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[Q] Desire HD almost dead (only boots to fastboot). Any way to S-ON?

I had a Desire HD for a year. I just started rooting and using custom roms three months ago.
A few days ago, when I got the phone from charging, I found it frozen. I restarted it to get a looping "force close" for almost all processes. I restarted it again to the same result; the third time I restarted the phone emited 7 short vibrations just after powering it, and after some time in the initial HTC logo it froze in a black screen.
I tried to reflash my last custom rom I used, so I booted to ClockworkMod recovery and tried to reinstall the last ZIP file I kept on my SD card from last time, it installed ok, but then I got the exact same scenario: 7 vibrations, HTC logo, black screen of death.
Later, I tried to flash another custom rom, but now I can't boot to recovery. It does the exact same thing as trying to do a standard boot.
So now I'm stuck in Fastboot. I tried flashing a stock rom (downloaded the lastest official RUU), but while it seems to flash it ok, it still hangs the same. I also tried to flash copying the ROM.ZIP file from the RUU to the root of the SDCARD as PD98IMG.ZIP, but while it also seems to flash the ROM ok, it still fails to boot.
This is what I discovered (Googling):
-The 7 vibrations means bad CPU. What I don't understand is why fastboot works perfectly without any hang but can't boot even in recovery mode.
-I can't use my warranty while the phone is ENG S-OFF.
I think I succeeded to flash a stock ROM, so now the only thing that keeps me to carry my phone to fix is the ENG S-OFF. Is there a way to set ENG S-ON while in fastboot?

spyd77 said:
I had a Desire HD for a year. I just started rooting and using custom roms three months ago.
A few days ago, when I got the phone from charging, I found it frozen. I restarted it to get a looping "force close" for almost all processes. I restarted it again to the same result; the third time I restarted the phone emited 7 short vibrations just after powering it, and after some time in the initial HTC logo it froze in a black screen.
I tried to reflash my last custom rom I used, so I booted to ClockworkMod recovery and tried to reinstall the last ZIP file I kept on my SD card from last time, it installed ok, but then I got the exact same scenario: 7 vibrations, HTC logo, black screen of death.
Later, I tried to flash another custom rom, but now I can't boot to recovery. It does the exact same thing as trying to do a standard boot.
So now I'm stuck in Fastboot. I tried flashing a stock rom (downloaded the lastest official RUU), but while it seems to flash it ok, it still hangs the same. I also tried to flash copying the ROM.ZIP file from the RUU to the root of the SDCARD as PD98IMG.ZIP, but while it also seems to flash the ROM ok, it still fails to boot.
This is what I discovered (Googling):
-The 7 vibrations means bad CPU. What I don't understand is why fastboot works perfectly without any hang but can't boot even in recovery mode.
-I can't use my warranty while the phone is ENG S-OFF.
I think I succeeded to flash a stock ROM, so now the only thing that keeps me to carry my phone to fix is the ENG S-OFF. Is there a way to set ENG S-ON while in fastboot?
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Ive had multiple vibrations thats when i was deving on something (unreleased)
Take out battery for 30mins then put it back n try recovery mode again, make sure you install a custom rom again after full wiping
EDIT: flashing stock ruu should s-on, then redo s-off that should fix it afaik
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

shaky156 said:
Ive had multiple vibrations thats when i was deving on something (unreleased)
Take out battery for 30mins then put it back n try recovery mode again, make sure you install a custom rom again after full wiping
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I already did this (not intentionally). It doesn't change anything.
shaky156 said:
EDIT: flashing stock ruu should s-on, then redo s-off that should fix it afaik
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
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If flashing stock RUU should s-on, then the flashes I tried didn't complete. I guess the flash finishes after the first boot, but as the phone hangs before booting, no flash is done?
Anyway, if this helps somehow, this is what shows my fastboot:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD9810000)
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.13.04.19_M
eMMC-boot
Oct 11 2010,12:44:14
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[Q] The phone Froze and wont boot again

Hi everyone,
I have a friend with a HTC Droid Incredible 2, rooted and running Android 2.3.4. Yesterday the phone just got frozen, he pulled the battery and now the phone wont pass the boot screen. Sometimes it goes into what I believe is the bootloader screen (I attached photos for that).
The thing is, I would recommend him to re-flash the ROM but when he try to go to Recovery, the phone restarts and stays again on the white screen with the HTC logo.
I searched the forum and all suggestions had something to do with the recovery menu but when he select the recovery option (when he is actually able to get the withe background menu, sometimes it goes in sometimes not) it just restarts again and does nothing. Is there a way to fix the problem? I guess there should be a way to solve it, at least through the computer. If there is already a tutorial to do it, much better.

Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846304
download the pg32img.zip to the phones sdcard. You might need to do this not from the phone, but i'll leave that up to you.
This will update the firmware and radio.
Flash a new recovery via fastboot
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.1-vivow.img
Try flashing a new rom.

sjpritch25 said:
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846304
download the pg32img.zip to the phones sdcard. You might need to do this not from the phone, but i'll leave that up to you.
This will update the firmware and radio.
Flash a new recovery via fastboot
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.1-vivow.img
Try flashing a new rom.
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Thank you!
I will try the recovery via fastboot as soon as I can and come back here later.

sjpritch25 said:
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846304
download the pg32img.zip to the phones sdcard. You might need to do this not from the phone, but i'll leave that up to you.
This will update the firmware and radio.
Flash a new recovery via fastboot
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.1-vivow.img
Try flashing a new rom.
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I managed to flash the recovery but it does the same things. still cannot go into recovery and flash new rom. any other way to flash a new rom?

By the way, I connected the phone (while off) to the PC and like 15 minutes after it went right into recovery, but when I pressed a volume button it just restarted.

I will recommend flash the PG32IMG first.and then flash a new rom.

android-incredible said:
I will recommend flash the PG32IMG first.and then flash a new rom.
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I did, via the bootloader, and I flashed a new recovery with fastboot, but it keeps restarting when I select the recovery on the bootloader. If I connect the phone (turned off) to the computer some time later it goes alone into recovery but reboots when I select any option, if I turn on the phone it stays like for half an hour on the first HTC screen, then it finishes booting and restart alone again.

try flashing this ruu
http://jellybellys.minus.com/mvivow#1

The phone just started working again after a couple of factory resets via fastboot, then I wiped every cache and was able to boot normally again, and I forgot to come back here and say thanks, so.... Thanks!

Can't get to Recovery mode any more.

Hello,
I've had this phone for about a week and got it configured the way I prefer: S-Off, unlocked Bootloader, SIM unlocked, rooted. I flashed the latest Beanstalk 4.4.4 ROM and life was pretty good.
The only thing was the power on screen had red writing, so I followed this thread: ★ ☆ [MOD] Remove Red Text on Splash Screen | m8 hboots | ALL Variants and it worked! It did remove the red writing, but now I can't boot into Recovery mode.
I tried getting to Recovery mode through HBOOT and also from the OS reboot menu. When the phone tries to get into recovery mode, it stalls at the HTC splash screen and states: "Entering Recovery..." at the top of the screen, but never gets there. I then have to wait for the phone to run out of power, before I can put it on the charger and then be able to boot into the Bootloader or the OS.
So then I found a thread to erase the cache using Minimal ADB and Fastboot: fastboot erase cache
which it did successfully. I then booted to the OS, and now I've lost my cell signal,
I booted back to fastboot and from my computer ran Minimal ADB and Fastboot: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
which it did successfully. I then tried booting to the Recovery and again I get the HTC start up screen with: "Entering Recovery..." at the top of the screen.
So now I'm waiting for the phone battery to die off a fully charge. Before I do anything else, I would like some of your help with what my next step should be.
Please help!
Thank you.

dubsteps said:
Hello,
I've had this phone for about a week and got it configured the way I prefer: S-Off, unlocked Bootloader, SIM unlocked, rooted. I flashed the latest Beanstalk 4.4.4 ROM and life was pretty good.
The only thing was the power on screen had red writing, so I followed this thread: ★ ☆ [MOD] Remove Red Text on Splash Screen | m8 hboots | ALL Variants and it worked! It did remove the red writing, but now I can't boot into Recovery mode.
I tried getting to Recovery mode through HBOOT and also from the OS reboot menu. When the phone tries to get into recovery mode, it stalls at the HTC splash screen and states: "Entering Recovery..." at the top of the screen, but never gets there. I then have to wait for the phone to run out of power, before I can put it on the charger and then be able to boot into the Bootloader or the OS.
So then I found a thread to erase the cache using Minimal ADB and Fastboot: fastboot erase cache
which it did successfully. I then booted to the OS, and now I've lost my cell signal,
I booted back to fastboot and from my computer ran Minimal ADB and Fastboot: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
which it did successfully. I then tried booting to the Recovery and again I get the HTC start up screen with: "Entering Recovery..." at the top of the screen.
So now I'm waiting for the phone battery to die off a fully charge. Before I do anything else, I would like some of your help with what my next step should be.
Please help!
Thank you.
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the "fastboot erase cache" should be done after flashing recovery:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery <name of correct twrp version>.img
fastboot erase cache
no need to wait for it to die out, POWER + VOLUP (possibly under a bright light) should do a forced reboot

nkk71 said:
the "fastboot erase cache" should be done after flashing recovery:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery <name of correct twrp version>.img
fastboot erase cache
no need to wait for it to die out, POWER + VOLUP (possibly under a bright light) should do a forced reboot
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Thanks so much for the tip on POWER + VOLUP to reboot the phone!
I then booted the OS ok (no cell signal though), rebooted to Fastmode, ran Minimal ADB and Fastboot: flashed the recovery file successfully, and then formatted the cache with the command line text stated.
When booting to Recovery, it's still not going into Recovery mode. Just sitting at the HTC screen with the writing at the top: Entering Recovery...
The phone also seems to be a bit sluggish now - just seems to be taking longer than normal for the parts that still work ok (loading the OS).

dubsteps said:
Thanks so much for the tip on POWER + VOLUP to reboot the phone!
I then booted the OS ok (no cell signal though), rebooted to Fastmode, ran Minimal ADB and Fastboot: flashed the recovery file successfully, and then formatted the cache with the command line text stated.
When booting to Recovery, it's still not going into Recovery mode. Just sitting at the HTC screen with the writing at the top: Entering Recovery...
The phone also seems to be a bit sluggish now - just seems to be taking longer than normal for the parts that still work ok (loading the OS).
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Not sure which recovery you're trying to flash but you might try a different version.

Magnum_Enforcer said:
Not sure which recovery you're trying to flash but you might try a different version.
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I flashed TWRP 2.8.0.1 and it worked fine until I decided to try to get rid of the red text on the HTC bootloading screen.

dubsteps said:
Thanks so much for the tip on POWER + VOLUP to reboot the phone!
I then booted the OS ok (no cell signal though), rebooted to Fastmode, ran Minimal ADB and Fastboot: flashed the recovery file successfully, and then formatted the cache with the command line text stated.
When booting to Recovery, it's still not going into Recovery mode. Just sitting at the HTC screen with the writing at the top: Entering Recovery...
The phone also seems to be a bit sluggish now - just seems to be taking longer than normal for the parts that still work ok (loading the OS).
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have you made sure
1- the recovery is the correct one for your phone
2- the file isnt corrupt (check MD5)
i don't know if this is related to the modded hboot (it shouldnt be) but who knows, i dont like messing with hboot

If all else fails, RUU and start over.

Magnum_Enforcer said:
If all else fails, RUU and start over.
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Ok, I redownloaded the latest TWRP: 2.8.3.0 for the M8, checked it via MD5. I tried flashing the recovery file and nothing has changed... ( I now notice my phone won't connect to Bluetooth or wifi now)
Seems like all else is failing. I'll have to try RUU now. I'm starting to look around the M8 forum for info on RUU. Got anything threads handy to help me?

dubsteps said:
Ok, I redownloaded the latest TWRP: 2.8.3.0 for the M8, checked it via MD5. I tried flashing the recovery file and nothing has changed... ( I now notice my phone won't connect to Bluetooth or wifi now)
Seems like all else is failing. I'll have to try RUU now. I'm starting to look around the M8 forum for info on RUU. Got anything threads handy to help me?
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Which carrier are you on?

Magnum_Enforcer said:
Which carrier are you on?
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Originally the phone was with Rogers Wireless. I had to SIM unlock the phone so I could use it on Bell Mobility.

dubsteps said:
Originally the phone was with Rogers Wireless. I had to SIM unlock the phone so I could use it on Bell Mobility.
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imho, try reflashing your firmware again (that would include stock hboot)

by removing the red writing you actually installed a custom hboot i think ...revert to your original hboot should fix things for you

nkk71 said:
imho, try reflashing your firmware again (that would include stock hboot)
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Ok, so I flashed stock recovery and went to HBOOT>RECOVERY -> pressed VOLUP and POWER at red triangle w exclamation point screen.
- Wiped Cache, Factory Reset data (not sure if that is needed, but did it in case)
rebooted and the phone is working again (AND the red text is gone at startup)

dubsteps said:
Ok, so I flashed stock recovery and went to HBOOT>RECOVERY -> pressed VOLUP and POWER at red triangle w exclamation point screen.
- Wiped Cache, Factory Reset data (not sure if that is needed, but did it in case)
rebooted and the phone is working again (AND the red text is gone at startup)
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nice :good::good:
no reason for custom recovery not to work since you were able to get to stock recovery, i've seen a few rare cases on the m7 where you had to delete the twrp settings file on the sdcard for it to work when going from one version to another (though really a very rarely)

nkk71 said:
nice :good::good:
no reason for custom recovery not to work since you were able to get to stock recovery, i've seen a few rare cases on the m7 where you had to delete the twrp settings file on the sdcard for it to work when going from one version to another (though really a very rarely)
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Ok, it's definitely the download for the TWRP recovery I had. I'm able to reflash stock recovery and reflash other TWRP downloads (another download of the newest, then maybe 2.7.x.x)
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OK, I flashed with TWRP 2.8.1.0 and that worked ok. I did MD5 the 2.8.3.0 TWRP, but it just won't work.
Thank you so much nkk71 and everyone who replied to my thread!

dubsteps said:
Hello,
I've had this phone for about a week and got it configured the way I prefer: S-Off, unlocked Bootloader, SIM unlocked, rooted. I flashed the latest Beanstalk 4.4.4 ROM and life was pretty good.
The only thing was the power on screen had red writing, so I followed this thread: ★ ☆ [MOD] Remove Red Text on Splash Screen | m8 hboots | ALL Variants and it worked! It did remove the red writing, but now I can't boot into Recovery mode.
I tried getting to Recovery mode through HBOOT and also from the OS reboot menu. When the phone tries to get into recovery mode, it stalls at the HTC splash screen and states: "Entering Recovery..." at the top of the screen, but never gets there. I then have to wait for the phone to run out of power, before I can put it on the charger and then be able to boot into the Bootloader or the OS.
So then I found a thread to erase the cache using Minimal ADB and Fastboot: fastboot erase cache
which it did successfully. I then booted to the OS, and now I've lost my cell signal,
I booted back to fastboot and from my computer ran Minimal ADB and Fastboot: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
which it did successfully. I then tried booting to the Recovery and again I get the HTC start up screen with: "Entering Recovery..." at the top of the screen.
So now I'm waiting for the phone battery to die off a fully charge. Before I do anything else, I would like some of your help with what my next step should be.
Please help!
Thank you.
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Got a similar problem like this one
unlocked bootloader
flashed twrp using the fastboot process of cmd
but i CANT get into RECOVERY MODE
when i click Recovery only a screen flashes saying "Entering recovery" and comes back to the bootloader screen showing HBOOT
PLEASE HELP
A TOTAL NOOB

Encryption/Brick randomly

Htc One M8... was running marshmallow sense rom with elementalx kernel.
- S-off
- running Bell marshmallow firmware
- Twrp recovery latest one.
Randomly the phone rebooted while I was using it last night and after that got stuck in a bootloop.
Now it seems to boot up but it goes to a screen where it says "please enter password to decrypt phone" ... I don't have a password so then it tells me to factory wipe the phone.
I can get into Hboot fine... the issue I am having is for some reason along with the rom, the recovery has crashed too... I have tried reflashing a new twrp or even the stock recovery but the recovery just will not boot. Regardless of me flashing the stock recovery... when I try to boot into it, it shows that I am booting into twrp (which makes me assume that the recovery isnt really being flashed)
I tried the RUU method but when I do rebootRUU from fastboot it just boots my phone and its stuck back in the bootloop and doesnt go to Black HTC screen :S.
Kind of stuck... I dont have a windows device otherwise I would try the exe method and lost on how to recover the device. Feels like maybe the flash memory crashed... but its so random
If anyone can help, would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

so just tried to run a gpe ruu as well... it did the first step of flashing the bootloader and just rebooted to the normal htc bootloader :S
seems like whatever I do nothing is being flashed to any partition... i found the adb command that fixes encryption for aosp roms... but I cannot run adb because I cant boot into recovery :S

Htc one m8 not rooting

I have a HTC One m8(Marshmallow 6.0) from Verizon. It's unlocked and I'm using it on the cricket network. I got S-off(sunshine) and put the latest TWRP on it. However ever root method(kingroot, kingoroot, etc) I try it's not working. Don't want to pay One Click Root $30 to root it. Any suggestions? Thanks

Download SuperSU from the app store and try the built in methods.
If neither work, you need the root installation zip and to flash it through TWRP>Install

I just rooted on a Verizon HTC One M8 with Marshmallow and was navigating to this forum to find a good rom and radio.
I got it done by downloading the supersu zip file and used TWRP to flash it. I wasn't rooted so I had to do it this way ... none of the apps will work if you aren't already rooted. Make sure you have downloaded the supersu .zip file and not the .adk file, otherwise it won't be available in supersu to flash.

I did that and now it's stuck on the verizon red screen. I tried factory resetting(fastboot). And that didn't work. The only way i seem to be able to get the phone to turn on is to let it die and charging it to like 2% and go into fastboot mode and if i reboot it.... it goes to the verizon red screen and just stays there.

Msmala85 said:
I did that and now it's stuck on the verizon red screen. I tried factory resetting(fastboot). And that didn't work. The only way i seem to be able to get the phone to turn on is to let it die and charging it to like 2% and go into fastboot mode and if i reboot it.... it goes to the verizon red screen and just stays there.
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Try flashing current stable SuperSU 2.78 in zip version (flash with TWRP) from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/stable-2016-09-01supersu-v2-78-release-t3452703
Also, you need to be on a relatively recent TWRP version. Current is 3.0.2
https://dl.twrp.me/m8/
Also, no need to let the battery die, to restart to bootloader. Force a reboot by holding Power+Vol up for a minute or so. Once the screen goes dark to reboot, slide your finger from vol up, to vol down, to boot into bootloader.
Also, you should always do a TWRP backup before trying to root, so you can revert if something like this goes wrong.