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[Q] DHD bricked?

Hi all,
Im having a little trouble with my dhd. It won't boot up !
I can get into HBOOT, but thats it. (ie. no recovery CWM)
When trying to boot normally it hangs at spash screen.
so far i have tried:
- fastboot flashing (system.img dosn't flash (for known reasons))
- this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841890) (tried with 2 different RUUs)
everything seemed to go according to plan, but still exactly the same problem.
- I've even tried flashing back the stock spash screen via fastboot in preperation to send it back to tmobile/htc to fix BUT, despite fastboot telling me flashing was succsessful, i still have my custom splash!
- pulling my hair out!
ive got eng hboot s-off radio s-off supercid and stuff??
my hboot info screen looks like this:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD9810000)
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.04.02.17_M2
eMMC-boot
Oct 11 2010, 12:44:14
SYSTEM INFO
SN-HT0CPRX05836
LCD-SHARP
TOUCH PANEL-SYN3KT_0108
Commit-7eafc656
OS ver.-1.39.110.1
IMEI-
CID-11111111
RAM-768MB
eMMC-Sandisk 2223MB 4554751sectors
Thanks in advance to anyone with ideas

Which cw recovery is installed?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

First question, what did you do immediately before you turned you DHD off, hence the reboot?
From the bootloader can you enter fastboot? You should be able to flash recovery from there. You mention "for known reasons" what are these?

Hi pwraggcan,
I'm not too sure? and I'm not sure how I can check either, as I can only enter hboot/fastboot.
AndyHarney,
As far as I can remember I was using my phone as normal. (no risky installs/flashes to speak of). Then overnight it ran out of battery, and now won't boot up .. ?
fastboot flash system system.img returns:
sending 'system' (410134 KB)... FAILED (remote: data length is too large)
finished. total time: 0.006s
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img returns:
sending 'recovery' (8701 KB)... OKAY [ 1.494s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.837s]
finished. total time: 2.331s
but when I choose 'RECOVERY' form hboot menu it still hangs on splash.

jason9 said:
Hi pwraggcan,
I'm not too sure? and I'm not sure how I can check either, as I can only enter hboot/fastboot.
AndyHarney,
As far as I can remember I was using my phone as normal. (no risky installs/flashes to speak of). Then overnight it ran out of battery, and now won't boot up .. ?
fastboot flash system system.img returns:
sending 'system' (410134 KB)... FAILED (remote: data length is too large)
finished. total time: 0.006s
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img returns:
sending 'recovery' (8701 KB)... OKAY [ 1.494s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.837s]
finished. total time: 2.331s
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So you have recovery, and you're rooted, well I'd say install a ROM as ROMS flash system, boot and cache img files. Sending a 410mb file ofver adb seems a bit risky. Also, if you have no ROMs on the SD Card go into recovery, mounts and storage and at the bottom is usb or something.

MrYuiM,
I don't mean to act the fool, but I don't fully understand you're post.
"well I'd say install a ROM as ROMS flash system, boot and cache img files"
not sure how I can go about doing this? using fastboot?
"Also, if you have no ROMs on the SD Card go into recovery"
which ROMs do you mean? I have on my sdcard "LeeDrOiD_HD_V1.5.1.zip" and others. I also have some nandroid backups.
Currently, I have not found a way to enter recovery..
P.S I apologize for spewing my ignorance all over this thread.

Get PD98IMG.zip from my downgrade guide, put it into your SD card and go to the bootloader. Then tell us what what happens.
By the way, you still have fully warranty despite the fact that your device has S-OFF. There is nothing about software mods in warranty terms. For example mike1986 sent his phone to HTC's service center, it was S-OFF and it even had a custom ROM in it, and they did not complain.

jkoljo said:
Get PD98IMG.zip from my downgrade guide, put it into your SD card and go to the bootloader. Then tell us what what happens.
By the way, you still have fully warranty despite the fact that your device has S-OFF. There is nothing about software mods in warranty terms. For example mike1986 sent his phone to HTC's service center, it was S-OFF and it even had a custom ROM in it, and they did not complain.
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When I asked HTC they were pretty stern on the fact that rooting voids their warranty despite it not being in the guidelines :/

jason9 said:
MrYuiM,
I don't mean to act the fool, but I don't fully understand you're post.
"well I'd say install a ROM as ROMS flash system, boot and cache img files"
not sure how I can go about doing this? using fastboot?
"Also, if you have no ROMs on the SD Card go into recovery"
which ROMs do you mean? I have on my sdcard "LeeDrOiD_HD_V1.5.1.zip" and others. I also have some nandroid backups.
Currently, I have not found a way to enter recovery..
P.S I apologize for spewing my ignorance all over this thread.
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To enter recovery turn your phone off completely and plug it into the charger, recovery will auto open. Also, everyone starts off somewhere.
But go with jkoljo first as he is more experienced

Hi jkoljo,
Downloading now,
It's also a big relief to hear that software modding dosn't effect warrenty *phew*

jason9 said:
Hi jkoljo,
Downloading now,
It's also a big relief to hear that software modding dosn't effect warrenty *phew*
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Good luck mate, report back on how it goes

Might be futile but you could try a different recovery. If you're s off it should work. Try a 2.x.x.x then a 3.x.x.x. flashing from fastboot, it could be that. If the pd98img doesn't work then it might be a faulty motherboard and htc will have to fix it.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

I tried jkoljo advice, but still no dice! ... (hey that rhymes!)
One thing I noticed as it was checking SD card: -
SD Checking...
Loading...[PD98DIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PD98DIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[PD98IMG.zip]
are those errors normal?!
just to clarify, after jkoljo's PD98IMG.zip update, I reboot and it hangs at my custom spash screen, just as before.
It's as if I hadn't tried to update/recover at all!
Anyways, Thankyou all for your help, assistance and advice.
I have to go out now, but ill be back tomorrow to try again.

It seems that you have to format your SD card. Do a full format to FAT32 (no quick format), and try it again.

Ok, formatted and tried again.
But same results as my last post.
I even tried with 2 SD's (4gb + 8gb).
Does this mean my phone is not recoverable..?
....I hope not..

oopes, delete this post please

pwraggcan said:
Try flashing a different recovery while in fastboot.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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Could you recommend one?
The only one I've ever known is CWM.
Also I don't have much faith in fastboot right now.
When I flashed my stock splash, it said 'OK' but never changed!
Thanks pwraggcan

Try flashing a different recovery while in fastboot.. Try the stock one first and if you can boot into recovery wipe data/factory reset.
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
recovery zip attached. good luck.

Thanks for the suggestion pwraggcan,
I tried that recovery.. and it flashed 'OK' but still no change from my previous attempts.
Soo... Shall I call this a write-off and let HTC deal with it..
Or are there any last ditch solutions I could be trying.
Jason9

As a last resort try the attached recovery. If this recovery doesn't work it's gotta be a hardware issue. I'm thinking if you backed up with a 2 series cw recovery then updated the recovery with rom manager to a 3 series cw recovery it won't let restore the backup. So, try the attached and fingers crossed, you're up and running. Probably won't sort it but definitely worth a try.

Need Help: Restoring Nandroid backup from PC [SOLVED]

Hello Everyone
I tried something stupid and now my Desire doesn't boot anymore. I have made a Nandroid backup, but I am unable to restore with my device, because I don't seem to have the ClockworkMod Recovery
I can go to the screen with the 3 skateboarding androids, but when I choose recovery, It goes to "Android system recovery <2e>". There doesnt seem to be an option to restore Nandroid backups there.
What's the easiest way to restore my backup? I can access my SD-card on my PC.
Or maybe it is easier just to install a random fresh ROM and from there restore my nandroid backup? (but I don't know how to do that from the recovery screens I have access to)
PS: I already tried some things on I found on google, I tried restoring using fastboot method, but get this message:
c:\Android>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (232637 KB)... FAILED (remote: data length is too large)
Please help, Thanks!
Edit: Tried to manually 'install' ClockWorkMod Image 2.5.0.7 with fastboot... I get the following error:
c:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img
sending 'recovery' (4216 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

You need to be s-off to be able to use those fastboot commands. Have you tried reflashing a custom recovery with unrevoked? Otherwise you probably need to use a Ruu and root again.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Premium App

Hi, Thanks
you're right, I do have S-On
I also have H-boot 0.75
(Radio-5.11.05.27 just to be complete)
What do I need to do first? Remember that I am stuck on the HBoot screen (3 skateboarding androids).
Can I get S-off from here and flash ClockworkMod Recovery? Or do I need to flash a RUU Rom first?
Also do I need to update HBoot to 0.80?
And are 'HBoot drivers' the same as the 'Fastboot/ADB drivers' ?
Need more help please. Most tutorials start with a working phone
Thanks!

Need some help guys please, Everything I try doesn't seem to work.
I figured out my phone is stuck in HBOOT with USB debugging disabled. Because Unrevoked doens't recognize my phone. Next step was to try and install a RUU. But the version I needed is corrupt. (I think) I downloaded twice and it just doens't work, I get an error even before the program loads.
I downloaded from RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed here: http : / / shipped-roms . com/shipped/Bravo/
Should I maybe try another RUU? Maybe 2.29.405.5 ? Or is that not safe?
Grtz!

Solved,
xda forum member EddyOS pointed me to this RUU http://www.multiupload.com/LEJCW182AH
(filename: RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed)
Thanks!

[Q] Phone bricked, android flasher won't work

I have a htc desire with the alpharev bootloader(CM7 r2). I am stucked with the htc screen with the signs in every corner. I tried this guide:
RUU PROBLEMS
"I tried using a RUU, but it failed, and now my phone is stuck on a black HTC Screen with /!\ In every corner!"
Possible Causes:
- You were S-OFF and you flashed a custom bootloader from alpharev
- You didn't check the MD5 Sums before proceeding, and the download may have been corrupted.
- You tried using the wrong RUU
[5]Fixing your problem
Your phone is stuck in RUU mode. RUU mode is like fastboot mode, and can still receive fastboot commands, therefore it can be easily "fixed". It helps to have a goldcard for this problem, so that you can use any RUU you want.
S-OFF
[STEP1]- download "Bravo Stock" from Alpharev
[STEP2]- download Android Flasher
[STEP3]- use android flasher to flash "Bravo Stock"
[STEP4]- run the RUU again and wait for it to finish
S-ON
If you're S-ON it eliminates the possibility of you having a custom bootloader, and the only possibility now is that the RUU was corrupted or you used the wrong RUU for your device. Therefore, for this process you need a goldcard.
[STEP1]- Create the goldcard from the tutorial
[STEP1]- Use the WWE RUU
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I am S-off but the android flasher doesn't recognize my phone (I doesn't show any log line in the program and just hangs) . The android-usb-driver is installed and I can see the device in de device manager from windows. When I try to reflash it with a RUU I get error 152, image update error and a failed with the "system" part.
Does someone know what I am doing wrong? I tried it with Windows 7 And a clean XP installation (without htc sync)
When I try it with the sdk tools I got this:
C:\tools>fastboot.exe flash recovery c:\hboot.img
sending 'recovery' (512 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))

make sure you've installed fastboot drivers.. then try again. Also error 152 means you don't have a goldcard. This is necessary.
Or if you're lazy and you don't want to faff with all that.. you could try a quite risky procedure (because if something goes wrong there's no un-f*cking it) and flash the 2.3.3 RUU from HTCdev.com which requires you to do nothing but run the RUU.

[Q] Problem after running ace hack kit

I stupidly ran ace hack kit a second time after installing Android Revolution.
It stopped working after trying to turn radio off. Now the phone wont load past the HTC screen. I can access the HBOOT menu. but recovery and factory reset both dont work.
Ive looked everywhere and cant find someone with the same issue (I dont think anyone else was stupid enough to run the kit twice)
Any ideas?

No help at all??

Get the recovery.img for 4EXT or Clockworkmod. The one for the latest 4EXT I have attached. You'll have to unzip it. When you have unzipped it check the MD5 of the recovery.img in there matches:
84b31bc1b1c254b2c46054c957e63701
Put it in your Android SDK Tools (Or Platform-Tools) folder.
Plug your phone into the computer while it is in the bootloader.
Open a CMD to that folder.
Type:
fastboot flash recovery recovery1.img
That will install a recovery environment. After that you will be able to install a ROM.

I keep getting getting an error saying that fastboot isnt recognized as a internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Im getting this error
sending 'recovery' (3624 KB)... OKAY [ 0.766s]
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.766s

You don't have an engineering hboot (eng s-off) Therefore you can't use fastboot commands.
Download a stock 1.32 pd98img.zip and put it on your sdcard and boot into hboot. Your phone will be completely sock after the installation.
I do what i want, because I can.

Flussen said:
You don't have an engineering hboot (eng s-off) Therefore you can't use fastboot commands.
Download a stock 1.32 pd98img.zip and put it on your sdcard and boot into hboot. Your phone will be completely sock after the installation.
I do what i want, because I can.
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Will it be S-on again?
Also thank you! It worked, phone is up and running again.

Radio s-off should stick, eng hboot (which you don't had anyway) will be gone.
I do what i want, because I can.

Help. Ace hack been running for 30 minutes and stuck on flashing radio
Ran ace hack kit. Everything fine until flashing radio. Been stuck on infocruujwp, radio, 95 for a while.
What do i do now?

I was trying to get S-ON so I started my DHD and flashed stock fryo ROM. Aahk went trough the process and finished but my phone were on HTC update screen so I had to pull the battery, anyone else with this problem?

[DEV] Possible S-OFF using HTCdev for WFS A510e

Hi guys,
A good friend of mine recently requested me to help with rooting her Wildfire S A510e (purchased from SingTel, CID HTC__044). I managed to change her Wildfire S from S-ON to S-OFF via HTCdev. As far as I know, HTCdev isn't supposed to give you S-OFF but only to remove the NAND write locks on certain partitions.
Users: This is NOT for you. This is NOT a tutorial.​I will not be responsible for any bricked WFS.​
Here's what happened, pretty long so I'm gonna break it down into multiple sections. Important points in red.
Replacing SingTel ROM with HTC EU ROM
The phone was originally running Android 2.3.3, ROM version 1.35.707.1, HBOOT 0.90.0000. This ROM version is not supported by HTCdev unlock yet.
Reboot to HBOOT on WFS. Choose FASTBOOT.
Connect WFS to computer via USB.
Downloaded the HBOOT RUU for "hTC Asia India" from HTCdev. Attempted to install the RUU but got a CID error.
Disconnected WFS from computer.
Rebooted normally on WFS.
Connect WFS to computer via USB (Disk Drive).
Created a goldcard by using SimpleGoldCard while WFS is mounted as Disk Drive. (this wipes your SD card)
Disconnect WFS from computer and reboot.
Connect WFS to computer via USB (Disk Drive).
Downloaded RUU_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.2
Ran the RUU. Went into %temp%, found the relevant directory and copied rom.zip to the goldcard as PG76IMG.zip.
Disconnect WFS from computer.
Turn off WFS and rebooted into HBOOT.
Went into HBOOT -> Fastboot. RUU_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.2 was installed successfully (Android 2.3.5, ROM version 2.13.401.2, HBOOT 0.90.0000).
Installing HTCdev Unlock
Rebooted WFS into HBOOT.
Connect WFS to computer via USB.
Downloaded the HBOOT RUU from HTCdev for "HTC EU".
Ran the HBOOT RUU. RUU installation gets stuck at 50% ("Flushing radio...") for about 20 minutes.
Decided that the RUU has hung so disconnected WFS from USB and did a battery pull
RUU offered to do a recovery but I clicked "Exit".
Turn on WFS in HBOOT mode.
S-OFF obtained!
I was pretty much at "dafuq?" at this stage. I didn't even need to upload the device identifier to HTCdev to get an unlock key. The device was already S-OFF (HBOOT shows it)!
HBOOT remained at 0.90.0000.
I verified the S-OFF by flashing ClockWorkMod which went without issues.
Possible theory of operation: (just my thoughts)
The HTCdev HBOOT RUU provides a temporary S-OFF in order to unlock the NAND
When the RUU is done, it is supposed to restore S-ON to the device.
However, since the process was hung, the RUU had no chance of restoring the device to S-ON.
Hence the WFS was left at S-OFF.
If there are any adventurous devs around who are willing to try to dissect the RUU, please do so, but standard disclaimer applies. Attempting to interrupt the HBOOT RUU flashing is pretty dangerous and WILL possibly brick your device! I will not be held responsible if you brick your WFS!
This seems to be a case of pure luck.
Addendum:
The HBOOT RUU contains 2 ZIP files: rom_01.zip, rom_02.zip
They are presumably flashed in-order.
rom_01.zip contains Radio_special_MARVEL_MR_47.23b.35.3035_7.54.39.08M_Signed_20111208.img
rom_02.zip contains hboot_1.08.0099_6e20b6fac09.nb0 and radio_47.23a.35.3035H_7.53.39.03M_MR.img
My friend has radio version 47.23b.35.3035_7.54.39.08M. From here, we can tell that rom_01.zip was successfully flashed but rom_02.zip wasn't. Also notice the "special" file name of the first radio image.
Addendum 2:
It appears that both radio ROMs have the same size but different md5sum. Can someone with S-ON try to flash Radio_special_MARVEL_MR_47.23b.35.3035_7.54.39.08M_Signed_20111208.img? (Again, standard disclaimer applies)

i like the very last sentence that you used ...
good job anyway mate !

how do you go about flashing a radio??
---------- Post added at 04:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:09 AM ----------
rom1.zip is 10.370.252
rom2.zip is 10.586.425
ie not the same size

stevie67 said:
rom1.zip is 10.370.252
rom2.zip is 10.586.425
ie not the same size
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If you look into the ZIP files, Radio_special_MARVEL_MR_47.23b.35.3035_7.54.39.08M_Signed_20111208.img and radio_47.23a.35.3035H_7.53.39.03M_MR.img are both the same size.
Reboot to HBOOT, choose FASTBOOT, connect WFS to computer. Use "fastboot flash radio Radio_special_MARVEL_MR_47.23b.35.3035_7.54.39.08M_Signed_20111208.img".

ok i tried to flash this radio i put the .img file on my sdcard went to fastboot then recovery,install from sdcard and there was nothing there so i put the rom1.zip folder on my sdcard went to fastboot,install from sdcard,rom1.zip and got this
CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.6
-- Installing: /sdcard/rom_01.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/rom_01.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted
did i do something wrong??

You must flash the radio with fastboot command. But this wont work, bc the hboot will check if the file is signed. And that isn't.
But try, maybe i'm not right.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

and the fastboot command is??
and the file says its signed

Reboot to HBOOT, choose FASTBOOT, connect WFS to computer. Use "fastboot flash radio Radio_special_MARVEL_MR_47.23b.35.3035_7.54.39.08M_Signed_20111208.img".
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He said it
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

My phone wouldn't update using the HTC method so I extracted the two ROMs from the RUU and flashed them seperately. After the first one (radio) I noticed that the phone was S-OFF but when I'd flashed the second it was S-ON again and I couldn't go back.

WOW, you have S-OFF after flashing radio via
fastboot flash radio radio.img
???
And now you can't go back?

I extracted the htcdev ruu and tried to flash the radio image. but it is not possible, signature check fails. so if the bootloader is already unlocked, it is not possible to obtain s-off this way

Have u test it with
fastboot oem lock
first and then to flash the radio.img?
Or to try to downfrade hnoot with the tutorial here in forum and then flash the new radio.

not yet. Will try that and report again
did relock phone using oem lock.
*** RELOCKED ***
Tried flashing 1st radio from htcdev ruu
flashing successful, but still S-ON

Hmm, and can u try to downgrade to Hboot 0.9 or Hboot 1.08?

I'm a noob so it's possible I made a mistake but I'm pretty sure I was S-OFF after the first flash. I was on Hboot 0.09.0000. Unfortunately I didn't realise the significance at the time so proceeded anyway.

I will try

I will try too, but earliest tomorrow, then i have my windows pc

this is what i get with or without bootloader locked
C:\Android>fastboot flash radio Radio_special_MARVEL_MR_47.23b.35.3035_7.54.39.0
8M_Signed_20111208.img
sending 'radio' (23936 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.375s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 13.063s

stevie67 said:
this is what i get with or without bootloader locked
C:\Android>fastboot flash radio Radio_special_MARVEL_MR_47.23b.35.3035_7.54.39.0
8M_Signed_20111208.img
sending 'radio' (23936 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.375s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 13.063s
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I extracted the rom1.zip and renamed it PG76IMG.zip and flashed via hboot. this worked when the phone was re-locked

theq86 said:
I extracted the rom1.zip and renamed it PG76IMG.zip and flashed via hboot. this worked when the phone was re-locked
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so are you now s-off??