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Help! Stuck at htc logo

I spent all night downgrading to froyo, when I was finally at 2.2 I used the visionary method to get temp root, that worked fine, when I tried to get permanent root I couldnt get s-off so I started following another guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835777
I followed all the steps and when I typed in reboot the phone rebooted and got stuck at the htc screen. I tried to turn it on with vol- and power and go into recovery but I got a black screen with a phone and error message, then it rebooted back to the htc screen and is still stuck there.
Please help! this is my only phone and I need it fixed asap
Thanks in advance!

can you enter bootloader? what does it show?

krayzielilsmoki said:
I spent all night downgrading to froyo, when I was finally at 2.2 I used the visionary method to get temp root, that worked fine, when I tried to get permanent root I couldnt get s-off so I started following another guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835777
I followed all the steps and when I typed in reboot the phone rebooted and got stuck at the htc screen. I tried to turn it on with vol- and power and go into recovery but I got a black screen with a phone and error message, then it rebooted back to the htc screen and is still stuck there.
Please help! this is my only phone and I need it fixed asap
Thanks in advance!
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There have been numerous warnings over the past year about Visionary that I have to ask this question: Why oh why did you use it? Rage is a much safer method than Visionary and won't brick your phone at all (rooted three G2's with Rage/Gfree).

Yes, shows
Viision pvt eng s-off
Hboot-0.84.2000 (pc1010000)
Microp-0425
Radio-26.02.01.15_m2
Emmc-boot
Sep 8 2010,15:56:38

by the time i got back to 2.2 it was almost 4am and i just wanted to get it done i followed the first thread i found.
Yes i know i made a mistake but any help would be apreciated

what is ?
what is your main problem

the problem is it wont load past the htc logo screen

Get a copy of the 2.2 PC10IMG.zip and reboot into your bootloader (Vol. Down + Power). If the bootloader can flash it, you should be able to boot normally. Go to the CyanogenMod Wiki and root using Rage/Gfree.
Sent via smoke signal.

is there gonna be a problem since i have s-off

I put the PC10IMG.zip in the root of the sd card, turned the phone on (vol- and power) it found the image, there was a loading bar to the right, and then nothing happened after the load. Im still at the same bootloader and if I reboot it is still stuck at the htc screen

krayzielilsmoki said:
I put the PC10IMG.zip in the root of the sd card, turned the phone on (vol- and power) it found the image, there was a loading bar to the right, and then nothing happened after the load. Im still at the same bootloader and if I reboot it is still stuck at the htc screen
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Can you boot into recovery?

If I try I get a black screen with a phone and the triangle
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krayzielilsmoki said:
If I try I get a black screen with a phone and the triangle
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Okay, go back into your bootloader and flash the latest ClockworkMod recovery via Fastboot.

I assume I can find the directions on how to load clockwork through fastboot on here. If that does work and I can go into recovery would I be safe to flash a custom rom at that point
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Since I will only have time to work on the phone tonight after work and I need it for tomorrow are there any other possible solutions to my problem or would flashing clockwork through fastboot be it?
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krayzielilsmoki said:
Since I will only have time to work on the phone tonight after work and I need it for tomorrow are there any other possible solutions to my problem or would flashing clockwork through fastboot be it?
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Try every step on the unroot process in Development.
Sent via smoke signal.

I have the recovery image, I renamed it to recovery.img and have it on my sd card.
Im sorry to ask for this but all the links that show how to manually install recovery are down, could anybody help me install clockwork through fastboot.
I need the commands

krayzielilsmoki said:
I have the recovery image, I renamed it to recovery.img and have it on my sd card.
Im sorry to ask for this but all the links that show how to manually install recovery are down, could anybody help me install clockwork through fastboot.
I need the commands
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For fastboot to flash recovery, the image needs to be on your comp. Open up your computer's Terminal, cd to the directory it's in, and type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (without the quotes).
Sent via smoke signal.

nevermind got it
for people that are curious:
have the recovery.img (correct one! this was my problem) in the tools folder of the android sdk, open command prompt from that folder (hold shift and right click)
then run this command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
also phone has to be in fastboot (vol- and power, then select fastboot)
I finally have recovery!
Im gonna try to load a rom now!

It worked! my phone is alive!
Thank you all for your help!

[Q] Toward Android 4

Hi there,
I have been battling (and learning) for now over 4 days with a mate that has succeeded installing Android 4.0 on his HD. We are having difficulties on a few points. I have some part of answers I found here and there, however there are still a few dark areas in my research at this stage. I have looked up the sticky one and have not found any answer that suits my issues.
I am at the point where I'm trying to S-OFF the phone, I wish to make a system recovery first. I have tried to reboot to recovery with the help 4ext and Rom Manager and getting a red triangle everytime.
My set is an Autralian HTC Desire from Telstra.
Thanks in advance if you wish to help us.
z:/

zipstor said:
I am at the point where I'm trying to S-OFF the phone, I wish to make a system recovery first. I have tried to reboot to recovery with the help 4ext and Rom Manager and getting a red triangle everytime.
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You can´t install 4Ext recovery if you aren´t s-off...

Go to revolutionary.io
This will S-OFF and if I recall right also install a recovery.

Okay I've used the revolutionary tool, I am s-offed, thanks for that, now how can I make sure recovery went okay

Well... try it?
Press volume down + power to get into bootloader, then launch recovery.
You navigate the menu with volume up and down.

FYI this is the desire not desire HD forum.

Thanks to the s-off I was able to install original HTC rom of froyo, this way I got rid of this evil Tesltra rom thing, that was possibly being the spanner in the works.
Thing is, revolutionnary was supposed to create a recovery file, and I'm still getting red triangle when launching recovery from bootloader.

zipstor said:
Thanks to the s-off I was able to install original HTC rom of froyo, this way I got rid of this evil Tesltra "sense" thing, that was possibly being the spanner in the works.
Thing is, revolutionnary was supposed to create a recovery file, and I'm still getting red triangle when launching recovery from bootloader.
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If you can now boot into android I would recommend the 4ext recovery (see my sig). Download the app from the market and use this to install the latest Touch recovery.

yep 4ext is good can also solve usb bricks although i solved mine with a simple adb command

sure... but why sould I use 4ext since revolutionary was doing the job in the first place?
anyway I ordered 4ext 4hrs ago and i'm still w8ting for notification and still got nothing
Message from Maximilian Riedel:
The application will be automatically downloaded to your device.
Your order has been sent to Maximilian Riedel.
Maximilian Riedel is responsible for charging and shipping your order. Have questions? Contact Maximilian Riedel.
Feb 6
Maximilian Riedel received your order.
Feb 6
You placed an order with Maximilian Riedel on Feb 6. Google Checkout sent a copy of this receipt to [email protected]
Order Date: February 6, 2012 12:39:42 AM UTC+11
Order Number: 1299xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx130.1
Item
Price
4EXT Recovery Control
€1.98
Tax:
€0.00
Total:
€1.98
Even if I try to get the free version it says that the content is not supported on the phone...and its a .apk..

why not just flash clock work mod touch recovery esentially the same thing all your paying for really is the touch recovery and a few extras
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-bravo.img

I can give it a go... sure..
Any instruction sheet anywhere?

first of all download fastboot commander and the img file i linked boot into bootloader by hold power +vol down for 5 second once in boot loader choose fastboot by using volume to scroll and power to select then your in fastboot conect usb run fastboot commander choose recovery image and press flash on pc you can also flash hboot radio and other stuff but a failed radio can lead to perm brick

WAIT!
You mention Desire HD in first post. Please confirm yours is NOT HD.

not hd dude

seanpr92 said:
first of all download fastboot commander and the img file i linked boot into bootloader by hold power +vol down for 5 second once in boot loader choose fastboot by using volume to scroll and power to select then your in fastboot conect usb run fastboot commander choose recovery image and press flash on pc you can also flash hboot radio and other stuff but a failed radio can lead to perm brick
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Your syntax makes it difficult to understand. I will try this but in the future it would be good if you could improve it.
Shall I extract the img files with an ISO reader or shall I open them with my phone system?

hi,
use 7zip to extract the img file but don t touch the file img... this is the one to flash into your device by the command
Code:
fastboot flash recovery c:\wherethe.imgfile.isonyourcomp
i would advice to do first a
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
in a cleaner way but not mandatory.
have a look in this following link everything to know to install and use adb/fastboot
look to my signature there is a link to the 4ext dev's thread. he s really aware and give a best support for his work. what i ve seen, i advice to have a look and post your experience. once u got the app 4ext running on your device it becomes really easy to flash recovery (and his is really rockin')
hope this help

zipstor said:
sure... but why sould I use 4ext since revolutionary was doing the job in the first place?
anyway I ordered 4ext 4hrs ago and i'm still w8ting for notification and still got nothing
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Hi,
My understanding was that you could not get into recovery.
My suggestion of 4ext was due to the fact that is is (IMHO):
- the easiest to install as it can be done directly from within an app
- the best currently available
I was not suggesting that you needed the paid version (which has more bells and whistles). The free version should so the job just as well.

Okay so thats an attempt to use your tips, the phone is connected via usb in charge only mode and here is what I get on CMD
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot erase recovery
< waiting for device >
Are you suggesting me to post on the EXT4 post as well?

ascot17 said:
Hi,
My understanding was that you could not get into recovery.
My suggestion of 4ext was due to the fact that is is (IMHO):
- the easiest to install as it can be done directly from within an app
- the best currently available
I was not suggesting that you needed the paid version (which has more bells and whistles). The free version should so the job just as well.
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That's okay mate, thanks for your concern.
What do you suggest if 4EXT is not getting me anywhere and I get the red triangle no matter what..?

Stuck trying to install custom rom

Okay so I am trying to install the jdroid rom, btw first time ever doing this so bare with me, anyways I can't boot my phone stays at HTC quietly brilliant screen with some writing underneath it red. I can get into the bootloader menu, where I am rooted and says my bootloader is unlocked. I can also get into clockwork mod however I messed up when transferring the rom onto my phone. I unzipped it and put it there instead of leaving it in the zip file. I can't mount to my laptop through clockwork mod, is there any other way? Again I can't boot my phone. Thanks
EDIT: Now whenever my phone boots, it boots into the clockworkmod and keeps rebooting I can't do anything, cant mount my phone at all

Bizarre48 said:
Okay so I am trying to install the jdroid rom, btw first time ever doing this so bare with me, anyways I can't boot my phone stays at HTC quietly brilliant screen with some writing underneath it red. I can get into the bootloader menu, where I am rooted and says my bootloader is unlocked. I can also get into clockwork mod however I messed up when transferring the rom onto my phone. I unzipped it and put it there instead of leaving it in the zip file. I can't mount to my laptop through clockwork mod, is there any other way? Again I can't boot my phone. Thanks
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Yes ... instal this recowery (Link to the latest unofficial test recovery with USB issues fixed and automount by RichardTrip) and you can push your zip on SD

Thanks for the reply
I used this command: fastboot flash recovery <Name Of the downloaded file>.img
But I'm still stuck at the boot screen

Bizarre48 said:
Thanks for the reply
I used this command: fastboot flash recovery <Name Of the downloaded file>.img
But I'm still stuck at the boot screen
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You need to enter the fastboot mode ... hold "volume-down + powerbutton" for 10 secs and then again push the powerbutton to enter the fastboot mode.
Edit: and after that use the comand fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img

Just saw the edit now will try thanks alot man appreciate it!

Bizarre48 said:
I did that, then when I went to recovery when it boots its at the htc quietly brilliant screen.
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OK, did you instal the ROM + boot.img?
Edit: im going to sleep ... read THIS, if that doesnt help, then THIS

Okay I still can't do it nothing works! I flash the recoveries and I still get stuck at the htc boot screen. so frustrating

Bizarre48 said:
Okay I still can't do it nothing works! I flash the recoveries and I still get stuck at the htc boot screen. so frustrating
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What you need to do when flashing:
a) CWM recovery
fastboot flash recovery xxxrecovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache
b) Flashing a ROM
extract the boot.img from the ROM.zip
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot erase cache
enter recovery
install the ROM.zip
reboot

READ THIS THREAD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
basically summarises what above posters are saying in step by step detail

Yea I'm just going to use the at&t ruu and restart to process all over again. hopefully this works

Bizarre48 said:
Yea I'm just going to use the at&t ruu and restart to process all over again. hopefully this works
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Next time also read the instructions.
M.

as long as you can get the correct RUU and flash the correct stock recovery, RUU will defo work, then you can start again from scratch. I've done this myself
edit: AT&T????? Are you even in the correct forum using the correct files/methods??? HTC One XL is different forum, different files!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright I got out of it using the st&t ruu, though I live in Canada and on Rogers. Data doesnt work but that is not surprise. Gotta wait for a root access and/or bootloader unlock for 1.85. will be patient.

Cannot access flashboot / recovery - RESOLVED

Hi,
I've looked through a lot of threads but can't match the symptoms to mine (this could be a lack of knowledge on my part) so any help is appreciated.
I've previously flashed ARHD a number of times successfully including a new boot image. I flashed 9.2 today with CD Tools Suite and this was fine. I later decided that I wanted to re-flash without the CD Suite Tools and did this by going into recovery and re-flashing the ARHD zip.
The update ran successfully (per CWM) but I can't boot into it. All I get to is the HTC One white screen with a beats audio logo beneath it. I also can't get the phone to reboot into flashboot / recovery so that I can do anything with it (I've tried holding the power button and either vol up or down but this just reboots the phone and it goes back to the white screen again).
I'm sure there is a way out of this. Could anyone please help me?
Many thanks.

Hi, you wrote,
I later decided that I wanted to re-flash without the CD Suite Tools and did this by going into recovery and re-flashing the ARHD zip.
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Did you use fastboot to flash the correct boot.img file first? It's my understanding that anytime you flash a rom you must flash via fastboot the correct boot.img file for that rom followed by erasing cache before entering recovery and flashing the rom.

Didn't someone say holding volume up & power can brick your phone?
Fastboot is volume down & power.
Press them at the exact same time, keep them held till fastboot loads up (even if it does another reboot)
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

phase sdeyou
Bit Banger said:
Hi, you wrote,
Did you use fastboot to flash the correct boot.img file first? It's my understanding that anytime you flash a rom you must flash via fastboot the correct boot.img file for that rom followed by erasing cache before entering recovery and flashing the rom.
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They both use the same boot image so no need to re-flash that.

chrisjcks said:
keep them held till fastboot loads up (even if it does another reboot)
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This was the key for me. It rebooted a couple of times then went into fastboot.
Thank you very much!

BRICK - HBOOT only, recovery failure

Hi,
I had a problem with installing ROM - now phone is only booting to HBOOT. When i try to get in recovery, it stucks on HTC logo screen. ADB is not working. Phone is seen as android sdk in Windows.
HELP

hilaran said:
Hi,
I had a problem with installing ROM - now phone is only booting to HBOOT. When i try to get in recovery, it stucks on HTC logo screen. ADB is not working. Phone is seen as android sdk in Windows.
HELP
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Reflash the recovery in fastboot. Get 4EXT Touch recovery, boot into fastboot and write in cmd
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

u can get latest 4ext tecovery in my sig, just click PB99IMG 4ext recovery and extract the zip file then put recovery.img in ur c:\ drive on ur computer, put ur phone into fastboot (with ur phone off hold back button + power) and plug it into ur computer (so it says "fastboot usb") then open fastboot command window and type -
fastboot erase recovery
(then type)
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
or... u could just do it the PB99IMG method, instructions in that link.
ps: next time post problems in desire Q&A
Sent from my HTC Desire

Damn. It's not working - neither ur way, nor the alternative solution.
When i type fastboot flash recovery, the console says "sending recovery <3784 KB>...." and then it freezes. There is a greeen rectangle in the left corner of the smartphone screen, but nothing happens.
When i tried the alternetive way (with recovery.img on sd card) HBOOT hasn't seen the image.
EDIT: I put ZIP on sdcard, HBOOT installed recovery, but it still freezes on HTC logo screen.

when u used PB99IMG to install recovery did u try enter recovery or just reboot?
Sent from my HTC Desire

i couldn't install recovery fom PC.
When i installed it form bootloader, i didn't reboot. I tried to get into recovery immediately. No dice. So i've reinstalled it, tried to reboot, and then get in the recovery - still nothing.

hmm strange. u could try Android Flasher, google it and ul find it. its a tool to flash recovery, splash screens etc. also what does ur bootloader say?
bravo pvt?
hboot?
etc etc
Sent from my HTC Desire

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MI CROP-051d
TOUCHPANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.08
ps:
tried also android flasher - it freezes on flashing recovery too.

aaah pvt4. ok we will have to use Amon Ra recovery. gimmie 10 mins and il make a PB99IMG for ya, i have the recovery on my computer
Sent from my HTC Desire

would most appreciate that

hilaran said:
would most appreciate that
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ok download PB99IMG and put on ur sdcard then hold volume down + power
when bootloader asks to update recovery? press volume up for yes
then it asks to reboot? volume down for no. Then try get into recovery.
or use android flasher to flash recovery.img
Hopefully this will work.
attached files are Amon-Ra Recovery
MD5 for PB99IMG - ec685fe5077341b9b2e89467db861a00
MD5 for recovery.img - 528d44d511a27eb30c3105ed54078130

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnd.....
No.
I'm out of hope now... PB99IMG is beeing installed correctly, but i still can't get into the recovery.
Fastboot/android flasher freezes when installing recovery.
WTF??!
jmcclue - thanks for help!

hilaran said:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnd.....
No.
I'm out of hope now... PB99IMG is beeing installed correctly, but i still can't get into the recovery.
Fastboot/android flasher freezes when installing recovery.
WTF??!
jmcclue - thanks for help!
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is ur phone in fastboot when u use android flasher?
(hold back + power)

yes, it is.

hilaran said:
yes, it is.
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Man im all out of ideas, if flashing via fastboot commands, Android flasher or PB99IMG didnt work then i dont know of any other way

i guess me too. Well it is a brick then

hilaran said:
i guess me too. Well it is a brick then
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1 more thing, Have u got HTC Sync installed? i think that it interfere's with fastboot n that. u only need the drivers installed.
U can get bootloader so it should be fixable, its just nothing is working lol.
The only thing i can think of is going back to s-on :crying:
you would have to flash alpharev downgrader, flash stock hboot and then run the 2.3 upgrade from bootloader. this is last resort so maybe someone can confirm first before trying. if it went well then u can just use revolutionary to gain s-off and instal CWM recovery

i wouldn't mind going on s-on again. But can u do that without ADB mode available?

hilaran said:
i wouldn't mind going on s-on again. But can u do that without ADB mode available?
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not 100% sure but u can do it using the PB99IMG method. Basically u have to extract the rom.zip and rename it to PB99IMG.zip, put on ur sdcard then hold volume down + power then bootloader will ask u to update. The same as before. just make sure u flash Alpharev downgrader first. (i know this works as i done it myself 2 month ago)
if u want i can post both downgrader and rom zip files if u want as PB99IMG?
Do u have stock hboot?

i guess stock hboot.
It would be very kind of you if u post both files here - i don't want to download any wrong files....
Thanks again!