Hi, i just bought a cheap Desire thinking, that i can repair it myself. Nothing I try works. Im starting to be desperate. I found an older thred (died about a year ago), but nothing is solved there, so i just copy the problem described there (mine is exactly the same).
- phone doesnt boot up, it is stuck to a screen showing htc
- no access to recovery or bootloader menus (by holding power + vol down/back)
- installing stock RUUs with hboot dont work. there is a progress bar on the phone's screen that is normally green, but turns red when the radio is being written
- fastboot oem boot restarts the phone, but then it gets stuck to the white screen having htc in the middle (like when you start up the phone and after this quietly brilliant shows under htc, for me it doesnt go beyond this initial point)
- fastboot reboot-bootloader restarts the phone into the same screen with htc in the middle
- adb doesnt work as it doesnt show my device
- any power + vol down/back combination brings the phone to the htc screen
Any suggestions to get my desire unbricked?
Thanks for any help!
Sounds bad, but did you tried to flash recovery with fastboot if that worked eventually you could be able to flash custom ROM.
Also have you tried flashing radio, probably won't work but worth trying.
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Looks like a radio brick. Possibly only HTC can fix this.
k3lcior said:
Sounds bad, but did you tried to flash recovery with fastboot if that worked eventually you could be able to flash custom ROM.
Also have you tried flashing radio, probably won't work but worth trying.
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Cant, don have the bootloader unlocked.
rootSU said:
Looks like a radio brick. Possibly only HTC can fix this.
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Do you think they can fix it in an non HTC service? I dont have a warranty.
Why no warranty?
They usually swap the motherboard and then flash the nand and nvram to re use your motherboard for someone else
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Hi All
I have a second HTC Desire which does not boot. It goes into recovery and the volume keys do not work for me to navigate in recovery. I have tried rebooting and everything. Is there any way I can restore and get back into the phone? I think it has HBOOT 0.75.
Any ideas?
No, your Desire is not bricked.
Try a RUU: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667
What version do I download? Also, what is the process for doing a RUU
Thanks in advance
I tried loading the below and still no luck:
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.15.405.4_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4. 05.00.11_release_122704.exe
Any ideas anyone?
Did the RUU apply correctly? Did you receive any error messages?
Or do you mean you still can't navigate in recovery?
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RUU applied correctly, no errors. When I switch phone on, the phone boots into recovery and I cant navigate from there with volume buttons. Is it worth trying the latest RUU and would this effect my ability to root my phone later?
Anyone????
Is your down key stuck in?
The Desire should not boot straight into recovery, it goes to HBOOT first where you have to select recovery.
Remove the battery, put it back then tell us exactly what you press, and what the phone does in response.
I switched the phone off, took out battery and then put battery back in. Powered phone. The phone boots to a white screen whiich lists HBOOT number 0.75 and lists FASTBOOT, BOOTLOADER, REBOOT, REBOOT BOOTLOADER & POWER DOWN. I cant navigate with he volume buttons so I cant progress at all.
I did the latest RUU last week and now I'm back on bootloader 0.80 and had no problem rooting it.
So this should not be the point
But I don't know if it can solve your problem.
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K4M1K4ZI said:
Hi All
I have a second HTC Desire which does not boot. It goes into recovery and the volume keys do not work for me to navigate in recovery. I have tried rebooting and everything. Is there any way I can restore and get back into the phone? I think it has HBOOT 0.75.
Any ideas?
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Did you try with optical joystick? If it doesn't work, remove the back cover of your phone, and try to look at the volume controls if nothing blocks the contactors, or if you have a full body protector like Zagg's invisible shield, look if it doesn't stick the volume controlers, thus preventing them to make contact.
Volume buttons dont stick and I cant navigate with the optical track pad either. I think it may be a software rather than a hardware issue. Not sure what though?
Any other suggestions?
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Tried all sorts of different RUU but still no luck. IS there anything else I can check.
Bump
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Try a different sdcard in the phone.
Tried, still doesnt work
Hi guys,
first time poster but long time follower.
Last night i attempted to load the stock 3 UK rom onto my desire so that i could recieve the ota update today of froyo but now my screen is completly blank. It shows nothing at boot up and nothing when on the home screen. I know it's on because i can see the keypad light up when i press the power button. I can't boot it into recovery mode because i can't see the screen. Also i don't have a gold card neither so im pretty stuck. I believe it has something to do with different version of screens but i didn't see anything labelled on the rom to say which is for what screen. My desire has the AMOLED screen. Please can someone help i've tried allsorts but i need to get it fixed or i may try to return it at three but im guessing they'll know i've rooted it. Thanks in advance.
Groooover said:
Hi guys,
first time poster but long time follower.
Last night i attempted to load the stock 3 UK rom onto my desire so that i could recieve the ota update today of froyo but now my screen is completly blank. It shows nothing at boot up and nothing when on the home screen. I know it's on because i can see the keypad light up when i press the power button. I can't boot it into recovery mode because i can't see the screen. Also i don't have a gold card neither so im pretty stuck. I believe it has something to do with different version of screens but i didn't see anything labelled on the rom to say which is for what screen. My desire has the AMOLED screen. Please can someone help i've tried allsorts but i need to get it fixed or i may try to return it at three but im guessing they'll know i've rooted it. Thanks in advance.
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hold the volume key down and power button and hold till phone powers up. if your phone is rooted and has a custom recovery u can boot into that and flash rom.
I bet you have a slcd screen. Look for slcd brick fixed.
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Ronaldo_9 said:
hold the volume key down and power button and hold till phone powers up. if your phone is rooted and has a custom recovery u can boot into that and flash rom.
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I can't because i can't see if it's gone into the recovery menu or not.
I had this problem too, you can fix it tho.
Start the phone as usual, install HTC Sync first, then connect it to your phone via USB.
Download the HTC Bravo stock rom from shipped-roms, and then just run the .exe file, it will reflash the stock android OS and your screen will be fixed.
whitekidney said:
I had this problem too, you can fix it tho.
Start the phone as usual, install HTC Sync first, then connect it to your phone via USB.
Download the HTC Bravo stock rom from shipped-roms, and then just run the .exe file, it will reflash the stock android OS and your screen will be fixed.
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trying this fix but it fails saying "bootloader error 140" - any ideas?
edit - fixed, used a different stock rom. screen still bust but at least I can now return it... hopefully.
whitekidney said:
I had this problem too, you can fix it tho.
Start the phone as usual, install HTC Sync first, then connect it to your phone via USB.
Download the HTC Bravo stock rom from shipped-roms, and then just run the .exe file, it will reflash the stock android OS and your screen will be fixed.
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I am having the same problem guys. i tried to unroot and reflash with a stock virgin mobile ruu... would i use the bravo rom too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821656
as long as you can get to recovery (even if you can't see it), you should be able to fix it.
i fixed my phone fine when I tried to install a wrong amoled ruu and bricked my screen.
my solution in the thread above
Repaired
You try reflash your HTC Desire this ROM RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe. Me helped it.
Dear XDA developers,
a few days ago my internet connection started to fail so i decided to normally reboot my HTC desire by using the power button. After the restart it kept rebooting and showing the AlphaRev boot screen. I decided to reflash the phone by using a standard RUU. I tought it all worked out well, untill it crashed at 99%.
When i press the power button, the phone starts a continiuous vibration and shows a black (blanc) screen. I can not enter the bootloader / fastboot / recovery. It seems to react on nothing. I tryed to charge it, in case it was a battery issue, but no luck and no charging led.
I was running Leedroid + root + s-off with H-Boot 0.93.
On the XDA forum i found a way to blindly access the bootloader if there is no screen, this is not working out either.
Can someone help me out? Or is it ready to throw away? Besides that, is it possible to send it for guarantee? Or would there still be rooted/custom rom footsteps on the device?
it sounds like u flashed the wrong ruu. theres 2 types
amoled
or slcd
find out which ur phone is and flash that ruu
I will try but the computer does not recognize the device. Keep you updated.
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Don't think this has anything to do with the screen. On the forum i found a topic with a trick (blind navigating to the recovery screen), but i think nothing happens when i follow this steps.
Maybe the HBOOT got fubar'd. If that's the case, your phone may be bricked. Take it to HTC for a look-see.
alpharev.nl said:
Is there any risk involved?
Yes, there is. Flashing HBOOT will flash a critical part of your phone, if that gets corrupted, your phone WILL be bricked.
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If your phone no longer turns on anymore, please return to HTC for warranty purposes.
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Do you think the warrenty will void if i send it for repair? Because there hase been a custom ROM and bootloader installed?
Hi,
I had my phone rooted, and the ClockworkMod recovery. I had the
[ROM]LeeDrOiD One Xtreme V2.1.0 installed and it was working fine. So i backed it up, and tried to install a new rom. I went for this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550602, the install process was almost done but i was given an error. So i reboot and went it, but the phone back non-functional.
This is written on the screen 'htc confidential 25970 ht23nw108266' and i can't seem to access recovery to restore my backup.
I am new with the whole rooting and flashing business.
Any help would be appreciated
Did u wipe everythin bef flashong new rom
Mod or Die
yes everything was wiped before the flash,
also i can't seem to do anything on the phone, reception does not work, nor does wifi.
You need to flash another Rom.
That one isnt working
I would do that, but i cannot enter the recovery, when i ever i press the power button to get into it, it just loads the phone up. I have tried it about 10 times. What else is there that i can do?
Go to settings > power and uncheck fast boot and power off and try again
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tried it, still does not work.
I have also tried to reinstall a recovery, which went well. But it does not want to load
from fastboot
type
fatsboot erase cache
fastboot reboot bootloader
try to enter recovery then
sorry but my knowledge on this is extremely basic,
when you say type, how do i do that? because all i can do on the fastboot menu is use the volume keys and the power button
I have also noticed that the phone doesnt seem to charge no more
You need to do some catching up. Install the android sdk, the htc drivers and use ADB from a command.prompt to carry out those commands. See the routing FAQ.
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I have rooted it already, do i need to re root?
Do you know how to use adb via cmd?
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No i do not know how to use it, what is adb via cmd
Times like this is where its said you should read learn understand then so it again before you attempt to do this to your phone
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With that said adb is via command prompt on your pc while your phone plugged it to pc
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when you say your phone can't enter recovery,
what happens when from power off, you press power + volume down for 10 seconds? it should enter fastboot.
From there, choose recovery. It should then enter recovery.
If recovery reboots, then whats happened is that the cache is corrupt.
You'll need the ADB drivers installed and fastboot installed. Google this (seriously how did you not figure this out when you flashed your Leedroid the first time round) but as you've already done leedroid you should be good to go already.
- fastboot erase cache
then recovery will work, I had the same issue.
oh no, where as before it might of been bricked. It is now officially bricked. Phones does not turn on. I tried to do the above, and the battery was not zero i had about 40% left, but when it powered down i was unable to power it up, no matter what i did
So what possible things can i do to a bricked phone? Needless to say i have a secondary htc one x that is working fine, not sure how that might help, but am desperate at the moment.
Many thanks.
mikayeel said:
oh no, where as before it might of been bricked. It is now officially bricked. Phones does not turn on. I tried to do the above, and the battery was not zero i had about 40% left, but when it powered down i was unable to power it up, no matter what i did
So what possible things can i do to a bricked phone? Needless to say i have a secondary htc one x that is working fine, not sure how that might help, but am desperate at the moment.
Many thanks.
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Just send it in to warranty, you may need to pay but at least you can have a working phone again.
Hello guys,
I just pretty much *****d my new HTC One X forever.
I write this in case superman appears and gives me a hand:
What I did is to flash a recovery image onto the boot memory, this is:
fastboot flash boot recovery.img
I know, stupid mistake that is going to cost me a lot of money
So now, my phone keeps trying to start, but as it has recovery information instead of boot, it keeps showing the error (a black screen with a phone with a red exclamation mark on it) and restarting for the years to come.
I know it may not have a solution, but just in case... I know there are absolute genious round here...
Thanks for your precious work.
Did you tried reflash? Like; "fastboot flash boot boot.img" ?
Otherwise:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
kilosykilos said:
Hello guys,
I just pretty much *****d my new HTC One X forever.
I write this in case superman appears and gives me a hand:
What I did is to flash a recovery image onto the boot memory, this is:
fastboot flash boot recovery.img
I know, stupid mistake that is going to cost me a lot of money
So now, my phone keeps trying to start, but as it has recovery information instead of boot, it keeps showing the error (a black screen with a phone with a red exclamation mark on it) and restarting for the years to come.
I know it may not have a solution, but just in case... I know there are absolute genious round here...
Thanks for your precious work.
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Is it not possible to go back to bootloader and flash a proper recovery/boot.img?
No, because bootloader info has been substituted by another info (recovery, in this case), so the phone tries to start in bootloader but all it does is to find the recovery data and executes recovery.
I have no control of the phone so far, not even holding power button for 7 secs...
Oh, and if I try any fastboot commands (as the disaster guide suggests), all I get is <waiting for device>, because the phone is not in fastboot mode and cannot receive any commands from the USB
You should be able to get into fastboot still.
Hold power till it switches off, then hold VOL down and press power.
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If there's no one with another idea, all I can suggest ist to try via Jtag, if that's possible on the HOX.
Why did you fastboot flash boot recovery.img
Should have done fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Try setting up adb
adb reboot-bootloader see if it reboots to bootloader.
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Did you tried reflash? Like; "fastboot flash boot boot.img" ?
Otherwise:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
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Bootloader don't have anu connection with boot.img ... You should try to flash ruu for tour phone and i'm spre you can go to Bootloader and flash specific boot.img ...
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WoW guys! I just managed to get into bootloader again! Just pressing Volume down + Power many times, some of which has worked! (Excited )
Now I flashed the correct images onto the correct places and seems to be working fine.
I apologize for the time i made you lose and thank you guys for the quick response.
Good to see you did it. Next time be more careful.:good:
Ok, I managed to get to bootloader again! Just as you guys said, I tried pressing Power + Vol down many times until it took it and restarted in bootloader mode.
Now I flashed the correct images into the correct places, and seems to be working fine.
I apologize for the time I made you lose, and thank you guys very much for the fast and efficient response.
:good::good::good::good::good:
Sorry, it didn't show my message instantly so I wrote it again XDD