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Possibly bricked my Desire with RUU without switching back to original hboot

I had Oxygen hboot installed but wanted to switch back to original ROM. I Ran RUU but forgot to replace hboot with original one.
Now i have gray HTC in middle and /!\ in corners.
I can run RUU again and it recognizes the phone, but gives ERROR[152]:IMAGE UPDATE ERROR and recovery option doesn't help either, ends up with same error while retrying.
I can't boot into bootloader with power+vol. down
Any suggestions what to do next ? Is there any solutions ?
Nevermind, Fastboot worked. Flashed correct hboot, ran RUU again and it's working now.

please help
Can you be more specific for a noob?! I have the exact same problem and i'm desperate. What exactly did you do?

You need to fastboot flash (using commands or android flasher) the Alpharev downgrader image like it says on the alpharev site. Basically the same way you flashed your current hboot.

done
thanks guys, mine is working too now

Hi guyz!
I just bought a second hand Desire from a guy i dont know, and it seems it has some issues. I know it is not bricked as i can enter the bootloader and the fastboot mode. But that's all. I cannot access any recovery i flash, or boot any rom.
I flashed several RUU's via bootloader, one of them is booting but it reboots as soon as it settles down. Others dont even boot.
I am familiar with flashing, with fastboot and all that, i just have no experience in HTC Desire.
Bootloader details:
---AlphaRev----
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH-PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
So this is what i get. Is there a method to get some working ROM on this one, other than flashing RUU's that doesnt seem to work? Or flashing with recovery?
I have flashed clockwork recovery via fastboot, it still doesnt work. It vibrates 7 times than the screen stays at the htc logo.
Maybe there is a fastboot method to inject all the stock stuff into the phone? And maybe somebody have those img's?
Many thanks, guys!

Please help!! Major Brickage!

Ok so here goes, hoping you guys can help... I've searched and found a few threads related to a similar issue, tried everything suggested, and still nadda....
Being the forgetful fool I am, I flashed the most up to date official RUU on my rooted Desire with Oxygen HBOOT without flashing the downgader HBOOT first... The idea was to do a simple unroot back to stock...
Needless to say things didn't go well. I now have a silver HTC logo with the 4 warning triangles in each corner
Read that flashing the downgrader then the RUU again would work so...
Flashed the downgrader HBOOT using fastboot... success!
Ran the RUU again... ERROR! 140 wrong bootloader version.
Tried flashing and running various recoveries, boots, etc. using fastboot... all give ERROR remote 12 signature verify fail
Cannot get to vol down+power
Cannot get to back+power
When I have the silver HTC and unplug USB I get the following:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.80.0000
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.06.00.02_2
Mar 29 2010,21:34:33
RUU (in orange box)
Any ideas if there's anything I can do to get the phone booting again??
Thanks a lot for any help you can give!!

cjacko said:
Ok so here goes, hoping you guys can help... I've searched and found a few threads related to a similar issue, tried everything suggested, and still nadda....
Being the forgetful fool I am, I flashed the most up to date official RUU on my rooted Desire with Oxygen HBOOT without flashing the downgader HBOOT first... The idea was to do a simple unroot back to stock...
Needless to say things didn't go well. I now have a silver HTC logo with the 4 warning triangles in each corner
Read that flashing the downgrader then the RUU again would work so...
Flashed the downgrader HBOOT using fastboot... success!
Ran the RUU again... ERROR! 140 wrong bootloader version.
Tried flashing and running various recoveries, boots, etc. using fastboot... all give ERROR remote 12 signature verify fail
Cannot get to vol down+power
Cannot get to back+power
When I have the silver HTC and unplug USB I get the following:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.80.0000
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.06.00.02_2
Mar 29 2010,21:34:33
RUU (in orange box)
Any ideas if there's anything I can do to get the phone booting again??
Thanks a lot for any help you can give!!
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You are supposed to flash stock hboot, then flash hboot downgrader before RUU. This is because hboot downgrader only downgrades the hboot to allow RUU to s-on the phone. Technically now you are still on oxygen hboot. Are you able to fastboot flash hboot?
Sent from my HTC Original Desire using Tapatalk

Hmm ok so I'm even more stupid than I originally thought...
Don't think I can flash HBOOTs in fastboot
Whenever I try 'fastboot flash hboot ...' with the stock alpharev hboot I get the 'remote 12 signature verify fail' error...
Thanks for the quick reply

Well screw me sideways... I fixed it...
For anyone who lands in the same (stupid) position as my idiot self, I just flashed the official 2.3 Gingerbread update RUU...
Flashed first time, booted first time, now boots every time...
No idea how or why... but yay

[Q] RUU Error-Radio update fail

I am trying to return my Desire to stock so that I can hand it down in the family, since i got a new GNex. while trying to run RUU during the radio flash, the phone vibrates multiple times and the RUU process fails.
Now am stuck with HTC logo and 4 "!" marks in the corners.
this is what i can see now...
this is what I see
AlphaRev Unlock (in pink)
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT 6.93.9999
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO 5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:19
RUU
Please help...thanks in advance

which RUU.exe did you use?

this one
RUU_Bravo_H3G_UK_1.22.771.1_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127568_signed

vmax007 said:
I am trying to return my Desire to stock so that I can hand it down in the family, since i got a new GNex. while trying to run RUU during the radio flash, the phone vibrates multiple times and the RUU process fails.
Now am stuck with HTC logo and 4 "!" marks in the corners.
this is what i can see now...
this is what I see
AlphaRev Unlock (in pink)
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT 6.93.9999
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO 5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:19
RUU
Please help...thanks in advance
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have a look at the first sticky post at the top of the Q&A thread, i'm pretty sure it covers it

i did try the sticky thread... but i am not able to achieve S-ON even after flashing bravo_downgrader

Try the unsigned version of the RUU in this tread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667
If this doesn't work try one of the WWE versions.
EDIT: see also this thread, which discusses the same issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191565

thanks for the quick replies...
i think i have moved a step forward.
Running a WWE RUU managed to move it to:
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010,17:52:10
RUU
Running RUU again errors out saying bootloader errror...

why did you execute the RUU again?

because i couldnt do anything else .. #fml

[SOLVED]
Yaay solved the problem by downloading the android 2.3 upgrade RUU from htcdev site and now back to stock!! YES!

vmax007 said:
Yaay solved the problem by downloading the android 2.3 upgrade RUU from htcdev site and now back to stock!! YES!
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sir I also was stuck with four '' ! '' marks. please tell me how did you solve this problem.
I'm in a real problem please help me.
thanks

Similar problem
vmax007 said:
Yaay solved the problem by downloading the android 2.3 upgrade RUU from htcdev site and now back to stock!! YES!
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Hey guys, I had a HTC Desire that started working very strange. It was constantly freezing at the HTC logo (booting). After removing the battery for a few minutes, I could turn on the phone again. I tried rooting, it always failed. Then I tried installing 2.3 via HTC Dev official software. Followed all the instructions and had a RADIO_V2 - Fail PU. The RUU enters recovery mode: I unplug, remove battery for 3 seconds, then plug again and it runs the same procedure: RADIO_V2 - Fail PU again. I just tried 4x and nothing. The phone is bricked. If I try to boot holding volume down, it won't go to recovery, it just turns black with ! sign in all corners.
I am just afraid my Desire has some hardware problem, but in any case, now it is bricked. Any suggestions?

racery said:
Hey guys, I had a HTC Desire that started working very strange. It was constantly freezing at the HTC logo (booting). After removing the battery for a few minutes, I could turn on the phone again. I tried rooting, it always failed. Then I tried installing 2.3 via HTC Dev official software. Followed all the instructions and had a RADIO_V2 - Fail PU. The RUU enters recovery mode: I unplug, remove battery for 3 seconds, then plug again and it runs the same procedure: RADIO_V2 - Fail PU again. I just tried 4x and nothing. The phone is bricked. If I try to boot holding volume down, it won't go to recovery, it just turns black with ! sign in all corners.
I am just afraid my Desire has some hardware problem, but in any case, now it is bricked. Any suggestions?
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You can now use your desire as a very expenive mirror.

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racery said:
Hey guys, I had a HTC Desire that started working very strange. It was constantly freezing at the HTC logo (booting). After removing the battery for a few minutes, I could turn on the phone again. I tried rooting, it always failed. Then I tried installing 2.3 via HTC Dev official software. Followed all the instructions and had a RADIO_V2 - Fail PU. The RUU enters recovery mode: I unplug, remove battery for 3 seconds, then plug again and it runs the same procedure: RADIO_V2 - Fail PU again. I just tried 4x and nothing. The phone is bricked. If I try to boot holding volume down, it won't go to recovery, it just turns black with ! sign in all corners.
I am just afraid my Desire has some hardware problem, but in any case, now it is bricked. Any suggestions?
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Download a recovery img for the phone, plug it in and run 'fastboot boot [recovery.img]' to boot into recovery or 'fastboot flash recovery [recovery.img] to flash and then boot into recovery.

tjsantos said:
Download a recovery img for the phone, plug it in and run 'fastboot boot [recovery.img]' to boot into recovery or 'fastboot flash recovery [recovery.img] to flash and then boot into recovery.
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If radio bricks were that easy to solve, then this would be a better world.

[Q] desire problem

i bought htc desire that was lets say dead...
i can get into recovery where it says
bravo unknown ship s-on
hboot-0.93.0001
mi crop-0314
touch panel-synt0101
radio-5.11.05.27
BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
REBOOT DOWNLOADER
POWER DOWN
so i am reading all over the internet for two days now and i got stuck!
the phone hangs at boot screen when trying to turn it normal,i left it whole night long at it was stuck on a boot screen (three androids on skates in the middle of the screen)
so i tried downloading a few custom roms and naming them pb99img.zip and the phone accepts them and loads them, but when it restarts it hangs again...
how do i save this phone?
and i cant enable usb debugging because the phone wont turn on! so the RUU or unrevoked or revolutionary is not an option!is there a way to load new bootloader or something...i am lost!!!please help...

huzo said:
i bought htc desire that was lets say dead...
i can get into recovery where it says
bravo unknown ship s-on
hboot-0.93.0001
mi crop-0314
touch panel-synt0101
radio-5.11.05.27
BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
REBOOT DOWNLOADER
POWER DOWN
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Looks like you're not in recovery there, but in Fastboot menu.
You might want to go back to bootloader menu and check if you have the recovery option.
From there maybe you can flash a working rom...

yes i can go to recovery but when i press recovery i get stuck at logo screen!and i have to pull the battery out to turn it off...

Read bortak's troubleshooting guide. Go to Desire Q&A/Stickies and down too [2] in the guide. I would read from the start tho, its a very usefull guide to know for any future problems.
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
Read bortak's troubleshooting guide. Go to Desire Q&A/Stickies and down too [2] in the guide. I would read from the start tho, its a very usefull guide to know for any future problems.
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Let us know if it has been useful.

i have red it already...i cant get it into recovery!!! i see only bootloader and when i press recovery it gets stuck on a logo!! never mind its probably a hardware issue ....

You are in stock recovery as you are s-on, if you want custom recovery you need s-off or flash it during rooting process via unrevoked.
Extract Rom.zip from CORRECT RUU and rename it to PB99IMG.zip and put in the root of sd card, if phone is branded and you are unable to find correct ruu, use WWE rui and goldcard, all the additional info you find in bortak's guide
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using XDA Premium App

Read it again.. go down too [2] and then down too the s-on part.
"i'm s-on, i cant boot recovery, and my phone does'nt boot" . From what i can see, thats ur problem, bortak's guide covers this. Correct me if im wrong.
Sent from my HTC Desire

i already tried bortak's guide,i am not that noob and i tried like 10 different roms and nothing,it does load the rom but when it restarts it just hangs again at boot screen
and i cannot use unrevoked or revolutionary or ruu because the phone isnt recognized by any of these programs because i didn't activate usb debugging and now the phone doesn't turn on and i can't do that,i am telling you i have spent 2 whole days reading and trying all kind of stuff and nothing helped..i think its a hardware failure of some kind....
i think it is a hardware issue because when i install drivers it says android bootloader device but it says also that device cannot start (code 10)
anyway i tried yesterday heating the MBO with hot air in my workshop(i am electric technician) i thought some chip on MBO was unsoldered but with no luck so i threw the whole thing away in the garbage!

Half-bricked Desire

Hello everyone.
Recently I noticed a few problems with my Desire so I decided to send it for a warranty repair, so I had to come back to stock ROM. I was on:
Oxygen ZM
hboot 6.93.1002
microp 051d
dation 4.05.00.11
I just plugged my phone in fastboot mode and opened RUU on my PC. It went through and rebooted the phone. Unfortunately, it is now stuck on splash screen with HTC logo.
I don't know what to do now. Maybe the hboot version was too high?
I was thinking about installing new ROM but can't open recovery (when I'm in fastboot and click recovery it reboots on splash screen) and also the cable doesn't work at all. Can't use adb commands or charge the battery - it just acts like it isn't plugged in.
Please help. I'm a total newbie and don't want to brick my phone (I've read that if I can reach hboot it's not as bad)

Turn off the phone n hold volume down + power and post everything it says in bootloader menu.
Sent from my HTC Desire

-revolutionary-
bravo pvt3 ship s-off
hboot-6.93.1002
microp-051d
touch panel-synt0101
radio-4.05.00.11
aug 10 2010

mightykiss said:
-revolutionary-
bravo pvt3 ship s-off
hboot-6.93.1002
microp-051d
touch panel-synt0101
radio-4.05.00.11
aug 10 2010
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Ur still s-off so try flashing new recovery via fasboot commands. Read bortaks guide in my sig, everything u need for fastboot is there, also download the 4ext recovery PB99IMG in my sig and extract it and ul have almost the latest 4ext recovery.img, thats what ul need to flash in fastboot.
Once uv fastboot setup on ur computer, put recovery.img in ur c:\ drive on ur computer then with ur phone off, hold back button + power (thats fastboot) then plug in ur phone (usb) and open command window and type -
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
If all okay then u should have recovery.
Read bortaks guide and the guide for ADB & FASTBOOT by SUroot. Everything u need is there
Sent from my HTC Desire

hey. thanks for your help. but as I said, I can't plug in my phone with USB - when I do it, nothing happens. I can't even charge my battery.
So, I've put this zip on my SD card and the bootloader asked me to update recovery. I clicked yes and it said done. But when I try to open the recovery, it still goes into splash screen
also, I can't try a lot of combinations because my battery could discharge and that would be a problem...

Does ur phone charge when its turned off and plugged into mains (wall)? If so charge it up first
The only other way to flash recovery is by fasboot commands.
There is a way to flash an ruu via PB99IMG but id make sure ur battery is full first
Sent from my HTC Desire

no, can't charge it. as I said in first post: "also the cable doesn't work at all. Can't use adb commands or charge the battery - it just acts like it isn't plugged in."
what's now?

Looks like your cable is faulty actually

k3lcior said:
Looks like your cable is faulty actually
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I don't think so, it worked fine until I made the RUU. It would be a huge coincidence.

so, anyone knows how to fix it?

anyone?...

c'mon! I'm sure someone can help me, it is not full brick!

U can run an ruu via PB99IMG but thats a risk coz u dont know how much battery u have left and if ur battery dies then ul probably be left with a full bricked phone
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
U can run an ruu via PB99IMG but thats a risk coz u dont know how much battery u have left and if ur battery dies then ul probably be left with a full bricked phone
Sent from my HTC Desire
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OK, so I will try to charge my battery with some other device (same phone or special charger) and try to do it. How much time does it take? I have about 15% battery left because I was running RUU on 30% :laugh: (yup, that was stupid) do you think it's not enough? If it takes less than 5 mins, it should be OK.
edit: but... I've already run RUU and that's why my phone is bricked. What RUU should I run to make sure it will work? I don't know why this one didn't work. Was it because of hboot version or what?

U can use the 2.3 gb upgrade from htcdev. Heres a link to my dev host, file is there
http://d-h.st/d44
Then use Droidzones great guide
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&sourc...fC74BQ&usg=AFQjCNGX60VvJTy6BOBkfKsZ9maoS-A_xw
Make sure ur battery is atleast 40-50% to be safe, bootloader wont let u run it anyway if its below 30%. It should only take 5 mins but the phone will need power to boot up fully aswell.
Sent from my HTC Desire

thanks, you're just great!
I thought it won't work because my hboot is too high or something but it really helped!
one more thing, just not to make another thread. do you know why when I try to reach my recovery it shows red "!" over a phone? is there a recovery in stock soft? I want my phone to look like it was brand new. how to get rid of "revolutionary" in hboot?
ehh.. now my PC doesn't see the phone (can't use adb commands, but it's charging) - GOD, WHY?

I take it the PB99IMG worked?
What does it say in bootloader now? (vol down + power)
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
I take it the PB99IMG worked?
What does it say in bootloader now? (vol down + power)
Sent from my HTC Desire
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ROM is unbranded stock but HBOOT is still alpharev 6.93.1002 s-off. I've tried to downgrade hboot from 6.93 but with no results. and still don't have recovery, just red "!"
--Alpharev--
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP s-off
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
RADIO-5.17.05.23
I need to be complete stock before sending my phone for repair
Edit: managed to flash 4ext recovery, now I just need some image of stock recovery. And of course hboot issue is still up-to-date.

Flash the alpharev downgrade then run the ruu
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
Flash the alpharev downgrade then run the ruu
Sent from my HTC Desire
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okay, thanks, my phone is 100% stock now excluding SIMlock. but I think they won't check it
and the recovery is OK, I just forgot that I have to hold upvol button and click power button to run it. you know, with other recoveries you don't have to do that kind of stuff.