Hey people,
Figured I would just start my own thread.
I have a Virgin Moble CDMA and it seems to be hard bricked.
With no battery in the phone plug in the USB cable to Windows computer unit vibrates 3 times and nothing more. Computer does not recognize that there is a device connected.
I created a gold card and placed the img file (Bare minimum to fix tripple vibe brick on USCC or VMUSA) from Simonsimon34's thread on the development area.
The SD is placed in the phone plugged in the USB get the 3 vibes and nothing else happens. I have tried waiting and then pushing the volume up to see if it will vibe again....it never does.
I know I am in what is referred to as "Qualcomm diagnostic mode" I have search and can not find anything helpful.
Any other ideas would be great.
KB
I had this problem in the past.
Run the RUU found here: http://www.filefactory.com/file/c4e..._1.25_0815_PRL61007_release_219164_signed.exe
It will be a slow download and you may need to try a few times.
Close all open applications. Run the RUU, but stop at the screen where you are able to choose to view the Read Me. Go to Windows Explorer, and type %TEMP% and pick the top one. Find "rom.zip". Move that to the desktop. Format your SD card (FAT32). Rename rom.zip to PG76IMG.zip. Put PG76IMG.zip on your SD card. Then hope it works.
If you're not running Windows or you have other problems or it doesn't work, I'm sure the problems can be resolved.
Thanks for the quick response. But I have already tried this.
I should have mentioned that.
Kevin
So you did Simon's method and the RUU method?
This is basically what I did..let me know if I am missing something.
I first tried what I believe is Simons method:
1. Took SD connected to computer.
2. I then used Simple Gold card v1 to create the gold card.
* I already had my gold card image from before when the phone was still working.
3. I then placed the PG file on the SD card.
*I've tried both the PG file that I got from the temp folder that the ruu creates and I also tried the PG file on the Simon's developer thread ( the one labeled for 3 vibes)
4. Put the SD card in the phone, then connected the USB to the computer.
All the phone does is vibrate 3 times.
I then tried the RUU.
1. I installed the HTC synch software on the computer
2. Connected the phone to the computer also.
I have tried both with a gold card and a freshly formatted SD card.
3 I then run the RUU.... All I ever get is a USB error stated to make sure the phone is connected.
Kevin
kmbarreiros said:
This is basically what I did..let me know if I am missing something.
I first tried what I believe is Simons method:
1. Took SD connected to computer.
2. I then used Simple Gold card v1 to create the gold card.
* I already had my gold card image from before when the phone was still working.
3. I then placed the PG file on the SD card.
*I've tried both the PG file that I got from the temp folder that the ruu creates and I also tried the PG file on the Simon's developer thread ( the one labeled for 3 vibes)
4. Put the SD card in the phone, then connected the USB to the computer.
All the phone does is vibrate 3 times.
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When you powered the phone on did you hold the volume up and press the power button at the same time?
Yes I have.
Ok, just a thought...
Alright, I had this same problem with my VM Marvelc. I had to send it in. Don't worry. They won't be able to check to see if you've modded because your radio and hboot are totally trashed. They should just send you a new one. (If you have a warranty of any sort.)
Unfortunately I doubt that I have any warranty, I got the phone from a relative who got it at the Elan show(payed $100). It was there X-mas show, she came home with a pile of electronics (tv, android tablet, this phone....). The phone was never activated, I was just about ready too.
My wife isn't too happy that I bricked it since I can't really afford to get another one.
I've spent about a week on it and from all the research I have done pretty much any phone that is in this state either the thread just ends or they get the phone exchanged.
I sent an email to HTC but they want me to call, I'll just try to play as dumb as possible.
Well I ended up calling HTC, come to find out my phone is still under warranty even though I bought this from relative. Looks like they just go by the serial number.
Thanks for all the help, I'll be back once I get the new one.
Kevin
Awesome. And if they ask, what happened was that you were waiting to do a FOTA, but you decided to do it. After the FOTA, this problem is occurring. (Don't tell them you were messing with ROMs.)
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WHile trying to install NFSFAN's latest Telus rom my phone disconnects and reconnects causing an error right after teh 0% progress bar shows up on the phone's screen.
I don't think it's a new problem because the Windows Vista machine makes the connect/disconnect noise repeatedly when I plug the USB cord in (though I've never had a problem syncing contacts etc.).
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew a fix for me so I can play with Manilla 2D etc.
I advise you read more on how to unlock your phone, and perform a proper flash.
If for some reason your PC is not loading the drivers correctly, then you should use the mini SD card method of flashing.
1) Save the rom as voguimg.nbh on a fat32 drive less than 2gb.
2) power+camera+reset on bottom will put the phone into flash mode and begin reading the file from the flash drive.
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If for some reason your PC is not loading the drivers correctly, then you should use the mini SD card method of flashing.
1) Save the rom as voguimg.nbh on a fat32 drive less than 2gb.
2) power+camera+reset on bottom will put the phone into flash mode and begin reading the file from the flash drive.
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I think he should probably do a bit more reading on the topic like NFSFAN says first...
the direct sd card method is what I use (since i'm on Linux) but you have it incorrect as case matters.
The firmware should be named:
Code:
VOGUIMG.NBH
it should reside in the root directory of your sd card and it sometimes helps if theres nothing else on the card. ppcgeeks has a great faq on the whole ordeal. Read first thoroughly imo.
Did you even unlock it? (using Coke)
Try putting it into bootloader, let it load the drivers, and then run the upgrade...
USB ERROR
I had trouble with the driver install as well. I used Vista Business with no luck. Next I tried XP, still no luck. Lastly, I tried on my laptop that has Windows 7 Beta. W7 Beta installed the driver and it read as a palm os base device, NFSFAN's Beta 3 Rom Rom has the phone codes in the Program folder under system Tools. You can enable it that way. I was able to accomplish the agps methood.
HI, i recently change service from sprint to cricket, i have a htc sprint touch, i accidentaly broke one of the usb pins on my phone, i need to fully flash to cricket. is there any other way? already loaded the cricket prl only text and talk work, as i used my memory card to uploaded it. how can i unlock it so i can load a custom rom with a memory card?
can i use activesync with bluetooth to run the unlocker?
ive tried active sync with BT and didnt have much luck but if you can get it to connect you should be ok ( im just assuming here)
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HI, i recently change service from sprint to cricket, i have a htc sprint touch, i accidentaly broke one of the usb pins on my phone, i need to fully flash to cricket. is there any other way? already loaded the cricket prl only text and talk work, as i used my memory card to uploaded it. how can i unlock it so i can load a custom rom with a memory card?
can i use activesync with bluetooth to run the unlocker?
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I don't think you can flash the ROM via bluetooth, but I could be wrong. One thing you can do is flash the ROM/unlocker directly from the memory card in the phone. From what I understand it needs to be a non-HD card (usually 2gb or less) and also needs to be formatted FAT32. Then you can download the 'imcokeman' unlocker, decompress it and pull out the *.nbh file. You will have to rename this to VOGUIMG.nbh and put it in the root folder of the card. Then when you activate the bootloader, by POWER>CAMERA>SOFT RESET it will load the NBH. Then you can also put a custom ROM on this way too...just pull the nbh file from what you get, and follow same procedures after the phone is unlocked. I've never done this before, but I have read where people have done it successfully. If you need more info reference this thread http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=20370&highlight=memory+card.
You can also d/l the unlocker there. The area where they are talking about using memory cards is like post 260 or so...good luck. Let me know if you're still stuck.
Also there's a great write up on the process here http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=17473.
I tried that it just gets stuck in bootloader, it says "loading..." and nothing happends. what am i doing wrong?
xcaliburpcs said:
I tried that it just gets stuck in bootloader, it says "loading..." and nothing happends. what am i doing wrong?
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1. Format your MicroSD card to FAT32 (YES - FAT 32 32 32!! not just plain old FAT) (again, this is not required if your card is already fat32; it is ok to have other data on the card). I have read that the card needs to be 2gb or smaller, though I'm not sure how much truth, if any, there is to that...
2. Extract the .NBH you desire to flash from the exe or zip or w/e put it on the microsd card rename it from RUU_signed.nbh to VOGUIMG.NBH
3.Put the MicroSD card in your phone and Get To the BOOTLOADER screen (camer+power+reset) it should then start updating with the .NBH on the SD card and the procedure should begin automatically.
you can also use this procedure to unlock your phone by flashing the .nbh from Cokemans unlocker just extract it and rename it VOGUIMG.NBH or if your stuck at that HTC screen and cant sync because your phone wont boot up.
---This really the best info I can give you...just double check everything you are doing to make sure that you are doing it right. As I said I have never done the unlock process this way, but many people have. Check the second link I gave you in my original post if you need more help...they'll be able to help you I'm sure.
I have done all of that but my phone just gets stuck at the loading grey screen and nothing happends. my phone has the latest rom from sprint. its the 6.1 and I installed it by the bootloader mode with the micro sd card. anything else I can do? if not I found a guy who can repair my mini usb port, but hes about an hour away.
You'll probably waist more time trying to figure this out. I would just drive the hour and get it fixed. It would be more of an investment really especially once you re-sale it for a new phone.
Plus re-programming the phone becomes a whole lot easir 8p
Yeah, that was my Idea, either replace it or fix it. maybe sale it as is and replace it for the touch pro.hmmm, lifes hard choices. what to do...what to do? 8 (
rzawora said:
you can also use this procedure to unlock your phone by flashing the .nbh from Cokemans unlocker just extract it and rename it VOGUIMG.NBH or if your stuck at that HTC screen and cant sync because your phone wont boot up.
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so i just copy cokemans unlocker to memory card rename it and run it like i would do for a rom?
still waiting for someone to answer this please
**Disclaimer so that this doesn't get deleted. I looked at all the posts and tried to search, couldn't find any answers and I made this thread HERE because I doubt anyone in "General" would know what I'm talking about. This is more of a development question.**
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Ok, I am actually having two problems.
1) Normally when I plug my phone in the computer and choose "disk drive" mode, a screen pops up on my PC titled "Removable Disk (J)" That's actually not the right one because right behind that screen I get another pop-up titled "Removable Disk (K)" and that's actually the one with the folders and everything that I'm supposed to use (the root of the sd card folder.) So I hit cancel on (J) and am on my way using (K).
Well over the weekend, on Friday, I rooted my phone using toast's way and then I went camping without doing ANYTHING else.
Then I come back last night, everything is working fine and I installed ROM Manager on there because I wanted to flash Pete's "BuglessBeast". Since my internet connection in my basement is super slow I decided to just leave it at that and work on it at work today. Well here I am.
Problem: Phone was not connecting to computer. It kept giving me errors and then asked me to Format my card. After about half hour of trying to get it to connect I said "fine.. I'll just format it and factory reset my phone and root all over again and do all this. Well now.. phone is only connecting to (J) drive. (K) never appears.
2) Also, after rooting and finding out that ROM Manager won't work for me I have to manually download the file, I tried to go into recovery mode and every time I selected "sd card: apply update.zip", I keep getting the same error saying "FILE NOT FOUND ON SD CARD".
Any help please?
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there a way to start over, all over again?
With the problem running (where you can see both disks), right click on "My Computer" and select "manage", then go to "Disk Management" and see if your SD card is partitioned or something. That's very unusual and should only present itself if your SD card is partitioned and it's seeing both partitions.
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**Disclaimer so that this doesn't get deleted. I looked at all the posts and tried to search, couldn't find any answers and I made this thread HERE because I doubt anyone in "General" would know what I'm talking about. This is more of a development question.**
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Ok, I am actually having two problems.
1) Normally when I plug my phone in the computer and choose "disk drive" mode, a screen pops up on my PC titled "Removable Disk (J)" That's actually not the right one because right behind that screen I get another pop-up titled "Removable Disk (K)" and that's actually the one with the folders and everything that I'm supposed to use (the root of the sd card folder.) So I hit cancel on (J) and am on my way using (K).
Well over the weekend, on Friday, I rooted my phone using toast's way and then I went camping without doing ANYTHING else.
Then I come back last night, everything is working fine and I installed ROM Manager on there because I wanted to flash Pete's "BuglessBeast". Since my internet connection in my basement is super slow I decided to just leave it at that and work on it at work today. Well here I am.
Problem: Phone was not connecting to computer. It kept giving me errors and then asked me to Format my card. After about half hour of trying to get it to connect I said "fine.. I'll just format it and factory reset my phone and root all over again and do all this. Well now.. phone is only connecting to (J) drive. (K) never appears.
2) Also, after rooting and finding out that ROM Manager won't work for me I have to manually download the file, I tried to go into recovery mode and every time I selected "sd card: apply update.zip", I keep getting the same error saying "FILE NOT FOUND ON SD CARD".
Any help please?
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there a way to start over, all over again?
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development is not for posting questions, q and a is for posting questions (hence the name)
you probably built an ext container before (partitioned the card, using one of the recoveries). if you partition the card, they will come up as two disks when you plug the usb in. when you 'repaired' it, it formatted the whole thing into one block. by formatting, you've erased anything you had on it. you'll have to put the files you want back on the card.
arozer said:
Any help please?
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there a way to start over, all over again?
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ive seen quite a few windows users on here name their file update.zip but have hidden file extensions turned on so in reality the name is update.zip.zip which will not work.
if thats not the issue, something sounds very wrong with your microsd card.
not sure why you had two partitions, J and K, but seems to hint at app2sd or had two partitions setup on the microsd card ...
my friend had one go bad on him yesterday, i had never seen it before but perhaps there is something defective.
otherwise, a reformat of the card, should bring it back to new.
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ive seen quite a few windows users on here name their file update.zip but have hidden file extensions turned on so in reality the name is update.zip.zip which will not work.
if thats not the issue, something sounds very wrong with your microsd card.
not sure why you had two partitions, J and K, but seems to hint at app2sd or had two partitions setup on the microsd card ...
my friend had one go bad on him yesterday, i had never seen it before but perhaps there is something defective.
otherwise, a reformat of the card, should bring it back to new.
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THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!
Ok. That worked.
That was actually the problem. =D
I thought my phone was going all sorts of crazy.
Thank you thank you thank you.
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Now installing bugless beast. Hopefully the phone will connect to my computer now.
Edit: everything seems to be running fine now.
Thanks joey.
While I was running the recovery with my laptop through a dos shell to run a fix for a ROM it started to go a little haywire and start choosing things without me pressing buttons. So, I think it might have chosen the "USB-MS toggle" but the rest worked fine during the wiping and flashing the market fix, but rebooting the phone the sd card was not recognized. Then when i would try and go into recovery since then (even after getting the SD card re-recognized by the phone after downgraded to the PC36IMG) when i go to reboot into recovery I cannot get the recovery mode to start as the device is not connected to my PC.
Further, when I plug my phone into the computer it does not even seem to know it is connected to a computer because it does not bring up the "connect as" box (and yes i have the ask me checked) and does not even seem to charge while phone is on (also tried more than one cable)
Mainly would like to know if there is a way that i can copy the files onto my SDcard directly from my PC (by putting the sd card in an sd card reader) so that I can run the recovery menu on the EVO without the laptop?
Thank you for your help anyone as I am quite stressed and upset at the moment!
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While I was running the recovery with my laptop through a dos shell to run a fix for a ROM it started to go a little haywire and start choosing things without me pressing buttons. So, I think it might have chosen the "USB-MS toggle" but the rest worked fine during the wiping and flashing the market fix, but rebooting the phone the sd card was not recognized. Then when i would try and go into recovery since then (even after getting the SD card re-recognized by the phone after downgraded to the PC36IMG) when i go to reboot into recovery I cannot get the recovery mode to start as the device is not connected to my PC.
Further, when I plug my phone into the computer it does not even seem to know it is connected to a computer because it does not bring up the "connect as" box (and yes i have the ask me checked) and does not even seem to charge while phone is on (also tried more than one cable)
Mainly would like to know if there is a way that i can copy the files onto my SDcard directly from my PC (by putting the sd card in an sd card reader) so that I can run the recovery menu on the EVO without the laptop?
Thank you for your help anyone as I am quite stressed and upset at the moment!
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sounds like you need to uninstall your htc sync and re install it to get the drivers back
Did that already. Will try again
Might help to post in the questions section not development section?
Sent from my Evo using the xda app.
adbWireless would probably be another solution.. if you have a wifi network at home
Thanks for the input all...actually seemed to have a PC36IMG that I reverted back to which did not have the ability to connect but with the help of one of the ROM developers here (vaelek) I was able to solve the problem and get it up and running again!!!!
Will certainly go to the question section next time Tejas, thanks!
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Hey , my htc kaiser went through alot of flashing in the past gre weeks , and now it wont flash ANY new nbh files , so I am stuck with a 2.6.25 version nbh. i cant use Hardspl like I was using , and now it wont work with the sd card , but it will go to the tri colored screen. Any suggestions would be appreciated
I came across the same problem. I also wanted to flash a new nbh file trough the sd card but every time I tried it goes directly to "serial" when I do a hard reset.
check for the correct file name. file KAISIMG.NBH must be in the root of your sd card.
it is , but it still wont flash
is USB still working?
if it does, just extract the RUU exe from an ordinary rom upgrade pack,
put the nbh u want to flash in the same seperate folder with RUU (on your desktop not your SD of course =] )
then execute RUU
it should work fine in the Tri-COlour screen.
It wont work in usb , thats how I always flashed it , but now on the tri colored screen , it says usb , but the RUU cant find the device? Its so confusing ahaha
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It wont work in usb , thats how I always flashed it , but now on the tri colored screen , it says usb , but the RUU cant find the device? Its so confusing ahaha
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Please allow me to guess around and list out possible solution,
I do wish to suggest any solution to work it out
I guess there are few possible things to check out,
like hardware,
is the usb port of your Kaiser having bad contact. are the pins having bad contact.
ever tried to replace USB cable or use another computer to try
ever tried another SD card? Flash memory does wear out in continuos read and write.
Software:
Ever tried official WM flashing pack?
What about re-do HARDSPL install? I remember there are tutorials around on how to remove HARDSPL and then reinstall HARDSPL yourself.
**PS: My own very-UNprofessional opinion: probably there is something wrong with the HARDSPL, so it wont recognise itself correctly to RUU, nor recognising NBH file on SD corerectly.
Good luck mate, looking forward to your speech of joy =]
Im not exactly sure about the usb port , Before I started flashing , it worked fine with a usb wall charger , now it doesnt , but USB debugging always comes up , and it will only charge with a usb port into a computer . so I have absolutly NO clue
Any suggestions?
You may have a worn USB socket on your phone. By the way you are talking about as much flashing as you do, that could be the root cause of the issue.
One thing to try is to clean the contacts on the USB socket of the phone by using an air duster or other compressed air source to blow any garbage out, or (my personal favorite, produces the best results) you can use a small amount of WD-40 sprayed directly in the socket with the extension tube attached. A SMALL AMOUNT WILL WORK! Don't go soaking the phone in WD-40 as this could have ill effects on the phone (I have NEVER used more than a drop or two at any one time, directly on the contacts).
Hope this helps...
ill try that But it still doesnt solve the problem of not being able to flash from SD card?
Sorry, I must have missed the SD card thing in your first post.
There is also a known issue with the ribbon cable that goes from the base to the screen/D-pad/SD socket/etc.
The SD reader is part of the tilt assembly with the electronics for it built into the screen half with the socket/receptacle. In order to use less wires to operate it, they designed it using the USB standard 4 connectors, reducing the extra terminals on the ribbon to 3 (ground is common on the tilt panel).
There's a disassembly thread around here with detailed pictures showing the board being removed from the face.
You could try the WD-40 trick on the contacts of the SD reader, but I'm doubtful thats where the problem is.
The only reason I know all this useless crap is because I had to disassemble one of my Kaisers to replace the screen/touchscreen assembly, which is connected to the same board as the SD/D-pad.
This worked for me!
I once had the same problem and this is what I did:
First bring your phone back to the tri-coloured screen, then flash your ORIGINAL rom that came with your phone. For example with the MDA Vario III you need to flash the Win Mo rom provided by T-Mobile.
Once you have done this reinstall HARDSPL exactly as written in this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433835. And the final step is to flash your phone back with a KAISIMG.NBH file on a fat32 formatted sd card.
Hope it works and good luck!
All the credits go to l1q1d though who gave me this advice
That's a problem because he can't seem to flash anything through the USB port or from the SD slot. I'm sure he would have flashed back to WinMo by now, if he could.
Haven't heard anything back from him yet...
Try another MicroSD card, or just let windows Disk Check utility correct the filesystem errors.
Put the microSD card into Card reader, use HP USB Disk Storage format Tool to format the card to FAT, Transfer KAISIMG.NBH to your phone.
Recharge your phone TO ATLEAST 50%, or the update will fail.
Boot into bootloader and try installing nbh.
I am pretty sure you have corrupted SD Card. Try another miniUSB cable on your Kaiser. While phone is off, Take out SD Card, Then Keep Camera Button pressed and PLUG IN USB Cable, the phone will boot into tri colour screen saying USB. (Disable USB Connections from activesync)
Run RUU Utility to flash the Official Kaiser Rom