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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?

Please Help? is it dead?

hi guys i have acquired this fone from a mate. Says if i can fix it i can have it. lol won't boot just locks on htc screen.
stats are as follows
Bravo PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010
Apparently its from Italy(so HTC tell me in their e-mail).
Was bought from expansys
Managed to flash
RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed
on it but would still do nothing. extracted the Radio from the RUU in the temp folder and tried to flash it on HBOOT still wont boot.
made a goldcard for it
is it possible to fix?
I'm a SE x10i man so this HTC stuff is pretty foreign to me.

What do you mean it does not boot?
Hangs on HTC Logo? Or What screen does it hang?
You should:
1. Install HTC SYNC
2. Then install Unrevoked USB Drivers.
Boot your phone into fastboot mode (holding down BACK+POWER, when it is turned off).
3. If it says Fastboot USB, Run the .exe for the RUU from your PC.
Then report back.
P.S. If you made a cgoldcard for it, it is recommended to run the RUU from there.

Thanks for the quick reply. Yeah hangs on the HTC logo. just came up with an error : ERROR [152]: IMAGE UPDATE ERROR

What can not be updated? The Radio? Or what part?

thats a screeny of the error. i read last night about puttin it in the freeze for 5 mins. tried it last night it worked? [email protected]#s me how :s just unplugged it and it says that the RADIO_V2 - FAIL-PU i'll try again and let ya know

ok the freezer trick worked :/ phone just did its reboot and hangs on the HTC screen again but it vibrated 8 times. :/

Try extracting the Rom.zip from the RUU. Then rename it to the PB99IMG.zip put it onto your SD card (not into folders, just to the root).
When it finds PB99IMG.zip, it starts to load it (13 secs after you press the Vol- & power key)
It gives the update/install options after 2min 20seconds (for the WWE 2.29 RUU) from the initial key press of Vol- and Power key.
FASTBOOT mode
Back+Power key:
· Bootloader (For running PB99IMG.zip)->Choose with Power key (This loads the Bootloader/Hboot mode)

in fastboot now. just selected bootloader and now its loadin the img.zip. so vol up to let it do the update?

Yes. Vol up to confirm.

RADIO_V2 Fail-PU again :/tried a 3rd time with the freezer and i got a goer. i take it as i have to reboot now?

still hangs on boot on the HTC screen. :/

Make a goldcard again (sometimes it won't work):
Use these steps.
And falsh the Rom again via the PB99IMG.zip method again.
If problem persists, try with another RUU Here.
and you should check out this method as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9154577&postcount=45
You need Android SDK installed on your PC and phone booted into Fastboot (FASTBOOT USB).

Maximus Rockstar said:
still hangs on boot on the HTC screen. :/
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Before you run your update, make sure you wipe out the data and cache memories.
Seems to cure some issues.

@ Moscow Desire oes not apply for the RUU.
BTW, you did not tell me if you are using a custom recovery/rooted.
However if you said, that you've managed to flash the RUU. I think you not anymore.

hey sorry for long reply been away from PC. non rooted no recovery app installed. just about to make a new gold card and try RUU file again. if not will try another RUU then will let ya know on results.

davebugyi said:
@ Moscow Desire oes not apply for the RUU.
BTW, you did not tell me if you are using a custom recovery/rooted.
However if you said, that you've managed to flash the RUU. I think you not anymore.
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Believe it or not, 5 months ago, tried to update RUU (before root and custom), and it failed. (loss of wifi, b\tooth, etc). Downloaded stock froyo, failed (needed goldcard). Tried again, failed. Wiped cache's, success. Go figgure......

Okay, but as he stated before, he has no custom recovery, so no choice for that (unless with commands in fastboot).

made the gold card with the program you posted. success
attempted to download RUU's from the that link you gave me (shipped Roms) Fail partial download
downloaded a Europe Ruu. failed due to compatibility
Re-atempted to flash the Ruu i originally posted completed fine but still no boot. locks in htc screen
starting to believe this device is quietly f#$%ed. really wann beat this thing though :/
is there another website for Current RUU's that work?

Try this http://ship.ibeta.org/shipped/Bravo/

Try this: http://www.multiupload.com/LEJCW182AH
It is the same version you've flahsed
RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00. 32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed
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and
Install HTC Sync but close the sync program from taskbar before you start to use RUU. HTC Sync has drivers which you need so you have no other choice but to install it.
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P.S. : Take out the memory card and see if it boots. And run the RUU as administrator.

Help needed pronto!

TL;DR
Phone was S-offed and rooted with Oxygen HBOOT.
Someone tried to run 2.3 RUU on it, Now its fudged.
I NEED this back up and working ASAP!

What's the problem.
More dtails please.
Bootloader infor for instance.

davebugyi said:
What's the problem.
More dtails please.
Bootloader infor for instance.
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The boot loader was the official 2.3 and that was then S-OFFed with Revolutionary, that then had the Oxygen R2 HBOOT Partion table on it.
Now I ran the 2.3 update on the wrong phone.
The HBOOT Currently says Alpharev Oxygen r2
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO-4.06.00.00.02_2
Aug 10 2010 17:52:18
Then is just says RRU instead of the usual options
When I first turn it on, it shows a black screen with white HTC and 4 ! in triangles in the corner.
I've been told this is bad...

If I try to run the updater, it eventuaklly goes to recover mode and says its fixed but its not.
I get this on the desire screen
[1] RADIO_V2 OK
[2] SPLASH1 - OK
[3] RECOVERY - OK
[4] SPLASH2 - OK
[5] RADIO-CUST - OK
[6] BOOTLOADER - Bypassed
[7] USERDATA - OK
[8] SYSTEM - Fail-PU
[9] BOOT - ok
Partition update fail!
Update fail!

Maybe a full wipe helps. And it could be that you derooted your handy. In this case you had to run unrevoked again.
Good luck

If it help I made a NAND backup lastnight...
Va2.0 said:
Maybe a full wipe helps. And it could be that you derooted your handy. In this case you had to run unrevoked again.
Good luck
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Well I cannot get my device to boot to android, effectively stuck on a broken HBOOT.

Bouncer5 said:
If it help I made a NAND backup lastnight...
Well I cannot get my device to boot to android, effectively stuck on a broken HBOOT.
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Try running the RUU again. Btw, you need to have HTC Sync installed.

I have tried running it again. Just hits the same "error"

Bouncer5 said:
If it help I made a NAND backup lastnight...
Well I cannot get my device to boot to android, effectively stuck on a broken HBOOT.
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U have the oxygen hboot, its too small for the stock gingerbread rom
Flash the downgrader hboot from alpharev.nl (otherwise the ruu CANT overwrite the alpharev oxygen hboot), then run the ruu

How do I go about flashing it? Everything seem pretty broke..
Any surely the RRU should be repartitioning the HBOOT to the correct size?

Bouncer5 said:
How do I go about flashing it? Everything seem pretty broke..
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Nothing is broken..U have to read again alpharev.nl
Download from alpharev the file PB99IMG_downgrade.zip and following instruction:
http://alpharev.nl/
You can also download the corresponding PB99IMG zipfile, put it on your sdcard, and rename it to PB99IMG.zip. Then start the phone in HBOOT mode (VolDown+POWER) to flash the HBOOT without a PC.
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It will ask u to apply the update, then accept it (volume keys to navigate, power button to confirm)
After that ur hboot can be overwritten by the ruu..and the ruu will work fine

The thing is I have already added the file to my SD Card. Now when I boot my phone, the VERY first thing it does is a black screen with HTC in white. and in the corners are 4 ! in triangles, The only way to see the HBOOT Screen from there is to connect a USB cable and unplug, on that screen I have no options to do anything!
I dont even have anything I can record a video on to show you, Arrrgh this is annoying. HTC would like money out of me for a "non-warranty issue"

Bouncer5 said:
The thing is I have already added the file to my SD Card. Now when I boot my phone, the VERY first thing it does is a black screen with HTC in white. and in the corners are 4 ! in triangles, The only way to see the HBOOT Screen from there is to connect a USB cable and unplug, on that screen I have no options to do anything!
I dont even have anything I can record a video on to show you, Arrrgh this is annoying. HTC would like money out of me for a "non-warranty issue"
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Did u boot the phone in hboot? remove battery, plug again, press and hold volume down then press and hold also the power button..it should boot soon in the hboot and ask u for an update

Yes im positive, I have done it many many times before.
And what im getting here is not what you would normally get
HTCs customer support is terrible! Seriously do not want to be charged to get it fixed never mind a bloody shipping and handling fee!!

oh..i see..how about flash the hboot img (instead of the zip) with fastboot command?

Sure point me to what I need and where I can find it and I shall give that a try

Bouncer5 said:
Sure point me to what I need and where I can find it and I shall give that a try
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Download this file http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=630611&d=1308537074
It contain a mininal set of files in order to use fastboot, without installing the android sdk
Then download this http://alpharev.nl/bravo_downgrade.img and put in the same extracted directory above..
Boot ur phone in hboot mode and plug the usb (u said with the usb plugged u see the hboot usb)..then from a command prompt from ur pc, go in the directory above and type: fastboot flash hboot bravo_downgrade.img
If that is successfull..u can run an ruu, and it should restore everything, even the hboot now!

Am I missing a trick I run it and it shows on screen for a split second.
And if it doesn't fix it?!
Nevermind think I remebered how to do it...

Bouncer5 said:
Am I missing a trick I run it and it shows on screen for a split second.
And if it doesn't fix it?!
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At least try, its simple and fast..if that flash fails, will not change ur situation..and u should send it to repair

It says sending "hboot" then writing "hboot" both are okay saying finished with a time, and still wont bloody work!
removed
the downgrader didn't seem to work, but one of the other ones seemed to I think.
I am VERY releiaved, I cannot thank you enough!
I owe you £20. or a beer.

[Q] USB Brick HBoot 1.02 and official Gingerbread 2.3.3

Hi!
I USB-Bricked my Desire PVT4. Now it is with HBoot 1.02 and official unrooted Gingerbread 2.3.3.
I tried common methods, but I cant get access to write misc partition.
I got my SD card working with fastboot oem enableqxdm 0. I made a valid mtd0 Image etc... but after copy the flash_image, rageagainstthecage and mtd0 the terminal emulator wont run after stopping the task.
Cant downgrade HBoot without root. Alpharev (revolutionary4-4) needs USB running in ROM.
I did following steps to unbrick (with help of "Leinad"):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955845
Cant pass step 5! Relaunching the Terminal Emulator fails! Doesnt open anymore. I read, that writing Misc partition in HBoot 1.02 is not possible using this method.
Need working method for HBoot 1.02 with official Gingerbread 2.3.3 in order to USB-unbrick my Desire!
Any ideas?
Please !!!! I need help!!!!!
Thanx guys

Flash the gb ruu with the PB99IMG.zip method
Sent from my HTC Desire

andQlimax said:
Flash the gb ruu with the pmg99.zip method
Sent from my HTC Desire
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Which ROM should be included in pmg99.zip?

An ruu is an htc utility that restore everything to stock
as u are usb bricked and can't run the ruu from the pc, u can use a PB99IMG.zip
is it basically what an ruu contain inside the exe
so the steps are:
1) run the gingerbread ruu 2.3.3 without plug the phone..start the exe go next till it ask to plug the phone or something
2) then from windows/run write %temp% and search a rom.zip file
3) rename it as PB99IMG.zip (ensure is not .zip.zip)
4) with an microsd card reader put it in the root of ur sdcard (not in any folder)
5) switch off the phone (pull the battery and plug in again just to be sure)
6) boot the phone in bootloader mode by pressing and holding vold down + press and hold power button..hold both untill u go in a menu with a white screen
7) after some seconds it should ask u automatically to flash the update..the choice yest with volume keys, then confirm yes with the power button
the update will restore everything, so u will lose everything in the phone (not in the sdcard)..ensure to have enough battery..thats it
EDIT: just edit this, check it

andQlimax said:
sorry..wait
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I can use and run the official RUU 2.3 update exe in fastboot! Installation works fine. But after installation I have the USB (CDMA..) problem in Windows and gsm is not working!

dexterm1 said:
I can use and run the official RUU 2.3 update exe in fastboot! Installation works fine. But after installation I have the USB (CDMA..) problem in Windows and gsm is not working!
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i don't think is an usb brick...from what i know an ruu should solve it..maybe im wrong..as u not s-off, well i dont have idea sorry

andQlimax said:
An ruu is an htc utility that restore everything to stock
as u are usb bricked and can't run the ruu from the pc, u can use a PB99IMG.zip
is it basically what an ruu contain inside the exe
so the steps are:
1) run the gingerbread ruu 2.3.3 without plug the phone..start the exe go next till it ask to plug the phone or something
2) then from windows/run write %temp% and search a rom.zip file
3) rename it as PB99IMG.zip (ensure is not .zip.zip)
4) with an microsd card reader put it in the root of ur sdcard (not in any folder)
5) switch off the phone (pull the battery and plug in again just to be sure)
6) boot the phone in bootloader mode by pressing and holding vold down + press and hold power button..hold both untill u go in a menu with a white screen
7) after some seconds it should ask u automatically to flash the update..the choice yest with volume keys, then confirm yes with the power button
the update will restore everything, so u will lose everything in the phone (not in the sdcard)..ensure to have enough battery..thats it
EDIT: just edit this, check it
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Update with PB99IMG worked fine. I still have the problem that windows shows my Desire as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM".
SDCard on Desire works (after known adb command) . Loading status is delayed. Gsm works incorrect (breaks gsm phone calls after few seconds; UMTS running only in roaming mode).

try this:
usb brick fix for no root user:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015609
some infos about usb brick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691187

andQlimax said:
try this:
usb brick fix for no root user:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015609
Last post is my own.....
some infos about usb brick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691187
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nice summary...
My..
FM Radio doesnt work..
Bluetooth doesnt work...
SDCard did not work (actually does after adb command)
GSM doesnt work...
I think it IS a USB Brick! The only different to other posts is, that I have HBoot 1.02 and official Gingerbread 2.3.3!!!! Is there a method to downgrade HBoot 1.02 without being in ROM?

from the other thread
dexterm1 said:
Relaunching the Terminal Emulator fails!
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Try to re-do all the steps..if it fails to open, before u can flash the misc partition, maybe u did something wrong..at least it should open and u should be able to run the commands to flash the misc

andQlimax said:
from the other thread
Try to re-do all the steps..if it fails to open, before u can flash the misc partition, maybe u did something wrong..at least it should open and u should be able to run the commands to flash the misc
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Tried several times. The Terminal Emulator does not restart after stopping it.

The USB Brick Problem on HBoot 1.02 with official GB (S-ON) is still present. No Ideas? I think there are many other people having the same problem (over 500 views !!)
Please Help!

I think people just browse the threads
Have you tried the PB99IMG.zip method yet?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

elliottg61 said:
I think people just browse the threads
Have you tried the PB99IMG.zip method yet?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Yes, I tried the PB99IMG.zip method several times.... Verification failed... (works with official GB 2.3 but there is still USB Brick )
I also tried changing rom.zip of official RUU to downgrade but it did not work.
Too bad that revolutionary needs USB in running Android
In Fastboot USB is running fine....
Would be great if there is a way to downgrade via Fastboot!!!

call htc and tell they that after the 2.3.3 update ur usb doesn't work anymore..maybe you will get repair under warranty

andQlimax said:
call htc and tell they that after the 2.3.3 update ur usb doesn't work anymore..maybe you will get repair under warranty
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Is in progress...
First advice by HTC was a factory reset....
Hopefully its getting better.
I will report.
*Update
I need to send the bill with my desire. I have no bill - ebay...

I fixed my unrootet Phone (official GB 2.3.3, HBoot 1.02, S-ON, USB Brick)!!!!
I wifi connected with adb and got temp root with zergRush!
Then from cmd in adb shell I flashed the misc with mtd0.img!
Rebooting and everything was fine ))
Many thanks to all of you!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288969

[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
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Free mobile app

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
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Free mobile app
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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.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Free mobile app

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.

jmcclue said:
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.

jmcclue said:
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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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
A

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.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Free mobile app
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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,
A

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)