[Q] Unable to flash stock - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok, I have good information for you guys. I'm *fairly* noob, but not too bad. Here's exactly what I did:
I got a HTC Desire HD from Vodafone-Australia yesterday. I thought I'd root it, then consider cyanogenmod from there. I followed the instructions here: <cyanogenmod desire hd full upgrade guide from wiki> very closely.
I have never plugged a SIM into this phone. I've been using WiFi. Using my WiFi I downloaded ROMmanager and flash clockwork 3.0.0.5
I then did a backup. I didn't downgrade because the software number was 1.32.178.5.
I followed the instructions to get temporary, and then full SU access. This all seemed to work without a hitch.
I then flashed the engineering HBoot, specifically because it said it could help if I brick the phone.
I then flashed this radio: <radio in the wiki> Seemed to work, but don't know how to confirm.
NOW. This is where it went pear-shaped. I kind of liked the sense UI, but had been using cyanogen 6 on my nexus for ages. I wanted to see if I could flash Cyanogenmod while keeping the sense apps etc. So I told ROMmanager to flash, but NOT wipe the current ROM. I believe this was Cyanogen 6 (stable.) Can't remember full version number.
It rebooted, it flashed. Then went into a boot cycle. The cool Cyanogen loading screen would rotate a bit, then flicker, repeat. I figured "crap." And so went back into the bootloader -> backup and restore -> restored the latest backup.
I then got stuck on a white HTC screen. I figured, still stuck in a boot cycle... so I tried my other backup I'd taken when I first got the phone. White HTC screen again.
So I did a factory reset... still getting a White HTC screen. I start to panic. I tried variations on the theme of "format/wipe/flash" with no luck.
Eventually what I did was download Cyanogen 7 to the sdcard, then flashed that... and it worked!!!! PHEW. Not a brick at least.
Ok, so I figure - well now I have SOMETHING flashed, I can try flashing back my backups. No luck. Everything else leads to a white HTC screen - I've left it for hours at a time. It just won't boot.
So, ok, I have Cyanogenmod 7 running. However, my wifi now doesn't work. I turn it on, it stays on for about 10 seconds, then switches off. It never detects any wifi. In typing this, I figured I might have formated something to do with the radio... ? So I'll try reflashing the radio.
Anyway - can anyone help me? I'd really like to get back to stock if possible. In a pinch I'll settle for Cyanogenmod 7 with working wifi.
Why does only cyanogenmod 7 work? I've tried cyanogenmod 6, and several clockworkmod backups. Also this stock image <link stripped because I haven't posted enough. It was a link modaco.com>
Why does my wifi not work? Can I get stock back?
PS. I flashed the radio and it worked
PSS. I had to strip out all my links because I haven't posted enough on here.

I might have got it. I flashed Cyanogen 7, and as I said above that worked.
Now I have a working radio, I can download ROMmanager. I got ROMmanager to flash the stock ROM I downloaded -- and it worked.
Now all I have to decide is if I want stock ROM or cyanogen with HTC apps restored via titanium backup

dakuth said:
I might have got it. I flashed Cyanogen 7, and as I said above that worked.
Now I have a working radio, I can download ROMmanager. I got ROMmanager to flash the stock ROM I downloaded -- and it worked.
Now all I have to decide is if I want stock ROM or cyanogen with HTC apps restored via titanium backup
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HTC Sense apps, in the main wont function without the sense framework which is missing from CM, so dont think you'll have much joy running them.
BTW your problem restoring your backups was due to the fact that you need cwm 2.x to flash pre-gingerbread builds and cwm 3.x to flash gingerbread builds

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[Q] Rom manager restore problem, please help :(

Was using my dad's Desire (I have my own), and thought I would do him a favour by rooting it, so he could backup. I rooted using unrevoked 3.21, and did a backup using ROM Manager. I've heard this is a bad idea, but I never had a problem with my Desire using ROM Manager, and an older version of unrevoked.
Anyway, after the backup, I tried to restart, and it got caught in a boot loop, never getting past the pink circle. (My dad has a t-mobile, HBOOT 0.75, have since upgraded to 0.93 with android 2.2)
My old backup Roms that I did for my desire work fine on his phone, so I have been able to do the above, but I really wanna get his old system back.
I've wiped the cache, done a full wipe, re-rooted, loaded the backup from Rom Manager, and from recovery, and nothing seems to work. The best I can get is looping from the splash screen, but another variation is getting stuck on the pink arrow circle.
So, what is the deal with unrevoked and ROM Manager not working together, when they used to be fine with old versions? Do I have to now backup by recovery alone? But more importantly, is there any way to get my dad's backup back, or is it gone forever?
Please help,
I'm sorry I can't help but here is an advice, never ever use Rom manager. Gives me lots of problems and scared me badly so many times in recovery. Maybe the plain all recovery methods in the clockworkmod would do fine although it has never worked for me. When I use it I still go into boot loops. Try not to use it but maybe that's just for me. Maybe you could try to get the Rom your dad previously used, flash it and on your SD card, there is a folder called clockworkmod, in it there is a folder named backup. From there maybe you could recover your data. I am not sure how but there is always a possibility. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the reply. I've given the phone back to my dad now. He wasn't best pleased about the wipe, but I was able to pull out his contacts from the data.img, which was the most important thing.
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Stuck on White HTC Evo 4g screen - Recovery Working - ROMS not

Hey all
So i searched and saw people with slightly similar issues, but not the same as mine.
I was hoping anybody could help.
I was having small issues with the rom i was running (CM) and decided to wipe all and go back to a nandroid i had of a previous ROM (Myn 2.2).
I wiped all through recovery and tried to load the Nandroid. It got stuck at the white HTC Evo 4g load screen.
I pulled battery. Went into recovery. Reloaded a seperate Nandroid backup (one that i had restored before with no issues) and had the same issue.
I then went back into recovery, wiped all, and did a fresh install of the Myn rom zip on my SD card (one that i had loaded before and knew was okay). Once again...stuck at the white loading screen.
So here i am. Recovery works, but i absolutely cannot get any ROM's or Nandroid backups to work after restoring/installing. Constantly stuck at the white screen.
Any ideas? I've flashed my phone a million times and this is the first time this is happening.
Thanks in advance everyone.
okay, quick follow up.
I reflashed CM6 and am able to load ONLY CM.
Seems really weird to me. Any ideas why I am unable to get back to other ROMs? I did recently update to the most recent Radio...that's the only physical change to my phone that i made that i can think of.
Thanks again. At least i have a working phone.
I had this issue, RLS4 is based on the 3.30 release. I had to downgrade my NV, PRI, Radio and WiMax to get it running.
You can grab all of these here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
EDIT: Make sure you flash one zip at a time here. I'm not certain if it's okay to do them all at the same time, but I generally hear that can cause issues. It'll ask you to reboot after each one. If you use Amon RA, it'll just reboot into recovery again, not sure about Clockwork.
I was also surprised that my nandroid backups of Myn's from before I flashed 3.70 software update didn't work/revert my software back to 3.30.
sidepart said:
I had this issue, RLS4 is based on the 3.30 release. I had to downgrade my NV, PRI, Radio and WiMax to get it running.
You can grab all of these here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
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Cool, i'll try this and report back.
Any idea which ones i should specifically downgrade to?
thanks
bweisholtz said:
Cool, i'll try this and report back.
Any idea which ones i should specifically downgrade to?
thanks
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I downloaded these ones and flashed them in this order. Each time I'd try to install the ROM after flashing. I didn't successfully flash until after the NV. If I was a good troubleshooter, I would've tried to narrow it down here. Sorry, I'm not sure if it's necessary to downgrade one or all.
EVO_WiMAX_26023_R01
EVO_Radio_2.15.00.09.01
EVO_PRI_1.77_003
EVO_NV_1.77_003
I didn't mess with HBOOT, I was able to install the ROM after I flashed the NV.
I have a same problem
stuck on the white screen, triyed to run the pc36img.zip and its says no image
then I went to recovery it only allows me to run a zip file...What can run as zip
file to get this to load my rom and I dot have nanroid either...
Any help/advise is apprciated!!

[Q] Z based ROMs - prerequisites?

So my launch day Incredible bit the dust out of nowhere the other day, following some quirky behavior leading up to it (random reboots, inability to power up after battery pulls).
I get my warranty RMA yesterday, and figure that before I restore my Titanium backup, I'll play with some ROMs. I'm assuming I was lucky enough to get another AMOLED replacement, since by any method I can tell it appears to be AMOLED and not SLCD (part number is ADR6300VW, hardware version 0002).
At any rate - I figured I'd try one of the Desire-Z ROMs or a Gingerbread ROM. After I fully rooted and turned NAND S-Off. After confirming those worked fine, I rebooted and flashed a Gingerbread ROM from Clockwork. Rebooted, never got past the HTC Incredible splas screen.
Couldn't get it to work at all - after all sorts of wipes, I finally gave up and flashed Virtuous, figuring it's close to stock. Got back up and running, no problem.
Turned to a Desire-Z ROM - and the same happened again. Splash screen, nothing further. After the same tries, went back to recovery, flashed Virtuous and then SkyRaider, and again, up and running fine.
I'm on HBoot 0.92 with the 7.28 radio. Is there something I'm missing on these Z ROMs? I read through the threads, saw a few people report the same but no real conclusion as to why it was happening.
Thoughts?
Judging by what you posted, you only used ROM Manager to flash roms after booting into recovery correct?
What happens when you manually go into recovery, wipe cache/data/dalvik, and flash the rom from your SD Card? I was running Nil's Business Sense (Desire Z) rom quite fine after flashing it. Some people have issues with ROM Manager and others don't and I'm one of the people who do use ROM Manager to flash roms so I can't help you in that respect.
Sounds like you're using CWM3.
Try any older version.
dpwhitty11 said:
Sounds like you're using CWM3.
Try any older version.
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This is wat it sounds like
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
If you are using ClockWorkMod v3 and tring to do a fresh install with a cwm3 capable ROM it could be a problem. Seems like cwm3 acts a little funny. Or you could be on cwm-v2 and trying to install a cwmv3 ROM and that does not work.
So the key is use cwm 2.5.1.2 and a cwm-v2 Z ROM

[Q] I stuffed up. What do I do?

Hi, first time posting here.
I have a bit of a unique problem or so I've heard. So I was an idiot and decided to flash a Virtuous ROM over the WiFi via ROM Manager on my Desire Z. Previous to this it was rooted and was running CM 7.1 RC1 and was all fine. When I flashed the Virtuous Sense Rom (Not unity, the one before it in ROM Manager), it flashed, what I thought was fine. However, when I actually got into the phone, it said everything was crashing and would go into a boot cycle. Then for some stupid reason I just reflashed the 1.3.4 or whatever ROM back onto (The one you're meant to downgrade to). At this moment in time, I can't do anything. When I'm in the bootloader of the phone itself, I can't scroll up or down to the recovery option, so I can't flash through that. I've tried re-rooting the phone (Or that process), hoping that it would work. At this point in time, it keeps popping up errors at /data/local/tmp/psneuter
Note: I was following the CM7 rooting guide thing.
Anyway, I hope someone'll be able to help me out of this stupid stupid thing that I've done.
THanks!
EDIT: Okay, well, going through the CM7 rooting guide a fourth time seems to have fixed it. It's all fine now. On another note, how do you change the Virtuous Unity lock screen to something else? I'm not really a fan of the Sense 3.0 lockscreen.
You should not need to re-root after flashing any custom ROMs.
Also, I would not do any more ROM flashing if clockworkmod is not properly installed, or you don't know how to use it.
Did you bother to wipe data and cache? You didn't mention it. If you didn't that's your problem
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[Q] Serious (BIG) problem with DHD. No GUI, can't even finish setup.

So 2 days ago a friend bought an HTC Desire HD. It was working fine, but since it was second hand he wanted to hard reset it, and so he did. After he did that it started doing what I am showing in the video below(but it was with an older version, gingerbread I think). It was also going in CWM 10 sec after it was put into a charger. After I tried installing custom roms and roots, I installed what is said to be a stock ruu:
RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed
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It is obviously(visually) a newer version of the software the phone uses, than the one it had when he first gave the phone to me.
Nothing seems to have worked at this point, I'm desperate. After that 4th option of the setup(scheduled sync) it just goes black screen with a status bar and nothing. When he first gave it to me it used to display an error that said something like setup couldn't load, and with options to close it, wait for it, or tell HTC about it. It CAN receive SMS and calls, but there just isn't any GUI(menu, or whatever it's called).
I'm also providing a picture of the bootloader below.
I don't need the phone to be rooted or with any particular ROM or version, I just need it working normally.
Any help/assistance will be welcome! Thanks in advance
VIDEO:
youtube.com/watch?v=aNI1t4KjY-0&feature=youtu.be
youtube.com/watch?v=aNI1t4KjY-0&feature=youtu.be
Just makes it easier to click on it. :beer:
Edit: Try booting without the sd card, but aside from that, no idea.
You can also try flashing a stable gb rom see if you get the same issue.
Sent from a dream.
<-------- new user here. cant post links thanks
iLoveAlkohola said:
<-------- new user here. cant post links thanks
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If you already have s-off and cwm, why not just flash rooted stock rom? It should work fine if the rom can be flashed successfully.
If it is not, it is most probably hardware issues, although i am not so sure myself.
yumm91 said:
If you already have s-off and cwm, why not just flash rooted stock rom? It should work fine if the rom can be flashed successfully.
If it is not, it is most probably hardware issues, although i am not so sure myself.
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As I said, before installing the newest stock ruu(with which I lost cwm and can''t seem to get it back), I installed some custom roms, all of them with the same effect. But thanks for the suggestion.
iLoveAlkohola said:
As I said, before installing the newest stock ruu(with which I lost cwm and can''t seem to get it back), I installed some custom roms, all of them with the same effect. But thanks for the suggestion.
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Make a full wipe before flashing the Ruu. Flash a custom recovery in fastboot, do a full wipe, then flash a ROM (stock or custom) To see what happens
Already did all that. When I first got the phone I used the full wipe function of cwm(and of the stock recovery) a couple of times, but every time it was stuck at that point of the initial setup with the error showing up.
Is there a file SPECIFICALLY for the initial setup that I can flash to the phone, because I flashed different recoveries, roms, boots and even radios manually before installing the stock ruu. I haven't set up a phone before, so I'm not sure, but as I can see there are still 2 or 3 options left to select ,after that scheduled sync option, before the phone could run the main menu(gui or whatever).
Oh, and btw, when I updated it with that ruu, the setup visually changed and by that I figure out it gets flashed as part of the ruu, but still with the same problem. Can it be some kind of hardware problem of the internal memory? No matter how much I searched and where I looked I never found someone with a problem even close to this one.
Teichopsia said:
Edit: Try booting without the sd card, but aside from that, no idea.
You can also try flashing a stable gb rom see if you get the same issue.
Sent from a dream.
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Whatever I was doing to the phone it didn't usually have an sdcard in it and was booting without an sd card, tried with and without, no changes.
After I installed that sense ruu i can't seem to get back to gb, any ideas how to do it? I also can't get cwm to work now, even though it flashes without any error or problem I can only ge the htcdev root(already did) with this ruu, I think but I don't get any changes except that there is a watermark on the first line of bootloader.

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