[Q] Dead phone after update, any way to bring it back - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys, need very quick help from you, as I think I have bricked the phone which suppose to be a Christmas gift for may son. I was trying to revert phone from root and custom rom to stock. I've downloaded older OTA update (one of very first ones with android 2.2) an installed it in bootloader. Phone booted fine, and I went for official update. It showed to me there is update available to android 2.3. I have downloaded it and phone rebooted in to update mode. After progress bar gone to the end it disappeared and phone stayed in that update mode (logo with phone and green arrows shaped it to circle) for nearly half an hour. I though, some thing had to vent wrong so I decided to turn off phone, but power button gave no effect, so I pulled battery out for few seconds. After I have putted it back phone never turned on again. I mean is completely not responding. Pressing power button for even minute doesn't wake it up, it is not possible to go to the bootloader. There is no characteristic vibration when it turns on. Basically it behaves like there is no battery in socket but there is, and it is fully loaded as I charged it before updating. When phone plugged to AC or computer LED is not lighting as well whatsoever.
Please, can any one help with this one? I in rush as phone is a Christmas present for my son who lives in Italy and I supposed to ship this today to make it arrive b4 Christmas. This is why I can not spend to much time on searching forums.
Thank you

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hedeon said:
Hi guys, need very quick help from you, as I think I have bricked the phone which suppose to be a Christmas gift for may son. I was trying to revert phone from root and custom rom to stock. I've downloaded older OTA update (one of very first ones with android 2.2) an installed it in bootloader. Phone booted fine, and I went for official update. It showed to me there is update available to android 2.3. I have downloaded it and phone rebooted in to update mode. After progress bar gone to the end it disappeared and phone stayed in that update mode (logo with phone and green arrows shaped it to circle) for nearly half an hour. I though, some thing had to vent wrong so I decided to turn off phone, but power button gave no effect, so I pulled battery out for few seconds. After I have putted it back phone never turned on again. I mean is completely not responding. Pressing power button for even minute doesn't wake it up, it is not possible to go to the bootloader. There is no characteristic vibration when it turns on. Basically it behaves like there is no battery in socket but there is, and it is fully loaded as I charged it before updating. When phone plugged to AC or computer LED is not lighting as well whatsoever.
Please, can any one help with this one? I in rush as phone is a Christmas present for my son who lives in Italy and I supposed to ship this today to make it arrive b4 Christmas. This is why I can not spend to much time on searching forums.
Thank you
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After reading what you said i think that you placed battery wrong. Check the pins inside the phone with battery pins.

whiperhack said:
After reading what you said i think that you placed battery wrong. Check the pins inside the phone with battery pins.
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That was my first idea too but, no m8, battery is placed ok....

Try pressing volume down+power button for a while then leave the power button while still pressing the voulme key. You should boot into the bootloader.

if4ct0r said:
Try pressing volume down+power button for a while then leave the power button while still pressing the voulme key. You should boot into the bootloader.
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Tried that too, still dead

Try connecting you DHD to the PC.
Download one of these Stock RUU's : http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
Run the installer from PC. See if it detects the device.

if4ct0r said:
Try connecting you DHD to the PC.
Download one of these Stock RUU's : http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
Run the installer from PC. See if it detects the device.
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I understand I should not be worried that all of these RUU's are listed as for model: ACE?

Not at all. 'Ace' is the codename HTC gave to Desire HD/Inspire. Just choose the RUU that fits your location(i.e. WWE stands for WorldWide Edition).

if4ct0r said:
Not at all. 'Ace' is the codename HTC gave to Desire HD/Inspire. Just choose the RUU that fits your location(i.e. WWE stands for WorldWide Edition).
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OMG! I was previously looking for stock roms and everytime I ended up on that site from your link I was annoyed that someone is giving a wrong link to roms for wrong phone. Silly me!
I am downloading right now.

if4ct0r said:
Try connecting you DHD to the PC.
Download one of these Stock RUU's : http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
Run the installer from PC. See if it detects the device.
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No it says phone not connected (error[170])

hedeon said:
No it says phone not connected (error[170])
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My idea is to double check again the battery position in the socket and if it is ok try to leave it 5 minutes alone on the AC adapter. If this will not give good results, go to the appropriate HTC representative.

when you connected it to your computer... did it ask you to install qload drivers?
if not, go into device manager on your computer, then plug in your phone. If you see an unknown device that shows as qload something or other, then sorry to say, its bricked.
The only way to recover it now is via jtagging or replacing the mainboard (which generally is what they do when you send it in for warranty repair)

whiperhack said:
My idea is to double check again the battery position in the socket and if it is ok try to leave it 5 minutes alone on the AC adapter. If this will not give good results, go to the appropriate HTC representative.
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Yes, I thought about it as phone behave like it has no power at all. But this is not the case, as I have been flipping that and another battery in every possible position. And I know which one is correct as I can see where pins are in battery pocket. I left it alone under charging and other time with no battery at all hoping that will hard reset phone. No effect at all .
JSLEnterprises said:
when connected to your computer... did it ask you to install qload drivers?
if not, go into device manager on your computer, then plug in your phone. If you see an unknown device that shows as qload something or other, then its bricked, sorry to say
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I had drivers previously installed. But I am not entirely sure are we talking about same thing as I don't know what QLOAD is. Anyway comp doesn't see any recognised or unrecognised device that could be my phone...
I am not worrying about damn phone as if it is hard bricked tech guys in service will not probably spot that it was rooted. So they will replace, or if not I will go to insurance company. Problem is it takes to much time, I wont make it b4 Christmas.
Thank you guys,
anyone has some other ideas? Please...

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Sorry.. It really seems to be beyond software-repair, If it cannot boot in the bootloader or be recognized by PC there's really not much we can do. We need the device to start in some way.
Although one last thing that we haven't tried and can try is to see if it can be accessed via adb or fastboot. (Although I highly doubt it since the RUU also wasn't working).
I've attached the adb and fastboot files required to test that. Extract it, double-click on StartHere.bat and type "fastboot reboot" or "adb reboot". If it returns an error citing device not found then this too has failed.
(This probably wont work.. desperate action)
Another silly thing that might be tried is to try to put your phone on charging via a charger(not USB via PC) and then try to switch it on. Try normal switching, switching on to bootloader(volume down press)...
If these don't work then you really should give it to the repair center.. you're right that they wont probably realise that it was rooted and would probably change the main board.

if4ct0r said:
Sorry.. It really seems to be beyond software-repair, If it cannot boot in the bootloader or be recognized by PC there's really not much we can do. We need the device to start in some way.
Although one last thing that we haven't tried and can try is to see if it can be accessed via adb or fastboot. (Although I highly doubt it since the RUU also wasn't working).
I've attached the adb and fastboot files required to test that. Extract it, double-click on StartHere.bat and type "fastboot reboot" or "adb reboot". If it returns an error citing device not found then this too has failed.
(This probably wont work.. desperate action)
Another silly thing that might be tried is to try to put your phone on charging via a charger(not USB via PC) and then try to switch it on. Try normal switching, switching on to bootloader(volume down press)...
If these don't work then you really should give it to the repair center.. you're right that they wont probably realise that it was rooted and would probably change the main board.
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Sigh... I got "waiting for device" forever in CMD... As you said, it's dead. Gonna send it to HTC in Monday...
Thank you all, appreciate your time

Hello hedeon,
I have the same experience today, as you state in the first post in this thread.
Did you, and how solve the problem?
Is there people with the same problem? This morning I receive notification about system update for my HTC Desire HD. The rest is exactly same problem from the top of this story = death + death + death.....

The problem is that you PULLED THE BATTERY WHILE UPDATING! Have some paitience. I switched on my DHD after 3 months and it needed updating. Takes around 20 mins to complete update
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using xda premium

GuyInTheCorner said:
The problem is that you PULLED THE BATTERY WHILE UPDATING! Have some paitience. I switched on my DHD after 3 months and it needed updating. Takes around 20 mins to complete update
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using xda premium
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May be, but updating started with downloading, then resetting, and then green line was growing up to 1/3 of total size, and at that size stay more then 20 min. Then I try to to push every button, and every combination of buttons, and after 10 minutes more I had pull battery out.
Was it too impatient ?

What was the Android version before you rooted if you can remember and which tool did you use to root?
From what you wrote earlier, it asked you for a 2.3 update which means you probably flashed a Froyo RUU as stock, to bring the phone back to stock ofc.
However, if your DHD came with stock Gingerbread, flashing a Froyo RUU will most definitely screw the phone. I'm not sure if it's beyond repair atm or not, but if that was the case, even if you didn't mess with the battery, chances are the phone would never boot anyway.
Look into AAHK thread, I think there is a good how to there.

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[Q] HTC Desire DEAD after ROM flashed... need help plz

Hej,
Hopefully you all are fine and good in health...............
Now come to the point actually i had problem with my HTC Desie that was stuck up with its initial screen i mean when i turn on my phone it shows the htc logo then stuck up. Then i tried many times to hard reset but it could not work either, after that i download ROM "RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00 .32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe" and run from my pc (running windows 7) but after 65 % i got error during updating process and the utility shows how to recover it then according to the instructoins what i did is
1. Unplug my phone (dissconnect from pc)
2. Remove battery for 3 sec and plug it again.
3. Turn on the phone
4. Plug the USB (connect phone again)
but on the 3rd step when i plugged the battery it won't turn on neither charge or in short totally dead nothing happened to it .
I am requesting to all of you please please please suggest me what to do now, how can it work, how to turn it on again ............ is it bricked ??? if bricked then how to solve this problem ????.
Waiting for your responses......
Thanks in advance.
Be more specific.
- Can you still acces your recovery?
- If not, do you have a carrier specific rom? If so, download that rom, go into the bootloader, choose fastboot and run the rom. You can try this method also if you don't have a carrier specific rom.
Look here for a rom.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
Lennyz1988 said:
Be more specific.
- Can you still acces your recovery?
- If not, do you have a carrier specific rom? If so, download that rom, go into the bootloader, choose fastboot and run the rom. You can try this method also if you don't have a carrier specific rom.
Look here for a rom.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
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no i don't have any access to recovery, because phone is not turn on how can i run this rom when phone is not connected or not power on........
by the way thanks for your suggestion.....
Hej,
After long discussion with HTC customer service and trying to convince them that the phone is not in water or in any wet place but they said that they found my phone or take my phone as liquid damage so my phone is out of warranty .
As they said that it has symptoms of liquid damage which turn white color of sticker into red/pink color. I even don't no how come but any how leave this.
Come to point, what can i do now my phone won't start i opened it disassemble then assemble everything but it won't power on even not charge ............
i am still stuck up with it even no idea what to do more
Need some suggestions can i order its flex cable or board or other stuff or what to do ??? how to power it on ???
Waiting for your response.
Thanks in advance.
arif01 said:
As they said that it has symptoms of liquid damage which turn white color of sticker into red/pink color. I even don't no how come but any how leave this.
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Sorry, no idea for your original problem, but some small explanation where your so called water damage may come from. A friend of mine once had the same problem with a camera. The stickers can change color because of air-moisture. Especially if you carry the phone in your pocket and it is hot, your sweat leads to damp air in you pocket and affects those stickers.
I would try to argue with the htc support that it is not ok that keeping your cell phone in your pocket leads to a water damage. Perhaps they give in.
I wish you good luck with your phone.
mblaster
€: Here some link to back up my argumentation: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-water-damage-sticker.htm
You could try this...
arif01 said:
no i don't have any access to recovery, because phone is not turn on how can i run this rom when phone is not connected or not power on........
by the way thanks for your suggestion.....
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You're problem sounds pretty similar to mine that I managed to solve. See my thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=927702 (post #5).
Hope this helps.
Rich
babblerx said:
You're problem sounds pretty similar to mine that I managed to solve. See my thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=927702 (post #5).
Hope this helps.
Rich
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Thanks bro but the problem is my phone is not turn on , no power , no usb detection. Today i installed skd and used adb shell command but it says device not found what can i do more i dont understand
Please suggest me my friends.
Thanks in advance.

[Q] Yet another bricked Defy: no response at all

Disclaimer:
I have the same problem this guy have:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036327
But no one in the thread was able to understand him, so I'm trying to open a new thread to organize the thoughts (there are too many people with too many problems posting there).
What happened:
I have a 1-month-old Defy. On the 2nd day I already had it rooted, running froyo (with Pays ROM), overclocked, undervolted and all this stuff. Three days ago, suddenly, it started to FC apps randomly. So I wiped. Then it became stuck on M logo. No big deal.
I tried then to reflash the SBF via RSDLite, but for some reason I only had the previous SBF (3.4.2-155-2) and my phone was running on 3.4.3-11. Don't know if it has downgradeability issues, but I couldn't flash it. It threw some checksum errors in the process and wasn't able to finish the process. Then my phone became "Code Corrupt". I was still able to see it in RSDLite. No big deal.
I didn't know the battery wouldn't charge in the bootloader screen, so I quickly ran into a "Battery Low / Cannot Program" state. It was written in the screen what happened. I knew what I had to do. No big deal.
I read about the MacGyver method, but prefered instead to use a universal charger to charge my battery. Was charging all night, seem to work on other defy (tested it later). But, now, my phone makes no response to battery insertion. Not even power+vol up, nothing. No white led, no bootloader, no code corrupt, no nothing. Ok, that's a big deal.
If I connect it to USB, nothing happens. No driver instalation, no device recognized, no RSDLite, no bootloader, no white led. Nothing.
The only response I have from the phone is: if I pull the battery and put it again while connected to USB, the computer will make an USB connection sound, then 2 seconds later, it makes an USB disconnection sound. If I open the device manager, it shows the Motorola Device for 2 seconds (OMAP something) and then it desapears. So I'm not able to see it in RSDLite.
I tried even to power up the phone with the MacGyver-crafted USB cable (with and without battery inserted together), but the computer response is the same. That is the only thing that makes me believe that my Defy isn't entirely dead. But isn't much useful after all.
Hope I explained it well. I'm one of those guys who doesn't speak english well, so I hope you guys understand me . Thanks in advance.
I would really like to be helpful, but it looks, that you tried everything. Only one thing. Try to check the battery voltage and if you can, try another battery in your phone. The charger could broke your battery, even if it one time worked in another phone.
Try reinstall usb drivers, rsdlite, different usb port, and different pc.
@peetr_
The battery seems to still work, as putting it in the phone makes it to be recognized (for 2 seconds) on the PC. Also, the phone seems to get a little warm while with the battery.
@ABC_Universal
I tried. Installed all the drivers in another PC I have here and tried the same methods I said before. Same results.
If you're planning to dumb the phone into a dumb site.. let me know when and where...
Ok... you need to narrow down the possibility here by putting another full charged battery and see if the phone do get connected status via PC. External charger might just toast your battery if you read carefully your entire story back starting from this line "I didn't know the battery wouldn't charge in the bootloader screen, so I quickly ran into a "Battery Low / Cannot Program" state. It was written in the screen what happened. I knew what I had to do. No big deal."
External charger might giving out totally different voltage/current rating from the defy own charger.
im having the same issue, did you solve it?
im having the same issue, did you solve it?
try putting a different Defy's battery, doesn't work just give it for RMA... you'll get a replacement. looks like a hardware problem to me...
You have tried the McGyver-trick?
I tried using another battery in it and didn't work. I was far from a computer when I tried, so I didn't check if I was able to connect it to PC (even if the screen was totally black). But if it was a battery problem, I was expecting at least the bootloader to appear, but still nothing happened.
I took it to RMA two weeks ago. Here in Brazil they take too long to return it =/. Still waiting.
skattegat: I tried. With and without battery inserted together. Both cases, I was only able to listen the USB connection start and end, 2 seconds later. I know the cable was working because even without battery, when I touch the wires, I was able to listen the usb connection sound.
Ok. At least you have the time now to enjoy your sunny weather in Brazil...
RSD lite sucks... Well it doesn't suck but it refuses to work anymore no matter what I do!
Use sbf_flash in linux and it should do the trick! PM me if you need help
First flash the sbf. Then enter stock recovery and do the recovery from there. Flashing does not wipe cache. But after the flash the recovery will do the wipe automaticly.
Sent from my MB525 cm7quarx
Just a follow up:
My phone returned today from the warranty. Is fully working now, but I noticed the IMEI has changed. So I guess they changed the entire circuit.
It's not helpful for those who have the same problem, but I'm happy again
i have problem too..
I made a mistake in ROM CM7: I "install the 2nd init". and the results stuck on the boot logo .. : (
I finally went into the boot loader, then flash again use 3.4.2_177 SBF-005_NORDIC (do not wipe the data) .. remain stuck at the boot logo. and I try to use flash SBF-Stock.UKTmobile 3.4.3_11 (not wipe the data) and the results .... still stuck>> it's just an animated logo appears only.
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for this case:
I want to get into stock recovery:
1. defy turn off, turn the power button + volume down (hold a while)
2. logo appears>> android +! (the menu does not appear anything)
3. and I do not know anymore what should I do: (
please help me Quarx
thanks before
Don't see why you should ask the same question in multiple topics. My answer still is the same:
If pushing the lower right corner doesn't do the trick, try instead pushing both volume buttons at the same moment. Worked for me
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Fotogravin said:
Don't see why you should ask the same question in multiple topics. My answer still is the same:
If pushing the lower right corner doesn't do the trick, try instead pushing both volume buttons at the same moment. Worked for me
Sent from my MB525 using XDA App
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it's work..!! sorry i ask same question on other thread.
i'm so confuse
makasih gan
hey omneon are you able to solve your problem..plz help me man mine defy is stuck on m logo. same problem like your..

Vibrates 7 times

I just rooted my HTC Desire and installed CM7 on it (loved it on my HTC Legend). But suddenly today, after I turned Wifi on, it started rebooting all the time, couldn't do anything to stop it. I thought "Hey, there was the radio flash thing in the tutorial that I didn't do yet, I'll try that out" so I flashed the radio. Then I chose reboot system, but it just booted to a logo with an android coming out of a trash can, and looked kinda stuck there. So I took out the battery and plugged back in. Now if I try to turn it on, it'll just vibrate 7 times - no picture or anything. Also there's no LED when I plug it to the charger.
I had those 7 vibrates too.
Happened after i flashed the cm7 hboot over my stock hboot while trying to enter recovery. After i re-flashed my recovery using fastboot, everything worked again. What happens if you try to power up while holding down vol- ? Did you use fastboot or your phones recovery mode to install the radio?
I am not able to start in recovery or anything. I tried vol. down + power and back + power and no matter what I try, it just vibrates 7 times. I used the recovery mode to install the radio.
You could try to connect your phone via usb and check if fastboot discovers your device. If yes, flash hboot and recovery using fastboot. If not, well... i dont have a clue. Sorry :/
Computer discovers nothing when I plug in the phone.
Bad news when u pulled battery u interrupt the process n u now have a bricked device I would b very surprised if u managed to do anything
Pulling battery when doin a radio update is a BIG NO NO I'm sorry but ur stuck with a 400+ mirror now
Please look at this link
http://www.google.co.uk/m/search?site=images&client=ms-android-htc&hl=en&gl=uk&source=mog&aq=&oq=&aqi=&fkt=&fsdt=&cqt=&rst=&htf=&his=&maction=&q=android+radio+update#i=95
If that the image u saw when u pulled battery ur defo screwed
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Your link doesn't work.. I found a picture of what was showing when I unplugged the battery, but I'm not allowed to post links to other sites on these forums yet.
U need to copy the link for some reason its not showing up
Pm the link u have
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Inrego said:
Your link doesn't work.. I found a picture of what was showing when I unplugged the battery, but I'm not allowed to post links to other sites on these forums yet.
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inrego
yes the image u just sent me is correct
the image showing would of ment it was installing the radio and because u pulled battery u have corrupt the flash and unfortuntly bricked ur device
i will look for a solution on the net but im not sure if ill find anythink sorrry
Inrego said:
Your link doesn't work.. I found a picture of what was showing when I unplugged the battery, but I'm not allowed to post links to other sites on these forums yet.
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heres a few thread about some pulling battery on radio flash
http://android.modaco.com/content/g...m/304368/can-the-nexus-one-be-bricked/#entry0
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...50/help-cannot-turn-on-after-flash-new-radio/
i cant find anythink about fixin the issue sorry
Well thanks alot for trying. At least it seems like it shouldn't be too hard to get a replacement unit..
Inrego said:
Well thanks alot for trying. At least it seems like it shouldn't be too hard to get a replacement unit..
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all depends on if ur on warranty if u have receipt and warranty then all is ok with out them u stuck basically
sorry couldn't help more hopefully lesson learnt playing with radio is risky business
Yea got warranty and reciept and all that, so np there
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Yea got warranty and reciept and all that, so np there
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nice one then just make up a bull**** reason ok well hope u get a replacement
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Inrego said:
Well thanks alot for trying. At least it seems like it shouldn't be too hard to get a replacement unit..
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For the record to help some of you out who ended up here Googling: I had a similar issue. My HTC Desire SV did not boot, and when charging, only had an orange flashing light, and the phone vibrated 7 times. I did 2 things that got it back up:
1) left the phone off for say 10 minutes (I read about overheating issues in general, although the phone did not feel hot).
2) removed the battery for a couple of minutes.
VERY IMPORTANT: for step 2: make sure to have the battery removed long enough to drain internal charge. I removed and installed the battery in a second or so at first, and still the phone did not boot. After leaving out the battery long enough, it booted again. It appears to me that the issue in my case was a rather big internal charge capacity which kept internal state (memory and/or CPU?) from booting. Hope this helps...

[Q] Desire Z frozen at gingerbread update screen(?)

I started updating my phone to gingerbread today after being told the update was available. However now my phone is stuck at a screen that has the update logo and a progress bar with a micro-sd card next to it; the progress bar is stuck at ~30%. It's been this way for about two hours now and hasn't moved since then. Would it be safe to remove the battery and do a full phone reset or would I completely brick my phone? Also if it is relevant my phone was connected to my PC charging at the time I started the update (it's still connected)
Possible Answer To The Problem!
First, It Maybe Your Memory Card Is Corrupt!
Secondly, You Can't Have The Device Connected To Your PC/ Laptop. Well It Depends On Whether You Was Charging Your Device Or Sync Or Even Moving Files!
When You Have Connected Your Device, It Automatically Has Access To Your Memory Card, Which Maybe a Problem, Because When You Updating, The Phone Needs Complete Access To The Memory Card!
The Update Process Probably Didn't Have Access To The File, Because Your Computer/ PC Sync Was Enabled.Try Updating It Again, With The Memory Card Inside Without It Being Connected!
Also, What Model Of Desire Z Have You Got? Unbranded? Country? Carrier?
The device was charging only afaik does this matter?
It's an unbranded desire z I imported from singapore and my carrier is 3 (Australia)
If I disconnect and restart my phone it will not brick? I'd have to remove the battery to do this because I can't get past the update screen after it reboots.
Thanks for your reply.
Saw your post on reddit. For the moment, I'd hang tight and leave that battery IN. If you pull the battery and it's in the middle of flashing the radio or hboot, you're in trouble. Do you happen to know which portion of the upgrade is in progess (radio, system, hboot, splash, etc)?
quick edit: Having the phone charging via USB shouldn't cause a problem. The SD card would still be mounted by the phone (which is the default behavior unless you've explicitly set it to automatically mount via USB)
tun4f1sh said:
Saw your post on reddit. For the moment, I'd hang tight and leave that battery IN. If you pull the battery and it's in the middle of flashing the radio or hboot, you're in trouble. Do you happen to know which portion of the upgrade is in progess (radio, system, hboot, splash, etc)?
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No I don't sorry all I can say is that its close to 30% done and has just sat there like that.
hit3k said:
No I don't sorry all I can say is that its close to 30% done and has just sat there like that.
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Do you have ADB setup on your computer? If so, try running an "adb devices" and see if you get anything back.
Sadly it returns nothing
Well, it's not looking good. You're really out of options here. The first thing I would do is disconnect it from the computer, wait a minute or 2. If nothing happens, pull the battery and reboot straight into the bootloader (hold vol- and power at the same time).
If you can get into the bootloader, you may be able to restart the update. Worst case scenario, your phone is a paperweight, and HTC *should* (I need to read up on their warranty) give you a replacement -- their software update nuked your phone after all (possibly exacerbated by an underlying hardware problem, but the software possibly sealed the deal). Alternatively, maybe you can get some sort of HTC support on the phone right now?
Good luck, mate.
Thanks I will try that. It's 9pm at night here so I doubt I'll get anyone from HTC that is able to help me.
tun4f1sh said:
Well, it's not looking good. You're really out of options here. The first thing I would do is disconnect it from the computer, wait a minute or 2. If nothing happens, pull the battery and reboot straight into the bootloader (hold vol- and power at the same time).
If you can get into the bootloader, you may be able to restart the update. Worst case scenario, your phone is a paperweight, and HTC *should* (I need to read up on their warranty) give you a replacement -- their software update nuked your phone after all (possibly exacerbated by an underlying hardware problem, but the software possibly sealed the deal). Alternatively, maybe you can get some sort of HTC support on the phone right now?
Good luck, mate.
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Thank you so much! taking the battery out appears to have worked! The update restarted and everything (appears) to be working fine.
hit3k said:
Thank you so much! taking the battery out appears to have worked! The update restarted and everything (appears) to be working fine.
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All thanks to you, my friend. You're the one that had to gather up the cajones to pull that battery out. Enjoy 2.3, but maybe consider rooting next time!

boot loop - probably bricked

Hello,
I wanted to debrand my htc wildfire s, and after many unsuccessful attempts (main version older) following other tutorials on the forums, I finally went to this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162971
Followed it step by step, everything was as expected until the flash in the end finished and the phone, instead of booting, entered boot loop.
Now when I try to boot it or to enter bootloader, the backlight turns on for a second, turns off after that, then again turns on for a second, off... and etc. It doesn't even show the HTC screen. When I turn it off and connect it to usb - it charges.
I am already assuming the worse, but if anyone has any ideas, it will be great, as this is my girlfriend's phone and I can already see the tears in her eyes when she understands the phone is dead... :'(
Can you get the phone into hboot?
Pull battery,
then put it back in,
then hold volume down and press power while still holding volume down
If luck is on your side you should be in hboot
Unfortunately I have tried that already - still the same backlight on / off / on ... loop. :-/
Try battery out, back in, connect USB, then try to boot into bootloader. See if your PC picks it up. If it does try to issue the fastboot command "fastboot reboot recovery" and see if it goes.
Also does it vibrate when its having its flashy seziure?
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Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion. Tried that also - unfortunately - no vibration (qualcom diagnostics seems to not be the case - unfortunately).
Connecting it to usb brings the orange "charging" light for a 5-10 secs, after that the phone tries to boot and enters the bootloop again.
I think after 5 HTC phones, I will finally have one matching my avatar... :'-(
Hmm. Does the PC pick it up at all?
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No, it doesn't
I am probably going to go buy a new identical phone today afternoon...
try going into recovery, wipe data and cache and try again the process
simaka said:
No, it doesn't
I am probably going to go buy a new identical phone today afternoon...
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Whoa, I wouldn't be so hasty. Try taking your old one to a service first, it'll cost you a lot less
@johnnyspritz
I am thinking about sending it back to repair, the phone is still under the 2 years warranty. However if they find a way to read the contents of the boot or system partition (JTAG?), they might have some arguments against applying the warranty :-D
Hi Simaka,
Like you my phone is in the same boot loop....
Can't access to Bootloader, no HTC Logo.
I have try to contact HTC, but the mail they send me was out of context ....
If you find any solution, please share it ;-)
Hi, for sure I will. For now I will try to return it in the shop where I bought it as it is still s-on and locked bootloader, so they might agree to take it back. I checked the possibility to buy JTAG connection equipment, but it amoints to 150€ with shipping, plus probably a month or 2 of troubleshooting...
One interestimg thing to note is that during the procedure described on the link above the current rom version in misc.img before editing it was 9.9.9.9
I believe this was a way of artificially imposed restriction so any attempt to update would fail...
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Phone is bricked due to radio malfunction. Idk if there is a way to fix it but other than that ur bricked
Hi, I had a phone call from HTC.
They cannot say if its broken, I have to send it to the support.
I also got phone call from my service - they are looking into it
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Just a final update, i got a new phone that was easy to unlock boot. The end
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