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Hi my power and volume buttons of my HTC desire failed so i opted to install a custom rom so i could change the wake up key from power to the menu key.
I downloaded rom manager and clockworkmod and installed CM7 via the rom manager download page. after restarting and backing up files and installing it now is frozen at the CM7 loading screen. I have been told this is a bootloader loop or something like this.
My problem is I cant recover my old OS because the power button and volume buttons are still not working so I need a windows based solution to recover my phone with maybe fastboot or adb.
Any help on what rom i need and the commands i need to type would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Michael
Hi Michael,
are you still stuck at the bootanimation? What is the state of your desire? How did you root, are you S-OFF?
To use commandline based tools, you have to get into fastboot first. Fastboot commands only work, if you are S-OFF.
Some more info would be useful.
Regards,
Markus
Thanks for your quick reply. yes i can get into fastboot and hboot and fastboot devices does return my device ID. I hope that means my phone isnt beyond help. I used clockwork and unrevoked to root my phone. Just seen it is s-on can i change this with adb or fastboot
bravo pvt3 ship s-on
hboot-0.93.0001
microp-051d
Is all the info my phone is dispalying but i might be able to get more from adb or fastboot if that will help
You can't flash anything via fastboot, if you still have a stock HTC HBOOT (S-ON). Can you also get into CWM recovery? That would be my choice. CWM recovery can give your windows pc sd-card access. Put a working ROM (*.zip) to the root of your sd-card, wipe everything via recovery and start over with a new flash (install *.zip from sd-card in recovery). You are miles away from bricked... everything will be ok.
Is this your first custom rom experience?
I cant use cwm as my volume and power buttons aren't working. I have rooted it ages ago and installed a custom firmware but didnt like it as it was missing the htc specific stuff and restored it fine using the recovery option but now without the afore mentioned keys working I cant get to the recovery options. Im guessing adb or fastboot cant set my s-on to s-off then.
If you can connect via adb you might want to try "adb reboot recovery". If you have CWM recovery in place (unrevoked should have installed this) you can navigate with your trackpad and don't need vol up / down / power. But I think your phone has to be booted up to receive adb commands.
I get device not found with all adb commands.
I get various different resonses with fastboot commands Ie fastboot devices shows my device. fastboot reboot turns my phone off and on and fastboot reboot-bootloader brings me back to the screen im on at the minute.
My track pad is not moving anything on my phone what is weird about my phone is my volume buttons were working for volume control (before i flashed it) but they weren't turning the pages of my kindle books any more. that happened after my power button problem arrived.
Your trackpad would work in recovery, but your not able to get there. You're stuck at the bootloader options, where you have to navigate with vol up / down / power button. What still will work is flashing of a stock HTC ROM via RUU. You can get signed HTC RUUs here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667. This will wipe your phone and revert it back to stock (no root, no custom recovery).
This sounds promising. Question 1 for me and others that may follow this thread in the future. What is RUU and if i download a vodaphone rom will it be locked to vodaphone as my phone was a vodaphone when i got it but it was unlocked atthe time and I have it on O2 now
mickyjohnston39 said:
This sounds promising. Question 1 for me and others that may follow this thread in the future. What is RUU and if i download a vodaphone rom will it be locked to vodaphone as my phone was a vodaphone when i got it but it was unlocked atthe time and I have it on O2 now
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RUU = ROM Update Utility
It has integrated flash tools and will reset everything to factory defaults. If you want to send your phone in to service, you should flash a ROM which originally came with your phone (Vodafone branded??). Branded ROMs have nothing to do with locking your phone to a carrier (SIM-lock). They are just customized by different carriers with more or less modifications (i.e. preinstalled apps).
Hope you have some luck with RUU, I have to sign off for today.
im downloading the ruu bravo vodaphone uk one its an exe so i figure i put my phone in fastboot mode and run the exe. is that right
Ok thanks for your help markus i will post if this works so others can see its a working method if they have a similar problem
How did you get on? Is your desire up and running?
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just about to run the app now domey. I have my phone in fastboot manu with usb plugged in. wish me luck lol
That's how it should work. I hope it will work for you. You can redo rooting / customizing, once you have a booting device
Have a look at LeeDrOiD 2.3d then (leedroid.com). It's based on HTC Sense ROMs, very stable and you can push your trackpad to wake up the phone.
I got an error with vodaphone one so trying a newer one now as vodaphone was 1.4 or something the next one im trying is 2.29
Did you get some useful error messages?
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none of the roms from that site update my phone. they all say insufficient version
131 on my last try
Hello
Today I woke up at 02:00am first - My phone started vibrating all over the time, from hard to low. (hard vibrate, low vibrate, medium, short pause, low vibrate...) So my phone acted really strange. I just pull out the battery because it didn't react to any button and continued with sleeping.
Today I tried to start it. I've heard a short vibrate, and that was it. I even can't see any charging light when I plug my cellphone in. But then I connected my phone to my computer, and tada, adb works. So i've installed a VNC app over adb and then I've connected to my phone, and I've seen that Sense and everything works. So the handy itself is still working, but the screen is just black and all the touch buttons don't react. Also the charging light is "dead". What happened? It didn't fell or something like that.
Also my phone is rooted, with custom recovery and custom ROM. I've got still garantuee - So what should I do now?
Greetings
PMTheQuick
Hmm...it doesnt look good.
Did you have your CPU overclocked?
EDIT: It seems like the LCD screen and the digitizer have broke. Unless you want to try to replace them yourself which is possible but very fiddly, you may have to send it back. First though lets see what others say.
raze599 said:
Hmm...it doesnt look good.
Did you have your CPU overclocked?
EDIT: It seems like the LCD screen and the digitizer have broke. Unless you want to try to replace them yourself which is possible but very fiddly, you may have to send it back. First though lets see what others say.
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No, it was always at 998Mhz, which is the standard clockrate. I'm not a fan of overclocking - I really loved this smartphone and I didn't risk things like overclocking
I also thought about sending it back, but the question is what should I do before sending it back? And how? (Deflashing, S-ON...?)
Greetings
PMTheQuick
Sending it back in its current state may be a problem because your mods will have voided the warranty.
A possible solution is to use the s-off tool to revert back to s-on and standard cid . Then using adb, push pd98img.zip onto the sdcard. Then "adb reboot bootloader" and I believe it will flash the stock rom (pd98img) automatically.
Then you'll be unrooted and free .
HOWEVER DON'T TAKE THIS AT FACE VALUE, WAIT FOR OTHERS TO CONFIRM FIRST .
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a33a said:
A possible solution is to use the s-off tool to revert back to s-on and standard cid . Then using adb, push pd198.zip onto the sdcard. Then "adb reboot bootloader" and I believe it will flash the stock rom (pd198) automatically.
Then you'll be unrooted and free .
HOWEVER DON'T TAKE THIS AT FACE VALUE, WAIT FOR OTHERS TO CONFIRM FIRST .
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Really good idea so far. The only problem is, the pd198.zip would be read and after that you must press a few keystrokes. Power off/on and the volume keys are still working, so that isn't a problem. I just need a friendly guy who can tell me when I must press which key
Greetings
PMTheQuick
You can try to flash an original RUU. As far as i know there is no need to press a button on the phone.
You said adb works?
Try:
Adb reboot bootloader. Then wait a bit.
Run an official RUU and follow the steps. You should be good to go then.
But there is one thing: do you had radio s-off and super cid before? If so, you should run jkoljos radio tool and revert to stock cid and s-off again.
Then reboot to bootloader and continue with the steps i mentioned above
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Flussen said:
You can try to flash an original RUU. As far as i know there is no need to press a button on the phone.
You said adb works?
Try:
Adb reboot bootloader. Then wait a bit.
Run an official RUU and follow the steps. You should be good to go then.
But there is one thing: do you had radio s-off and super cid before? If so, you should run jkoljos radio tool and revert to stock cid and s-off again.
Then reboot to bootloader and continue with the steps i mentioned above
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Does a RUU replace my custom recovery (ClockWorkMod) with the original HTC one? And is the RUU with the .exe right for that time? Or must I have an PD98.img? Which one should I take, I bought it unbranded: http://www.iloveabath.co.uk/index.php?dir=RUUs/
Greetings
PMTheQuick
Yes, recovery should be replaced.
I'd say take the 1.32.405.6 wwe. This is the last rootable OTA and your DHD probably came with it.
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Flussen said:
Yes, recovery should be replaced.
I'd say take the 1.32.405.6 wwe. This is the last rootable OTA and your DHD probably came with it.
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The radio S-OFF tool didn't work. Always unknown error - And i've found the reason, before I can S-ON it, I have to do this:
"Flash stock ROM (RUU, not over 1.7)"
And that will be... amazingly hard. I've got all these mods:
SuperCID
Radio S-OFF
Engineering S-OFF
Custom Recovery
Custom ROM
My actual idea, it would be great if someone can confirm me it is in the right order:
Changing CID & Radio S-ON
Thats my big problem! It doesn't work with my actual ROM. I need to downgrade - But how? Clockwork Mod has annoying "Are you sure" selections like: "Flash? No, No, No, Yes, No, No" - Impossible to find that out without a display. And I can't flash any ROM, because I need adb checked by default - Otherwise I won't have access again to shell, and without shell I can't start my VNC Server, and without all that I can't do anything more and must send it like that to the garantuee. I've found an http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939982 Raidroid ROM, with standard ADB if I understand that right. But how should I flash it?
Restoring H-Boot and Recovery
Code:
adb shell
su (if you get permission denied, you have to do Visionary temproot)
getprop ro.cid (this will tell you your stock CID, we will use that later, so write it down. It has eight digits.)
busybox dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 (it will replace clockworkmod with original recovery)
busybox dd if=/sdcard/hboot_original.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 (ONLY if you had ENG S-OFF, it will give you back SHIP bootloader)
sync (wait 10 secs after that, then you can close the adb shell window)
Flashing RUU
Everything should be away now... After all that everything should be allright and I can give my phone to guarantee.
Greetings
PMTheQuick
PMTheQuick said:
The radio S-OFF tool didn't work. Always unknown error - And i've found the reason, before I can S-ON it, I have to do this:
"Flash stock ROM (RUU, not over 1.7)"
And that will be... amazingly hard. I've got all these mods:
SuperCID
Radio S-OFF
Engineering S-OFF
Custom Recovery
Custom ROM
My actual idea, it would be great if someone can confirm me it is in the right order:
Changing CID & Radio S-ON
Thats my big problem! It doesn't work with my actual ROM. I need to downgrade - But how? Clockwork Mod has annoying "Are you sure" selections like: "Flash? No, No, No, Yes, No, No" - Impossible to find that out without a display. And I can't flash any ROM, because I need adb checked by default - Otherwise I won't have access again to shell, and without shell I can't start my VNC Server, and without all that I can't do anything more and must send it like that to the garantuee. I've found an http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939982 Raidroid ROM, with standard ADB if I understand that right. But how should I flash it?
Restoring H-Boot and Recovery
Code:
adb shell
su (if you get permission denied, you have to do Visionary temproot)
getprop ro.cid (this will tell you your stock CID, we will use that later, so write it down. It has eight digits.)
busybox dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 (it will replace clockworkmod with original recovery)
busybox dd if=/sdcard/hboot_original.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 (ONLY if you had ENG S-OFF, it will give you back SHIP bootloader)
sync (wait 10 secs after that, then you can close the adb shell window)
Flashing RUU
Everything should be away now... After all that everything should be allright and I can give my phone to guarantee.
Greetings
PMTheQuick
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Anyone who knows an solution for the first problem?
Greetings
PMTheQuick
Hi, I have exactly the same problem. Did you find this out?
Did not notice any vibration, but otherwise I have the same problem. able only to see the screen image in daylight. When I tilt it.
Only volume and on / off button that works.
If this is a hardware problem, it will not mean anything to the warranty if it is rooted or not. In order for HTC to say it it must be a connection between the problem and the reason for it.
if you can see screen i day light then your backlight and digitizer is broken also rooting your phone void the warranty no matter what..... if you can see the screen in light you should be able to restore its original rom, and send it back to htc.
rakinisbat said:
if you can see screen i day light then your backlight and digitizer is broken also rooting your phone void the warranty no matter what..... if you can see the screen in light you should be able to restore its original rom, and send it back to htc.
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Thank you for your response. You've probably absolutely right.
The screen is so weak that I hardly see anything.
Is there anything I can do to be able to see more, for example to connect to my PC?
Today I developed two problems:
1) Wifi would no longer switch on - it keeps saying Error.
2) Hardware button Volume up no longer works.
I've cleared cache, dvalik cache, re-flashed the ROM (ARHD 5.1.9), re-flashed the radio but none of this helped so I finally decided to restore the phone to it's original state and take the phone in for warranty repair.
From what I can gather, I need to downgrade my phone using PD98IMG.zip then I can perform an OTA update to get the latest stock ROM. Once done, I need to restore SPL (not sure how to do that bit yet).
Unfortunately, restoring PD98IMG.zip requires the use of the Volume Up key which no longer works.
Does anyone know how I can restore my phone to a stock ROM without the volume up key and how do I restore the SPL? I only see information for the Desire, not the Desire HD.
you can try an RUU, which is a .exe file, so all you need to do is plug your phone into the computer, and run the .exe. It'll install the stock ROM for you.
Here are some RUU ... LINK (andyharney's site)
CodeNameUnknown1 said:
you can try an RUU, which is a .exe file, so all you need to do is plug your phone into the computer, and run the .exe. It'll install the stock ROM for you.
Here are some RUU ... LINK (andyharney's site)
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Will a stock ROM also restore the SPL?
yes, i believe so...
CodeNameUnknown1 said:
yes, i believe so...
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I'm not sure if SPL is back to normal but the phone looks like stock from About Info so I'll take it back to the shop under warranty and get them to sort out the volume button and wifi issue.
Thanks CodeNameUnknown
ur welcome ... Ofcourse if you have S-OFF (radio or ENG) then you need to make it S-ON.
otherwise, you can take it right back
I can't seem to restore S-ON:
You can revert back to original hboot manually by: (adb shell or terminal emulator)
su
busybox dd if=/sdcard/hboot_original.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
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I've done this but my bootloader still says: ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF.
I have two other files hboot_eng.nb0 and hboot_check.nb0.
This does the trick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10378829&postcount=696
I'm having difficulties getting s-off on my device. I had my dinc 2 rooted with s-off awhile back, but then decided to go back to stock (not sure why). Anyways, I did the OTA update to the latest version that breaks the old vivow root/s-off method. So in the meantime, I used HTC dev unlock bootloader and installed MIUI 12.9. The problem is, I still have S-on from htc dev unlock and I can't just go into CWM and flash a different kernel to fix the low call volume. So I tried going through the tacoroot method, but I can't get my phone to show up in the bootloader or fastboot usb screen when I do adb devices. Commands such as fastboot reboot work, but trying to do "adb push blah blah" just gives a device not found error. Since I had to relock my device with htc dev and I have MIUI installed, I can't boot the phone up because it just says *security warning* after locking it. How do I flash the stock rom back to the device so I can boot the phone after doing the HTC dev relock or get the phone to show up in adb devices while in the bootloader/fastboot usb screen?
Thanks!
dtbingle said:
I'm having difficulties getting s-off on my device. I had my dinc 2 rooted with s-off awhile back, but then decided to go back to stock (not sure why). Anyways, I did the OTA update to the latest version that breaks the old vivow root/s-off method. So in the meantime, I used HTC dev unlock bootloader and installed MIUI 12.9. The problem is, I still have S-on from htc dev unlock and I can't just go into CWM and flash a different kernel to fix the low call volume. So I tried going through the tacoroot method, but I can't get my phone to show up in the bootloader or fastboot usb screen when I do adb devices. Commands such as fastboot reboot work, but trying to do "adb push blah blah" just gives a device not found error. Since I had to relock my device with htc dev and I have MIUI installed, I can't boot the phone up because it just says *security warning* after locking it. How do I flash the stock rom back to the device so I can boot the phone after doing the HTC dev relock or get the phone to show up in adb devices while in the bootloader/fastboot usb screen?
Thanks!
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you'll have to use fastbootusb in bootloader or remove card from phone, use your computer to put the PG13IMG, On your card then put back in phone and boot into bootloader
Aldo101t said:
you'll have to use fastbootusb in bootloader or remove card from phone, use your computer to put the PG13IMG, On your card then put back in phone and boot into bootloader
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I've tried this, but after the phone recognizes the PG32IMG.zip when it goes into the bootloader, it loads it and then nothing really happens and it just gives me the options like fastboot, recovery, etc (all the normal options). I know before usually it loads and then asks if I want to proceed with the update. Using an older version (Froyo RUU) it said main version is older, but after downloading a gingerbread one, it just loads and then never asks to update and gives no error. Am I doing something wrong here or using the wrong PG32IMG file?
dtbingle said:
I've tried this, but after the phone recognizes the PG32IMG.zip when it goes into the bootloader, it loads it and then nothing really happens and it just gives me the options like fastboot, recovery, etc (all the normal options). I know before usually it loads and then asks if I want to proceed with the update. Using an older version (Froyo RUU) it said main version is older, but after downloading a gingerbread one, it just loads and then never asks to update and gives no error. Am I doing something wrong here or using the wrong PG32IMG file?
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When you get the options try scrolling to fast boot and selecting that.
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CondemnedSoul said:
When you get the options try scrolling to fast boot and selecting that.
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Tried this with multiple PG32IMG.zip files and a message briefly flashes something about incorrect or missing zip file. Anyway I found an old CWM backup of a stock Froyo setup and since I was still unlocked from HTC Dev's tool, I restored to that, relocked from htcdev unlock, then ran the vivow downgrade script followed by revolutionary's s-off. Working rooted/s-off with MIUI 12.9 and aeroevan .7 bfs kernel!
Hello,
I would like to install a custom ICS ROM, but the volume button doesn't work. I do diagnose this issue, and it appears that it is a hardware issue, so only the replacement of the motherboard can fix it (but this operation is not planned... relating to money issue...).
So, I understand that I'll have to make a goldcard, then downgrade the firmware to 1.73, then Root + S-Off... but all these operations need to access to the bootloader, which requires the volume button...
is there another way to flash the ROM of my stock DHD, without accessing to the bootloader ?
My phone is NOT root. The phone is a SFR operator branded phone. I
installed android version is 2.3.5 build 3.12.405.1, with Sense 3.0 (official HTC ROM) a years ago. It was an official HTC ROM, so the root isn't needed, and I did perform the flash directly through my PC.
Thanks in advance.
Rgds.
I'm not 100% sure, so could be wrong here...
Turn the phone on and plug it into the pc. Connect as charge only, and enable USB debugging.
Use adb command in cmd to reboot into bootloader.
You'll have to do a bit of a search to find the command. Also, you'll need to install adb on your pc
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
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Teichopsia said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
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Beat me to it.
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I've had my Desire HD for 22 months now and unfortunately the volume button/rocker is starting to fail too. It might not be such a difficult hardware fix, adjustment or even possibly clean for some. It's a shame though, and it will weigh up in my decision making for my next phone. I still love the phone though.
You could try to fix it or keep it as is (as a backup to play around with). The worst that could happen (for now), you'll need adb to do a few things. Nothing major.
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Thanks ! I'll take a look on it.
Rgds.
4ext recover touch
Makes ROM manager ( non touch ) look awful
If you don't have the volume rocker than just enable USB Debugging and the only difference is that once you need to access your Recovery or Bootloader you use one of these commands in CMD/Terminal:
adb reboot recovery
or
adb reboot bootloader
Obviously you need to have adb installed on you computer.
I don't know if this is still relevant to the original poster but I have found the soft keys work as the volume rocker in ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0. The HOME and MENU keys work as the volume up and down. The ARROW (Back) button is the return or go back button, and SEARCH works the same as the Power button for selecting. I to have the Inspire 4g version, but should still be the same for DHD.
Edit: Did not see the not rooted part of the OP. Well, I hope this helps someone else.
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zen_green said:
Hello,
I would like to install a custom ICS ROM, but the volume button doesn't work. I do diagnose this issue, and it appears that it is a hardware issue, so only the replacement of the motherboard can fix it (but this operation is not planned... relating to money issue...).
So, I understand that I'll have to make a goldcard, then downgrade the firmware to 1.73, then Root + S-Off... but all these operations need to access to the bootloader, which requires the volume button...
is there another way to flash the ROM of my stock DHD, without accessing to the bootloader ?
My phone is NOT root. The phone is a SFR operator branded phone. I
installed android version is 2.3.5 build 3.12.405.1, with Sense 3.0 (official HTC ROM) a years ago. It was an official HTC ROM, so the root isn't needed, and I did perform the flash directly through my PC.
Thanks in advance.
Rgds.
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NO don´t flash your phone is the volume rocker is not working...you might get stuck and won't be easy to get back to a working state. Hacking should be done with a fully working phone.