was enabled.
Downloaded this AlphaRev 1.5 HBOOT reflash utility (.iso file)
Important: Before starting this procedure, it is very important that you do not have your phone sync'd to your PC, as you should only connect the phone to the computer when prompted after the .iso is booted.
I burned the .iso to a bootable CD (you can also boot from a DVD disc or USB key).
Note: You may need to change the boot order in your computer BIOS to either boot from a CD/DVD or external device, like a USB key.
I rebooted my computer and booted from the CD I created, and pressed enter at the flashing cursor - you will know that you have successfully booted the .iso as the screen will display some Tiny Core Linux logos. While I waited, I powered on your phone but I made sure that I had not connected it to my PC via USB. After the initial loading, the screen will prompt you to press any key to continue. After this, I was prompted to connect the phone via USB.
Make sure you wait and only connect your phone via USB when prompted on your Mac. When you are ready, connect the phone via USB (while you are doing this, check the status of your phone as you may be prompted to allow super user permissions to continue). During this process, do not interact with your phone and just let it run it's course. Your phone will automatically reboot a few times during the 3 stages, so do not stop the procedure at any cost.
When it is done, go back into the Bootlader and at the top of the screen, it should show the AlphaRev text and s-off.
Next, you will need to flash the custom clockwork recovery here - http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img
Then, simply follow and enter the command I posted above (make sure you place the recovery image in the tools folder of the android sdk folder, and execute the fastboot command via the Terminal) to flash the custom clockwork recovery from fastboot, and it should then hopefully get you back on track.
Let us know how you get on with this. I will keep my fingers crossed for you
Regards,
Mas.
Another case of someone with a factory unlocked bootloader...where are they coming from or have HTC just sent them all out like it!?!?!
EddyOS said:
Another case of someone with a factory unlocked bootloader...where are they coming from or have HTC just sent them all out like it!?!?!
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I think these s-off supplied devices are supplied specifically for developers as developer phones... i think

[Q] White HTC screen after .. [RESOLVED]

Hi all,
I need a little help here. I have an European DesireZ (stock 2.2/1.34).
I've followed ianmcquinn's guide which is basically doing a temp root using visionary (I used r14) and then using gfree to get perm root. I did that with no visible issues and I also flashed an ENG hboot while I was there, then I rebooted.
Now, when my DesireZ boots, I get a while screen with the green HTC logo and nothing else. I can get into hboot fine:
Code:
VISION PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.76.20000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
System Info says:
Code:
SN-HT0Axxxx
...
OS Ver.-1.34.405.5
CID-11111111
eMMC-unknown 2223MB 4554751 Sectors
I can get into stock recovery (Black screen with a red /!\) then using VOL-UP + Power get into the menu.
I've done a factory reset, wiped all caches and data with no result. Also did a Factory reset from hboot. There seems to be a progress bar there but I don't see it filling in.
On the windows side, I see the android 1.0 device while in hboot and the adb devices while in recovery but "adb devices" gives me my S/N followed by offline.
Tried swaping cables too.
Any hints on what may have gone wrong and what I could try next?
I figured if I could flash Clockwork recovery 3 using hboot I could flash a GB rom and might fix it ...
Thanks in advance, DouD
The red triangle that you are getting is the stock recovery what you need to do is
flashing a clockworkmod recovery as you said
so get the recovery image and put it in your adb folder (tools)
navigate to that folder and type this command "fastboot flash recovery <name of the file>.img "
after that on your phone go to recovery and flash the rom if you already have it on your sd card. if not you can download the rom put it in your adb folder and type this command "adb push < rom name> sdcard/ " obviously you dont need to type <>
and please be careful only flash recovery 3 and above if you are planning to install CM7 otherwise get the 2.5.1.3 recovery and you should be fine.
Hey bahmanxda,
Brilliant, that worked.
As adb wasn't too happy about my device to be listed offline, I was holding back from doing the fastboot sequence, it appears that it worked perfectly and I'm now running CM7 - 17.
Thanks a lot
Glad to see you got it all working properly again!
Not sure what happened to cause your issue though. Had you tried any other rooting methods before? Did you make sure none of the options were selected in Visionary when you did the temproot?
ianmcquinn said:
Glad to see you got it all working properly again!
Not sure what happened to cause your issue though. Had you tried any other rooting methods before? Did you make sure none of the options were selected in Visionary when you did the temproot?
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Hi Ian,
that was the/my first attempt on that Desire Z.
Nothing was checked in Visionary, made sure of that. I tapped temproot, it did it's attempting thing, then came back to the menu and I pressed the home hey so I could start the Terminal Emulator.
At that point I think HTC Sense crashed because I had the white screen with the HTC logo on it and it slowly loaded my home screen. I was like meh, and started the Terminal Emulator and typed su, got the elevation request and a success, proceeded with the rest of the steps.
Then I rebooted (long press on power button, selected 'Restart') the device vibrated twice for a second or two then I got into hboot (I was pressing Vol Down). I admired the versions and checksums for a minute and selected reboot in the fastboot menu and got the white HTC ever since.
Once I did the fastboot and loaded CWm 3 I attempted a NANDroid backup and got a "E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument)" error (tried CWm 2.5, ditto).
At that point I just flashed a new rom and everything went fine.
I think I might have broken something by pressing VolDown while restarting?? Anyhow the scripts worked great and I don't think anything went wrong there. Someone else with an 1.34 EU DesireZ should give it a try, just to make sure.
Thanks for the scripts and guide Ian, they really simplified the whole process and even when you know adb and the long way it's great having a nice bundle like that.
DouD

Stuck in bootloader, S-ON, clockworkmod can't mount sdcard....bricked?

I've been running CM7 on my phone for quite some time along with SOS and recently the latest CM7 from here. Somehow my phone appears to be bricked. Perhaps from a faulty nandroid that I restored? It goes into bootloader but I can't do much there. When I select recovery I get the 5 vibes of death and black screen. I can get to CWM with USB connected, but CWM can't mount the sdcard. And somehow I noticed I have S-ON. I originally rooted with unrevoked. Can anyone offer any advice on how to proceed?
Flash Amon Ra. CWM is just not a good recovery with the Evo, but even so, with AR, I've had my recovery get corrupted twice with the same error you're having (Both times were after the only 2 times I ran a superwipe) and had to reflash my recovery, which fixed it.
And I can do that by getting a copy of Amon Ra in the PC36IMG.zip format, like here?
ogp said:
And I can do that by getting a copy of Amon Ra in the PC36IMG.zip format, like here?
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Yes.This is a good site to get what you need.
ogp said:
And I can do that by getting a copy of Amon Ra in the PC36IMG.zip format, like
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not bricked
Your recovery is corrupted. Just place the PM36IMG in the root of the SD Card and as soon as you PWR+Vol- your phone will rub the update package and you will then be able to enter recovery. If you phone turns on, it's not bricked. There is always a way to fix it. Message me at any step you get to and if your phone won't go any farther I will message you back with the solution.
Ok, so I've copied that file to my sdcard and booted. hboot sees the file and it appears to load with a vertical blue indicator to the right. But I never get any prompts to install. Once the indicator completes, it goes back to the hboot menu. Will this not install because I have S-ON?
Ahh, well, yeah, I didn't know you were S-on. You have to be S-off to flash a custom recovery
Ok. I'm not sure how I got S-ON. I'm pretty sure it was off so I could flash CM7 and CWM, etc. Anyway, can I easily turn it off?
I've got hboot 2.10.0001
Radio 2.15.00.11.19
I can get it to boot into CM7 but it won't recognize the sdcard.
I can't seem to get my phone working with adb. I have adb enabled and when I connect my usb cable to my phone and laptop, the phone says debugging enabled but my laptop can't talk to it via adb. I also tried to ensure hboot drivers are installed and I still show android bootloader interface in device manager. When I boot into bootloader and select hboot usb and then connect my usb cable, it shows hboot usb plug but adb devices still shows nothing connected. So my sdcard and usb seem to not be working properly.
What can I load via hboot with S-ON? I've tried to update the radio as well as loading a rooted stock rom by loading the files on my sdcard as PC36IMG.zip. hboot sees them and loads/checks them, but I never get the option to install. I even tried stock 1.32.651.1 and it loads and checks but I still don't get the option to install.
Nothing. You need to run the RUU, either via pc36img or by the exe on your computer, re-root, and then flash recovery
Could there be something wrong with my bootloader? I tried to run this RUU and it definitely gets loaded and checked, but I never get the option to install. It just goes back to the bootloader menu. Any ideas why I don't get the option to install? Is the RUU version too old for my phone/bootloader version? I don't think I can run the .exe since I'm having a difficult time getting my phone to talk to my pc via USB.
So I was able to get it to show up in adb by booting into bootloader and selecting hboot usb and then going into recovery. When I try to run unrevoked3 I get the error Device "/sbin/sh: getprop: not found" is not supported at this time.
I think you'll need to run Revolutionary, although it's been so long since I rooted, or follwed rooting processes, I'm not sure, based on your Hboot version, but that determines which root process you'll need to use.
Sorry this is dragging on so long.
Also, jump on IRC, Freenode #htc-evo.
Those guys are great at helping people out
My phone is still rooted, it just has S-ON for some reason. I looked at Revolutionary but wasn't sure that applied since my hboot version, 2.10.0001, isn't listed in the options and I'm having trouble talking to my phone via usb/adb.
HipKat said:
I think you'll need to run Revolutionary, although it's been so long since I rooted, or follwed rooting processes, I'm not sure, based on your Hboot version, but that determines which root process you'll need to use.
Sorry this is dragging on so long.
Also, jump on IRC, Freenode #htc-evo.
Those guys are great at helping people out
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No one on IRC seems to have an input....
ogp said:
No one on IRC seems to have an input....
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First, you have the wrong drivers installed to run any RUU (not PC36IMG). You need Fastboot drivers, not Hboot drivers from here. (INSTALL IT TO YOUR COMPUTER).
http://www.4shared.com/get/InLGg_UI/HTCDriver300007.html
Second, you have the wrong PC36IMG file (not RUU) for your Hboot 2.10.
Either one of these files should work for you to unroot since they each have the same Hboot 2.10.
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.exe
http://goo-inside.me/stock/superson...15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip
Third, you will need those Hboot USB drivers you installed in Hboot USB to run unrevoked (the reflash program) from your computer, not recovery. Make sure when you go to Hboot USB (by clicking on Hboot in the bootloader and observing "Hboot USB" highlighted in blue, not just "Hboot" highlighted) with your phone connected to your computer, that your device manager still reads "Android Bootloader Interface", or you will have to reinstall them (in "Hboot USB").
The unrevoked reflash program (not unrevoked-forever) can be found from this link.
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.32/reflash_package.exe
Reboot back into your phone's operating system, then run the unrevoked program, and you should be OK.
Thanks!
I was able to flash the stock .zip and get back to stock. hboot usb shows Android Bootloader Interface. I boot into stock I enable usb debugging. My computer then tries to load drivers for new hardware "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" and the screen goes black and the phone vibrate 5 times. Any ideas?
ogp said:
Thanks!
I was able to flash the stock .zip and get back to stock. hboot usb shows Android Bootloader Interface. I boot into stock I enable usb debugging. My computer then tries to load drivers for new hardware "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" and the screen goes black and the phone vibrate 5 times. Any ideas?
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Try pulling the battery. Can you get into the bootloader, and also, can your computer still read the phone after a battery pull and trying to boot into the bootloader or trying to boot into the operating system?
ogp said:
Thanks!
I was able to flash the stock .zip and get back to stock. hboot usb shows Android Bootloader Interface. I boot into stock I enable usb debugging. My computer then tries to load drivers for new hardware "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" and the screen goes black and the phone vibrate 5 times. Any ideas?
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Uh-oh. You might need to end up doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21765954#post21765954

[Q] Bricked- 3 Vibrates, LED flash on boot. Hboot 2.10, amonRA working - Please help!

Hey everyone.. any help on this would be greatly appreciated, has caused a lot of stress.
The phone was successfully downgraded to hboot 2.10 from hboot 2.18 a while back, s-off was achieved, all things were working perfectly with gingerbread roms and the sort.
I decided I wanted an ICS rom as my main boot-up, but was having difficulties installing it and finding a cooperable kernal/radio to get it to flash..
(looking back this probably wasn't the real issue as to why the ROM wouldn't load, and this base ICS rom that I was drawn to was not at all the one I should have been getting conclusion/direction from)
Anyways, I see now that I was trying to flash an Evo V 4G ICS rom, and in install this rom led me to update an EVO V 4g radio.
This was the rom I was trying to install:
http://androidforums.com/evo-v-4g-a...om-harmonia-3-17-17nov12-ics-sense-3-6-a.html
And in reading up on that lead me to this link
http://androidforums.com/evo-v-4g-all-things-root/648747-update.html
where I flashed the 'OTA_Shooter_ICS_35_S_Sprint_WWE_VM_1.14.652.0-1.13.652.2_release_291083f0wrax77ry0w073p' update.
Soon thereafter I found myself back with S-ON (previously was s-off), with no roms able to install.
I can get adb/sd functionallity in fastboot/hboot and have amonRA 2.3 installed as my recovery that I can get too.
In fact, in amonRA gingerbread roms say they install correctly, and I also have a nandroid backup of 'system' 'restore' 'data' 'cache' 'boot' which I believe I performed before the radio update.
They both say installed/updated correctly (new rom flash/nandroid), but upon rebooting the system, the evo 4G just vibrates 3 times, flashes its LED, and that's it. Blank screen - nothing.
Please, any help on this?
To sum it up:
I flashed the above incompatible radio in attempt to get a rom working which on foresight was for the EVO V 4G instead of the EVO 4G.
Upon doing this my hboot stayed the same (2.10), but it reverted my from S-OFF back to S-ON.
Confusing enough my radio on the hboot menu says '2.15.00.08.08', which is the latest EVO 4G radio according to here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
Hboot 2.10 USB boots fine with vol down + power, have ADB capabilities to it, and recovery boots fine to amonRA.
Much thanks in advance, I really want to get this running again!
echoedge said:
Hey everyone.. any help on this would be greatly appreciated, has caused a lot of stress.
The phone was successfully downgraded to hboot 2.10 from hboot 2.18 a while back, s-off was achieved, all things were working perfectly with gingerbread roms and the sort.
I decided I wanted an ICS rom as my main boot-up, but was having difficulties installing it and finding a cooperable kernal/radio to get it to flash..
(looking back this probably wasn't the real issue as to why the ROM wouldn't load, and this base ICS rom that I was drawn to was not at all the one I should have been getting conclusion/direction from)
Anyways, I see now that I was trying to flash an Evo V 4G ICS rom, and in install this rom led me to update an EVO V 4g radio.
This was the rom I was trying to install:
http://androidforums.com/evo-v-4g-a...om-harmonia-3-17-17nov12-ics-sense-3-6-a.html
And in reading up on that lead me to this link
http://androidforums.com/evo-v-4g-all-things-root/648747-update.html
where I flashed the 'OTA_Shooter_ICS_35_S_Sprint_WWE_VM_1.14.652.0-1.13.652.2_release_291083f0wrax77ry0w073p' update.
Soon thereafter I found myself back with S-ON (previously was s-off), with no roms able to install.
I can get adb/sd functionallity in fastboot/hboot and have amonRA 2.3 installed as my recovery that I can get too.
In fact, in amonRA gingerbread roms say they install correctly, and I also have a nandroid backup of 'system' 'restore' 'data' 'cache' 'boot' which I believe I performed before the radio update.
They both say installed/updated correctly (new rom flash/nandroid), but upon rebooting the system, the evo 4G just vibrates 3 times, flashes its LED, and that's it. Blank screen - nothing.
Please, any help on this?
To sum it up:
I flashed the above incompatible radio in attempt to get a rom working which on foresight was for the EVO V 4G instead of the EVO 4G.
Upon doing this my hboot stayed the same (2.10), but it reverted my from S-OFF back to S-ON.
Confusing enough my radio on the hboot menu says '2.15.00.08.08', which is the latest EVO 4G radio according to here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
Hboot 2.10 USB boots fine with vol down + power, have ADB capabilities to it, and recovery boots fine to amonRA.
Much thanks in advance, I really want to get this running again!
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You're going to need to upgrade your device to the latest available RUU version (4.67.651.3), unlock your bootloader with HTCDev, flash a custom recovery, root your device, and then downgrade your misc partition (again). That should normalize your device (if one of the earlier steps doesn't do it).
echoedge said:
Hey everyone.. any help on this would be greatly appreciated, has caused a lot of stress.
The phone was successfully downgraded to hboot 2.10 from hboot 2.18 a while back, s-off was achieved, all things were working perfectly with gingerbread roms and the sort.
I decided I wanted an ICS rom as my main boot-up, but was having difficulties installing it and finding a cooperable kernal/radio to get it to flash..
(looking back this probably wasn't the real issue as to why the ROM wouldn't load, and this base ICS rom that I was drawn to was not at all the one I should have been getting conclusion/direction from)
Anyways, I see now that I was trying to flash an Evo V 4G ICS rom, and in install this rom led me to update an EVO V 4g radio.
This was the rom I was trying to install:
http://androidforums.com/evo-v-4g-a...om-harmonia-3-17-17nov12-ics-sense-3-6-a.html
And in reading up on that lead me to this link
http://androidforums.com/evo-v-4g-all-things-root/648747-update.html
where I flashed the 'OTA_Shooter_ICS_35_S_Sprint_WWE_VM_1.14.652.0-1.13.652.2_release_291083f0wrax77ry0w073p' update.
Soon thereafter I found myself back with S-ON (previously was s-off), with no roms able to install.
I can get adb/sd functionallity in fastboot/hboot and have amonRA 2.3 installed as my recovery that I can get too.
In fact, in amonRA gingerbread roms say they install correctly, and I also have a nandroid backup of 'system' 'restore' 'data' 'cache' 'boot' which I believe I performed before the radio update.
They both say installed/updated correctly (new rom flash/nandroid), but upon rebooting the system, the evo 4G just vibrates 3 times, flashes its LED, and that's it. Blank screen - nothing.
Please, any help on this?
To sum it up:
I flashed the above incompatible radio in attempt to get a rom working which on foresight was for the EVO V 4G instead of the EVO 4G.
Upon doing this my hboot stayed the same (2.10), but it reverted my from S-OFF back to S-ON.
Confusing enough my radio on the hboot menu says '2.15.00.08.08', which is the latest EVO 4G radio according to here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
Hboot 2.10 USB boots fine with vol down + power, have ADB capabilities to it, and recovery boots fine to amonRA.
Much thanks in advance, I really want to get this running again!
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have you tried running a RUU yet? it should restore your phone back to stock radio hboot system and a few other things
Okay, I will try to get the latest RUU up and running.
I see them listed here
http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/HTC_EVO_4G_Downloads
but all the links are dead -- will look for a mirror right now.
I see there are three different methods for flashing the RUU - an update.zip I can flash in amonRA, a PC36IMG I can flash in hboot and an radio.img file I can do in fastboot adb..
I also find a .exe file
RUU_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.67.651.3_Radio_2.15.00.12.19_NV_2.33_release_234563_signed.exe
but it's an .exe file?
and they all seem to differentiate in size from a like 10mg PC36IMG to a 220mb version as the .exe is..
so many different choices, what's my best option for the situation
Thanks a bunch for the quick replies!
echoedge said:
Okay, I will try to get the latest RUU up and running.
I see them listed here
http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/HTC_EVO_4G_Downloads
but all the links are dead -- will look for a mirror right now.
I see there are three different methods for flashing the RUU - an update.zip I can flash in amonRA, a PC36IMG I can flash in hboot and an radio.img file I can do in fastboot adb..
I also find a .exe file
RUU_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.67.651.3_Radio_2.15.00.12.19_NV_2.33_release_234563_signed.exe
but it's an .exe file?
and they all seem to differentiate in size from a like 10mg PC36IMG to a 220mb version as the .exe is..
so many different choices, what's my best option for the situation
Thanks a bunch for the quick replies!
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The RUU is run from the PC while you're in fastboot mode. That'll work fine. Or you can use the PC36IMG from here and flash in HBOOT (bootloader).
Cool, thanks.
Okay, I downloaded the .zip and .exe-- ended up using Captain's link to HBoot the RUU by renaming it to PC36IMG.zip
So then booted up in hboot, it detected the PC36IMG -- went through the list.. check, check, check, check, completed and done.
Rebooted the phone, now instead of just a black screen with the 3 vibrations and led flashes, it goes to the "EVO 4G" white screen loader, then 5-10 seconds later, goes blank and does the 3 vibration thing again.
Back to HBoot.
Noticed the only change was the radio oversion now says 2.15.00.11.19 now
So now my next step is to do the HTCDev method I assume?
Fastboot USB'd- phone detected by W7 just fine.
I type in 'fastboot devices' and it detects the phone and gives the serial number, so fastboot seems to be in working order.
I then type in the command 'fastboot oem get_identifier_token'
and am getting the error
C:\Android>fastboot oem get_identifier_token
... INFO[ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.008s]
finished. total time: 0.008s
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and seem to be stuck here.. tried re-installing my htc sync, redid the get_identifier_token command and the same error persists.
Any suggestions?
echoedge said:
Cool, thanks.
Okay, I downloaded the .zip and .exe-- ended up using Captain's link to HBoot the RUU by renaming it to PC36IMG.zip
So then booted up in hboot, it detected the PC36IMG -- went through the list.. check, check, check, check, completed and done.
Rebooted the phone, now instead of just a black screen with the 3 vibrations and led flashes, it goes to the "EVO 4G" white screen loader, then 5-10 seconds later, goes blank and does the 3 vibration thing again.
Back to HBoot.
Noticed the only change was the radio oversion now says 2.15.00.11.19 now
So now my next step is to do the HTCDev method I assume?
Fastboot USB'd- phone detected by W7 just fine.
I type in 'fastboot devices' and it detects the phone and gives the serial number, so fastboot seems to be in working order.
I then type in the command 'fastboot oem get_identifier_token'
and am getting the error
and seem to be stuck here.. tried re-installing my htc sync, redid the get_identifier_token command and the same error persists.
Any suggestions?
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What does your bootloader screen say? S-ON or S-OFF? What are your HBOOT and radio versions? Because it doesn't sound like the zip file finished installing. It should reboot once during the process, and then continue on flashing for around 10 minutes. Did it do that?
Captain_Throwback said:
What does your bootloader screen say? S-ON or S-OFF? What are your HBOOT and radio versions? Because it doesn't sound like the zip file finished installing. It should reboot once during the process, and then continue on flashing for around 10 minutes. Did it do that?
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Yes, it did that.. went through all the checkmarks with success down to WiMax I believe was the last one.
It did reset once during the process.. I remember because I was confused, didn't know if it turned off or what, then it turned itself back on, continued with the process and installed the rest of it.
The only thing that changed was the radio version from 2.15.00.08.08 to 2.15.00.11.19 after the RUU/Hboot/PCIMG36 img flash.
Bootloader says... I'll type it all out
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
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Should I try re-flashing again using the .exe file, does everything seem right on the bootloader?
Okay, I think I might have put the wrong PC36IMG file directing towards 11.19
(too many files in my Downloads folder )
Lemme try again.. I see the radio version should be 12.19, which is what Captain's link provided
Okay, I used the proper 12.19 PCIMG36 file this time,
now the bootloader says
*** LOCKED (OOW) ***
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.12.19
Dec 21, 2011, 12:50:32
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Looks like it's back to its original state
I'm assuming it works now, still updating as I type this, will try the token and the other steps to get it back down to 2.10 with s-off and back to where it should be
Thanks for the help guys.
I'll let you know if it works, I'm assuming it will and I know the steps to perform at this stage.
One more question though which got me into this original mess,
do I need to update the kernal/radio/anything in order to get an ICS rom loaded on the Evo 4G?
Or was that issue mute just because I was trying to flash an Evo V 4g/incompatible rom?
Thanks again!!
Okay.. all is going well, but there seems to be something strange going on, don't think it's normal.
After I flashed superuser, I restarted it and it once again went to the black screen with the 3 vibrations.
Took out the battery, put it back in, powered on. Booted to sprint stock.
Enabled USB debugging/disabled Fast Boot.
Then put the USB in, and the notification sound popped up on my computer detecting the phone.. but the phone itself did nothing. It isn't even charging (battery indicator at top stays still).. my settings are set to 'charge only' and 'pop-up and ask me' on connection settings.
Pressed power button, went to restart, and it powered down and again went to black screen with the three vibrations.
Took the battery out, put it back in, turned it on.. went back to sprint stock.
Plugged USB cable in again-- same thing, no pop-up on phone that it's connected, although my computer notifies me that it is.
Tried on two different computers with different USB cables, no luck.
ADB shell doesn't work, no devices found if I try it anyways.
Help
Thanks
echoedge said:
Okay.. all is going well, but there seems to be something strange going on, don't think it's normal.
After I flashed superuser, I restarted it and it once again went to the black screen with the 3 vibrations.
Took out the battery, put it back in, powered on. Booted to sprint stock.
Enabled USB debugging/disabled Fast Boot.
Then put the USB in, and the notification sound popped up on my computer detecting the phone.. but the phone itself did nothing. It isn't even charging (battery indicator at top stays still).. my settings are set to 'charge only' and 'pop-up and ask me' on connection settings.
Pressed power button, went to restart, and it powered down and again went to black screen with the three vibrations.
Took the battery out, put it back in, turned it on.. went back to sprint stock.
Plugged USB cable in again-- same thing, no pop-up on phone that it's connected, although my computer notifies me that it is.
Tried on two different computers with different USB cables, no luck.
ADB shell doesn't work, no devices found if I try it anyways.
Help
Thanks
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Just as I suspected. Your misc partition is corrupted, causing your sd card to not be recognized, and ADB to be broken. I've been there before, and this is fixable. First, to get your SD card working, you'll need to boot into fastboot (so that your display reads FASTBOOT USB), and from the command prompt on your computer, from the folder where your fastboot.exe resides, type the following command (taken from here - thanks to Calkulin):
Code:
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
After that completes, boot into recovery. I'd like to check and see if adb will work in recovery - that'll be easier than the alternative, which is flashing a ROM with Wireless ADB enabled, and using those commands to flash the misc partition from the computer. After you get recovery booted, type
Code:
adb devices
at the command prompt and let us know if your device shows up in recovery mode.
Tried going back into hboot.. plugged it in,
was detected, but had to re-install drivers on my w7 machine I noticed.
after i figured out that hboot usb worked, went to recovery, went to restart now.
went to black screen and noticed it is vibrating 5 times now (before it was 3)
took out battery, turned back on, back to sprint stock. still no usb capabilities within the rom.
btw my bootloader now says
** unlocked **
s-on
hboot-2.18.0001
radio-2.15.00.12.19
also,
tried going back into recovery, and re-flashed the superuser file. installed fine.
this time instead of going to 'reboot now' went to shut down.. it shut down fine. I turned it back on, turned on fine.
It only seems to be doing the black-screen and 5 vibrations when I reboot.
Tried plugging it in again to pc, checked settings - nothing.
Am confused now, not sure what's wrong
EDIT:
okay, just read Capt. Throwback's reply AFTER posting this, will give that ago. Thanks CT
Captain_Throwback said:
Just as I suspected. Your misc partition is corrupted, causing your sd card to not be recognized, and ADB to be broken. I've been there before, and this is fixable. First, to get your SD card working, you'll need to boot into fastboot (so that your display reads FASTBOOT USB), and from the command prompt on your computer, from the folder where your fastboot.exe resides, type the following command (taken from here - thanks to Calkulin):
Code:
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
After that completes, boot into recovery. I'd like to check and see if adb will work in recovery - that'll be easier than the alternative, which is flashing a ROM with Wireless ADB enabled, and using those commands to flash the misc partition from the computer. After you get recovery booted, type
Code:
adb devices
at the command prompt and let us know if your device shows up in recovery mode.
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I remember having to do that command because my SD card wasn't detected before I flashed the RUU and making this thread.
This is because it was very noticable my SD card wasn't being detected.. any PC36IMG file in hboot wouldn't be detected, and recovery wouldn't mount nor find an sd card. After doing that command above the SD card worked.
But anyways, ADB worked in hboot and I successfully did that command.
ADB did not work in recovery unfortunately.
Are you sure it's an issue of my sd card being detected? My misc partition is probably corrupted I assume which is giving me these errors, but SD card even before doing that above command in hboot and recovery worked fine (was able to browse my sd card/mount it.. flashed superuser on it. I only say that because before when I had to do that command to get the SD working in the beginning of all this the SD card had no access to anything at all, and in recovery would give me a can't mount mnt/mmc*** (or something like that).., that's when I googled the error and found that solution that Calkulin provided.
But i'm not sure.. what are my options now?
echoedge said:
I remember having to do that command because my SD card wasn't detected before I flashed the RUU and making this thread.
This is because it was very noticable my SD card wasn't being detected.. any PC36IMG file in hboot wouldn't be detected, and recovery wouldn't mount nor find an sd card. After doing that command above the SD card worked.
But anyways, ADB worked in hboot and I successfully did that command.
ADB did not work in recovery unfortunately.
Are you sure it's an issue of my sd card being detected? My misc partition is probably corrupted I assume which is giving me these errors, but SD card even before doing that above command in hboot and recovery worked fine (was able to browse my sd card/mount it.. flashed superuser on it. I only say that because before when I had to do that command to get the SD working in the beginning of all this the SD card had no access to anything at all, and in recovery would give me a can't mount mnt/mmc*** (or something like that).., that's when I googled the error and found that solution that Calkulin provided.
But i'm not sure.. what are my options now?
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You're going to need to flash a ROM with Wireless ADB enabled, or manually use Terminal Emulator to flash the misc partition, as per the instructions in my "Downgrade HBOOT" thread. If you still have the flash_image and mtd-eng.img on your SD card, Terminal might be the easiest way to do it (hopefully it'll let you). If not, we'll have to go the Wireless ADB route, as I did here.
Okay, i'm not sure if it worked or not.
I su'd into terminal and did the commands.
the terminal froze though so I had to take the battery out, but that was after I pressed enter on the three commands..
I noticed in my bootloader it says *** LOCKED ***
and it also says I'm S-OFF..
Now I'm trying to flash over the 11.19 radio PC36IMG.zip but now it seems the bootloader is not detecting my sd card..
I tried the command to get sd working again. That worked okay.
I booted into recovery, and my sd card is mounted and in there I can browse my SD card contents.
But in hboot it tries to detect the PC36IMG.zip and just passes it by.
Did the misc partition commands work properly, what's messing with it now?
I'm still able to ADB/fastboot USB in hboot by the way, it just isn't detecting my PC36IMG file.
Should I try to manually do it, or am I missing something?
Also I booted into the sprint stock rom, plugged in the USB and now that functionality is working fine.. prompts up, charge only, etc.
Seems I'm almost there... :fingers-crossed:
echoedge said:
Okay, i'm not sure if it worked or not.
I su'd into terminal and did the commands.
the terminal froze though so I had to take the battery out, but that was after I pressed enter on the three commands..
I noticed in my bootloader it says *** LOCKED ***
and it also says I'm S-OFF..
Now I'm trying to flash over the 11.19 radio PC36IMG.zip but now it seems the bootloader is not detecting my sd card..
I tried the command to get sd working again. That worked okay.
I booted into recovery, and my sd card is mounted and in there I can browse my SD card contents.
But in hboot it tries to detect the PC36IMG.zip and just passes it by.
Did the misc partition commands work properly, what's messing with it now?
I'm still able to ADB/fastboot USB in hboot by the way, it just isn't detecting my PC36IMG file.
Should I try to manually do it, or am I missing something?
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If you're back to S-OFF, you might be okay. Try flashing the 4.67 PC36IMG.zip in HBOOT again. After you do that, you should still be S-OFF, if everything is working properly, and hopefully everything else will be working too.
It's also possible that the misc partition flash was incomplete. Since you're now S-OFF, and presumably ADB is working, you should be able to run the commands over USB.
Okay, I had to put in a bigger SD card for it to detect the PC36IMG to detect- installed perfectly.
Also had to reflash amonRA recovery.
I was already S-OFF for whatever reason so yup, after that I was good to go! :good:
Booted to recovery, made a backup, wiped data/factory reset, an flashed an ICS rom. Just booted up, everything is working great
Thanks a bunch everyone (esp Capt. Throwback) for getting this resolved quick and painlessly
Am very relieved to get this working once again as normal, wasn't sure if I would be able
Thanks again!!

[Q] DHD woes

Hi all,
Been having problems with my DHD for ages now - got myself a GS3 after a while so had kind of given up on it but now I really want to get it back to life as a backup (and for a temp replacement for my gf who got her phone driven over yesterday!). I've seen loads of similar problems to mine, but after searching here for months and following several soutions to one point or another, I always seem to get some kind of error that no-one else is getting and from there it branches off into new problems/methods. Kind of getting sick of going in circles so here I am asking for some DHD justice!
The problem is this:
A few months back the DHD started freezing/restarting intermittently (something to do with Sense I think, but tried the goldcard method of rooting it a few weeks before which failed, not sure if this could have affected things but it didnt seem to have any noticable effect for a while anyway) then eventually got either stuck in a loop on the carriers logo animation or hanging at the white background/green HTC logo screen. Couldn't get any further. Did a factory reset but the problem persisted. After a few weeks I came back to it and found that very occasionally I could get the phone to start up and get on the home screen. I can do a few things (like enabling USB debugging luckily) there but get DOZENS of notifications that various processes are failing and eventually the phone reboots or jumps to the HTC logo screen again. Either this happens before I can do very much on the phone or some process fails and nothing happens. So really I need a solution thats mostly PC based - but pretty much every program or command line operation fails to actually see the phone. I'm assuming here what I need to do it flash a new ROM to replace what I also assume is a corrupt existing one? I've tried RUU .exe type fixes - which don't see the phone. Most of the command line instructions fail to see the phone either. The phone isn't rooted so I'm guessing this would need to be done to flash a new ROM (a working version of the stock one would be fine for what I need it for but having a custom one would be nice). I've got nowhere with trying to flash ROMs as is (not rooted, S-ON), and also nowhere with various root/s-off tools. TBH I'm not really sure which stage of the process I need to be trying first. The other day the phone suddenly booted ok without the notifications and worked for around 6 hours before something made it reboot and return to the boot loop.
On the HBOOT screen I have the following:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.09.04.28_M2
eMMC-boot
Trying to boot into recovery just gets me the red triangle screen. Trying a new image from SD doesnt work as it doesnt see the card mounted.
Thanks for taking the time to read my tale of woe. Anyone got an idea where to start with this?
MerkyBlud said:
Hi all,
Been having problems with my DHD for ages now - got myself a GS3 after a while so had kind of given up on it but now I really want to get it back to life as a backup (and for a temp replacement for my gf who got her phone driven over yesterday!). I've seen loads of similar problems to mine, but after searching here for months and following several soutions to one point or another, I always seem to get some kind of error that no-one else is getting and from there it branches off into new problems/methods. Kind of getting sick of going in circles so here I am asking for some DHD justice!
The problem is this:
A few months back the DHD started freezing/restarting intermittently (something to do with Sense I think, but tried the goldcard method of rooting it a few weeks before which failed, not sure if this could have affected things but it didnt seem to have any noticable effect for a while anyway) then eventually got either stuck in a loop on the carriers logo animation or hanging at the white background/green HTC logo screen. Couldn't get any further. Did a factory reset but the problem persisted. After a few weeks I came back to it and found that very occasionally I could get the phone to start up and get on the home screen. I can do a few things (like enabling USB debugging luckily) there but get DOZENS of notifications that various processes are failing and eventually the phone reboots or jumps to the HTC logo screen again. Either this happens before I can do very much on the phone or some process fails and nothing happens. So really I need a solution thats mostly PC based - but pretty much every program or command line operation fails to actually see the phone. I'm assuming here what I need to do it flash a new ROM to replace what I also assume is a corrupt existing one? I've tried RUU .exe type fixes - which don't see the phone. Most of the command line instructions fail to see the phone either. The phone isn't rooted so I'm guessing this would need to be done to flash a new ROM (a working version of the stock one would be fine for what I need it for but having a custom one would be nice). I've got nowhere with trying to flash ROMs as is (not rooted, S-ON), and also nowhere with various root/s-off tools. TBH I'm not really sure which stage of the process I need to be trying first. The other day the phone suddenly booted ok without the notifications and worked for around 6 hours before something made it reboot and return to the boot loop.
On the HBOOT screen I have the following:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.09.04.28_M2
eMMC-boot
Trying to boot into recovery just gets me the red triangle screen. Trying a new image from SD doesnt work as it doesnt see the card mounted.
Thanks for taking the time to read my tale of woe. Anyone got an idea where to start with this?
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1. S-off your device
2. Use android flasher
3. AND easily flash flash recovery thorough this software....
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
MaratabHashmi said:
1. S-off your device
2. Use android flasher
3. AND easily flash flash recovery thorough this software....
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
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S-off requires rooting it first, am I right? Not having much luck with that - HTC Quickroot claims its been done but none of the apps such as SuperUser are present when it reboots...
Suggestions anyone? efforts to S-OFF not working so far...:fingers-crossed:
You don't need to root if all you want to do is run a RUU. Are you trying to do it through ADB or fastboot? Is the RUU you're trying compatible with your phone's region?
bananagranola said:
You don't need to root if all you want to do is run a RUU. Are you trying to do it through ADB or fastboot? Is the RUU you're trying compatible with your phone's region?
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I'm trying running the .exe file from the pc, I'm 99.9% sure its the correct region (3UK stock). It gets as far as bringing up a screen with a grey HTC logo while the PC says 'waiting for bootloader' before I get an error message saying the USB connection is lost (tried 3 different cables and there is no issue with faulty cables, or either end being unplugged, ). ADB doesnt see the phone as connected. Fastboot doesnt seem to do much as usually when the phone reboots as part of the process it freezes or goes back into bootloop. I've tried putting ROMs on the sd card and updating from the recovery menu but the phone doesnt see the card as mounted in this mode (when it does boot and run ok for a few minutes it does eventually see the card).
I'm confused. You have a recovery menu? Is your phone's bootloader unlocked?
Sorry, I mean the menu accessed through power on + vol down. No, tried unlocking it through the HTC site but no joy.
That's the bootloader. What procedure are you using for fastboot?
Via ADB commands - havent tried with fastboot methods recently though so I forget which particular guide I was using. I'm sure there are all kinds of noob alarms and flashing lights going off somewhere
You cannot run a RUU from adb. Only fastboot.
Where do I start with this then? I have the fastboot pc files installed already but didn't get anywhere, seem to remember the phone rebooting from a command and then just going back to the logo bootloop before it could progress - very possibly doing something wrong though.
Update: Tried the following:
Ran the RUU.exe until the wizard comes up. While the RUU wizard was open, found the temporary folder it created.Found ROM.zip. Opened it, extracted recovery.img. Put it in the location where Android SDK tools is installed. Booted the phone into bootloader, gone to FASTBOOT USB. Opened a command prompt, navigated to the folder with Android SDK tools. Entered:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
BUT still getting an error: "'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." :S
MerkyBlud said:
Where do I start with this then? I have the fastboot pc files installed already but didn't get anywhere, seem to remember the phone rebooting from a command and then just going back to the logo bootloop before it could progress - very possibly doing something wrong though.
Update: Tried the following:
Ran the RUU.exe until the wizard comes up. While the RUU wizard was open, found the temporary folder it created.Found ROM.zip. Opened it, extracted recovery.img. Put it in the location where Android SDK tools is installed. Booted the phone into bootloader, gone to FASTBOOT USB. Opened a command prompt, navigated to the folder with Android SDK tools. Entered:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
BUT still getting an error: "'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." :S
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You need to change to the correct folder on your PC where your fastboot.exe file is, thats why your getting your error.
Why you trying to flash stock recovery? Unless I missed it, From what I can see on your posts your still s-on, so you can't flash anything like that from fastboot anyway.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
The error you're getting is that your computer can't find the fastboot file. It's not an error from fast out itself. Open the folder with fastboot in it, shift-rightclick, and choose "open command window here." Also, I thought you were running a RUU, not actually using fastboot to flash images. If you want to flash stuff you need to unlock bootloader.
bananagranola said:
The error you're getting is that your computer can't find the fastboot file. It's not an error from fast out itself. Open the folder with fastboot in it, shift-rightclick, and choose "open command window here." Also, I thought you were running a RUU, not actually using fastboot to flash images. If you want to flash stuff you need to unlock bootloader.
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Yeah, I was initially trying to run the RUU.exe but that method wasn't working as I mentioned, so I tried extracting the rom it created and flashing that via fastboot.(Didn't know that shift/rightclick thing, thanks). As for s-off I haven't found a way of doing that without rooting, hence why I thought I couldn't get anywhere without rooting the phone first.
When I try and unlock the bootloader ( at http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ruu-downloads) , it wants to update the HBOOT first, this is how far I get with the process:
"BEFORE beginning the Unlock Bootloader process your product requires that you update the ROM to the version listed in the table below first, then download the RUU next to it to enable the unlocking capability.
To install the RUU, simply follow these instructions:
On your phone, enable USB debugging. (From the Home screen, MENU > Settings > Applications > Development > Check USB debugging)
Connect your phone to the computer using the USB cable that came with your phone. Wait a moment for your computer to identify your phone, this may take a few minutes. After your computer has found your phone, double click on the RUU to start the process"
I get as far as bringing up a screen with a grey HTC logo while the PC says 'waiting for bootloader' before I get an error message saying the USB connection is lost (so exactly the same problem trying to update the HBOOT as trying to run the RUU.exe) so I'm not sure how I'm going to unlock the bootloader if this method isn't working - direct .exe method doesnt work, and the process I need to unlock the bootloader so I can flash via fastboot doesnt work for the same reason.
Have you tried booting into bootloader and choosing fastboot before trying the RUU?
Yep. Same USB connection error despite having 'FASTBOOT USB' showing....
Type "fastboot devices." What does it say? Do you have your drivers from HTC Sync installed?
Hi all, had the phone working ok for a while, it wanted to do a software update which froze at 12%, however after cancelling it the phone seems to be problem free. Dont really get this as surely the incomplete update wouldnt take..? but something must have changed. The phones been ok for over a week now although I havent rebooted it or let the battery run flat...still dont trust it entirely!

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