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Won't boot past HTC screen

Today I tried the permroot from visionary, but when the phone rebooted it never makes it past the htc screen. I tried flashing PC10img.zip from hothands and tried the stock ROM as well, but the blue bar loads up and then goes right back the hboot screen.
Pretty much the same as the thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=917102
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
I read through this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495 and was going to post in there, but my post count is not yet high enough.
what was the last running rom/kernel combo you had?
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Stock ROM Kernel 2.6.32.17
list EVERYTHING you have done since that point
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temp root from visionary. clicked permroot and phone rebooted and never makes it past HTC screen. I tried flashing the Stock rom and hothands rom, but no dice.
which recovery is installed?
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stock. I ****ed up by not having CWM or Nandroid.
what happens in recovery when you type
adb devices?
adb remount?
adb shell?
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adb devices:
list of devices attached
HT09RR210692 offline
shell and remount don't work since device is offline
does it try to boot? is it stuck on splash screen, or does it make it to boot animation? 1 min after you turn it on, what happens when you type:
adb devices?
adb remount?
adb shell?
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adb devices just says list of devices attached with nothing under it
shell and remount
error: device not found
This is the first time I messed up a phone. I rushed into this root thinking I knew more than I did. Quite the humbling experience to say the least. I definitely won't make that mistake again.
That being said, does anybody have any other advice for me or anything else I can try?

1) turn it off (take out and reinstall the battery)
2) Press "volume down" and power up. Fastboot menu should show up.
3) select Factory Reset
and wait to see if it boots.
try not to root using visionary. Use the gfree method to do it. Much safer in my opinion.

I forgot to mention that factory reset never makes it past the htc screen either.

This is what I posted to someone that had a similar situation to you: I hope it works for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924085

Thanks Ed for the help. It started like it was going to work, but then I got 'main version check fail'
C:\android-sdk-windows>fastboot-windows flash zip PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.
1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip
sending 'zip' (126272 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...
INFOsignature checking...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
INFOchecking custom ID...
INFOchecking main version...
FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)

If you are back to S-On and can't run adb shell, that's it .......there's nothing else you can do for your phone, sorry to say but you are out of options.
Heres the quote you really didn't want to read:
"*if you cannot get into shell, and you have stock recovery, s-on, and post OTA, im sorry your pretty screwed. as of right now the only thing thats gonna bring it back is a full img/update signed from htc thats equal to or higher then the version currently on the phone. (well and jtag of course)"
Heres the LINK to where I got this ^^^^ quote from.
sho_nuff1997 Check your inbox I'm gonna PM you.

Thanks joe. I did read that part in the thread. I guess I was just hoping something may have changed since then (and was in denial about my bricked phone.
I'll do what you suggested in the pm.
Thanks again.

[Q] Help!! Froze on HTC Logo!

Hy guys
I have an HTC T mobile G2 and a few days back it started to froze when i used certain aplications. I had to remove the battery and it all came back to normal till one time when it got stuck on the HTC logo and wont go any further then that. I have tried to run PC10IMG from Hboot on it but its says that Main Version Is older! I have also tried to delete the hboot.n00 file from PC10IMG boot and reziped it but it didnt worked. I have tried to go into recovery and did a full date wipe on it but with no result. In other words I have tried all the options to recover it using my sd card and it didnt work.
I have Vision PVT S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.008
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.13.04.19_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 13 2011
I have also tried to use android sdk to downgrade but no mather what I do I cant get the androidsdk to find my phone. I installed the drivers using HTC sync and PDAnet and all other methods I could find online but with no luck. I ve also used vista and windows 7 but since there no way i can access and enable usb debugging thats not an option for me.
Please if you have any ideas on how to get it to work I would appreciate it.

You could try either a factory reset, or flash a newer PC10IMG
The PC10IMG's are signed, and seeing as you are S-ON, your phone will run a signature check, so you cannot modify the the zip at all, or it will fail.
-Nipqer

I tried to do a factory reset from recovery menu with no luck...its says :
E: can't mount /data/recovery log after it wiped data and cache
I tried the latest PC10IMG i could find including the one you refered too but it still says: Main Version is Oder!
I hope i dont have to wait till a newer version comes out

You might have the bad emmc chip then, there's more info here
-Nipqer

Ok so i looked thru the posts but i cant check to see if I have the good or the bad emmc chip. Now somehow I ve got android sdk to work in fastboot only so if i use comand i get
c:androidsdk/tools/fastboot devices
SH0C4R201107 fastboot
so that means it can see my phone. Is there anyway I can use this and fix it?
I cant get adb devices to work tho......

do you have eng or ship hboot? cause fastboot only really works with eng hboot.
-Nipqer

I think I have ship boot....I mean i never rooted the phone or anything
so nothing I can do then?

oh yeah, should've realised that...
From what I can work out there's nothing you can do, is it still under warranty?
-Nipqer

Nope... I have tried to flash recovery.img but i get
C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (4652 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.825s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 1.579s
I guess there is nothing else i could do except get a new phone...thanks for your help

Problem with unloocking bootloader on Virgin Mobile (htc a510c)

I am having a problem, I go to the HTC Dev site, tells me I need to download a new rom, but when I download the Virgin Mobile rom, it restart the phone then it gives me an error that I have the wrong version.
I dont understand though, the phone says Virgin Mobile. Can anyone help me?

I found these steps. I have problems on number 7, which says *
"Scroll down, choose your phone version, download RUU"
When I download Virgin Mobile, it goes through its process, reboots the phone, you see the HTC logo, then the program errors out saying I have the wrong rom. How can I have the wrong rom? I have a Virgin Mobile Wildfire S, and that is what I downloaded. Any ideas?
STEP 1 - Update HBOOT to support generating device tokens
* Go to http://htcdev.com/
* Click "unlock bootloader" and then "get started"
* On the right, chose HTC Wildfire S from the dropdown
* Click begin unlock bootloader
* Login, or register first, then login
* Confirm the 2 nasty boxes and agree all stuff
* Scroll down, choose your phone version, download RUU
* Run RUU.exe and flash new HBOOT
* Click proceed
* Remove battery, re-insert, boot into bootloader (Power + Vol-)
* Click proceed
* get those 3 files: adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, fastboot.exe, read how to get them if you do not have them
* open a terminal as it is done on the site
* enter the command: fastboot oem get_identifier_token
* Copy the identifier token and
* paste it at the bottom of the page
* submit

I believe I figured it out, I found a thread somewhere else that had the answer. I'll try it tomorrow though, I am beat spent 2 hours on this. Here is the quote though for the fix
"4: You will find 2 zip folders named rom_01 and rom_02, copy these 2 zips to your desktop
5: Now change the name of rom_01 (im not 100% sure if its 01 or 02 that you need to do first, I cant remember) to PG76IMG and copy it over to a microSD, insert into your phone and boot into HBoot, it will go through the normal process of detecting and then opening the zip and will ask you if you wish to update the radio to v2 (it should only ask to update the radio, because you need to do it first before you use the second file which asks to update both the radio and hboot) allow to do so and it will do its thing and when completed ask to reboot."

I am not sure where to begin. I have been all over this forum and another trying to find the answer.
I believe I got my bootloader unlocked,
***UNLOCKED***
Marvelc PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.10.0001
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0109
I have Android 2.3.3
I know I need to be on HBOOT 1.08.0099 but how do I insall it? I;ve tried everything imaginable. I tried the all one in tool, I tried flashing it in fast boot, how do I install it? I am thinking I need to do that before I can instakk CWM. Can someone help me?
My goal is to be able to install roms.
I can't install CWM

F9zSlavik said:
I am not sure where to begin. I have been all over this forum and another trying to find the answer.
I believe I got my bootloader unlocked,
***UNLOCKED***
Marvelc PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.10.0001
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0109
I have Android 2.3.3
I know I need to be on HBOOT 1.08.0099 but how do I insall it? I;ve tried everything imaginable. I tried the all one in tool, I tried flashing it in fast boot, how do I install it? I am thinking I need to do that before I can instakk CWM. Can someone help me?
My goal is to be able to install roms.
I can't install CWM
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Now that you're unlocked, try using the same all in one tool to ROOT the phone. Then flash CWM, because you need root for CWM. I suggest using rezo609's All-In-One Utility if that's not what you are already using.
There's no need of 1.08.0099 or 1.09.0099 because the one you have is the latest UNLOCKABLE bootloader.
And since you have an A510c, why don't you go ahead and S-OFF it? It's really simple. You'll find a guide in the index in the general section.
Good luck!

SomeDudeOnTheNet said:
Now that you're unlocked, try using the same all in one tool to ROOT the phone. Then flash CWM, because you need root for CWM. I suggest using rezo609's All-In-One Utility if that's not what you are already using.
There's no need of 1.08.0099 or 1.09.0099 because the one you have is the latest UNLOCKABLE bootloader.
And since you have an A510c, why don't you go ahead and S-OFF it? It's really simple. You'll find a guide in the index in the general section.
Good luck!
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Here all this time I thought I needed to downgrade. ;/
So I need to root before I can install CWM? Didn't know that. I'll take a look at the general section for the s-off.
I just needed someone to point me in the right direction.
I tried to root it but I think the TOOL is asking me to install root.zip but it reboots and it just stays on the HTC logo screen. What do I do? The instructions are asking me to select root,zip but i have no option to do so, it just stays on the htc screen. I do not have CWM installed.
ECHO is off.
rezo609's Rooting Utility for HTC Marvel v1.3 on xda.
Press any key to continue . . .
Pushing root.zip to sdcard! Here we go.
2027 KB/s (894779 bytes in 0.431s)
.
Rebooting to Fastboot
Check Fastboot
Press any key to continue . . .
HT1CXX002402 fastboot
.
sending 'recovery' (4494 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.168s]
finished. total time: 3.883s
Press any key to continue . . .
.
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
booting...
OKAY [ -0.000s]
finished. total time: 1.715s
.
DO NOT USE THE POWER BUTTON TO SELECT. Please use the Search button instead of t
he Power button.
Now choose Install Zip from Sdcard then select root.zip. Press yes.
Press any key to continue . . .
I can't install CWM, i get this error after it reboots into fastboot
error: device not found
And as far as S-OFF, first thing it says I need is "You need to be on either HBOOT-1.08.0099 or HBOOT-1.09.0099 and be bootloader unlocked via HTCdev."
I have neither installed. Does the steps still apply to me?
Now I can't use Wifi! I crippled my phone ;,(
I am at a complete lost.... ;/

F9zSlavik said:
Here all this time I thought I needed to downgrade. ;/
So I need to root before I can install CWM? Didn't know that. I'll take a look at the general section for the s-off.
I just needed someone to point me in the right direction.
I tried to root it but I think the TOOL is asking me to install root.zip but it reboots and it just stays on the HTC logo screen. What do I do? The instructions are asking me to select root,zip but i have no option to do so, it just stays on the htc screen. I do not have CWM installed.
ECHO is off.
rezo609's Rooting Utility for HTC Marvel v1.3 on xda.
Press any key to continue . . .
Pushing root.zip to sdcard! Here we go.
2027 KB/s (894779 bytes in 0.431s)
.
Rebooting to Fastboot
Check Fastboot
Press any key to continue . . .
HT1CXX002402 fastboot
.
sending 'recovery' (4494 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.168s]
finished. total time: 3.883s
Press any key to continue . . .
.
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
booting...
OKAY [ -0.000s]
finished. total time: 1.715s
.
DO NOT USE THE POWER BUTTON TO SELECT. Please use the Search button instead of t
he Power button.
Now choose Install Zip from Sdcard then select root.zip. Press yes.
Press any key to continue . . .
I can't install CWM, i get this error after it reboots into fastboot
error: device not found
And as far as S-OFF, first thing it says I need is "You need to be on either HBOOT-1.08.0099 or HBOOT-1.09.0099 and be bootloader unlocked via HTCdev."
I have neither installed. Does the steps still apply to me?
Now I can't use Wifi! I crippled my phone ;,(
I am at a complete lost.... ;/
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That's quite strange.
Okay, considering you have adb installed, pit the adb files in a folder called android.
Put it in any drive you want. Put the cwm img in the same folder.
Name the image file as recovery.img
Suppose you have the folder on c drive, type this :
cd c:\android
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Do you have the root.zip?
Cwm recovery should boot. Then flash the root.zip.
Tell me if it doesn't work.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using xda premium

SomeDudeOnTheNet said:
That's quite strange.
Okay, considering you have adb installed, pit the adb files in a folder called android.
Put it in any drive you want. Put the cwm img in the same folder.
Name the image file as recovery.img
Suppose you have the folder on c drive, type this :
cd c:\android
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Do you have the root.zip?
Cwm recovery should boot. Then flash the root.zip.
Tell me if it doesn't work.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using xda premium
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In the process of doing what you said as we speak. I do have a root.zip. I'll let you know if cwm installs.

c:\Android>Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
< waiting for device >
sending 'recovery' (4494 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.149s]
finished. total time: 3.863s
I did as you asked, after I got this message, I tried to boot into recovery to get into CWM, and I just get the HTC logo, its basically stuck until I remove the battery. Any other suggestions?

I managed to solve my problem thanks to SomeDudeOnTheNet. <--Awesome guy!
Now that I have S-Off and have CWM, I am trying to install a rom. I was recommended HenseMod. My issue at the momment is that it rebooted once on me clearing/wiping the phone, and rebooted again on me while trying to install a rom and another time it froze. Any ideas?

Working on one of these right now... currently have unlocked and S-Off, just flashed the recovery.img successfully, can get into the first screen of clockwork, but it freezes either as soon as I hit the button or on a white HTC screen.
once I got the zip install option to work, and installed the root.zip, but it just froze and rebooted shortly after.
I'm thinking that without su, the recovery can't push the root.zip or any other rom zips... so I'm still looking for a way to get root.
This is a tough nut!

F9zSlavik said:
I believe I figured it out, I found a thread somewhere else that had the answer. I'll try it tomorrow though, I am beat spent 2 hours on this. Here is the quote though for the fix
"4: You will find 2 zip folders named rom_01 and rom_02, copy these 2 zips to your desktop
5: Now change the name of rom_01 (im not 100% sure if its 01 or 02 that you need to do first, I cant remember) to PG76IMG and copy it over to a microSD, insert into your phone and boot into HBoot, it will go through the normal process of detecting and then opening the zip and will ask you if you wish to update the radio to v2 (it should only ask to update the radio, because you need to do it first before you use the second file which asks to update both the radio and hboot) allow to do so and it will do its thing and when completed ask to reboot."
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If possible do you think you could give me a link to the entire thread where you found that quote? I'm in as similar situation except I'm completely inapt at understanding how to solve the problem using only these quotes.

F9zSlavik said:
I am not sure where to begin. I have been all over this forum and another trying to find the answer.
I believe I got my bootloader unlocked,
***UNLOCKED***
Marvelc PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.10.0001
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0109
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How exactly did you unlock your HBOOT menu because I'm having the same problem

[Q] Verizon HTC incredible 2 stops at Logo

I have a Verizon ADR6350VW HTC Incredible 2. I decided to 'upgrade' it to a new ROM.
I unlocked the boot loader and installed ClockwrkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0
*** UNLOCKED ***
VIVO_W XB SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.98.0000
RADIO-1.09.01.0312
eMMC-boot
Jul 18 2011,12:39:36
I tried putting an incredible 2 ROM (Viper) and since then it won't fully boot, it gets stuck forever on the green HTC logo on the white background.
I can get to the bootloader, and tried reflashing the same or other downloaded ROMs (all meant for the HTC incredible 2). Without much luck.
The original flashing process was not interrupted. I did a lot of googling and reading (but missed the S-ON/S-OFF part originally), and have tried many different ways to get out of this without luck.
3rd party ROM will flash and complete the process (but still won't boot), Verizon ROMs will give me an error (cannot open flash, bad). I did check the md5 checksums on ALL the files I used, and tried flashing from adb to no avail.
Before anyone asks, Yes I do clear the data, cache and Dalvik cache before flashing. I am at a loss of what to try next, short of finding someone reputable online to do it for a fee.
Thanks,
Wahran

wahran99 said:
I have a Verizon ADR6350VW HTC Incredible 2. I decided to 'upgrade' it to a new ROM.
I unlocked the boot loader and installed ClockwrkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0
*** UNLOCKED ***
VIVO_W XB SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.98.0000
RADIO-1.09.01.0312
eMMC-boot
Jul 18 2011,12:39:36
I tried putting an incredible 2 ROM (Viper) and since then it won't fully boot, it gets stuck forever on the green HTC logo on the white background.
I can get to the bootloader, and tried reflashing the same or other downloaded ROMs (all meant for the HTC incredible 2). Without much luck.
The original flashing process was not interrupted. I did a lot of googling and reading (but missed the S-ON/S-OFF part originally), and have tried many different ways to get out of this without luck.
3rd party ROM will flash and complete the process (but still won't boot), Verizon ROMs will give me an error (cannot open flash, bad). I did check the md5 checksums on ALL the files I used, and tried flashing from adb to no avail.
Before anyone asks, Yes I do clear the data, cache and Dalvik cache before flashing. I am at a loss of what to try next, short of finding someone reputable online to do it for a fee.
Thanks,
Wahran
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1st recommendation: go s-off
2nd recommendation: flash the boot img from the rom in fastboot...I don't know the exact process because I am s-off, but it is discussed in many of the development threads, so now you know what terms to search for at least.

gtdtm said:
1st recommendation: go s-off
2nd recommendation: flash the boot img from the rom in fastboot...I don't know the exact process because I am s-off, but it is discussed in many of the development threads, so now you know what terms to search for at least.
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Thank you for your reply.
Going S-OFF: I tired, most guides online will show you how to do by going to the OS first (and enabling USB debug). The only one I found from Revolutionary involved doing it from the adb. When I boot into ClockwrkMod, I can run adb just fine (doing adb devices returns the correct S/N amongst other things), but revolutionary tool complains it can't find the device.
I will google again your second recommendation.

wahran99 said:
Thank you for your reply.
Going S-OFF: I tired, most guides online will show you how to do by going to the OS first (and enabling USB debug). The only one I found from Revolutionary involved doing it from the adb. When I boot into ClockwrkMod, I can run adb just fine (doing adb devices returns the correct S/N amongst other things), but revolutionary tool complains it can't find the device.
I will google again your second recommendation.
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From Nitsuj17 in the viper thread post 2:
If you are dev unlock, you need to pull the boot.img from the rom zip and fastboot it in hboot
The process will be the same for any rom as long as you are dev unlocked.

gtdtm said:
From Nitsuj17 in the viper thread post 2:
If you are dev unlock, you need to pull the boot.img from the rom zip and fastboot it in hboot
The process will be the same for any rom as long as you are dev unlocked.
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gtdtm,
Thank you again for trying to help, I am still getting no where. I reloaded the Viper ROM, it said it installed correctly (after going through the selection menus and waiting on the progress bar to finish), I had previously extracted the boot.img file and put it with my fastboot.exe. This is my output (I blanked out the S/N with 'x')
C:\HTC>fastboot devices
HTxxxxxxxxxx fastboot
C:\HTC>fastboot erase cache
erasing 'cache'... OKAY [ 1.064s]
finished. total time: 1.064s
C:\HTC>fastboot oem rebootRUU
... OKAY [ 0.338s]
finished. total time: 0.339s
C:\HTC>fastboot flash zip boot.img
sending 'zip' (3786 KB)... OKAY [ 1.155s]
writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...
FAILED (remote: 32 header error)
finished. total time: 6.902s
Any idea where to go from here?

wahran99 said:
gtdtm,
Thank you again for trying to help, I am still getting no where. I reloaded the Viper ROM, it said it installed correctly (after going through the selection menus and waiting on the progress bar to finish), I had previously extracted the boot.img file and put it with my fastboot.exe. This is my output (I blanked out the S/N with 'x')
C:\HTC>fastboot devices
HTxxxxxxxxxx fastboot
C:\HTC>fastboot erase cache
erasing 'cache'... OKAY [ 1.064s]
finished. total time: 1.064s
C:\HTC>fastboot oem rebootRUU
... OKAY [ 0.338s]
finished. total time: 0.339s
C:\HTC>fastboot flash zip boot.img
sending 'zip' (3786 KB)... OKAY [ 1.155s]
writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...
FAILED (remote: 32 header error)
finished. total time: 6.902s
Any idea where to go from here?
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I'm really guessing here, but try fastboot flash boot boot.img
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wahran99 said:
gtdtm,
Thank you again for trying to help, I am still getting no where. I reloaded the Viper ROM, it said it installed correctly (after going through the selection menus and waiting on the progress bar to finish), I had previously extracted the boot.img file and put it with my fastboot.exe. This is my output (I blanked out the S/N with 'x')
C:\HTC>fastboot devices
HTxxxxxxxxxx fastboot
C:\HTC>fastboot erase cache
erasing 'cache'... OKAY [ 1.064s]
finished. total time: 1.064s
C:\HTC>fastboot oem rebootRUU
... OKAY [ 0.338s]
finished. total time: 0.339s
C:\HTC>fastboot flash zip boot.img
sending 'zip' (3786 KB)... OKAY [ 1.155s]
writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...
FAILED (remote: 32 header error)
finished. total time: 6.902s
Any idea where to go from here?
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Try this one. The author includes 2 ways to flash boot.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22639929&postcount=1

gtdtm said:
I'm really guessing here, but try fastboot flash boot boot.img
---------- Post added at 01:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:29 PM ----------
Try this one. The author includes 2 ways to flash boot.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22639929&postcount=1
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fastboot flash boot boot.img worked without error, then I followed it with "fastboot reboot", it took about 15mn, but now it's booted to the SIM unlock screen (that would be my next step).
Thank you very much for all your help! I just registered today to these forums, I see a thank you meter next to the avatar, but can't see I way to 'officially' click and thank you, I will look again....

wahran99 said:
fastboot flash boot boot.img worked without error, then I followed it with "fastboot reboot", it took about 15mn, but now it's booted to the SIM unlock screen (that would be my next step).
Thank you very much for all your help! I just registered today to these forums, I see a thank you meter next to the avatar, but can't see I way to 'officially' click and thank you, I will look again....
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I'm glad you got it going. You'll probably want to remember that method since you'll have to do it any time you flash a rom.

gtdtm said:
I'm glad you got it going. You'll probably want to remember that method since you'll have to do it any time you flash a rom.
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Since I posted that message, I had to put back the Verizon stock ROM, so I can SIM unlock the phone (apparently you cannot use the unlock code with a 'cooked' ROM, something I didn't know), and while doing that, HBOOT got downgraded to 0.97, which allowed me to S-OFF the phone with revolutionary. I got the phone SIM unlocked and put back the Viper ROM on it.
In summary, learning from my mistakes, and if I am not mistaken:
1. If you plan to SIM unlock the phone, do it while it is still on stock firmware, it will save you a lot of time and headaches.
2. If you are unlocking the boot loader, S-OFF the phone as well (and put Clockworkmod on it as well), it would make life a lot easier.
3. Then you can go an experiment with ROMs....
gtdtm: Thank you again for your help and patience, and most importantly for keeping me going, as I was about to give up on this phone.
Wahran99

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Since I posted that message, I had to put back the Verizon stock ROM, so I can SIM unlock the phone (apparently you cannot use the unlock code with a 'cooked' ROM, something I didn't know), and while doing that, HBOOT got downgraded to 0.97, which allowed me to S-OFF the phone with revolutionary. I got the phone SIM unlocked and put back the Viper ROM on it.
In summary, learning from my mistakes, and if I am not mistaken:
1. If you plan to SIM unlock the phone, do it while it is still on stock firmware, it will save you a lot of time and headaches.
2. If you are unlocking the boot loader, S-OFF the phone as well (and put Clockworkmod on it as well), it would make life a lot easier.
3. Then you can go an experiment with ROMs....
gtdtm: Thank you again for your help and patience, and most importantly for keeping me going, as I was about to give up on this phone.
Wahran99
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No problem. Next challenge: Put TWRP on it instead of Clockwork.

Factory reset is impossible

In short, I'm trying to factory reset the phone to it's default settings, but every attempt is met with a failed attempt. Here's the specs
HTC Incredible
Android 2.2
Locked
S-ON
Hboot 1.02.000
Software: 3.26.605.1
Baseband: 2.15.00.07.28
Upgrading using the RUU file, PB3120000_Incredible_C_hboot_1.02.0000_4.08.605.2.exe, does nothing because even when it says it succeeds, the software version is the same. Tried the PB31IMG.zip method doesn't work because I get the error, "Main version is older". Going into recovery mode and resetting from there does nothing either because that fails.
The closest method I've seen which resembles mine is from this thread, but because the phone is deactivated I can't access the market to download and install rom manager to fix what could be a corrupted recovery? On top of that, I spent over an hour working with SDK, and came to the conclusion that I'm out of my depth. If anyone could point me in the right directions.
Edit: Figured out I had the wrong zip file so when I finally got it to update to 4.08.605.2 image, the boot screen is stuck at "HTC Incredible" splash screen, so I'm to assume I bricked it?

S_K_I said:
In short, I'm trying to factory reset the phone to it's default settings, but every attempt is met with a failed attempt. Here's the specs
HTC Incredible
Android 2.2
Locked
S-ON
Hboot 1.02.000
Software: 3.26.605.1
Baseband: 2.15.00.07.28
Upgrading using the RUU file, PB3120000_Incredible_C_hboot_1.02.0000_4.08.605.2.exe, does nothing because even when it says it succeeds, the software version is the same. Tried the PB31IMG.zip method doesn't work because I get the error, "Main version is older". Going into recovery mode and resetting from there does nothing either because that fails.
The closest method I've seen which resembles mine is from this thread, but because the phone is deactivated I can't access the market to download and install rom manager to fix what could be a corrupted recovery? On top of that, I spent over an hour working with SDK, and came to the conclusion that I'm out of my depth. If anyone could point me in the right directions.
Edit: Figured out I had the wrong zip file so when I finally got it to update to 4.08.605.2 image, the boot screen is stuck at "HTC Incredible" splash screen, so I'm to assume I bricked it?
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If you can get to hboot, its not bricked. Have you tried a factory reset from hboot since doing the update?

cmlusco said:
If you can get to hboot, its not bricked. Have you tried a factory reset from hboot since doing the update?
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Yes, I can get to hboot, and unfortunately doing a factory reset from there didn't work either? What are my options now you think, since I ran out of ideas a while ago.

S_K_I said:
Yes, I can get to hboot, and unfortunately doing a factory reset from there didn't work either? What are my options now you think, since I ran out of ideas a while ago.
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So am I out of options at this point, because I've exhausted every resource I could find.

S_K_I said:
So am I out of options at this point, because I've exhausted every resource I could find.
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Try this ruu thru hboot http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.15/PB31IMG.zip. If that dosent work i would unlock your bootloader with http://htcdev.com/bootloader. Then flash a custom recovery. Then from recovery try to do a full wipe and a flash of a rom.

How do I get access to the sim card from my computer and install the zip if the phone won't boat? Or is there a way I can still do this through hboot?

S_K_I said:
How do I get access to the sim card from my computer and install the zip if the phone won't boat? Or is there a way I can still do this through hboot?
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Well to put the PB file on the sdcard you would need to remove it from the phone, and then use a pc to put the file on there. You would most likley need an adapter, as most card readers dont do micro sd. However you can use fastboot to flash a pb file. Place the PB file on your pc in the same folder as fastboot.exe. Then type the folowing one at a time.
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Code:
fastboot flash zip PB31IMG.zip
Also unlocking the bootloader, and flashing a recovery only requires the use of fastboot.
EDIT: I guess i should have asked first if you have fastboot adb and their drivers setup on your pc? And if you know how to use them?

Sorry bout not mentioning I'm still a noob at this but for the most part I'm pretty tech savvy (just with iphones shhhh), I was in the middle of updating my progress, and I just finished installing SDK and recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-vivo.img, so now after installing the PB zip udate I got this message, "Failed (remote: 99 unknown fail)". What version of PB is this anyways?

S_K_I said:
Sorry bout not mentioning I'm still a noob at this but for the most part I'm pretty tech savvy (just with iphones shhhh), I was in the middle of updating my progress, and I just finished installing SDK and recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-vivo.img, so now after installing the PB zip udate I got this message, "Failed (remote: 99 unknown fail)". What version of PB is this anyways?
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The latest 4.08.605.15. Wait that is not a correct recovery for this phone. So you are unlocked now? If so that is why the fastboot ruu failed, the bootloader must be locked.

Yea I googled it not too long ago and figured that out. So what's the right version then?

S_K_I said:
Yea I googled it not too long ago and figured that out. So what's the right version then?
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CWM - http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/
Or
TWRP - http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/TWRP_2.4.4.0/

I need to do some errands but I"ll be back in 30 minutes, Just letting you know in case you're waiting on me, but irregardless thanks for the help so far and I apologize having to put up with me. Bueno, ttys..

OK, I think I just made things worse. First off, I didn't know I shouldn't of unlocked it because now I instead of getting that error 99 when trying to mount the PB, I get the message saying, "bootloader err command error !!!" after I enter "fastboot oem rebootruu". And trying to mount it while it's unlocked I get the message, "FAILED (remote: not allowed)". Sad face all around. Also, those 2 links you gave me are broken or just aren't working for me, so I'll try to find other links in the mean time. But as far as re-locking the phone, I still get the same messages as above.

S_K_I said:
OK, I think I just made things worse. First off, I didn't know I shouldn't of unlocked it because now I instead of getting that error 99 when trying to mount the PB, I get the message saying, "bootloader err command error !!!" after I enter "fastboot oem rebootruu". And trying to mount it while it's unlocked I get the message, "FAILED (remote: not allowed)". Sad face all around. Also, those 2 links you gave me are broken or just aren't working for me, so I'll try to find other links in the mean time. But as far as re-locking the phone, I still get the same messages as above.
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You can relock by typing in fastboot
Code:
fastboot oem lock
Or your saying you already tried that and it have an error?
The links should be working again.
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Wait, does your hboot still have the same info you posted earlier as far as software version and baseband? In othet words are you still on android 2.2? And do you have a working recovery now?

C:\Android>fastboot oem rebootruu
...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.009s
C:\Android>fastboot flash zip PB31IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (3064 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.535s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.965s
This is while it's relocked btw.

S_K_I said:
C:\Android>fastboot oem rebootruu
...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.009s
C:\Android>fastboot flash zip PB31IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (3064 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.535s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.965s
This is while it's relocked btw.
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The RUU has to be capital letters in that first command. (fastboot rebootRUU)
Try with this one http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.2/PB31IMG.zip, i forgot that last one was built and not official.

S_K_I said:
C:\Android>fastboot oem rebootruu
...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.009s
C:\Android>fastboot flash zip PB31IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (3064 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.535s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.965s
This is while it's relocked btw.
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I got 4.08.605.2 installed, with radio 2.15.10.12.20. And if I understand you correctly regarding the recovery, I got clockwork installed and working.

S_K_I said:
I got 4.08.605.2 installed, with radio 2.15.10.12.20. And if I understand you correctly regarding the recovery, I got clockwork installed and working.
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Well you could try thay ruu in the post above, or go to recovery, do a wipe, and flash a rom.
EDIT: To flash a rom thru recovery you would need to unlock again with the bin file.
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Lol we kind of have two different things going here, and they kind of conflict. So either stay locked and try that othet ruu, or unlock again and wipe and flash a rom with cwm.

Ok, it succesfully mounted that last image you linked to me. Only thing now after it finished on the command prompt, looking at the phone now and it's sitting there with the HTC logo, a black background, and a finished green bar. Should I just reboot it or keep waiting?

S_K_I said:
Ok, it succesfully mounted that last image you linked to me. Only thing now after it finished on the command prompt, looking at the phone now and it's sitting there with the HTC logo, a black background, and a finished green bar. Should I just reboot it or keep waiting?
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Keep waiting, mabey for 10 15 min. It may take awile and reboot a few times.