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How can I recover a bricked Vodafone Desire using a Mac?

I was trying to flash a rom but now, the phone keeps rebooting/hanging. I can access HBOOT using the volume down/power key but I have a mac so I cant use the .exe file to flash the image back. Is there any version that I could put on the SD card of the phone and get it to flash?
thanks!

ajaffarali said:
I was trying to flash a rom but now, the phone keeps rebooting/hanging. I can access HBOOT using the volume down/power key but I have a mac so I cant use the .exe file to flash the image back. Is there any version that I could put on the SD card of the phone and get it to flash?
thanks!
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ever heard of a program called parallels desktop? is a program for running windows software on a mac, a virtual machine.
edit: actually virtualbox is free http://virtualbox.org

Thanks but that will involve me buying Windows as well and would much rather prefer not doing that. Any other suggestions?

If you tried flashing a rom, you probably have a custom recovery, right?
Why not just boot to recovery, wipe and flash a custom rom.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
Download the live CD in post 2 and boot your mac from it then in terminal type
sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/desire
sudo ./step2.sh
I had the same problem a few days ago and this solved it. Hope it helps.
By the way make sure you burn the disc as an ISO and burn it at the slowest speed possible or it will not boot.

chose your device and download the mac virgin here
http://unrevoked.com/
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
and if you want this method for windows which you will not use but as Francene for other things
http://www.ce4arab.com/vb7/showthread.php?t=231128

Thanks very much- will give this a shot!

Just thinking, have you tried entering recovery from the boot screen?
Select recovery then hold power and up when red triangle appears.

If you don't have an SLCD screen just rename this file to PB99IMG.zip, put it on your goldcard, and boot into hboot:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.zip

I managed to get hold of a Windows machine but when I try to flash it, it says battery level below 30% which is NOT the case as the same battery on my other Desire shows 84%

teppic74 said:
If you don't have an SLCD screen just rename this file to PB99IMG.zip, put it on your goldcard, and boot into hboot:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.zip
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How would I know if its SLCD screen? Also, I dont have a goldcard- can it work if I put it on the card included with the vodafone desire?

ajaffarali said:
How would I know if its SLCD screen? Also, I dont have a goldcard- can it work if I put it on the card included with the vodafone desire?
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You can't flash a generic ROM on a branded phone without a goldcard. If your phone was from Vodafone but didn't have any Vodafone branding it may be an unbranded phone, in which case this will work without one.

The phone doesnt have a Vodafone logo on it but when I start up the screen showed a vodafone logo before booting into HTC Sense.

teppic74 said:
If you don't have an SLCD screen just rename this file to PB99IMG.zip, put it on your goldcard, and boot into hboot:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.zip
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When I do that, I get an error "CID Incorrect - Update Failed"
How can I make a Gold Card if this phone is not booting? Would REALLY appreciate if someone can help out.

Well- some progress:
If I hold the volume down and press power, I can see the HBOOT-0.83.0001 screen. From here, I went into Fastboot and connected the device through USB to a Windows PC. The screen on the Desire is still visible and says Fastboot USB.
I then try to flash "RUU_Bravo_Vodafone_UK_1.19.161.5.." since this is a Vodafone unit. The device is recognized by the Windows ROM Update utility and tells me the "From" Image Version is 1.24.161.3 and the "To" Image Version is 1.19.161.5. I click on next. It starts the "Sending" process , then Updating Signature but then gives a Bootloader Version Error saying Please get correct ROM update.
Any idea where I can get the correct ROM update which I'm assuming is 1.24.161.3?

[Q][SOLVED!!] SLCD.Bad HBOOT.Bricked.Help!

Edited the entire first post to make it clear what the issue *was* and what the solution is:
ISSUE:
1. Desire screen not switching on at all even though phone switches on.
2. Phone boots but doesn't go beyond bootloader/recovery/fastboot
3. Can get into recovery even though nothing comes on screen (test: press volume down and power. Wait for 10 seconds. Press volume down. Press power. Phone should vibrate. Wait 20 seconds. Phone should now be in recovery mode.)
4. Can get into fastboot (back+power)
5. No goldcard
CAUSE of MY ISSUE:
I had Aura Sense7.9+AlphaRev S-Off. Cause::Ran a very old RUU just because I wanted to bring things back to stock. The RUU overwrote my HBOOT from 0.93 to god knows what. Turned out, the RUU was for amoled screens and not for SLCD screen. So even though the phone turned on, the screen never did.
SOLUTION:
1. Make sure you have HTC Sync drivers installed. Install HTC Sync and then just remove the application and not the drivers. I also installed the unrevoked hboot drivers. Do the same.
2. Get Android SDK http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
3. Check that your phone is recognized in recovery and fastboot by your system once drivers are installed -- once you install the drivers, boot into recovery (point 3 of issue -- you should hear beeps in win7 signalling a device connection). Open android_sdk/tool directory in command line and type 'adb devices'. Your device should come up. Similarly take phone into fastboot, and then in command line type 'fastboot devices' your phone should come up.
4.Switch off phone after test. Next, take phone into recovery mode and create gold card. Follow http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/ or use the Gold Card Tool . The last part of the Gold Card Tool (Patch MMC) didn't work for me so I used the hex editor manually. Make sure you start with the SD Card that came with your phone. I tried 2 cards and it didn't work. Just the SD Card with the phone did!
5. After gold card is made, download 'RUU_Bravo_Froyo_hTC_Asia_WWE_2.13.707.1_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_143921_signed' RUU from shipped-roms. This is the latest RUU that I could find for SLCD screen.
6. Run RUU and if your gold card is correct, you should sail right through. and be greeted by a working Desire.
Phew!
Thanks goes to:
1. To everyone who has taken the time and effort to look at this post and comment with ideas and possible answers. Vankooten, I'm heading out of town in just a little while and just couldn't wait for rom210.zip. But, thanks nonetheless. Thanks EVERYONE
2. Paul from modaco and the guys from the unlockr for giving precise instructions on how to make gold cards
3. GoldCard Tool (klutsh) http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
4. To all the forum entries that I went through and the people who answered.
If you'd like more help on this, post away here or PM me if the instructions are not clear. I'm not an Android Guru, but can certainly try to help.

are you able to go into recovery?

You know you need a goldcard or its going to fail the cid check .... make one, also search for the slcd brick for another solution
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

CrimzonEyed said:
are you able to go into recovery?
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I'm not able to get into recovery. I just get to the bootloader -- I know this just because i can feel it vibrate once. volume down/power doesn't do anything. fastboot works because i can see it using adk. Screen doesn't come on at all so can't see whats going on.
AndroHero said:
You know you need a goldcard or its going to fail the cid check .... make one, also search for the slcd brick for another solution
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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How do I make a goldcard at this stage? I can get into the adb shell but can't mount the sdcard in any way. mount /sdcard just throws up errors. Are all goldcards the same -- a goldcard made on one desire can run on another? (I might be wrong but I think not)...
really screwed aren't i?

When you plug in the phone to the comp is it still visible in the "hardware section" ??
( you must have HTC sync installed and after that unistall the sync part, but leave the driver)

vankooten said:
When you plug in the phone to the comp is it still visible in the "hardware section" ??
( you must have HTC sync installed and after that unistall the sync part, but leave the driver)
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When I plug in the phone, I get it as HTC Bootloader in Win7 hardware section...so yes, it is visible.
What do I need to uninstall the sync part but leave the driver for -- to mount /sdcard?
How do I uninstall sync but leave driver -- isn't the driver part of the sync installation?

What ROM did the phone originally come with? If you know, and you can find it, flash that...

EddyOS said:
What ROM did the phone originally come with? If you know, and you can find it, flash that...
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And therein lies the mystery...i can't find it. i've gone through 100s of posts yesterday and tried flashing around 7 WWE and Asia roms, none of them work -- signatures just don't match!
i knew I should've created a goldcard!! since HBOOT has been overwritten and I can still erase system, data, and recovery using fastboot, should I just send it for service --- it is still under warranty... anyway of knowing if it's been HTCized again?

What software version was it on when you got it? This should be made clear before rooting to ALWAYS make a note of it so you can go back to stock if needed...without that you can try and send it to HTC but they may just turn around and say 'you rooted it, tough' and send it back

it was on 2.1 and upgraded it to 2.2 ota the day i got it.
i know.should've paid more attention and even created a goldcard for safe measure, but this is where I am at the moment
just wish things hadn't turned this bad...there's ought to be something else that I can do

http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip
Ok. step by step.
Download de android SDK from here: http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
Unzip it to a place where you can easely find it back.
Download also http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip , no need to unzip this, just place it in the map "tools"in the unzipped file.
Open a command prompt and navigate to the map 'tools' from the unzipped file.
That is in "CMD".
1. get your microsd card out of the phone.
2. turn the phone onin FASTBOOT mode, press the "back"button (on the right-underside of your phone) and the power button at the same time..
3. Typ in je commandprompt:
code:
1 fastboot erase cache (enter)
2 fastboot oem rebootRUU (enter)
3 fastboot flash zip rom210.zip (enter)
maybe you get a HBOOT pre-update 'error', repeat immedeatly the last command.
when this is finnished (you got now HTC ROM 2.10, not rooted) - the progressbar is then full:
fastboot reboot
You should no have a clean HTC romand can put back your sd card
make sure that there is no more 'PB99IMG.zip' file on the sd-card.
If you go to "start" on the computer an d type "HTC" you will find the HTC sync and two seperate uninstall files.
Just uninstall htc sync and leave the driver.
You will need this otherwise the phone will not be detected in the hardwaresection.
I have had the same problem and a guy on a dutch forum showed me the way and it worked again.
So, plug in the phone, turn it on with "back" and "power" ( not the volume-buttons)
Press "start" on the computer and type "CMD".
navigate to the map "tools" by entering cd (name of the map where you placed it)
Good luck.

vankooten said:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip
Ok. step by step.
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Thank you so much for such detailed steps. I will surely try this the moment I get home from work. I hope this works as I'm now desperate for a solution. Fingers crossed!!

vankooten said:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
Good luck.
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Just had one question -- the steps you mentioned will work even if I don't have a goldcard?

yep,
No need for a goldcard.
Don't enter the numbers 1,2 and 3, just the commands.
your phone will be put back in its original state.

vankooten said:
yep,
No need for a goldcard.
Don't enter the numbers 1,2 and 3, just the commands.
your phone will be put back in its original state.
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That is a relief to hear! I will try this as soon as I get home. Will report back at the earliest.

go to work!!!

Take a look at this:
...forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498

bhutanigaurav said:
That is a relief to hear! I will try this as soon as I get home. Will report back at the earliest.
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do you have s-off? because fastboot commands wont work unless you have an unlocked bootloader

vankooten said:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip
Good luck.
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rom210.zip link no longer works.
AndroHero said:
do you have s-off? because fastboot commands wont work unless you have an unlocked bootloader
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had s-off before the ruu reflashed the hboot. now i dont know!

believe it or not, but now i'm at work and can't do anything in this.
As soon as i'm home i will be back.

Can't flash hboot - Fastboot waiting for device - drivers up-to-date

I can't flash cm7r2 hboot neither through pb99img.zip, nor through fastboot.
flashing pb99img causes a short blink of some message (can't even read it), while fastboot is waiting for device indefinitely. drivers are up-to-date, Device Manager shows present Android Composite ADB Interface while plugged in.
I don't know if it is odd but connecting a phone via USB while in recovery shows unknown ADB device in dev mgr but can't update its drivers...
current hboot 0.93.0001, PVT-1 S-OFF
EDIT:
had a problem with recognizing the Android Phone when booted normally - i've manually edited the android_winusb.inf and changed pid value to this corresponding to my device's and have chosen Android ADB Interface as the device's name but still adb shell does not see any device ...
EDIT2:
solution in post#14 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16956020&postcount=14 . thanks guys!

pet3rs said:
I can't flash cm7r2 hboot neither through pb99img.zip, nor through fastboot.
flashing pb99img causes a short blink of some message (can't even read it), while fastboot is waiting for device indefinitely. drivers are up-to-date, Device Manager shows present Android Composite ADB Interface while plugged in.
I don't know if it is odd but connecting a phone via USB while in recovery shows unknown ADB device in dev mgr but can't update its drivers...
current hboot 0.93.0001, PVT-1 S-OFF
EDIT:
had a problem with recognizing the Android Phone when booted normally - i've manually edited the android_winusb.inf and changed pid value to this corresponding to my device's and have chosen Android ADB Interface as the device's name but still adb shell does not see any device ...
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have you installed the required drivers on computer?

I think so, but could you point those required, just to be sure?

Try this: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
If that does not work (works for me on win7) - then try the official HTC drivers (by installing HTC Sync).

I've already used this driver. when the device is in fastboot mode, dev mgr recognizes it, installs drivers and everything seems fine, but when I reboot, it appears as Android Phone with no possibility to install the driver. strange :/
what is bothering me though is not the driver issue but impossibility to flash the PB99IMG through recovery. should I take some special steps to do so?? I put the PB99IMG-cm7r2.zip on sd, change the filename to PB99IMG.zip and try to flash it through recovery. I even tried PB99IMG-downgrade.zip but still no effect.

pet3rs said:
I've already used this driver. when the device is in fastboot mode, dev mgr recognizes it, installs drivers and everything seems fine, but when I reboot, it appears as Android Phone with no possibility to install the driver. strange :/
what is bothering me though is not the driver issue but impossibility to flash the PB00IMG through recovery. should I take some special steps to do so?? I put the PB99IMG-cm7r2.zip on sd, change the filename to PB99IMG.zip and try to flash it through recovery. I even tried PB99IMG-downgrade.zip but still no effect.
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U have to put the PB99IMG.zip to the root of ur sdcard (not flash it in recovery), and reboot ur phone in the bootloader and wait it to ask u automatically to apply the update..then select yes with volume keys, and confirm the choice with the power button

pet3rs said:
I've already used this driver. when the device is in fastboot mode, dev mgr recognizes it, installs drivers and everything seems fine, but when I reboot, it appears as Android Phone with no possibility to install the driver. strange :/
what is bothering me though is not the driver issue but impossibility to flash the PB99IMG through recovery. should I take some special steps to do so?? I put the PB99IMG-cm7r2.zip on sd, change the filename to PB99IMG.zip and try to flash it through recovery. I even tried PB99IMG-downgrade.zip but still no effect.
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If your phone is branded you won't be able to flash hboot via PB99IMG.
AFAIK a so-called goldcard might help, but not sure here so you may want to check this out on the forums.
As for the driver, I installed mine by the age-proven method of installing HTC Sync app on the PC and then uninstalling it.

andQlimax said:
U have to put the PB99IMG.zip to the root of ur sdcard (not flash it in recovery), and reboot ur phone in the bootloader and wait it to ask u automatically to apply the update..then select yes with volume keys, and confirm the choice with the power button
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bootloader says "no image or wrong image"
s300pmu1 said:
If your phone is branded you won't be able to flash hboot via PB99IMG.
AFAIK a so-called goldcard might help, but not sure here so you may want to check this out on the forums.
As for the driver, I installed mine by the age-proven method of installing HTC Sync app on the PC and then uninstalling it.
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I recall unbranding before rooting but eg. Android Market still says ERA HTC Desire. does it mean my Desire is still branded?

pet3rs said:
bootloader says "no image or wrong image"
I recall unbranding before rooting but eg. Android Market still says ERA HTC Desire. does it mean my Desire is still branded?
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U need the goldcard in the sdcard then

you are probably right, as I forgot that I bought a new one... can't I make a second GC ??

Sure. The goldcard is only sd card connected and it doesn't matter which system you are running.
SwiftKeyed from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App

I've made my SD a GoldCard and now get "CID Incorrect! Update failed." or sth like that. I guess I need to instert my original GC?

Guy I had this problem,too.
I downloaded the PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip renamd it to PB99IMG.zip,put it on Sd card but it doesn't work.
Then I opened rootExplorer and saw there that the filme name was PB99IMG.zip.zip (on pc only PB99IMG.zip) so I renamed it via rootExplorer bootet into fastboot & it worked.
Maybe you have the same problem.

installing and uninstalling HTC Sync + making my SD a Gold Card did the trick! both PB99IMG.zip and fastboot methods work.
soooo freakin happy, will try Lee 3.3.3 R5 with dalvik2nand now!

TELUS HTC DESIRE - Boot Loop Problem - Help! :D

Hello!
I have an HTC Desire that is stuck in bootloop. Anytime i boot the phone up it only reaches the HTC Logo then either gets stuck at the logo or cycles through the boot to logo.
It is through Telus and is no longer under warrenty. What options have worked in order to fix this? Telus support was less then supportive.
I have seen quite a bit of information on this forum and i am unsure which method might be best for my scenario. Any help would pointing me in a direction would be greatly appreciated
Im not sure what information i should post, so if there is something that is needed please ask and i will provide!

Boot into hboot (turn the phone off, then turn it back on using volume down and power). Then post everything that it shows there here.
Have you done anything to the phone like flashing a custom recovery, root, roms, etc, or is everything stock?

chromium96 said:
Boot into hboot (turn the phone off, then turn it back on using volume down and power). Then post everything that it shows there here.
Have you done anything to the phone like flashing a custom recovery, root, roms, etc, or is everything stock?
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BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
Everything is STOCK! No custom roms/roots or recovery

Darklyte- said:
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
Everything is STOCK! No custom roms/roots or recovery
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Download the 2.3 RUU here. Then copy it to the root (not inside any folder) of your sd card. Also DONT rename it (leave it as PB99IMG.zip)
Boot the phone into hboot and it will search for the file. When it finds it, it will ask if you want to install. Press volume up to say yes, then after its finished press volume up again to reboot.

chromium96 said:
Download the 2.3 RUU Then copy it to the root (not inside any folder) of your sd card. Also DONT rename it (leave it as PB99IMG.zip)
Boot the phone into hboot and it will search for the file. When it finds it, it will ask if you want to install. Press volume up to say yes, then after its finished press volume up again to reboot.
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<3 much love!! Thank you from a fellow Torontonian!

Darklyte- said:
<3 much love!! Thank you from a fellow Torontonian!
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No problem
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Also if eveything goes well with flashing the ruu, i would recommend s-offing the phone. It will be useful later if you run into other issues.

chromium96 said:
No problem
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Also if eveything goes well with flashing the ruu, i would recommend s-offing the phone. It will be useful later if you run into other issues.
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What are the benifits of S-Off ?

Darklyte- said:
What are the benifits of S-Off ?
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S-off allows you to write onto partitions that you normally are unable to. This could be useful for example if u needed to flash a recovery or upgrade radio. Its also quite easy to do with revolutionary so I don't any reason not to do it.

chromium96 said:
Download the 2.3 RUU. Then copy it to the root (not inside any folder) of your sd card. Also DONT rename it (leave it as PB99IMG.zip)
Boot the phone into hboot and it will search for the file. When it finds it, it will ask if you want to install. Press volume up to say yes, then after its finished press volume up again to reboot.
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Hey quick question, when im in hboot, what option do i go to in order to have the PB99IMG.zip load up. Im at hboot and i have the options of
Fastboot
Recovery
Clear Storage
Simlock

Darklyte- said:
Hey quick question, when im in hboot, what option do i go to in order to have the PB99IMG.zip load up. Im at hboot and i have the options of
Fastboot
Recovery
Clear Storage
Simlock
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You don't have to do anything to load it. when you boot into hboot it will automatically look for it and tell you if it finds it. All u need to do is press volume up after it finds it.

chromium96 said:
You don't have to do anything to load it. when you boot into hboot it will automatically look for it and tell you if it finds it. All u need to do is press volume up after it finds it.
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Ok, i put the .zip file on the root of the sd card. Booted into hboot and it only provides me the 4 options. It doesnt seem to auto pick up the .zip file. I should be putting the .zip on the root correct? I dont unpackage it?

Darklyte- said:
Ok, i put the .zip file on the root of the sd card. Booted into hboot and it only provides me the 4 options. It doesnt seem to auto pick up the .zip file. I should be putting the .zip on the root correct? I dont unpackage it?
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Yep it should be on the root and u don't unzip it. Try waiting a bit. Sometimes it takes longer. Does it even search for the files?
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

chromium96 said:
Yep it should be on the root and u don't unzip it. Try waiting a bit. Sometimes it takes longer. Does it even search for the files?
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
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Nope, doesnt even attempt to search for it, just insta boots to hboot. Ive left it sitting at hboot for about 30 min now >.<
I double checked, i have PB99IMG.zip on the root drive of the micro sd card.

Darklyte- said:
Nope, doesnt even attempt to search for it, just insta boots to hboot. Ive left it sitting at hboot for about 30 min now >.<
I double checked, i have PB99IMG.zip on the root drive of the micro sd card.
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Weird, it should at least look for it. Are u 100% sure that it doesn't search for it? Try rebooting into hboot again.
If you're sure that its not working then you can try running the exe ruu.
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chromium96 said:
Weird, it should at least look for it. Are u 100% sure that it doesn't search for it? Try rebooting into hboot again.
If you're sure that its not working then you can try running the exe ruu.
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If i select Fastboot, it seems to go through a bunch lines of green text really fast. It seems to say
SD Checking ....................
Loading.....[PB99DIAG.zip]
No Image!.........................
Loading.....[PB99DIAG.nbh]
No Image or wrong image!
Plus a few more lines, but it goes so fast its hard to read it.
I dont think i can manually execute the .exe because i cant reach the phone through usb via my computer.
Also hope your dry wherever you are!

Darklyte- said:
If i select Fastboot, it seems to go through a bunch lines of green text really fast. It seems to say
SD Checking ....................
Loading.....[PB99DIAG.zip]
No Image!.........................
Loading.....[PB99DIAG.nbh]
No Image or wrong image!
Plus a few more lines, but it goes so fast its hard to read it.
Also hope your dry wherever you are!
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Ok well since this way isnt working you should try running the windows exe version of the ruu (a bit more of a pain)
First download these drivers and install them.
Then download the ruu. Boot the phone into hboot then go into fastboot, and once in fastboot connect the phone to your pc. Once its connected and the phone is recognized run the ruu. Make sure you have enough battery and dont interrupt the process or bad things will happen.
lol im dry, but my power looks like its going to go out soon

chromium96 said:
Ok well since this way isnt working you should try running the windows exe version of the ruu (a bit more of a pain)
First download these drivers and install them.
Then download the ruu. Boot the phone into hboot then go into fastboot, and once in fastboot connect the phone to your pc. Once its connected and the phone is recognized run the ruu. Make sure you have enough battery and dont interrupt the process or bad things will happen.
lol im dry, but my power looks like its going to go out soon
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Ok, i downloaded the HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe and ran it. It installed the drivers. I booted into hboot, selected Fastboot and connected the USB. At the top of Fastboot, it how has Fastboot USB. The Andriod 1.0 driver said it installed, however i cant see the device in My Computer.
Does this sound ok so far?
Q 2) Once the RUU downloads, do i execute the .exe on my computer, or do i move it to the sd card and execute it from there?
Sorry, just want to make sure i do this correct haha.
Man its raining crazy out there

Darklyte- said:
Ok, i downloaded the HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe and ran it. It installed the drivers. I booted into hboot, selected Fastboot and connected the USB. At the top of Fastboot, it how has Fastboot USB. The Andriod 1.0 driver said it installed, however i cant see the device in My Computer.
Does this sound ok so far?
Q 2) Once the RUU downloads, do i execute the .exe on my computer, or do i move it to the sd card and execute it from there?
Sorry, just want to make sure i do this correct haha.
Man its raining crazy out there
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Sounds good. If you really want to make sure that the drivers are installed correctly and its recognized you can setup adb/fastboot. Then plug the phone in while in fastboot mode and type "fastboot devices" from a command prompt on your pc. If your phones serial number shows up then everything is good to go.
You run the exe from your computer, you dont move it to the sdcard.

Ran the RUU and i cant seem to get it to recognize the connection from usb to phone.

Darklyte- said:
Ran the RUU and i cant seem to get it to recognize the connection from usb to phone.
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Was there an error? Did you try setting up fastboot and running "fastboot devices" while in fastboot mode to see if it is recognized?
Also i forgot to ask, but what caused this problem in the first place?

[Q] Will I save my htc Desire?

Dear all,
I have been looking around the forums and downloaded a few things and looked at various solutions, but I am stuck at the first hurdle.
I have been given an htc Desire Bravo that just will not boot. I do not know how it failed originally but I can only get it into the boot screens, either the fastboot/hboot logon ot the 5 buzzes and the htc logo lock. Also it takes about 30 minutes with the battery out after every failed boot attempt to restart the boot screen.
I have run adb but it cannot tell me a cid number, I have a micro sd card in it but it does not have the pb99diag.zip on it. When I put such a file on the sd card it does not find it. Communication via adb and the phone has varied success. I suspect it is drivers and what I read is an old adb bug where server is out of date.
I have never done this before this weekend so please be gentle with me!
If I can get it to work, even to use it like a wifi tablet without phone I would be happy. I am in the UK and if we have real success I would get it on tesco PAYG
I get the "cannot find pb99diag.zip etc" dialogue when going into hboot.
The logon says
BRAVO PVT-1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO 5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010, 17:52.18
Can someone suggest where to start? I have tried a number of guides on the forum but no success so far. Even just getting an os running would be success. I will be looking at this each evening so apologies if I seem slow to respond
Thanks
Adrian

First make S-Off. I forgot how but if i think right, you must it do via revolutionary, If it success, then download 4ext recovery.IMG and flash it via fastboot and reboot in bootloader in your recovery
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battlekaier said:
First make S-Off. I forgot how but if i think right, you must it do via revolutionary, If it success, then download 4ext recovery.IMG and flash it via fastboot and reboot in bootloader in your recovery
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Thank you battlekaier, I will try this out tonight when I get home and will report back.
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ukubuntu said:
Thank you battlekaier, I will try this out tonight when I get home and will report back.
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After you s off u can flash hboot the easy way but first s off.
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If u phone does not boot then u can NOT s-off, ur phone needs to be booted.. also if ur s-on and not rooted then all u can do is flash a ruu.
Did u try factory reset from bootloader menu? Try that first, u never know but chances r ul prob need to ruu a ruu.

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If u phone does not boot then u can NOT s-off, ur phone needs to be booted.. also if ur s-on and not rooted then all u can do is flash a ruu.
Did u try factory reset from bootloader menu? Try that first, u never know but chances r ul prob need to ruu a ruu.
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Hi jmcclue,
Thanks for the comments. I can boot to the HBoot and Fastboot screens, thats how I could find the S-ON and version data. If I get it to reboot, I get either a white screen with just "htc" on it, or 5 buzzes and a screen with no life at all. I am hopeful to get it to S-OFF as I have had some communication through the usb to pc connection. I am not sure if I can do an RUU update as I don't seem to have a CID. I do not have a factory reset option on the HBOOT screen. I have tried clear storage but that has no effect. Perhaps I need the S-OFF first.
Cheers again,
A

Use the 2.3gb update ruu its wwe (world wide english) so dont worry bout cid. U can find it in bortaks troubleshooting guide in resources section and its naned 2.3.3 ruu. U will find it easy enough in google aswell. Search for "htc desire 2.3gb update" its a exe file so just boot ur phone into fastboot, plug in ur phone and run the ruu, hopefully it willvwork. Im a bit worried tho about the 5 vibrations u get, maybe a sign of hardware failure. But try that ruu anyway. And again u can not get s-off unless ur phone is fully working/booted.

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Use the 2.3gb update ruu its wwe (world wide english) so dont worry bout cid. U can find it in bortaks troubleshooting guide in resources section and its naned 2.3.3 ruu. U will find it easy enough in google aswell. Search for "htc desire 2.3gb update" its a exe file so just boot ur phone into fastboot, plug in ur phone and run the ruu, hopefully it willvwork. Im a bit worried tho about the 5 vibrations u get, maybe a sign of hardware failure. But try that ruu anyway. And again u can not get s-off unless ur phone is fully working/booted.
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Many thanks
Well that was a bit wierd
If anyone can see where I went wrong, feel free to say.
I could not seem to get the link between the phone and the pc so I removed the htc sync and restarted the pc. I could then connect to the phone in some way as abd gave a command error when I sent a fastboot oem readcid which it normally does. So leaving it in fastboot with usb I ran the wwe~.exe file and it all seemed to be doing installing. There were tens of installations going to the phone I guess each reaching 100%. Suddenly I had a web page popup in my browser s.rev2pub.com/ul_cb/player.html?a=19471543&context=c23573548&size=800x600&rt=popunder&ci=10&cb=[CACHEBUSTER] recommending I download latest drivers. The wwe ruu vanished and I have no continuing processes in Task manager that I can see.
So, should I have installed in hboot? Thankfully I can still get the phone to power on. What should happen after the exe file installs?
I am able to get some response from the phone as adb devices returns the phone device number. So I hope I can try again.
Any thoughts?
Many thanks

Revolutionary S-OFF and recovery
ukubuntu said:
Dear all,
I have been looking around the forums and downloaded a few things and looked at various solutions, but I am stuck at the first hurdle.
I have been given an htc Desire Bravo that just will not boot. I do not know how it failed originally but I can only get it into the boot screens, either the fastboot/hboot logon ot the 5 buzzes and the htc logo lock. Also it takes about 30 minutes with the battery out after every failed boot attempt to restart the boot screen.
I have run adb but it cannot tell me a cid number, I have a micro sd card in it but it does not have the pb99diag.zip on it. When I put such a file on the sd card it does not find it. Communication via adb and the phone has varied success. I suspect it is drivers and what I read is an old adb bug where server is out of date.
I have never done this before this weekend so please be gentle with me!
If I can get it to work, even to use it like a wifi tablet without phone I would be happy. I am in the UK and if we have real success I would get it on tesco PAYG
I get the "cannot find pb99diag.zip etc" dialogue when going into hboot.
The logon says
BRAVO PVT-1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO 5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010, 17:52.18
Can someone suggest where to start? I have tried a number of guides on the forum but no success so far. Even just getting an os running would be success. I will be looking at this each evening so apologies if I seem slow to respond
Thanks
Adrian
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Hey Adrian, I had the same problem as you did, hopefully I can be of help.
First, like everyone else is saying you will need S-OFF.
To do this head to this site on your PC revolutionary.io hit download for windows or Linux or whatever your pc is running, then you will need to fill out information about your device (see attached screenshot). Device, HBoot number, and serial number, (the serial number can be found behind the battery of your device). Once you have done that, click "Generate Key". it will give you a key, remember it or write it down.
Then, open the file that was downloaded, and extract the contents to your documents and Run the revolutionary( should look like the screenshot attached). Plug your device in (assuming you have the drivers) and it should ask you to enter the beta key we had before. Enter that and hit enter. it will then S-off your Desire and soon ask if you would like to install a custom recovery. hit Y and then enter, once that is finished, unplug your device and in HBoot go to "Recovery". Now you can flash a ROM of your choice.
Hopefully I made sense!
Best of luck

Neibaf97 said:
Hey Adrian, I had the same problem as you did, hopefully I can be of help.
First, like everyone else is saying you will need S-OFF.
To do this head to this site on your PC revolutionary.io hit download for windows or Linux or whatever your pc is running, then you will need to fill out information about your device (see attached screenshot). Device, HBoot number, and serial number, (the serial number can be found behind the battery of your device). Once you have done that, click "Generate Key". it will give you a key, remember it or write it down.
Then, open the file that was downloaded, and extract the contents to your documents and Run the revolutionary( should look like the screenshot attached). Plug your device in (assuming you have the drivers) and it should ask you to enter the beta key we had before. Enter that and hit enter. it will then S-off your Desire and soon ask if you would like to install a custom recovery. hit Y and then enter, once that is finished, unplug your device and in HBoot go to "Recovery". Now you can flash a ROM of your choice.
Hopefully I made sense!
Best of luck
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Thank you Neibaf97
Can I confirm that I can do this from the HBOOT screen or the fastboot screen? Also where jmmclue said if I can't boot then I can't S-Off, does that mean boot to the HBOOT screen or into Android? Then if I want to load say WWE, do I put that on a microSD to get it to recover?
thanks again
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ukubuntu said:
Thank you Neibaf97
Can I confirm that I can do this from the HBOOT screen or the fastboot screen? Also where jmmclue said if I can't boot then I can't S-Off, does that mean boot to the HBOOT screen or into Android? Then if I want to load say WWE, do I put that on a microSD to get it to recover?
thanks again
A
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He means into android.
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lilsafbig said:
He means into android.
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Thanks lilsafbig, that was a little too ambiguous to understand, but I have a few developments.
I am able to communicate to some degree with adb between phone and pc. Before I was unable to get anything back but now with the right syntax I have got back the CID as HTC_001 and the device number. But when I run revolutionary from the fastboot USB screen the revolutionary continues to wait for the device to show. Is it likely that USB degugging was off prior to the failure, is there a way to get it on. I suggest this as when I connect it to my pc it recognizes the device and shows in the device manager as an htc unspecified device (this is progress). As I cannot boot android it does not show as an additional drive in file manger. when I try some of the fastboot oem commands I get bad command errors, whilst fastboot getvars is ok. Could this be why I cannot get revolutionary to S-OFF!
Thanks

additional info, when usb is in an in fastboot usb, the device manager sees it as android 1.0

ukubuntu said:
additional info, when usb is in an in fastboot usb, the device manager sees it as android 1.0
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also tried "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" and got "FAILED(remoteartition is not existed).."

ukubuntu said:
also tried "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" and got "FAILED(remoteartition is not existed).."
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So..... does this mean I am bricked?

BUMP!

ukubuntu said:
So..... does this mean I am bricked?
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If you can still get to bootloader / fastboot screen, then you are rarely ever bricked.
1. Ignore anything and everything to do with revolutionary and fastboot for now. I'm afraid the first few posts while trying to be helpful have been misleading. Get your phone booting up into Android OS first, i.e. into a stock ROM using an RUU
2. Use the 2.3.3. GB RUU, nothing else, it doesn't need a goldcard or care about CID etc.
3. Download it from the bottom here, then use Bortak's troubleshooting guide stickied to the top of Q&A, Point [7] to run it as a PB99IMG.zip from the root of your sdcard. That way you don't need to run it through USB or care about what drivers are installed.

Thank you Eddie, I will try that. I did try flash a PB99IMG.zip before with no success but I will try again.
I found it here Official Stock Sense Gingerbread_v1.2 GB-2.3.3_A2SD – http://androidba.se/J7 for desire (neophyte)
I hope it can work out ok. I guess I format the sd card to fat32 not ext4
Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks,
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ukubuntu said:
Thank you Eddie, I will try that. I did try flash a PB99IMG.zip before with no success but I will try again.
I found it here Official Stock Sense Gingerbread_v1.2 GB-2.3.3_A2SD – http://androidba.se/J7 for desire (neophyte)
I hope it can work out ok. I guess I format the sd card to fat32 not ext4
Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks,
A
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That's a custom rom.
Here's the link for the 2.3.3 ruu.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/downl...uu-now-to-update-to-to-the-latest-android-os/
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ukubuntu said:
I did try flash a PB99IMG.zip before with no success but I will try again.
I found it here Official Stock Sense Gingerbread_v1.2 GB-2.3.3_A2SD – http://androidba.se/J7 for desire (neophyte)/
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That did not work because the file is not an RUU...it is a stock rooted custom ROM with A2SD (the clue is in the name). It is designed to flashed in recovery like any other ROM. Renaming it to PB99IMG.zip won't do anything.
Use the actual shipped roms RUU link provided.
Reformat your sdcard to a single FAT32 partition if necessary, then follow Method [7] of the guide, place only the PB99IMG.zip on the root of the sdcard (not in any folder)