[Q] After flashing new ROM, the phone won't boot - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello guys,
I'm no stranger to this forum since i've advised it from pretty much anything but this is my first time posting due to a critical situation.
I decided to root my phone (DHD, 2.3.3 Gingerbread), and while the root procedure and S-off procedure went smoothly.
When i flashed a rom to the phone, this rom to be exact http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077180, the installation was completed and now the phone hangs on boot screen (white screen with HTC letters just that) for a 10+ mins.
i cannot access it in any way i know of.
i would like to ask if there are any options here to fix this issue
Thank you in advance!

The best way to start would be to boot your phone into recovery. When you first power on the device, as you're holding the power button, also hold down the Down Volume button. This should allow you to get to the menu to then boot into recover. From there you should be in CMW, which you can then try re-flashing the ROM, see if that solves your problem.

Thank you for your reply, zidane. what you suggested worked like a charm and i now have a working phone again.
at least now i know how to resolve certain issues but i hope this incident will be the only bump in the road!
Take care mate!

Hi Shando
Shando said:
Thank you for your reply, zidane. what you suggested worked like a charm and i now have a working phone again.
at least now i know how to resolve certain issues but i hope this incident will be the only bump in the road!
Take care mate!
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When you install a Different Rom from the one you have installed it is always advised to do a FULL-WIPE
Take Care
TheQuest

Also, the first time a new ROM starts it will take quite a long time so dont pull the power

Shando said:
Thank you for your reply, zidane. what you suggested worked like a charm and i now have a working phone again.
at least now i know how to resolve certain issues but i hope this incident will be the only bump in the road!
Take care mate!
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You welcome, glad i could help. I had the same issue a few times flashing a ROM, the first time i panicked xD But it's easy to resolve. Also make sure to follow the tips above. They're useful !

my DHD is having the same problem and ive tried reinstalling the rom but that didnt fix it

Cbaird said:
my DHD is having the same problem and ive tried reinstalling the rom but that didnt fix it
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This problem mostly occurs if you didnĀ“t do a full wipe before installing. Try doing a full wipe, and then reflash the rom. That should resolve the issue

i did a full wipe even tried 2 different roms still nothing

Sorry for hijacking your thread but what's the procedure to do a fullwipe?
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Hi affinity121
I'm TheQuest said:
Hi Shando
When you install a Different Rom from the one you have installed it is always advised to do a FULL-WIPE
Take Care
TheQuest
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affinity121 said:
Sorry for hijacking your thread but what's the procedure to do a fullwipe?
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The instructions of using are in the link of the old reply post I made.
Take Care
TheQuest

Many thanks for the reply. I'm pretty new to the scene and appreciate the help. Currently flashed two ROM's so far without a full wipe and haven't run into any trouble but I will be sure to do it next time.
Thanks again!

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Need some advice...

Hi all..
I recently got my HTC One X and unlocked the bootloader, installed Clockwordmod followed by flashing a couple of different ones to see which one I liked.. (All of them are snappy, feel & look great...)
Where the problem lies is when I try to play a game or watch a video (aka accessing the gpu) the system instantly freezes and then reboots..
This problem never occurred using the stock software only became apparent when I started using customs.
It happens with all games I've tried...
Problem is now what shall i do? I made the foolish error of not backing up my stock ICS.
My phone is unbranded, so perhaps I could use someone elses unbranded stock rom to revert back to?
Shall I unroot? Pretty bloody worried to be honest... what if i've broke it?
Any advice would be really helpful. Thanks in advance
echoesofthe60s said:
Hi all..
I recently got my HTC One X and unlocked the bootloader, installed Clockwordmod followed by flashing a couple of different ones to see which one I liked.. (All of them are snappy, feel & look great...)
Where the problem lies is when I try to play a game or watch a video (aka accessing the gpu) the system instantly freezes and then reboots..
This problem never occurred using the stock software only became apparent when I started using customs.
It happens with all games I've tried...
Problem is now what shall i do? I made the foolish error of not backing up my stock ICS.
My phone is unbranded, so perhaps I could use someone elses unbranded stock rom to revert back to?
Shall I unroot? Pretty bloody worried to be honest... what if i've broke it?
Any advice would be really helpful. Thanks in advance
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Try flashing the stock RUU to see if that fixes your issues
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adamgaltress said:
Try flashing the stock RUU to see if that fixes your issues
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Hey thanks for replying so fast.
I was just looking for what you suggested and cannot find it anywhere in the development section nor in the "everything htc one x" thread...
Am I being blind?
Also, do I just flash it like a normal room? (e.g. put it on my internal memory and flash through recovery?)
Thanks again
echoesofthe60s said:
Hey thanks for replying so fast.
I was just looking for what you suggested and cannot find it anywhere in the development section nor in the "everything htc one x" thread...
Am I being blind?
Also, do I just flash it like a normal room? (e.g. put it on my internal memory and flash through recovery?)
Thanks again
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
Here and yes, don't forget to superwipe
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adamgaltress said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
Here and yes, don't forget to superwipe
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I'm sorry Adam but that link requires me to have 10 posts or more. It must be in a special section then?
I'm going to try and be helpful for a few posts instead of being lazy!
echoesofthe60s said:
I'm going to try and be helpful for a few posts instead of being lazy!
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Just incase http://www.androidrevolution.nl/downloader/download.php?file=One_X_1.28.401.9_odexed.zip
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Thanks.. just realised this is the rom I am running on now and the problem is still persistent.
Just games and videos it seems.
I am not sure about superwipe..
I always wipe data & cache when I installed a new rom... different thing?
What do you think now?
echoesofthe60s said:
Thanks.. just realised this is the rom I am running on now and the problem is still persistent.
Just games and videos it seems.
I am not sure about superwipe..
I always wipe data & cache when I installed a new rom... different thing?
What do you think now?
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Superwipe wipes the system as well, going between different ROMs without doing this may be the cause of your issues. Back up and try it out
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Cool thanks, going to try it.
EDIT: haha, where the hell is superwipe?
Seems I can only find it for sensation?
echoesofthe60s said:
Cool thanks, going to try it.
EDIT: haha, where the hell is superwipe?
Seems I can only find it for sensation?
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Here you go http://goo.gl/r2uqU
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Adam, thank you for helping this far.
I have completed a superwipe along with clearing cache and wiping data, reinstalling stock rom and no luck. the problem still occurs... open up a game and it instantly freezes and reboots itself.
Argh, my stomach feels rough...
What do you think i should do now?
edit: just a quick update, have tried various roms and the problem occurs in all. superwiped everytime as well. i think its a problem with the gpu...
in the mean time if anyone else could chime in with any ideas/help would be v.grateful..
otherwise should i send phone back?
echoesofthe60s said:
Adam, thank you for helping this far.
I have completed a superwipe along with clearing cache and wiping data, reinstalling stock rom and no luck. the problem still occurs... open up a game and it instantly freezes and reboots itself.
Argh, my stomach feels rough...
What do you think i should do now?
edit: just a quick update, have tried various roms and the problem occurs in all. superwiped everytime as well. i think its a problem with the gpu...
in the mean time if anyone else could chime in with any ideas/help would be v.grateful..
otherwise should i send phone back?
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If you send the phone for repairs HTC will claim the mainboard needs changing and try to charge you several hundred for it because your bootloader is unlocked.
Try going to settings>developer options and toggling force GPU rendering
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Have tried this too, no luck.
Any other ideas? The phone works perfect apart from this...
It's a new contract phone and comes with a 30 day fault return, couldn't I unroot it and give that a go? Would they know?.
Bump for this one last time before I try and get it replaced.
Any thing else I can do?

[SOLVED] Installation Problem

Hi folks,
I did rooted my arc 3 months back and i can still access my super user, yesterday i installed cwm for xperia phones successfully.
I tried to flash 4.0.4_Xperia-S_deodexed-V2.5beats using CWM(previous version stock 2.3.5). I did cleared the cache and all the stuff, but now i cannot boot to OS or CWM or anything, literally i can't use my phone.
It just shows up screen with Sony Ericsson Logo goes no where.
Please help me guys I want to install any custom ROM on my phone please suggest me
Thank you so much guys.
You have probably wiped data too which is a factory reset. Run your back up or reflash.
XperienceD said:
You have probably wiped data too which is a factory reset. Run your back up or reflash.
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Thank you my friend, are there any guides to reflash, will it surely works if i reflash.
forgive me if i am asking too many questions.
badriinvenkat said:
Thank you my friend, are there any guides to reflash
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Plenty, see the stickys in the general section.
XperienceD said:
Plenty, see the stickys in the general section.
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i reflashed an old version 2.3.4 and every thing is working fine, got an OTA update on phone and downloaded the update using wifi and it turned off as the part of update process, thats it and never turned on :crying::crying::crying:
i tried again to flash the same version but never worked!!! what can i do now
Flash THIS with the flastool and report back.
i tried that just now and it does the same result, after flashing the .ftf file it says to take the cable off and turn it on. It never turns on but when i press the power button it blinks the green LED (donno what it does mean!!)
any ways thanks for your suggestion.
Try THIS instead, if that doesn't work then not sure.
XperienceD said:
Try THIS instead, if that doesn't work then not sure.
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Thank yo so much my friend you really helped me a lot, sorry for keep asking you(I mean i should have searched everywhere before asking you)
My phone is working back :victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
badriinvenkat said:
Thank yo so much my friend you really helped me a lot, sorry for keep asking you(I mean i should have searched everywhere before asking you)
My phone is working back :victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
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Excellent. Sometimes we just can't see the wood for the trees, myself included.

how to fix half screen display flickering after flashing a new rom

need newbie here.......................
We're going to need some more info. Which ROM? Which recovery? Have you noticed the problem before on another ROM? Is this your first ROM? Full wipe?
bananagranola said:
We're going to need some more info. Which ROM? Which recovery? Have you noticed the problem before on another ROM? Is this your first ROM? Full wipe?
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from jellytime r29 and cwm 5.0.37 i think i always reroot and root the fone because of this issue the screen will eventually go away im tired of it can u help me.... it started when i flash the venom ics and i have 4ext newest version
ipman777 said:
from jellytime r29 and cwm 5.0.37 i think i always reroot and root the fone because of this issue the screen will eventually go away im tired of it can u help me.... it started when i flash the venom ics and i have 4ext newest version
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i did a full wipe always did i do something wrong i keep ending half screen flickering after a days or a week it keep bothering me........... once i get to the recovery its till there???????????????? help please
I'm having a very difficult time understanding your writing style and need to clarify.
So far as I understand, you originally had Venom ICS flashed from the latest 4ext. After a few days or a week, half of the screen began flickering. I believe you then rerooted the phone? Then you full wiped (so that's system, data, and cache). You then flashed JellyTime R29 from CWM 5.0.37. The problem showed back up after a few days or a week again. Is that accurate?
Have you flashed any other ROMs? Has the phone been dropped or taken any other damage? Have you tried flashing a stock ROM? Have you had any ROMs on which the problem didn't show up? Did you have this problem on stock before rooting?
bananagranola said:
I'm having a very difficult time understanding your writing style and need to clarify.
So far as I understand, you originally had Venom ICS flashed from the latest 4ext. After a few days or a week, half of the screen began flickering. I believe you then rerooted the phone? Then you full wiped (so that's system, data, and cache). You then flashed JellyTime R29 from CWM 5.0.37. The problem showed back up after a few days or a week again. Is that accurate?
Have you flashed any other ROMs? Has the phone been dropped or taken any other damage? Have you tried flashing a stock ROM? Have you had any ROMs on which the problem didn't show up? Did you have this problem on stock before rooting?
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yes, its accurate sorry for my english. it started really when i updated the latest 4ext. i flashed sabsa prime and blackout ics before after that jellytime all the way i try to flash the venom ics for fun i guess i paid the price thats when it started. i dont have any problem before that. i did not tried flashing stock rom or damage my phone all rom i flashed show up. this problem has not been my stock rom before. what should i do???????
ipman777 said:
yes, its accurate sorry for my english. it started really when i updated the latest 4ext. i flashed sabsa prime and blackout ics before after that jellytime all the way i try to flash the venom ics for fun i guess i paid the price thats when it started. i dont have any problem before that. i did not tried flashing stock rom or damage my phone all rom i flashed show up. this problem has not been my stock rom before. what should i do???????
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Assuming you did a full wipe of system, data and cache I can only guess that it's a hardware problem. It persists across multiple ROMs, so that's my guess. See if anyone else has a suggestion.
bananagranola said:
Assuming you did a full wipe of system, data and cache I can only guess that it's a hardware problem. It persists across multiple ROMs, so that's my guess. See if anyone else has a suggestion.
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But the flickering started when i over charge the fone or i auto brightness it.......... So no one can help me..... About this
ipman777 said:
But the flickering started when i over charge the fone or i auto brightness it.......... So no one can help me..... About this
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Wait, you didn't say that before. Have you messed with the auto brightness settings before? Try turning it off; is it still a problem? When you say flickering do you mean the back light? Or graphical glitches? Or something else?
bananagranola;351hu 24806 said:
Wait, you didn't say that before. Have you messed with the auto brightness settings before? Try turning it off; is it still a problem? When you say flickering do you mean the back light? Or graphical glitches? Or something else?
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Graphical glitches i think it look like tv straight lines it bug me becoz it cover the half screen. When i re flash the rom its still there in the recovery but when i pull battery and i try the bootloader and stanby with a half day it will slowly gone bit n bit. It is posible a hardware becoz i try to reroot and go to stock rom and its still it only gone.... If i stanby in bootloader...... Is any where i can do please help i from philippines know where in the world i can repair it here
ipman777 said:
Graphical glitches i think it look like tv straight lines it bug me becoz it cover the half screen. When i re flash the rom its still there in the recovery but when i pull battery and i try the bootloader and stanby with a half day it will slowly gone bit n bit. It is posible a hardware becoz i try to reroot and go to stock rom and its still it only gone.... If i stanby in bootloader...... Is any where i can do please help i from philippines know where in the world i can repair it here
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The persistence across ROMs (and I'm assuming that you haven't messed with settings) suggests that it's probably a graphics hardware issue. I vaguely remember someone else having this problem but can't remember who; I'll ask around. Unfortunately I'm not from the Philippines, so I don't know where you can get it repaired.
I think gizmoe knows the answer to this one.
Sent from a dream.
bananagranola said:
The persistence across ROMs (and I'm assuming that you haven't messed with settings) suggests that it's probably a graphics hardware issue. I vaguely remember someone else having this problem but can't remember who; I'll ask around. Unfortunately I'm not from the Philippines, so I don't know where you can get it repaired.
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Thanks for replying........ For all my questions and help. Thanks for the effort tho i need it so bad to resolve my problem, i love my dhd i dont wanna change a fone or buy a dhd again not in my world i buy this fone in london............
Teichopsia said:
I think gizmoe knows the answer to this one.
Sent from a dream.
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Who's gizmoe how can i reach him or contact him in this forum im newbie here i love what they done to my fone in this site tho you guyz are mad genius........... All around the rom
ipman777 said:
Who's gizmoe how can i reach him or contact him in this forum im newbie here i love what they done to my fone in this site tho you guyz are mad genius........... All around the rom
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You can private message him here on the forums. His username is Gizmoe.
You can also search for the answer in the dhd and inspire forums, to see if it shows up.
I'm guessing gizmoe may not know the answer since he would have surely posted something in this thread by now. I may be wrong about that as I may also be wrong about him knowing the answer.
Sent from a dream.

[Q] Phone Reboot

Hi everyone,
I seem to be having a problem with my One X, for the past hour the phone has been rebooting at random moments and its really p*issing me off!!
Its running stock ICS and all of the apps are installed from the play store so i don't think i have anything on it which is messing with it.
Is there anything i can do to stop this or do i need to wait for the Jellybean update and hope it will fix it?
I also heard that it might have something to do with my HBOOT which is 1.12 and i am waiting for 3 to update it!
Try to do a factory reset from bootloader first back up all ur data as factor reset vll erase everything
If the prob still exist take it to nearest HTC care centre
If I hve helped you press the thanks button ...
sent from HTC sensation
fmsidoe said:
Hey guyz,
i had the same problem, i only unlocked the phone and flashed a rooted boot.img.
After that i had that issue with every musicplayer except if i plug my headphones in it.
I think most of u rooted the phone..
I fixed it by flashing the boot.img again, but this time i used it from coredroidroms
go to:
coredroidroms. com
download the boot.img
flash it.. and it worked for me!!
I hope it works for u guyz... gud luck!
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I found that in xda forums. It seems that coulb be come from battery issues, try to completly discharge the battery then make a complete charge... Hope I'll helped...
cheers lads ill give both a go
Marco_El_Wray said:
I found that in xda forums. It seems that coulb be come from battery issues, try to completly discharge the battery then make a complete charge... Hope I'll helped...
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why would he want to flash a boot.img ? he is on stock rom.thats just going to bork his phone
markb63 said:
why would he want to flash a boot.img ? he is on stock rom.thats just going to bork his phone
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That is just one more solution to help him, it's not mine but like I said I found that in another post... in last case if nothing works why not? Maybe this solution really worked for this man. Just wanna help that's why I quoted the text

No Mobile Data After Flashing Rom

Hey there, this is my first post here so go easy on me.
I was fortunate enough to unlock my HTC One through the HTCDev site and didn't do anything really exciting with the phone for a few days. However, last night I flashed newtoroot's GPE rom and have been unable to send or receive phone calls or messages on my device.
According to newtoroot, when the phone begins setup and tries to activate on the network you should try to avoid that step by pressing back. However, pressing back or home buttons wouldn't let me escape that process and it just continued all the way through. I suspect this is where the issues started. Anyway, after it finally finished searching for the network, it said it failed to activate.
I tried wiping my data/cache/dalvik and flashing the stock rom, and newt's other Sense based rom, but neither have helped. I thought I had made a backup, but apparently I didn't.
Any ideas? Thanks for taking the time to read through my problem!
Try taking the sim card out and putting it back in and reset the phone. That worked for me one time with my DNA.
Sent from my 4G LTE HTC One
Storkie said:
Hey there, this is my first post here so go easy on me.
I was fortunate enough to unlock my HTC One through the HTCDev site and didn't do anything really exciting with the phone for a few days. However, last night I flashed newtoroot's GPE rom and have been unable to send or receive phone calls or messages on my device.
According to newtoroot, when the phone begins setup and tries to activate on the network you should try to avoid that step by pressing back. However, pressing back or home buttons wouldn't let me escape that process and it just continued all the way through. I suspect this is where the issues started. Anyway, after it finally finished searching for the network, it said it failed to activate.
I tried wiping my data/cache/dalvik and flashing the stock rom, and newt's other Sense based rom, but neither have helped. I thought I had made a backup, but apparently I didn't.
Any ideas? Thanks for taking the time to read through my problem!
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Follow the stuff they did in the CM10.2 thread to get calls/data working on that. It involved flashing the stock recovery and some other stuff, idk but it worked so it can't hurt to try.
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Something similar happened to me. I had to go into Settings -> Mobile Data, and change Preferred Network from Global to LTE / CDMA mode. I'm not sure why it picked Global as the default.
antp121 said:
Follow the stuff they did in the CM10.2 thread to get calls/data working on that. It involved flashing the stock recovery and some other stuff, idk but it worked so it can't hurt to try.
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Thanks so much for referring me to that thread. Followed the steps and flashed the stock recovery and did a factory reset within HBOOT. It did the trick! Thanks everyone for helping me get this solved.
antp121 said:
Follow the stuff they did in the CM10.2 thread to get calls/data working on that. It involved flashing the stock recovery and some other stuff, idk but it worked so it can't hurt to try.
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Storkie said:
Thanks so much for referring me to that thread. Followed the steps and flashed the stock recovery and did a factory reset within HBOOT. It did the trick! Thanks everyone for helping me get this solved.
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I wish we saw more interactions like this on XDA. I gave both you guys a thumbs up for restoring my faith in humanity.
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Storkie said:
Thanks so much for referring me to that thread. Followed the steps and flashed the stock recovery and did a factory reset within HBOOT. It did the trick! Thanks everyone for helping me get this solved.
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No problem
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No problem
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I'm looking through that thread and can't find the HBOOT method to fix this problem, I believe I am going through the same thing. If someone could help or post their method I would be eternally greatful. Also the link for the vzw stock recovery is giving me a 500 error internal server error so if someone could post that I'd be very appreciative.

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