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[Q] Bricked htc desire Help Needed Please!

Hi my power and volume buttons of my HTC desire failed so i opted to install a custom rom so i could change the wake up key from power to the menu key.
I downloaded rom manager and clockworkmod and installed CM7 via the rom manager download page. after restarting and backing up files and installing it now is frozen at the CM7 loading screen. I have been told this is a bootloader loop or something like this.
My problem is I cant recover my old OS because the power button and volume buttons are still not working so I need a windows based solution to recover my phone with maybe fastboot or adb.
Any help on what rom i need and the commands i need to type would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Michael

Hi Michael,
are you still stuck at the bootanimation? What is the state of your desire? How did you root, are you S-OFF?
To use commandline based tools, you have to get into fastboot first. Fastboot commands only work, if you are S-OFF.
Some more info would be useful.
Regards,
Markus

Thanks for your quick reply. yes i can get into fastboot and hboot and fastboot devices does return my device ID. I hope that means my phone isnt beyond help. I used clockwork and unrevoked to root my phone. Just seen it is s-on can i change this with adb or fastboot

bravo pvt3 ship s-on
hboot-0.93.0001
microp-051d
Is all the info my phone is dispalying but i might be able to get more from adb or fastboot if that will help

You can't flash anything via fastboot, if you still have a stock HTC HBOOT (S-ON). Can you also get into CWM recovery? That would be my choice. CWM recovery can give your windows pc sd-card access. Put a working ROM (*.zip) to the root of your sd-card, wipe everything via recovery and start over with a new flash (install *.zip from sd-card in recovery). You are miles away from bricked... everything will be ok.
Is this your first custom rom experience?

I cant use cwm as my volume and power buttons aren't working. I have rooted it ages ago and installed a custom firmware but didnt like it as it was missing the htc specific stuff and restored it fine using the recovery option but now without the afore mentioned keys working I cant get to the recovery options. Im guessing adb or fastboot cant set my s-on to s-off then.

If you can connect via adb you might want to try "adb reboot recovery". If you have CWM recovery in place (unrevoked should have installed this) you can navigate with your trackpad and don't need vol up / down / power. But I think your phone has to be booted up to receive adb commands.

I get device not found with all adb commands.
I get various different resonses with fastboot commands Ie fastboot devices shows my device. fastboot reboot turns my phone off and on and fastboot reboot-bootloader brings me back to the screen im on at the minute.
My track pad is not moving anything on my phone what is weird about my phone is my volume buttons were working for volume control (before i flashed it) but they weren't turning the pages of my kindle books any more. that happened after my power button problem arrived.

Your trackpad would work in recovery, but your not able to get there. You're stuck at the bootloader options, where you have to navigate with vol up / down / power button. What still will work is flashing of a stock HTC ROM via RUU. You can get signed HTC RUUs here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667. This will wipe your phone and revert it back to stock (no root, no custom recovery).

This sounds promising. Question 1 for me and others that may follow this thread in the future. What is RUU and if i download a vodaphone rom will it be locked to vodaphone as my phone was a vodaphone when i got it but it was unlocked atthe time and I have it on O2 now

mickyjohnston39 said:
This sounds promising. Question 1 for me and others that may follow this thread in the future. What is RUU and if i download a vodaphone rom will it be locked to vodaphone as my phone was a vodaphone when i got it but it was unlocked atthe time and I have it on O2 now
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RUU = ROM Update Utility
It has integrated flash tools and will reset everything to factory defaults. If you want to send your phone in to service, you should flash a ROM which originally came with your phone (Vodafone branded??). Branded ROMs have nothing to do with locking your phone to a carrier (SIM-lock). They are just customized by different carriers with more or less modifications (i.e. preinstalled apps).
Hope you have some luck with RUU, I have to sign off for today.

im downloading the ruu bravo vodaphone uk one its an exe so i figure i put my phone in fastboot mode and run the exe. is that right

Ok thanks for your help markus i will post if this works so others can see its a working method if they have a similar problem

How did you get on? Is your desire up and running?
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App

just about to run the app now domey. I have my phone in fastboot manu with usb plugged in. wish me luck lol

That's how it should work. I hope it will work for you. You can redo rooting / customizing, once you have a booting device
Have a look at LeeDrOiD 2.3d then (leedroid.com). It's based on HTC Sense ROMs, very stable and you can push your trackpad to wake up the phone.

I got an error with vodaphone one so trying a newer one now as vodaphone was 1.4 or something the next one im trying is 2.29

Did you get some useful error messages?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Premium App

none of the roms from that site update my phone. they all say insufficient version

131 on my last try

[Q] Big problem with htc...

I rooted my phone 6 months ago and 1 month ago it started restarting out of a sudden. Another problem was that it did not turn on the first time, so i had to get the battery out and try again to turn on the phone. When i saw that i decided to upgrade with the official Gingerbread Rom for the Desire. Now the problems started getting more and more serious. My phone remains stuck in the htc logo screen...it does not go into recovery and when i tried installing the initial ruu, to try to take it back to warranty it said that the bootloader version is not good. Any ideas how to solve this problem? I would really appreciate some help...

Maybe providing some info, like bootloader information, phone information....

Current Hboot is 1.02.0001, radio 5.17.05.23 and i wish to install RUU_Bravo_Froy2_UK_2.14.207.1_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_144166_signed. I have tried to install the ROM by puting the rom file from the ruu on the memory card and renaming it as PB99IMG.zip. Once i turn on the phone in hboot, it loads the image and after 3 minutes is says "Main Version is older! Update Fail!". I have also tried to install the ruu by connecting it to the computer and booting the phone in fastboot. It said the current image version is 3.14.405.1 and the version I will install will be 2.14.207.1. After about 5 minutes in the install process it gets stuck in "Updating Signature" and after that the process stops and the following message is shown:
"ERROR[140]:BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again."
I am currently quite desperate..

Your HBOOT is newer than the one you want to flash.
You nned to downgrade it, which means you have to S-Off your device with revolutionary.io AFAIK.
Then flash one of the HBOOTs from alpharev.nl (downgrader) - then you can flash the RUU.

davebugyi said:
Your HBOOT is newer than the one you want to flash.
You nned to downgrade it, which means you have to S-Off your device with revolutionary.io AFAIK.
Then flash one of the HBOOTs from alpharev.nl (downgrader) - then you can flash the RUU.
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Can you please give me a more detailed instruction of how to do that? Where can i get revolutionary.io AFAIK from and how do i use it? Thanks in advance

Revolutionary (aka alpharev), from here
http://revolutionary.io/
Not sure where you would get an AFAIK, but As Far As I Know, it doesn't actually exist

777ace said:
Revolutionary (aka alpharev), from here
Not sure where you would get an AFAIK, but As Far As I Know, it doesn't actually exist
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Can you please tell me how to s-off the phone if the phone cannot start?i tried in fastboot but the software on the computer didn't detect the phone...

You need to be running fastboot in the CMD.exe...
You need to follow the guide for ADB first, then you can use fastboot to flash a new image!

danycosarca said:
Can you please tell me how to s-off the phone if the phone cannot start?i tried in fastboot but the software on the computer didn't detect the phone...
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Enable USB debugging and connect your phone to PC. Then start revolutionary.

Terepin said:
Enable USB debugging and connect your phone to PC. Then start revolutionary.
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How can I enable USB debugging if my phone gets stuck at the HTC logo? sorry for being such a pain guys but i am not very experienced in this stuff..

Did you manage to solve it ? I have the same problem , stuck with the boot loop issue after flashing Official RUU 2.3 upgrade. Only have access to fastboot, can't use adb to downgrade.

ridhavm said:
Did you manage to solve it ? I have the same problem , stuck with the boot loop issue after flashing Official RUU 2.3 upgrade. Only have access to fastboot, can't use adb to downgrade.
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do u previously had any aplharev hboot? like cm7/oxygen hboots?

andQlimax said:
do u previously had any aplharev hboot? like cm7/oxygen hboots?
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Yes, I had s-off with alpharev. The problem started with boot loop on alpharev screen. I flashed amoled RUU by mistake and had slcd brick.
Now I have installed the correct RUU but still either get stuck on boot loop or on HTC screen. Wonder if the system partitions are screwed up or if they can be restored without adb or s-off.

i did not manage to do anything. all i want to do is to put back the initial ruu so i can take the phone back to warranty. But i don't know how to downgrade hboot.

can anyone please tell me how can i downgrade my hboot? The biggest problem is that i cannot enable usb debugging because my phone is stuck with the bootloop.

danycosarca said:
How can I enable USB debugging if my phone gets stuck at the HTC logo? sorry for being such a pain guys but i am not very experienced in this stuff..
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Boot into Fastboot and then run RUU. Setup should see it.

I managed to reinstall the official Android 2.3 RUU but the problem is that i want to install the RUU_Bravo_Froy2_UK_2.14.207.1_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_144166_signed RUU. From what i have been told, i firstly have to downgrade hboot. Can anyone give me some detailed steps of how to do this?

If I were you, I'd S-OFF with revolutionary, flash recovery and flash a ROM.. when you're S-OFF, there is a way to downgrade... I just haven't got time to search now sorry
That's from my understanding that you re-did the 2.3 RUU and your phone now works.. right?

Unfortunately the phone doesn't start now either

but did it work before? have you tried leaving it for about half an hour and tried turning it on again? (I've seen faults like that). If not try the RUU again, then S-OFF - which makes life SOOOOOOO much easier

[Q] Potential Internal memory corrupt Issue with S-On (Flashed 2.3 RUU)

I have flashed the original 2.3 RUU upgrade from Htc dev. The phone is stuck on boot loop. It stays on HTC logo screen for few seconds and then restart again.
History:
I originally had RCMix installed on my phone. Suddenly the phone restarted and then got stuck on Joker screen. I found out that the memory card was corrupted, so reformatted sdcard through windows. Tried re-flashing but again was getting stuck on joker screen.
I flashed RUU's (initially Amoled one and got blank screen for a while) successfully but again was getting stuck on boot screen with no access to recovery , could only access fastboot.
So as a last resort , tried flashing 2.3 upgrade , so its no more stuck on the htc logo now, but keep restarting from that logo screen.
1) I understand it could potentially be a Mboard or Nand issue, but I suspect it could also just be bad sectors on internal memory or some other internal memory corrupt issue. Any thoughts ?
2) I could delete those partitions using fastboot commander but after using RUU , I have got a S-On device now. Is it possible to do S-Off just with fastboot without access to recovery/Adb ?
(Tried asking this on Revolutionary IRC, but no answers)
Got this device from e-bay and htc customer care says they don't honour the warranty after flashing 2.3 upgrade.
PS: I have tried searching and posting on various threads, but still looking for answers. That's why created a new thread.

Bump, Still looking for reply's

ridhavm said:
Bump, Still looking for reply's
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Have you tried flashing the RUU again? It's the only thing I can think of tat might save your phone..

Yes, tried couple of tmes, goes to the boot loop again

ridhavm said:
Yes, tried couple of tmes, goes to the boot loop again
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try leaving it for an hour or so, and then stick it in your freezer for 10 minutes in a plastic bag (no joke), then try again with the 2.3 RUU.. not much else you can do I'm afraid.

So is it a bricked device now even when I can access fastboot ?

try to boot it without the sd card..
as the first boot require some time, wait 15 minutes or more..

Did you DOWNGRADE hboot??? and than intall stock hboot?? which hboot did you used? if the new ones from alpharev.nl you'd probably didn't read this "Downgrade protection, these HBOOTs cannot be overwritten by an OTA or RUU, unless you flash a downgrader HBOOT first." it's not too late for downgrade... just do it on fastboot

adamkx7xdesire said:
Did you DOWNGRADE hboot??? and than intall stock hboot?? which hboot did you used? if the new ones from alpharev.nl you'd probably didn't read this "Downgrade protection, these HBOOTs cannot be overwritten by an OTA or RUU, unless you flash a downgrader HBOOT first." it's not too late for downgrade... just do it on fastboot
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I did S-Off using alpharev few months earlier but don't remember specifically running any downgrade. After installing the RUU, the Hboot got overwritten, so definitely I was not on the latest alpharev's HBoot's.
Now to downgrade or S-Off , the phone needs to be detected by the setup, which uses adb. But I can not access adb, can only access FastBoot.

i think you can try to flash stock hboot on fastboot by fastboot tool and than do the RUU again... you can... try...

adamkx7xdesire said:
i think you can try to flash stock hboot on fastboot by fastboot tool and than do the RUU again... you can... try...
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I don't think that's doable, is it ? I don't think we can downgrade the Hboot just like that with S-On.
The risk is loosing the access to Hboot/fastboot itself.

I tried that and it doesn't work with S-ON. I can't access my phone outside fastboot and hboot and I can't even flash radio that way... So now I have an expensive mp3 player with (occasional) wifi access... Anyone have a solution?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

matus.karahuta said:
I tried that and it doesn't work with S-ON. I can't access my phone outside fastboot and hboot and I can't even flash radio that way... So now I have an expensive mp3 player with (occasional) wifi access... Anyone have a solution?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Just out of curiosity, how are you playing music in Hboot/fastboot
I think only way for us is to go to HTC now unless otherwise a senior member here sees this post and suggests something else.

ridhavm said:
Just out of curiosity, how are you playing music in Hboot/fastboot
I think only way for us is to go to HTC now unless otherwise a senior member here sees this post and suggests something else.
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Sorry about that, I forgot to add "via USB" over there... I meant that my pc can recognize my phone only when in hboot or fastboot, when connected by USB cable
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

matus.karahuta said:
Sorry about that, I forgot to add "via USB" over there... I meant that my pc can recognize my phone only when in hboot or fastboot, when connected by USB cable
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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that seems an usb brick..a user solved it easily flashing RMD Recovery (its in dev section) with fastboot, it has built in "USB Brick Fix"

andQlimax said:
that seems an usb brick..a user solved it easily flashing RMD Recovery (its in dev section) with fastboot, it has built in "USB Brick Fix"
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Don't you have to be S-Off to flash recovery? I went through the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137763 and it seems I won't be able to flash it, since I'm still S-On

Yes, Seems that my device is bricked and only way out seems to be HTC now.

ridhavm,
Have you swapped hboots to Downgrade from alpharev's site?
If not, then you are still S-OFF.
Check your hboot if it's not old one.
If you are desperate, you can msg me on gTalk. I can have a look. I have saved many phones, so if it's not physical damage, we will work it out.

Thanks, Have added you on Gtalk

Desire Gingerbread Update Fail

OK I downloaded the Gingerbread RUU Update for the Desire and ran it, the update went fine and said on the screen it had completed correctly.
BUT!! Now when I turn the phone on I sometimes get to the Lockscreen if I am lucky and the phone just reboots or other times the phone reboots after the HTC splash screen.
I have tried running the update again and even re-downloading the update but it makes no difference. I have also gone into the HTC Recovery and selected "Clear Storage" but does not help
Also tried booting without Memory Card or Sim Card but no dice
Anyone know what else I can try?
Details about the phone:
- Bravo PVT3 SHIP S-ON
- HBOOT 1.02.0001
- RADIO 5.17.05.23
Any possible solutions would be great

It's SIM-free version?

Terepin said:
It's SIM-free version?
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O2-UK Version, has all the o2 branding etc.

There you go. Unfortunately I can't help you with that. Wait for someone more skilled in this area.

Branded O2 phone? Possible.
Run Revolutionary.io = Root/S-OFF
Then flash 2.2 Official or if you want, then flash a Custom Rom with 2.3.

davebugyi said:
Branded O2 phone? Possible.
Run Revolutionary.io = Root/S-OFF
Then flash 2.2 Official or if you want, then flash a Custom Rom with 2.3.
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Will revolutionary connect to phone if it wont boot into Android?
Will it work from Bootloader / Fastboot?

Yes, it will. Read revolutionary documentary page.

MatDrOiD said:
Yes, it will. Read revolutionary documentary page.
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Right I maybe being stupid but can't find anything on the Revolutionary Wiki Page about using it in Recovery Mod?
Also I have a working desire which revolutionary detects when android is loaded but the desire that has the failed Gingerbread update (and bootloops) does not get detected in Bootloader or Fastboot mode.
Which stage should revolutionary detect the phone?

It should in Fastboot.

Terepin said:
It should in Fastboot.
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Tried my working and non-working desire but Revolutionary does not detect the phones when they are in fastboot mode.
The working Desire gets detected when Android has booted up and "USB Debugging" is enabled.
Any other ideas?

you might need htc's usb drivers for the pc to detect the phone

kokocabana said:
you might need htc's usb drivers for the pc to detect the phone
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My working Desire gets detected as I have already said, but only when Android is booted.
This is a problem for the phone that bootloops and I am trying to fix as it doesn't make it into Android
Also none of the guides say about using Revolutionary from within Fastboot Mode. Is it defiantly possible?

Right made a little progress!
Managed to run Revolutionary by booting in Safe Mode (Holding Menu while booting)
Next problem is no matter what ROM I try and use they just reboot while booting
- Tried the Stock 2.2 ROM from Modaco but it just reboots.
- Then Updated Radio to latest 5.17.05.23.
- Switched to AlphaRev CM7 r2 HBOOT.
- Tried installing the latest CM7 but that just reboots on boot too.
Have been Wiping Data / Cache and Factory Resetting before installing each ROM but cannot get one to boot correctly.
Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?

That-Guy said:
Will revolutionary connect to phone if it wont boot into Android?
Will it work from Bootloader / Fastboot?
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Revolutionary requires that ur phone boot correctly in order to s-off
Sent from my HTC Desire

Just want to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone for the ideas, the phone is now working correctly.
This was the process I used to get the phone working again after failed RUU Update (phone was bootlooping and had no Recovery with S-ON)
- Booted into Safe Mode (holding Menu Button while booting)
- Ran Revolutionary to gain S-OFF
- Flashed AlphaRev Bravo CM7 r2 using Fastboot
- Flashed Latest ClockworkMod using Fastboot
- Booted into Clockwork and Wiped Data and Cache
- Still in Clockwork Formatted all Partitions (System, Data, Cache, Boot etc..)
- Downloaded latest CyanogenMod copied to SD Card and Installed via Clockwork
Phone is now fully functional so Thanks Everyone

[Q] Help please!!!!!!!! Stuck at HBOOT cant get to FASTBOOT

I'm hoping there are some wizardry folk on here who can help with this dilemma.
My wife has an HTC Desire on orange running 2.2
Today the phone rebooted itself and stuck at the green HTC logo.
She took the battery out and restarted the phone.
Now the phone is stuck at the HBOOT screen.
The volume keys and power button do not work so no selection can be made.
I rooted the phone a while back and made a backup of the OS using clockworkmod recovery.
I never got round to putting a custom ROM on it. In HBOOT it still shows as S-ON
Is there anyway to recover this phone or is it officially dead?
All help on this matter would be much appreciated.

Not sure if it can help at this status, but have you tried to apply unrevoked or alpharev?
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
http://alpharev.nl/

You are SON.
You can get to fastboot mode only if you have gone SOFF.
For getting SOFF you need to run alpharev or revolutionary.
Revolutionary and alphrev require your desire to be up and running.
I do not see any way out of this :-(

Why, you should still be able to go to fastboot mode with back+power. You just won't be able to flash from there ore use any extended commands.

If you flashed a good ROM and your stuck in hboot, use fastboot and use the following command 'fastboot oem boot' that will force your phone to boot.

lmnope1 said:
If you flashed a good ROM and your stuck in hboot, use fastboot and use the following command 'fastboot oem boot' that will force your phone to boot.
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theres many different ways to mess up ur phone and get stuck in bootloader and that command will not solve the problem, if that was the case then bortak's guide would be 1/4 the size that it is
Sent from my HTC Desire

Thanks JMMCLUE for your assistance.
I tried the Goldcard setup using my phone to create it but it still didn't work.
In the end the wife called Orange who took it away and replaced it with a Wildfire S.