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Read Internal Storage from Bootloader

Hi,
My diamond was water damaged a while ago, I let it dry out for a couple of weeks and it did not work, I bought a new diamond and tried the battery in my old one and to my amazment it started up, well to the touch diamond screen anyway, it didn't display any red writing and the sreen stayed on but went black after that. I though the radio must have been gone so put it in the bootloader and tried to flash the same radio I had before 1.17, the white screen came up and all went fine but still the same problem!
I really need the data on my internal storage and so need to at least be able to read that. I don't care about it working forever thats why I bought another one as a doner!
Could someone please tell me what happened and how to fix it! Why does it not get past this? Also I have hard reset it, reflashed the original ROM successfully, reflashed hardspl and reflashed the Stock SPL but it still does the same!
In case it helps the bootloader says:
DIAM100 MFG 64M
SPL-1.40.OliNex
MicroP-Diam (LED) v11
PSOC-Wrong Platform(v0x0)
Does anyone know how to, or if there is any way to read the internal storage from the bootloader? I know the phone can read it to flash a ROM from it so why not to get my files off? I can get it into the bootloader so does anyone know any software that can help me to read the files and get them off?
Thanks.

HardSPL HTC repair
Also I called HTC and they said they could try and repair it but I'm not sure about sending it to them as I do want my data but it has HardSPL installed although they did say due to it being water damaged it is an out of warrenty repair and would cost me. Does it matter then if HardSPL is installed as I'm paying for it? I didn't ask them as I wasn't sure. Is there any way to install the stock SPL from the bootloader? As I did try but it didn't seem to work! I am not willing to destroy it further as some people do as I need the data.

microang said:
Also I called HTC and they said they could try and repair it but I'm not sure about sending it to them as I do want my data but it has HardSPL installed although they did say due to it being water damaged it is an out of warrenty repair and would cost me. Does it matter then if HardSPL is installed as I'm paying for it? I didn't ask them as I wasn't sure. Is there any way to install the stock SPL from the bootloader? As I did try but it didn't seem to work! I am not willing to destroy it further as some people do as I need the data.
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Put into bootloader (Just vol down) and flash stock from the RUU

Badwolve1 said:
Put into bootloader (Just vol down) and flash stock from the RUU
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I already tried but it didn't work.

microang said:
I already tried but it didn't work.
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lob it in the microwave for 10 seconds, remove when slightly smoking, take it to htc and say "hello, my phone went boom, can i have a new one please?"
The MW blows everything

Badwolve1 said:
lob it in the microwave for 10 seconds, remove when slightly smoking, take it to htc and say "hello, my phone went boom, can i have a new one please?"
The MW blows everything
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lol, I would if I didn't care for the data, I think I'm just gunna send it to them and see if they can get it off!

microang said:
lol, I would if I didn't care for the data, I think I'm just gunna send it to them and see if they can get it off!
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if you wahck it in the microwave and swap the stickers around (Serial one under the battery) you ca nclaim on warranty, and end up with 2 new Diamonds

pls, a rescue ? I have the same problem, my HTC worked perfectly, till i broke the display, I've fixed it, it worked, but after a day ot two,...it crashed. And I get the same message when I enter the bootloader.

Infinite restart / reboot loop
What a pity! Any progress in this topic?
I have also this same problem. My Diamond crashed a while ago. It happened suddenly after I activated the WiFi module during normal daily use. The unit restarted itself and stucked in an infinite restart loop since then. I reflashed everything possible with success (also stock ROM), radio ROM etc. No way - the unit is rebooting and rebooting in the very same restart loop.
So I can not access the internal storage and can not save my data. Though there are no pictures of my new-born son, but there are some important files and notes I would love to save, but how?
Is there any possibility to access the internal torage from the bootloader?
Is it maybe possible to open the unit - voiding the warranty - and resolder the internal flash storage on another diamond (a working one)?
I suppose there is some problem with the radio, which causes the reboot. The remaining parts are probably OK. Maybe there is some way to deactivate the radio (WiFi module) from the bootloader (MTTY tool)?
Any hints highly apprechiated!!
Thanks guys!

tekata said:
What a pity! Any progress in this topic?
I have also this same problem. My Diamond crashed a while ago. It happened suddenly after I activated the WiFi module during normal daily use. The unit restarted itself and stucked in an infinite restart loop since then. I reflashed everything possible with success (also stock ROM), radio ROM etc. No way - the unit is rebooting and rebooting in the very same restart loop.
So I can not access the internal storage and can not save my data. Though there are no pictures of my new-born son, but there are some important files and notes I would love to save, but how?
Is there any possibility to access the internal torage from the bootloader?
Is it maybe possible to open the unit - voiding the warranty - and resolder the internal flash storage on another diamond (a working one)?
I suppose there is some problem with the radio, which causes the reboot. The remaining parts are probably OK. Maybe there is some way to deactivate the radio (WiFi module) from the bootloader (MTTY tool)?
Any hints highly apprechiated!!
Thanks guys!
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Hi,
Perhaps you could flash another rom to it. but remember you need to clear the ram with mtty before flashing the new rom. get the diamond unlock tool from olipro (its there in the stickies, i guess) and/or flash new radio series then install the new rom of your choice.
Have a shot, and tell us how it goes.
thanks.

Possible Brick?

well last night my phone was working fine i have a t-mobile TP2 , phone died , i put it on charger till it was fully charged and turned it on and it doesnt go past boot screen.
i tried fixing it several ways
1. went into bootloader mode and tried to reflash a newer energy rom, finished that and reset the phone and still samething.
2.went into bootloader again and tried to reflash a stock tmobile rom and once again didnt work.
3.flashed a different radio and still stuck
4.tried 1&2 via micro sd and still samething
any ideas ? on what should i do or is my phone done ?
thanks.

Flash the stock ROM. If it still doesn't work, then try doing a Task29 (search for that in the TP2 ROM Development forum), a radio re-flash, and a ROM re-flash. If that doesn't work, then it's a brick.

sumflipnol said:
Flash the stock ROM. If it still doesn't work, then try doing a Task29 (search for that in the TP2 ROM Development forum), a radio re-flash, and a ROM re-flash. If that doesn't work, then it's a brick.
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Good advice here, but if this doesn't work and you need to send it back, make sure to put the stock SPL back on it. Grab that from the Hard SPL thread.

I read something about plugging in your headset and then it will boot (go past the bootloader) If that is the case, your usb port is broken.

sumflipnol said:
Flash the stock ROM. If it still doesn't work, then try doing a Task29 (search for that in the TP2 ROM Development forum), a radio re-flash, and a ROM re-flash. If that doesn't work, then it's a brick.
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thanks for the advice but didn't work for me , i cant do anything because the Rom loader stays on 0% and when i try to do it via micro sd it stays on loading the rhodimg , doesn't go past loading
cajunflavoredbob said:
Good advice here, but if this doesn't work and you need to send it back, make sure to put the stock SPL back on it. Grab that from the Hard SPL thread.
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Good idea , i have stock spl on it now, but the radio isnt stock i tried flashing stock radio but no progress, stays at 0% now

sumflipnol said:
Flash the stock ROM. If it still doesn't work, then try doing a Task29 (search for that in the TP2 ROM Development forum), a radio re-flash, and a ROM re-flash. If that doesn't work, then it's a brick.
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and to do a task29 doesnt the phone need to be connected to computer via active sync? well since my phone wont go past boot screen cant do that , idk what else to do..

enanito89 said:
and to do a task29 doesnt the phone need to be connected to computer via active sync? well since my phone wont go past boot screen cant do that , idk what else to do..
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You don't need a USB connection to flash anything. You could load the .nbh file onto the root of the SD card. Once in bootloader mode, it will flash straight from the SD card. This works for task29 as well. If you aren't having any luck so far, this might not help, but it is an alternative to USB flashing.

cajunflavoredbob said:
You don't need a USB connection to flash anything. You could load the .nbh file onto the root of the SD card. Once in bootloader mode, it will flash straight from the SD card. This works for task29 as well. If you aren't having any luck so far, this might not help, but it is an alternative to USB flashing.
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tried the img doesnt load , it stays on loading screen.

enanito89 said:
tried the img doesnt load , it stays on loading screen.
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If you aren't having any luck, then neither will T-Mobile. If you've got the stock SPL on it, then just do a warranty exchange.

cajunflavoredbob said:
If you aren't having any luck, then neither will T-Mobile. If you've got the stock SPL on it, then just do a warranty exchange.
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thats my only option left , thanks for the help guys.

Remove root with Broken screen

So the screen of my g2 is all black, and Tmobile has allowed me to do a warranty exchange of the phone, it is s off and clock work recovery with a OTA non rooted file system (did a factory reset in clock work so my personal info wouldnt still be there, but did a back up before so i can still restore. i dont believe i had usb debugging enabled). Can someone help me to get it back to s-on with normal recovery... I have been trying to think how to do it, but cant figure it out. I have another g2 that i do all the same steps with. Any help is appreciated.

Dont worry about it. If your screen is broken they cant see it either! They will wipe the phone replace the screen and give it to someone with a loose hinge. If you still want help did you try to use adb? Does it connect?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

shortlived said:
Dont worry about it. If your screen is broken they cant see it either! They will wipe the phone replace the screen and give it to someone with a loose hinge. If you still want help did you try to use adb? Does it connect?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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That's stupid. They can tell by diagnosing the phone when they plug it in. They are going to see whether or not you have the factory rom
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

It is not looking like it is going to connect, but if you are pretty sure that they arent gonna look, i wont even sweat it.

I think this thread might work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835971
But it might be tricky getting past the first step without a screen... but fastboot and adb usually solve most problems...
What hboot do you have installed? Did you install the hboot-eng.img when you rooted?
My theory is that you can use fastboot to flash the parts of the rom, in the right order. Again, this is just my theory and I've never tried this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838484
The stock ROM has all the parts on it, but it flashes hboot first, which does version checking and will fail when it tries to install the later parts. If you extract the system, recovery, boot images out of the stock rom, you can use fastboot flash {partition} to restore these, then use fastboot flash hboot {hboot} to restore the bootloader. I don't think there will be any way to verify that this works without a screen*.
*While you are at it, you might be able to use the new G2 to backup a rom with debugging enabled and then flash the system.img (and maybe userdata.img) to the broken one, so that you can verify that everything worked.
Hopefully, someone who knows more about flashing that I do can verify if this has a shot at working or not.
Disclaimer: I have no idea if this will work or not. Flash at your own peril.

i have the s-off eng hboot. clock work recovery and i have stock rom installed, i was kind of thinking i could use something to restore the recovery to stock, and somehow flash original hboot, but i really have no idea to actualy do this.

is there any way that i can hex edit the partition on the other phone do a nandroid, then restore the nandroid on the broken phone, then use hboot to flash the ota update and get the hboot and recovery back to original?

Throw it against the wall until it doesn't connect anymore or turn on. Problem solved.

I'm not sure if this will work anymore... I tried to flash the .img parts from a nandroid backup and it seems to get hung up. My terminal has been "sending system.img" for the last 10 minutes. I wonder if this has something to do with how the bootloader was patched to get root?

DJAeroX26 said:
That's stupid. They can tell by diagnosing the phone when they plug it in. They are going to see whether or not you have the factory rom
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You really think T-Mobile are going to plug in and do diagnosis on a phone with a broken screen ? We're talking about a phone carrier, not HTC themselves

use screencast, its simple to use and puts your screen on your pc..I have used it several times for issues such as this.

how do i install it if i dont have usb debugging enabled.

bobsfoot said:
how do i install it if i dont have usb debugging enabled.
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hmmm...wait 1, will research it

Of course they can tell if its rooted my point is they wont care to take the time. I am no authority for sure but i will ask this... have you seen one single person who has been denied because they rooted they're phone?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

I was in a similar situation as you but with a Desire Z, Somehow the screen decided to give up on me so have sent it back to where I bought it from in the UK.
I am fairly sure the RUU changes it to s-on doesn't it? I just ran the RUU and sent it back after screencasting to do a backup of my rom. Still unsure as to what the end result will be with my phone however.

so today the new phone comes, should i just fastboot a new recovery then do a ruu update to put s on, and leave the phone broke and be like no idea, or is there a way to edit the partition version in fast boot?
or do i leave it alone, and just hope they dont care.

They wont care.

steviewevie said:
You really think T-Mobile are going to plug in and do diagnosis on a phone with a broken screen ? We're talking about a phone carrier, not HTC themselves
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I'm just saying, I work in retail and usually when someone brings something back to exchange when there is a problem...I thouroughly check to make sure if the problem was the user's fault, then i deny the return. They do lose money even if it is a warranty exchange
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

[Q] Need some help with no longer working desire

Hello,
I have for quite some time used leedroids rom lately the the hd port.
That rom has been a little bit unstable but no real big issue. Now however my
phone has gone totally bonkers.
I have leedroids http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038195 due to that i tried to solve the issue. Using the a2sd+ version. Tried the alignment patch etc and spend more or less the entire day studying the forum.
The issue is that the phone is highly unstable.
Most often the alpha rev joker image just keeps rebooting after the joker show up, or it just sit's there. If i pull the battery for a while like a few minutes the phone often boots up but after a while it reboots again. Faster if i open an app. Especially the market app then i get almost an instant reboot.
Did a full wipe ofcourse when installing the rom, did a checkdisk on the sdcard and got new partitions for it both primary of course etc.
I just cant seem to figure out what the error might be. Only thing i havent tried is to install the stock rom. Mainly because i'm not quite sure which one i should use. So if someone could please provide a link the the proper one i would be gratefull. Rooted and s-off one would be good. I'm on the 3 network in sweden but i think they use the standard rom.
no errors while installing
hboot 0.93
Anyone got any ideas?

Well you should start by flashing any other rom using a full wipe.
If that doesn't cut it, you should try to install a htc one. This can be easily done if you are s-off. You should install the latest alpharev hboot with stock partition-layout. Then you can flash a ruu thile staying s-off. Please write back for further help, if the first option didn't help you.

mortenmhp said:
Well you should start by flashing any other rom using a full wipe.
If that doesn't cut it, you should try to install a htc one. This can be easily done if you are s-off. You should install the latest alpharev hboot with stock partition-layout. Then you can flash a ruu thile staying s-off. Please write back for further help, if the first option didn't help you.
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Is there a way to flash the latest alpharev without having the phone booted? In recovery for example? It's a bit dangerous i noticed cause if my phone crash in the middle of flashing that i would probably be bricked i think. But i'm already s-off though should i do it again to get the latest?

To put it simple yes there is a way to do it without being booted.(actually that is the only way you can't do while booted to the system)
And no you should not run the tool itself again. When you are already s-off you can just download a new hboot image from their website and flash it directly. Download:
http://alpharev.nl/bravo_alphaspl.img
And flash it by following my directions given here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248910
You will need to have the sdk installed beforehand.

mortenmhp said:
To put it simple yes there is a way to do it without being booted.(actually that is the only way you can't do while booted to the system)
And no you should not run the tool itself again. When you are already s-off you can just download a new hboot image from their website and flash it directly. Download:
http://alpharev.nl/bravo_alphaspl.img
And flash it by following my directions given here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248910
You will need to have the sdk installed beforehand.
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doesn't seem to be able to connect it via adb. tried the zipfile thing too but it wouldn't allow to install the file using the recovery tool.
Also it seems to be able to boot if i pull the battery for a long time. But as soon as it seems to heat up a bit poof it goes into a reboot. Could there be something wrong with the battery so it get's to hot and reboots?

Might be but you need to be back to stock in order to know for sure. Lets just drop flashing another hboot and return it completely to stock(i don't have time to guide you through that process right now) then you can always reroot afterwards.
Just download the gb ruu here: http://www.htcdev.com/process/legal_download/152
In order to flash it, boot up in the bootloader by holding vol down and pressing power. Then connect it by usb and run the ruu.

mortenmhp said:
Might be but you need to be back to stock in order to know for sure. Lets just drop flashing another hboot and return it completely to stock(i don't have time to guide you through that process right now) then you can always reroot afterwards.
Just download the gb ruu here: http://www.htcdev.com/process/legal_download/152
In order to flash it, boot up in the bootloader by holding vol down and pressing power. Then connect it by usb and run the ruu.
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Ok great thanks, trying cyanomod now to see if i get the same issues. But i put the phone in the fridge for a few minutes, then it booted just fine and i put set cpu to powersave and phone didnt get hot and no reboot. So gonna try cyano and see if the same happends. Will try full stock when i wake up tommorow. Thanks for the help
ok got reboot on cyano too

It seems to be the famous boot loop problem in HTC desire .
To confirm flash the original RUU, if the problem persist then your mainboard has developed fault.
Sent from Hell

Got it to work for a few hours this morning. Had it turned off and charged it to full during the night. Worked for some 2-3 hours and then reboot.

mortenmhp said:
Might be but you need to be back to stock in order to know for sure. Lets just drop flashing another hboot and return it completely to stock(i don't have time to guide you through that process right now) then you can always reroot afterwards.
Just download the gb ruu here: http://www.htcdev.com/process/legal_download/152
In order to flash it, boot up in the bootloader by holding vol down and pressing power. Then connect it by usb and run the ruu.
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Ok tried this now, had the battery charged over night also, when i tried to install it it says battery below 30% but he battery has full charge :S

[Q] Looking for ORANG001 Nandroid backup

Hey guys, anyone got a 2.17.61.3 stock nandroid backup for ORANG001 (Orange UK)?
Struggling to find it uploaded anywhere.
Need this or the custom ruu to use the downgrading trick to update my hboot.
Thanks!

Its in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140 :thumbup:

The dropbox link is broken sadly

Then you have to wait until its fixed, or when bugsy get the chance to host it on his sire

Yeah :s
Trying to update my hboot, because right now the phone randomly turns off and requires me to hold down the power button. Also gets stuck on optimizing apps.
Thought I'd ask here in case anyone had it floating around in their download folder.
Thanks though!

Maybe there is a JB firmware in the firmware collection thread to update the hboot and then restore the JB nandroid ?
Your cid and firmware is listed here + firmware download
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957376

That could work! Would I flash the firmware in the same way as I would in the RUU/hboot upgrade guides, or can I skip locking the bootloader and stock recovery?
Like:
fastboot oem lock
reboot
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip <zip>
re-unlock etc.

Yes thats it

Did all that, stock rom crashed, flashed IceColdJelly and that crashed after a while. Phone won't turn on now like before, might turn on after a while, I always have to hold down the button for a long time now.
Thinking maybe this is a hardware / battery problem although everyone was fine before I when from Carbon 1.3 -> 1.5, going back to 1.3 didn't help.
Not really sure what to do now :s

Do the firmware flash all over ! Then reflash the custom recovery, perform a real good wipe and install the rom again. Helped before when i suggested it with someone who experienced similar problems

Did all that, everything went fine until booting into system again, it crashed pretty much just after setup-up. The screen freezes and the button lights go to full brightness.
Would it be worth completely formatting the SD card too?
Trying to think of anything I'm doing wrong.. I do use the Motorola charger rather than an HTC one but I doubt that matters.
Thanks for helping thus far though!

Also for flashing ? Never use another cable then the original !
And yeah its worth the try. Did you perform a full wipe in the recovery....really all stuff ? Caches, dalvik cache....data, system, factory reset. Then install the new rom and flash the boot.img....also wipe cache after flashing the boot.img
Fastboot erase cache
It looks more like a not good wipe problem to me

OK I did a full wipe this time, system, sd card. I've got TWRP on there now which works fine. I flashed ICJ then the boot.img as well as wiping the cache.
Phone booted up fine was working for quite a while before it crashed again, the phone was plugged in using the Motorola plug charger when it crashed. I've been using a battery pack too which uses the power connection on the back.
The phone wouldn't turn on until I plugged it into USB for a while (no led) and held down power + volume down. I'm going to charge it up to full via usb in TWRP then see if it still crashes without charging and without the battery pack on.
I hope it doesn't because then it could just be I need to get the HTC plug/cable and stop using the case.
If it's a hardware problem then I'm not sure I'll be able to get it repaired as I bought this second hand (with a receipt, I could see if I can proof of purchase) and have unlocked the bootloader etc.
I suppose if the phone won't turn on though they can't know that.

Like i said ..... only use original stuff

Any update ?

It crashed in recovery while making a backup and I haven't manage to get it back on yet, I've ordered a HTC cable / plug though. If I get it on I'll just charge it then turn it off, as when I turn it off (as opposed to it crashing) it turns on normally.
Not really looking good though

Sorry to hear this

Got the HTC plug and nothing seems different, still totally dead.I think it is a hardware failure of some sort, as with all the different software combinations I tried it was crashing regardless. (At least that's what I tell myself.)
I'm going to see if I can get it repaired on warranty and hope they don't check the IMEI.
Thanks for all the help

Oke mate ! I hope you get it fixed soon

Good news! HTC have fixed it and sent it back, charging it for a few hours now before I turn it on.
I'm not sure what broke it but I was using the wrong charger for the phone and also a cheap battery case to prolong its daily usage. I'm not sure whether I want to risk flashing roms again but I really don't like sense, it depends if I bricked it or not.