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Here's my 4 hour journey...
I tried rooting my Evo using AutoRoot v2.4 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 I would post there but I don't have permissions, plus my problem seems more general at this point anyway). I followed all of the instructions (I'm running Android 2.2 with 3.70.651.1). At first, it was telling me that it was unable to root. After trying a couple things (such as killing all running processes), I used an RUU of 3.70.651.1 (http://www.multiupload.com/W679R1W391). I ran AutoRoot again, and this time it told me Root was successful and took me to the bootloader screen. As it did this, the AutoRoot DOS window just disappeared. I rebooted and tried a few more times, same result.
Here's where I'm not quite sure what I did. I think the next thing was I went into Recovery from bootloader, didn't really know what I was doing, and did a battery pull. Then I tried to factory reset by going bootloader -> clear storage. When I went to try and run AutoRoot again, my computer wasn't recognizing my Evo (I guess restoring the Evo caused it to lose the drivers?). When I plugged it in, it briefly searched for several "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" drivers (weird, never saw it look for those before when I plugged in my Evo?), asked me if I had a disk that came with the hardware, and when I said no it told me it couldn't find the drivers.
So basically my computer doesn't seem to recognize my Evo anymore even though it seems to be at its factory original stock settings. To top it off, it now seems to be stuck in a continuous reboot cycle every couple minutes or so (the worst that's ever happened to me before was semi-random restarts, maybe a couple times per week). I tried doing a factory reset by doing bootloader -> recovery -> menu -> factory reset but that didn't do anything. And I don't think it's charging anymore, considering that the battery is slowly getting lower and lower even though the orange light goes on when it's plugged in (though maybe it's just losing more battery than its gaining through all this restarting). At this point all I want is to get out of this continuous reboot cycle that I've spent the last couple hours trying to look for solutions for, with no luck. Much less re-customize my phone to how it was pre-restore and much less actually get through rooting it... Any help?
First re-run your RUU.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install ; download the modified hboot drivers
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/ ; download unrevoked
Make sure to have installed, then uninstall htc sync on your computer, and that usb debugging is enabled on your phone. Then run unrevoked and you should be good to go.
"First re-run your RUU."
But my PC isn't recognizing my Evo, I guess because something is wrong with the drivers? I tried running the RUU and it said Error [170]: USB Connection Error.
Caperi said:
"First re-run your RUU."
But my PC isn't recognizing my Evo, I guess because something is wrong with the drivers? I tried running the RUU and it said Error [170]: USB Connection Error.
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/3.70 RUU Zip.zip
A 3.70 ruu in PC36IMG form. Re-name to PC36IMG, then place on your sdcard, then boot into the bootloader, and apply the update and reboot.
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A 3.70 ruu in PC36IMG form. Re-name to PC36IMG, then place on your sdcard, then boot into the bootloader, and apply the update and reboot.
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How should I access my sdcard, since my PC isn't recognizing my phone?
I could probably do it via another phone, but I won't have access to that until tomorrow; is that the only way?
Edit: Oh boy. Just tried typing your link in on my phone, and apparently the phone doesn't recognize its sdcard... Might be why my PC isn't seeing my phone?
Well, you can take the battery out, remove the sdcard, the mount it to your computer via micro usb adapater.
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Well, you can take the battery out, remove the sdcard, the mount it to your computer via micro usb adapater.
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Don't have one of those, but even if I did (or got the files on there via another phone), wouldn't the fact that it won't recognize the sdcard be a problem when trying to get it to apply the update?
The battery is starting to get really low (about 10%), I think it's not recognizing the charger
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Don't have one of those, but even if I did (or got the files on there via another phone), wouldn't the fact that it won't recognize the sdcard be a problem when trying to get it to apply the update?
The battery is starting to get really low (about 10%), I think it's not recognizing the charger
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Then what you could do is copy the files on the sdcard to the pc, then re-format it from there, then place the files on it, and stick it on the charger asap.
This link to recover sd card and usb:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
Then let charge, use external wall charger if needed. If you have to buy one, its like 5 or 10 bucks and its better then having to buy a whole new phone.
Then, download the PC36IMG.zip (RUU in zip form), place on root of sd card, boot into bootloader, let it scan, when it asks if you want to run the update, say yes. Bada bing bada boom, your up and running. Then go download Unrevoked, its easier if your not completely sure what your doing, plus it has a nice and pretty UI that you cant possibly screw up and 5 minutes later your completely rooted, simple as that.
RileyGrant said:
This link to recover sd card and usb:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
Then let charge, use external wall charger if needed. If you have to buy one, its like 5 or 10 bucks and its better then having to buy a whole new phone.
Then, download the PC36IMG.zip (RUU in zip form), place on root of sd card, boot into bootloader, let it scan, when it asks if you want to run the update, say yes. Bada bing bada boom, your up and running. Then go download Unrevoked, its easier if your not completely sure what your doing, plus it has a nice and pretty UI that you cant possibly screw up and 5 minutes later your completely rooted, simple as that.
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Pardon me if I'm misunderstanding, but what I'm seeing from your post is that to fix the sd card issue I need to fix the usb issue, to fix the usb issue i need to get root, and to get root i need to fix the sd card issue? Haha, yeah I lost you somewhere along the way...
@teh roxxorz - You're saying that the sd card issue should be fixed if I reformat the SD card on my PC? If so, that's what I'm going to try tomorrow when I have that other phone I can use.
That should fix your issue.
So I reformatted the sdcard on my PC, got the PC36IMG.zip on there, ran it via bootloader, and it worked. But, I'm still stuck in the continuous reboot cycle, can't connect my phone to the PC, and in the brief moments it stays on, it won't recognize the sdcard...
On the bright side, it successfully charged overnight, so that's not going to be a problem.
I'm hesitant to try rooting (if that's even possible at this point) to fix the problem while it's in this state in case I have to take it back to Sprint, unless there's a reason that should fix the problem? It seems pretty hopeless right now...
If you're phone is still acting crazy & it won't stay on, I wouldn't try unrevoked. Just get rid of any evidence of rooting from your SD card, and take it back to Sprint - assuming you're s-on. If you have insurance, they'll give you a new one for free. Otherwise, I'm not sure what it will cost or if it will, or if you'll have to go through HTC.
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If you're phone is still acting crazy & it won't stay on, I wouldn't try unrevoked. Just get rid of any evidence of rooting from your SD card, and take it back to Sprint - assuming you're s-on. If you have insurance, they'll give you a new one for free. Otherwise, I'm not sure what it will cost or if it will, or if you'll have to go through HTC.
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+1.
If its acting wacky before root, rooting it wont fix it. I would take it back to Sprint, for sure.
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It sounds like you put your phone in diagnostic mode, when turning it on Volume Down takes it to the bootloader while Volume Up does Diag Mode. Check to see whether or not your phone shows S-OFF in the bootloader, if so you'll want to run the FlashZip script and select the Sprint Lovers file.
However, if your computer is still having trouble recognizing your phone let it sit for two minutes without the battery. If that still does not fix it use Volume Up and power one more time to try and take it out of that. I would also recommend against running Unrevoked if your phone is in Diag mode, it is very easy to permanently mess something up with it in that state.
edit: If you need to charge it more just turn the phone off and it should charge fine.
Problem I'm seeing is that u used auto root. I've seen nothing but thread after thread of problems with it. I've always used unrevoked3 and I've rooted many different phones including...2 heros, 2 evos, an Eris, a Droid, a Droid 2, and a Droid incredible. Never once did it fail or give me any issues. Simply follow the instructions and even watch the video on their site. If I where u I'd just ruu ur phone and start all over.
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It sounds like you put your phone in diagnostic mode, when turning it on Volume Down takes it to the bootloader while Volume Up does Diag Mode. Check to see whether or not your phone shows S-OFF in the bootloader, if so you'll want to run the FlashZip script and select the Sprint Lovers file.
However, if your computer is still having trouble recognizing your phone let it sit for two minutes without the battery. If that still does not fix it use Volume Up and power one more time to try and take it out of that. I would also recommend against running Unrevoked if your phone is in Diag mode, it is very easy to permanently mess something up with it in that state.
edit: If you need to charge it more just turn the phone off and it should charge fine.
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My phone has always been S-ON throughout this.
I did try leaving it off and without battery for extended periods of time - no dice.
How could I tell if it's in diagnostic mode and what does diagnotistic mode do?
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If you're phone is still acting crazy & it won't stay on, I wouldn't try unrevoked. Just get rid of any evidence of rooting from your SD card, and take it back to Sprint - assuming you're s-on. If you have insurance, they'll give you a new one for free. Otherwise, I'm not sure what it will cost or if it will, or if you'll have to go through HTC.
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k2buckley said:
+1.
If its acting wacky before root, rooting it wont fix it. I would take it back to Sprint, for sure.
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So I took it to Sprint, they spent a couple hours on it, placed an order for a new one, and gave me this one back saying it was dead and unfixable (I think all they did was a hard reset). When they gave it to me, it was on, and remained on without restarting for like 30 mins (I thought they had fixed it without realizing it). Just now, I turned it off and on again, and the reboot cycle started again... Any reason why it may have been working that one time? I'll probably just wait for the replacement, but just curious as to why it may have worked.
@Papa_Smurf - Yeah I tried to RUU it but that didn't fix any of the problems
I think it may have just been playing possum. Is it still doing it?
Yeah now it's in the reboot cycle again. Maybe if I was to let it run through the cycle long enough it might eventually stop until I manually powered down and on again (I'm guessing that's what had happened when I got it back from Sprint).
i used unrevoked3 to root my phone and i never did anything to the phone. no custom roms or anything. Im on Android 2.2 and i used this technique to unroot youtube.com/watch?v=irOD_Kho-Ks and now my phone wont come on. Please help or am i screwed? im a noob to this stuff
You're not entirely screwed. I'm going to say you have an SLCD incredible, and the one in the video is an AMOLED device on 2.1. The RUU you flashed was for 2.1 and the older hboot and radio. Made for the AMOLED. The SLCD is different and so you can't see the screen now. You will need to flash a new RUU.
Here is an SLCD compatible RUU: http://dougpiston.com/files/RUU/bui...and-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG.zip
Rename PB31IMG.zip on root of SD card.
You will have to flash it blind though. So make sure it's charged. Then boot into hboot (Vol + PWR DWN) and wait a few minutes for it to recognize the zip. Then you should be able to press VOL+UP. And this will take a while. Say 5-10 minutes.
Then you should be able to press VOL+UP again, and it will reboot into stock 2.2.
EDIT: And you will need to use a Micro SDHC card reader to put the file on the card. Because you can't see the phone to mount it through USB.
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ok so i question i rooted my phone and installed ultimate droid on it. ran ok but i decided i wanted to go back to stock. i installed a different radio and now my phone turns on but i can't see anything. the screen is black my pc (running windows 7) only reads as a mass storage device for my phone but will not open up as well.Is there any help for me? i can't even boot in hboot
scoobntaz1996 said:
ok so i question i rooted my phone and installed ultimate droid on it. ran ok but i decided i wanted to go back to stock. i installed a different radio and now my phone turns on but i can't see anything. the screen is black my pc (running windows 7) only reads as a mass storage device for my phone but will not open up as well.Is there any help for me? i can't even boot in hboot
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Try what Brett suggested above....
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So..... Did anyone get it to work?
its really hard. no luck yet. i dot know how long to wait for everything. i formatted my sd card then put the .zip on there. hopefully it worls
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its really hard. no luck yet. i dot know how long to wait for everything. i formatted my sd card then put the .zip on there. hopefully it worls
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THANKS!!!! BRett you saved me about 200 hundred dollars.
brett thank you so much
I was having this issue led would light up phone would vibrate when powering on just no picture thus i did this blind and worked like a gem thank you so much as i am selling this phone and thought i had bricked it before i could ever see any money back from it so thank you much man i owe ya one
Hi i was wondering if anyone can help me?
I was trying to flash my desire (which is rooted) back to stock rom when my pc crashed, now my desire wont turn back on.
I have tried to put it into recovery with power button and volume down but all it does is vibrate once and thats it.
If i plug in the charger and take the battery out the led flashes orange and green, but when i put the battery back in it goes to a solid green which i persume means its fully charged, then when i try to go into recovery again the led goes out and i am back to where i started e.g a dead Desire
Can i make a Goldcard to fix this problem on my pc without using my phone or is that out of the question?
The phone is out of warranty
Please help if possible
Regards mimic
Can you go to fastboot? Back button and Power?
Yes i have tried that but still nothing
Moscow Desire said:
Can you go to fastboot? Back button and Power?
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volume down and power ?
He already did that....
Moscow Desire said:
He already did that....
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oh yeah .... teach me to skim read
Based on what you have said, your recovery and backup is TU. Without a recovery menu, I suspect, not a lot of folks can help you.
I suppose that if you connect USB to the PC, it gives you Device not found?
If so..... I would say installing the Android Development Kit/Package,
See if it recognizes and you can use it to do things.
If not..... you're Fubarred...
how do i use the android package?
Yes i tried plugging it into the pc and it doesnt find the phone
Do you think there will be anywhere were i will be able to get it fixed and at what cost?
If the cost is too much i will just bin the phone and save up for another
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oh yeah .... teach me to skim read
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I do it quite frequently.....
ok i plugged it back into the pc and looked in device manager and android usb devices has come up which is showing my HTC
any ideas?
I really appreciate all the help thankyou
Holy sheepskin, you have a USB connection.
Sorry for the batman cliche.....
If you have a usb connection, I would say to flash an RUU back to stock.
Usually this means, you have to have HTC sync instaled...
Bump to smbdy who can direct this person to a stock RUU file...Too many beers.... running on auto-pilot now
I tried running this stock rom which is the 3 network...RUU_Bravo_H3G_UK_1.20.771.3_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_124822
But it says phone not found???
Below is a screenshot of device manager
Not a problem, no thanks necessary, unless we fix the issue.
Ok, so, we have determined, that your PC, can see the phone, at least through device manager.
Next, can you view the contents of the SD card through Windows Explorer?
If so, make sure HTC is installed correctly., just a precaution, look for any warnings in device manager.
I assume, you have not rooted or installed a custom ROM?
If not, with HTC running, you should be able to double click the ROM...XXXXXXXX.exe, and it should connect with the phone, and install... Unless you have the incorrect ROM.
CRAP, you have a Desire, so you should make a "Gold Card" from your SD.
i cannot see the memory card in windows explorer,
my neighbour says he did root the phone and it had a custom rom on it called djdroid or something like that.
I started HTC Sync and it says no device connected
every time i try and install the rom it starts going through the process lioke erasing data and updating signature then it stops and says ERROR [131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR??
I have tried the WWE rom and the H3G rom but they both come back with an error
Have i got the right rom?? If not could you please tell me which one to get
ps.. how can i make a gold card if i cant boot my phone and will this be able to get my phone up and running?
mimicuk said:
i cannot see the memory card in windows explorer,
my neighbour says he did root the phone and it had a custom rom on it called djdroid or something like that.
I started HTC Sync and it says no device connected
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Your neighbor????
(witholding comment)
Dude, somehow, I think he dumped his problems on you.
Well, on XDA, we have the brightest and most experienced. And there are some pretty obstinant people, who refuse to throw the towell in.
And believe me, we will all put our 2 cents in on this one to get you up and running.
So, a challenge to all that would care to enter......
And believe me, I haven't seen the "big guns" yet. You just have to shake them outta their shell....
I really hope someone can help me figure this out as i really dont want to throw the phone away
By the way i think i have come to the right place to get the best help
Do you have a GOLD Card????
I mean your SD.
Looks like a typical gold card error when flashing.
for a gold card, look here..
http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-root-the-htc-desire/
yes i have an SD card which is in my HTC
But i have no idea what a goldcard is?? lol
Hello,
I tried to flash the original rom, nevertheless my phone doesn't turn on.
Does anyone know some way to turn on the phone? (I can't even go on the bootloader).
Thank you in advance.
Regards
villa1971 said:
Hello,
I tried to flash the original rom, nevertheless my phone doesn't turn on.
Does anyone know some way to turn on the phone? (I can't even go on the bootloader).
Thank you in advance.
Regards
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Try getting into fastboot (back button + power) and flash stock RUU.
villa1971 said:
Hello,
I tried to flash the original rom, nevertheless my phone doesn't turn on.
Does anyone know some way to turn on the phone? (I can't even go on the bootloader).
Thank you in advance.
Regards
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Can you boot recovery? Go to fastboot as above, use vol down to select recovery and power to confirm.
From recovery you can wipe everything and restore the backup you made before you tried to flash the rom, or if you don't have one, try to reflash the rom after the complete wipe of /system, /data and /cache.
I tried in any way (even with another battery), but the phone doesn't work.
Do I have to throw it away?
I look forward to hearing from you
Thank you and regards
well, what excatly happened when you turn on your phone??? nothing at all or you get boot loop??
Which rom exactly did you try to flash?
Well, i can't turn on the phone because nothing happens!
and i try to flash RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed
so if nothing happen, try to put on sd card with a card reader the file PB99IMG - put back your sr card into your phone and boot. This should launch a flash rpocess follow the instruction on screen
follow that tut to extract the rom from your RRU
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22152187/How to Extract the ROM from an RUU.doc
hope this help
I try but nothing happen, the phone is apparently dead :--[
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Anyone thought that it might be that some piece of hardware has died. Repair? Claim insurance?
Good evening,
I don't think it's concerning the hardware, because before I tried to flash the rom and the phone worked.
Regards
If you can see your mobile in PC when you connect USB.. than its not dead.. and its recoverable.. quite possibly its a SLCD Brick..
I can't see the mobile on the pc
Please take the battery out, insert, go to hboot mode. Then, even if nothing shows up on phone display, connect it to PC and see if it shows up. It really looks like SLCD brick.
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haker305 said:
Please take the battery out, insert, go to hboot mode. Then, even if nothing shows up on phone display, connect it to PC and see if it shows up. It really looks like SLCD brick.
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Or not since the rom he flashed is too new not to contain the slcd drivers, so obviously this is more of a bad bootloader flash, in which case, yes it is dead.
To make sure, plug it into your computer and hold volume down while pressing power. You should keep holding volume down. If anything shows up on the pc, it's not dead. However, it's very unlikely, as everything suggests a bad bootloader flash.
I'll suggest that you try sending it in for repair, as they might conclude it's the hw or a bad flash doing an update, and send you a new one(have been seen before) You can just tell them that you installed an OTA update, and after that it wouldn't come on.
I will try and thanks a lot for yor answer
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well i guess i keeep screwing my self over from one problem to another
but after i found a way to install a root without phone being able to load completely i think i bricked my phone here is why
my phone doesnt want to charge n when i try to power on it doesnt vibrate ... but i do see a dim red light when usb is on when its off it goes away n my laptop makes the noise when i connect it
Can you give us a more thorough explanation please. Don't understand properly.
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Not much info given so i'll start with the most basic question.....
Have you got HTC Sync installed on your pc? And a battery of about 70%?
If you do try installing the latest RUU posted in a few topics under this page....
likewise im bricked
i tried to update my hboot but it frooze n my phone cut off and has no led light when i try to connect thru usb but i hear the beep on my laptop when i try to power nothing or try to boot into hboot nada is that good enough?
can i restore in android recovery? what update file in need to?
bumppppp please help
restore nandroid backup
firth999 said:
restore nandroid backup
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He can't the device won't power on
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I tried to unlock the bootloader on my device a little over a week ago - bricked it completely.
Had updated HBOOT and everything went fine - 'success' message appeared, etc.... Then my handset died and it wouldn't switch back on; it just flashed on and off repeatedly when powered on and I couldn't stop it, unless I pulled the battery. Couldn't access bootloader, couldn't do anything.
Took it to the local Three shop and they wouldn't touch it. So, I chanced my luck with HTC and was upfront about what had happened, i.e. I'd started the bootloader unlock process using their own HTC Dev software.
I've just got the 'phone back and they had to replace the motherboard. Haven't charged me for picking it up, via UPS, the repair OR sending it back to me, also via UPS.
I had hoped they'd ship back with the bootloader unlocked but they haven't! Doh.
Ah well, can't complain. HTC have definitely earned my gratitude, though, and I'll no doubt stick with them in future. I've just got to remove all the crappy pre-loaded software again.
so i basically have a bricked phone damn i needed it only phone i have n probably will have for awhile i had so much important #'s , notes , ext... im clueless to either tell HTC the truth or just buy another android phone idk :/
any ideas?? is it bricked or not i just need help why isn anyone paying this post any attention .. where is all the pros?
I'll swap your bricked wildfire s with a working desire z?
einstein.frat said:
I'll swap your bricked wildfire s with a working desire z?
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if you would be willing to do so i would greatly apreciate that ... question is what would u do with a bricked wildfire s lol ?? but inbox me so we can work this out.. and what service?
bump!! still need an answer :/
Hello Im new here and Im noob in this stuff.I want to root my Htc wildfire S but im scared that Im going to brick it .So I have a few questions.
If mobile is bricked is it possible to restore old options.(is it possible to save it)
After few ROMS is it possible to restore everything like in begging if I dont like it.
Do you lose your guarantee after rooting.
Please someone help
Recovery
Take out your battery, put it back in Hold volume button down and press power button, does this do anything?
pxed322 said:
so i basically have a bricked phone damn i needed it only phone i have n probably will have for awhile i had so much important #'s , notes , ext... im clueless to either tell HTC the truth or just buy another android phone idk :/
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You haven't even given details. Did you root? Custom ROM?
Try flashing an RUU.
My experience
This weekend I bricked my phone almost also.
Just installed a new version of my ROM to test and then it hanged or so.
When trying power on (normally and with volume down), nothing happened and I got the 3 vibrates.
I removed my SD card and then the phone would boot again
I really hope I don't get that anymore
BTW: my SD card is really old, around 2 years or more (so that may be the cause)
Format your SD card, then see if that works
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