[Q]How TO brick my phone - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So yeah just wondering. Like say there was stuff on my phone that I had to get rid of, and make sure there was no way to have anyone access it. Not saying there is, was, or will be anything like that on my phone but just wondering. I'd like to render it completely unusuable so that not even the most skilled techie could get I to it. Mainly want to do this when i get a new phone and have my desire as a project to see if I could reanimate it. Any ideas at all? Besides physical damage like smashing it.
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WARNING: BRICKING CAN PERMANENTLY DAMAGE YOUR PHONE AND OS NOT RECOMMENDED TO DO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
But if you do for some reason WANT to brick your phone just install a PD198 from a phone thats not yours.
Once again, I very much suggest that you DONOT do this and if you really want to get rid of your phone after you get a new one, I'm willing to take it off your hands!
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scaryshark said:
WARNING: BRICKING CAN PERMANENTLY DAMAGE YOUR PHONE AND OS NOT RECOMMENDED TO DO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE!
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I kinda figured that when I started the thread haha. Thanks for the info
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stumpyz9 said:
So yeah just wondering. Like say there was stuff on my phone that I had to get rid of, and make sure there was no way to have anyone access it. Not saying there is, was, or will be anything like that on my phone but just wondering. I'd like to render it completely unusuable so that not even the most skilled techie could get I to it. Mainly want to do this when i get a new phone and have my desire as a project to see if I could reanimate it. Any ideas at all? Besides physical damage like smashing it.
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Or you can give it away (me)

bloodhunter112 said:
Or you can give it away (me)
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I guess you guys missed the part where I said I wanted it as a project. Maybe try the unbrickable mod. I don't think we have it yet but it'd be cool to try
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stumpyz9 said:
I guess you guys missed the part where I said I wanted it as a project. Maybe try the unbrickable mod. I don't think we have it yet but it'd be cool to try
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Youve been looking at adam outlers work? / sensation thread;
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shaky156 said:
Youve been looking at adam outlers work? / sensation thread;
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Yeah a bit. Watched a few of his "unboxing" videos. Already handy phone completely apart a few times but not really for that reason. Next time I do I'll see if I can do something. I go to a technical school too for electronics and nanofabrication so I could also make any additional modifications to the board if needed.
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stumpyz9 said:
So yeah just wondering. Like say there was stuff on my phone that I had to get rid of, and make sure there was no way to have anyone access it. Not saying there is, was, or will be anything like that on my phone but just wondering. I'd like to render it completely unusuable so that not even the most skilled techie could get I to it. Mainly want to do this when i get a new phone and have my desire as a project to see if I could reanimate it. Any ideas at all? Besides physical damage like smashing it.
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Pour some NaHCl in it LOL
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the_maker said:
Pour some NaHCl in it LOL
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Nice idea but i still want there to be some possibility of it working afterwards
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I would have thought to install an RUU but unplug it and remove the battery while it was running.

raze599 said:
I would have thought to install an RUU but unplug it and remove the battery while it was running.
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Yeah, youd have to pull it right when its installing something important like a new radio or HBOOT
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Related

Check out the desire thread for the new Sensation RUU!

As title says, I'm on my phone so I cany get a link. Veeeddddddy interesting...
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I put this in the dev forum simply because it would gain more interest here.
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Here is the link for people that are to lazy to go to a different forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035045
Get the wallpapers here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035045
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I see they got it to boot on their Desires and are freakin out, rightfully so. I wonder if the G2s will get a port..if I knew anything about deving I would be over this like flies on sh*t, but alas..I know nothing..
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Thanks for the link. And I bet our devs would love to get it going. I've looked around and the vision seems to be one of the more buzzing forums in terms of development. And I agree, if I could then I would most definitely port it as well. It'll get working on our visions, considering our hardware is more accelterated and powerful than the desire. I know ill be getting the Sensation asap, but the G2 is a great phone and great for flashing roms, etc.
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The original Desire got it booting? I know the DHD guys got it booting (without a touchscreen though).
If none of our devs take this up, which I doubt, I'll try port the DHD port of the Sensation. Which I'll fail.
Meh.
Dammit, it was the DHD guys :-(
DanWilson said:
The original Desire got it booting? I know the DHD guys got it booting (without a touchscreen though).
If none of our devs take this up, which I doubt, I'll try port the DHD port of the Sensation. Which I'll fail.
Meh.
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Stratspider230 said:
Dammit, it was the DHD guys :-(
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Better than the Desire devs. Easier porting for us!
I hope a dev gets this to work....
Exactly.
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Uhh... Looking good... I'm crossing my fingers for a port!
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RMK is taking a look at it, if it's not too difficult you guys may have a base to tweak off of in the next few days... don't quote me though... he did say he was looking at it though on IRC...
Eh.. don't really believe htc when it comes to this whole specs thing.. G1 shouldve stopped on cupcake.. and it can run Gingerbread. :rollseyes:
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Now this might be something to get me to use a Sense rom!
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siulmagic is on it
Stea1thmode said:
siulmagic is on it
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You're basing this off of his twitter, correct?
https://twitter.com/siulmagic/status/58586752113328128
jonbloom said:
You're basing this off of his twitter, correct?
https://twitter.com/siulmagic/status/58586752113328128
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yep,
interesting read;
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/04/14/relax-older-htc-phones-will-see-sense-3-0-sort-of/
Shaquiel Harris said:
Eh.. don't really believe htc when it comes to this whole specs thing.. G1 shouldve stopped on cupcake.. and it can run Gingerbread. :rollseyes:
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I completely agree. If my old G1 could run windows98, Sense, and even 2.3 without much trouble then the G2 should have NO problem I would think.
Yeah I agree. I think that they just say that to completely knock out any questions people would ask. But we'll see of course.
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Whats so special about this 3rd version?

HTC

Is it possible for HTC to update our sense version ?
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Alton (Halo 2) said:
Is it possible for HTC to update our sense version ?
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Sure.
Are they going to? No.
That's where custom 2.1/3.0/3.5 ROMs come in.
RMarkwald said:
Sure.
Are they going to? No.
That's where custom 2.1/3.0/3.5 ROMs come in.
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lol. thats why we have roms.
Hehe
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I think HTC thinks Sense (2.1/3.0/3.5) won't run on the DInc. I also thought that Sense 3.5 was supposed to be the version that didn't require the hardware requirements that 3.0 required, so I would think that would've been the version they could've used instead of 1.0... At this point, I don't think HTC will release any more updates for this phone.
Sad really, cause it's a work-horse.
RMarkwald said:
I think HTC thinks Sense (2.1/3.0/3.5) won't run on the DInc. I also thought that Sense 3.5 was supposed to be the version that didn't require the hardware requirements that 3.0 required, so I would think that would've been the version they could've used instead of 1.0... At this point, I don't think HTC will release any more updates for this phone.
Sad really, cause it's a work-horse.
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Ik they should update our phones to that . That would be awesome
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Alton (Halo 2) said:
Ik they should update our phones to that . That would be awesome
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I agree, that's what they said it was meant for, so why not make that the last update? I think that'd be a good "note" to end on.
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RMarkwald said:
I agree, that's what they said it was meant for, so why not make that the last update? I think that'd be a good "note" to end on.
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I think it was more along the lines of this was going to be the last official update so they were not going tto take the time to build 2.1 sense on a device they no longer support. They just wanted to update the base and interlace sense 1.0 and push it out. They did the same with the EVO.
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What i don't get is why they didn't just convert the incredible 2 sense to the incredible 1 with them being so close in specs. HTC should know what there devices can run but there holding the incredible back way to much. Then again we have awesome devs that keep supporting a great phone.
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XRaptor29 said:
What i don't get is why they didn't just convert the incredible 2 sense to the incredible 1 with them being so close in specs. HTC should know what there devices can run but there holding the incredible back way to much. Then again we have awesome devs that keep supporting a great phone.
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right
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XRaptor29 said:
What i don't get is why they didn't just convert the incredible 2 sense to the incredible 1 with them being so close in specs. HTC should know what there devices can run but there holding the incredible back way to much. Then again we have awesome devs that keep supporting a great phone.
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because they dont want us to keep our phones. they want us to buy a new one. they wont be so rich if they kept updating a phone that has been discontinued
synisterwolf said:
because they dont want us to keep our phones. they want us to buy a new one. they wont be so rich if they kept updating a phone that has been discontinued
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Yes but it was there highest selling phone and most popular beside the Evo 4g lol
HTC and most manufacturers out there seem clueless. I mean imagine a world where the UOT Kitchen wasn't something developers had to come up with over months of dissecting the phone, but rather a software program that came with your Incredible that allowed you to plug your phone into your computer and make simple color changes and things to personalize your phone.
It's sad really because HTC is so great in some ways - they did afterall, put out the Dinc to begin with. But they do tend to move on to new phones fast...
Thank God for XDA developers!
hollywoodfrodo said:
HTC and most manufacturers out there seem clueless. I mean imagine a world where the UOT Kitchen wasn't something developers had to come up with over months of dissecting the phone, but rather a software program that came with your Incredible that allowed you to plug your phone into your computer and make simple color changes and things to personalize your phone.
It's sad really because HTC is so great in some ways - they did afterall, put out the Dinc to begin with. But they do tend to move on to new phones fast...
Thank God for XDA developers!
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Yea its sad
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[Q] Touch keys

in every single rom, touch keys sometimes light on and sometimes no ... so i go to settings touch keys put them off and then on .... or just lock and unlock screen
wish there is a fix for this
nabilbek said:
in every single rom, touch keys sometimes light on and sometimes no ... so i go to settings touch keys put them off and then on .... or just lock and unlock screen
wish there is a fix for this
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my lights work perfectly fine every ROM i've tried and have tried most other than couple ics ROM's . So wouldn't blame the ROM as the cause.
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what else could cause it :O
nabilbek said:
what else could cause it :O
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defect within the phone?
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bobby3306 said:
defect within the phone?
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Dont think thats possible .... dont give answers ur not sure of
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nabilbek said:
Dont think thats possible .... dont give answers ur not sure of
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Its def possible, and was just throwing it out as a possibility. Without actually holding your phone its not really feasible to expect an exact diagnosis. therefore people throw possibilities out for you to check out since you are the one with it in hand.
But whatever, since you feel the need to be a **** I could less give a damn about any further assistance.
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bobby3306 said:
Its def possible, and was just throwing it out as a possibility. Without actually holding your phone its not really feasible to expect an exact diagnosis. therefore people throw possibilities out for you to check out since you are the one with it in hand.
But whatever, since you feel the need to be a **** I could less give a damn about any further assistance.
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loooool
solved
if anyone encounters this, i got it fixed
seems the only way is to get back to in-box state (stock and format all ur storage)
then root, flash whatever u want
This happened with all three of the SII's that are in the family and its unlikely that they are all defective seeing as how they are all running on the same ROM. Doesn't bother us much though, we know were the keys are located
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iLeopard said:
This happened with all three of the SII's that are in the family and its unlikely that they are all defective seeing as how they are all running on the same ROM. Doesn't bother us much though, we know were the keys are located
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i know but i like the beauty of it
flashed a custom rom and am back to the same problem
if stock is doing good why are all roms having this problem ?
I wish we could get a dev to look into this!

Newbee...... Kinda... Not to Androidbut to this phone.

Well I just turned 28..... But my wife and father inlaw got me this phone. I haven't done anything to it yet and I more.than likley won't do it my wife will. Any way I just wanted to seebif any one had some good advise tor me or any suggestions on apps Etta.......
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sbkjuggalo said:
Well I just turned 28..... But my wife and father inlaw got me this phone. I haven't done anything to it yet and I more.than likley won't do it my wife will. Any way I just wanted to seebif any one had some good advise tor me or any suggestions on apps Etta.......
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Root it! Otherwise xda wont help you much
soham_sss said:
Root it! Otherwise xda wont help you much
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Seconded! root=more fun.
My old optimus v was rooted by my wife and she would do all the tech stuff I just ran it and messed around with other stuff but im wanting to do it now I just don't know a lot about this phone, I've been reading on here but it all is still a little confusing to me it makes me feel like a tard.
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sbkjuggalo said:
My old optimus v was rooted by my wife and she would do all the tech stuff I just ran it and messed around with other stuff but im wanting to do it now I just don't know a lot about this phone, I've been reading on here but it all is still a little confusing to me it makes me feel like a tard.
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Which tutorial did you read? Try the noob one. Flashing custom ROM and custom kernel will help you play games smoothly even without overclocking. Once you have successfuly unlock bootloader and install custom recovery, you can freely install custom ROM which is extremely fun
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Thanks I'll check it out
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sbkjuggalo said:
My old optimus v was rooted by my wife and she would do all the tech stuff I just ran it and messed around with other stuff but im wanting to do it now I just don't know a lot about this phone, I've been reading on here but it all is still a little confusing to me it makes me feel like a tard.
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Tell me about it! When i joined xda (early July) I did not know the r of rooting. And barely one month, my phone is rooted! Read and learn, and you will too, soon root your phone
Thanx all i am now rooted on my one v but still using my optimus as my little tester monkey before I do any thing. Any one with a one v wanting to root HTC. Com has a good method and they give u the code to unlock the boot loader page again thanx for the advice
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now that ur on xda u will learn everything .....

Need some help with touch issue

Basically I'm helping therinsem with his sense5 project.. and I flashed an experimental ion kernel and it just gave me a blank white screen after the htc logo, so I pulled battery and restored a backup of jellybeer, and booted it to find my touchscreen not working, so I pulled battery and rebooted and it just sat on boot anim for ages and ages, so another battery pull and boot into recovery, but the touch didn't work there either (4ext) and I flashed an ruu to reset it completely and hope it worked again, but no still not working
Any ideas what's wrong and what I could do to fix it?
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Have you tried fastboot flashing a non-touch recovery, then flashing a stock-ish ROM (like ARHD) from there? Also, are you S-On or S-Off?
S-off
That was my first plan for the day! Then if that didn't help I thought id try get s-on to restore a standard hboot
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Do you think a new touch panel would work?
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I doubt it...you flashed software and it broke, so I doubt a hardware fix would work.
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I doubt it...you flashed software and it broke, so I doubt a hardware fix would work.
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Well its worth a try, since it does look like its now a hardware issue
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Well its worth a try, since it does look like its now a hardware issue
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It's possible that your hardware failed independent of the software flash. So it is worth a shot.
bananagranola said:
It's possible that your hardware failed independent of the software flash. So it is worth a shot.
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Ill find out next week when it arrives! If that fails then ill probably end up buying a cheap android phone!
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How can software break hardware like that? Seriously I'd like to know.
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ranger4740 said:
How can software break hardware like that? Seriously I'd like to know.
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Try this explanation, I'm not saying that its right but its possible; the kernel was not properly configured and supplied too much voltage to the digitiser, they are very sensitive things and too much voltage could easily cause is too break
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