Hi Everyone.
I think I bricked my desire.
I previously ran unrevoked on my desire and everything worked fine.
Yesterday I installed a system update.
Normal boot ends up in some sort of boot loop.
I can't load ClockworkMod to flash a new image.
The android recovery system 3e won't let me flash any other images.
Please help.
Many thanks.
Installing OTA system updates to a rooted phone is not a good idea.
Flash a RUU for your phone and re-root it with unrEVOked again.
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Thanks for replying nagypapi.
I've tried flashing an RUU but I get an error message stating that the battery has less than 30% remaining and won't let me proceed.
Am I missing something?
Thanks.
Charge your phone. Since it is going to write critical files can't let the phone shut down.
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I've recently rooted (unrevoked) and flashed my HTC Desire with Cynogen 6.1.
This worked for the first couple of days until my phone suddenly turned off. Now I cannot get it to boot past the white HTC bootscreen, unless I flash it again with a custom rom (tried Cynogen again, OpenDesire and Miui) with a complete factory reset. Then it will boot once into Android, but after a reboot the same problem occurs.
I've been reading numerous topics on this and similar problems and it seems I have to unroot my phone. Is this correct? On some sites there are warnings you should not root/unroot with a certain hboot version. Is this still the case?; because the unrevoked method states that it rootes no matter what the hboot version is.
So I'm planning to go back to stock now by following the unlocker.com unroot tutorial and flashing a htc europe stock rom (I have the HTC Desire from T-Mobile Dutch).
I'm posting this topic to double check, because I do not want to brick my phone completely
Thanks in advance.
You are right, just flash a stock rom and start rooting again. It doesn't matter anymore which boot version you are using. You have a go
Ok, thank you, will do and will post my results here ;-) I understand from you answer that unrooting and rooting again may fix this issue?
It's possible, you could also try a different SD card. Maybe that is also causing the problems, but unroot first and if that doens't solve it, try switching your sd card. Make sure you use at least a class 4.
I have S off, clockwork mod installed and can flash rom, but my desire hd doesn't boot beyond Htc boot screen.I also tried to go back original rom 1.32 and 1.72 but RUU gives error that I need to get a new Update utility.
Also tried from fastboot, I get "not allow" and I wonder why when S is off
Pls advice how can I revive my Desire HD
Thanks in advance
In your bootloader you can see if you have s-off. Anyway you better post this topic in q&a because the mods remove this without warning!
Probably you have radio s-off but not hboot s-off which would be why your fastboot gets denied.
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Someone Swyped my idea.
im having the same problem i updated my phone and all was well ran for a week or 2 then last night i desided to try a modded rom so i backed up my stuff everything seemed to work well but now wont boot passed htc screen so i tryed to install my backup the same im pulling my hair out at the mo trying to work out whats gone wrong if i find any thing i will let u know but i thing ive killed my htc hd
same as you but after a reboot and restart restore and restore and patience everything is ok.
wait 2 minutes while the HTC screen start (HTC green)
Thanks ..but what to restore ?
If you're using any 3 series clockwork recovery that will prevent boot on a 2.2 based rom. Flash a 2 series clockwork and you should be ok. Tonnes of people are having this issue.
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Yesterday, my phone notified me of an available update (probably android 2.3). I downloaded the update, used a file explorer to move the update ZIP from download folder to the SDCard root and renamed it to update.zip. I rebooted into recovery (ClockWork) and selected 'apply update.zip from SDCard'.
It was going fine and looked like a successful update, however ... the phone kept rebooting and never started.
What happened exactly is:
- HBoot became 0.93
- The phone never starts, hangs at HTC logo (no quietly brilliant) for a few seconds then reboots.
- I think I lost the clockwork recovery (I get a picture of the phone with a red rectangle and an exclamation mark instead of the recovery screen).
My phone was rooted using unrevoked 3
Can anyone please tell me what happened to my phone? is there any fix for it or is it gone forever?
Moved to Q&A where you will hopefully get more help than in General.
Never apply OTA updates on rooted phones!
Use a Ruu to go back to stock then root again.
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I tried using a RUU, but it cannot detect the phone. (I cannot get passed the HTC logo)
Can I apply the RUU whe the phone is in HBOOT?
1st try in fastboot.. and if not detecting than.. in fastboot got to hboot and than try
THANK GOD!!!!
Finally, I got it.
I applied a RUU with the same rom number as the update and I finally got to the Android interface.
Ohh well done..
Hi there,
I rooted my phone using unrevoked3 last night (that was successful) eventually.
I then went on to install a ROM. At the time it was "RCMixS_v1.3.1_X-A2SD+_BravoHboot".
after reboot it kept rebooting, so battery out and then cleared data store and user stuff.
Then reboot, but hangs on HTC screen.
I cant get any further.
I tried this rom too, but hangs on HTC screen "RCMixHD_v3.6.1_ROT_++_CM7HBoot".
My phone is orange UK, i think it had 2.2 on there, but at the moment, cant check as i cant get anything to load on the phone.
Any idea how i salvage this? I was trying to load a "PB99IMG" file in. It looked good but at the end it said incorrect CID.
I assume CID = carrier ID? Any idea where i can get an orange UK PB99IMG from?
Many thanks,
Stuart
Just partition your sd card and reflash or flash Leedroid noA2sd (preferably the froyo version).
You can boot in to recovery by pulling the battery then powering on while holding volume down and then selecting recovery. In recovery go to mounts and storage and mount as mass storage, then copy the rom to the sd, full wipe and flash.
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stuartturrell said:
Hi there,
I then went on to install a ROM. At the time it was "RCMixS_v1.3.1_X-A2SD+_BravoHboot".
Then reboot, but hangs on HTC screen.
I cant get any further.
I tried this rom too, but hangs on HTC screen "RCMixHD_v3.6.1_ROT_++_CM7HBoot".
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If u only got rooted ur phone by unrevoked, its not ready to flash new hboot's.
u need to be s-off to do that. so thats why u got boot-loop.
I am a newbie in this rom flashing land.
I managed to root my Desire this morning using unrevoked 3 method. It was successful. I then installed Rom Manager (free) from Market and tried to make a backup. It ran smoothly until the phone rebooted. The reboot looped at HTC logo.
After searching around, I go to Recovery and restore the newly backup image and the phone went back online. I thought I had bricked my Desire already. .
I have the following questions, please enlighten me:
1) What might cause the shocking loop?
2) In the unrevoked 3 program, I notice that the "Disable Security" was checked when I managed to root the Desire. Does that mean I have S-OFFed the Desire as well in the process? If it is still S-ON, how can I tell and if I download a ROM and try to flash it (I still don't know how), will there be any undoable problems?
Thanks
1. Probably ROM Manager - use the flashed recovery - it works all the time.
2. Unrevoked3 does not S-OFF your phone, you need alpharev for that. To make it sure turn off your phone and reboot to bootlader (Holding VOL- and POWER keys). For the ROM part, check each ROM's thread for requirements to avoid problems.
Hi nqk.
I have only been looking into rooting for a couple of weeks and had the very same experience as yourself. (and the security off bit too). Bricked already!!
Before I had S-Off I tried both CM7 and oxygen, they both worked ok, but if your reason for rooting is the gain memory with the desire I would certainly say go down the alpharev road and use a new HBoot.
The stickies on the development section really do explain it well for us "noobs".
Currently I am running Oxygen 2.1.4, Alpharev oxygen r2 HBoot and S-Off running a 1GB ext4 partition.
Just so giddy with the amount of space available!!
I flashed new custom rom with s-on and stock hboot. Everything is fine so far.
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few times when I have rooted using unrevoked3.21 and run a backup from Clockwork recovery 2.5.0.8 (?) it has stuck on the htc screen... not a great problem as I have usually flashed it straight after - but still annoying
Lothaen said:
few times when I have rooted using unrevoked3.21 and run a backup from Clockwork recovery 2.5.0.8 (?) it has stuck on the htc screen... not a great problem as I have usually flashed it straight after - but still annoying
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It happened to me when it was still connected with pc via usb cable. You can try removing that.
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