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I had loads of problems with my desire hanging so i decided to try and download the htc generic roms and run them!
RUU_Bravo_HTC_Europe_1.15.405.1_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_121684
Also tried
RUU_Bravo_HTC_Europe_1.15.405.3_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_121865
but they all hanged during the upgrade so now im totally stuck with a black screen or the White ruu screen saying:
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BRAVO Unknown Ship S-ON
HBOOT-0.75.0000
MicroP-031d
Touch Panel SYNT0101
RADIO-4.05.00.11
Mar 5 2010, 21:12:15
RUU
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Is there any way to save my desire or is it bricked? and should i send it to htc support? I should have warranty i hope since its merely 2 month old!
One more question, before i ran these roms i HAVE NOT rooted my desire! Do i have to do so? My desire is currently still UNROOTED! Could that be the reason why the rom upgrades are failing or is it possible to do them on unrooted desires?
Although i dont even know if its possible to root it in this state.....
Is your handset branded? If so, did you create a goldcard?
Exactly what state is your handset currently in? Does it boot to use as normal?
If I were you I would read THIS and root your phone. Then install any rom you want. There are official and custom roms galore in the dev section.
If you have tried to install an incorrect rom on the phone and messed it up then I doubt HTC would honour the warranty anyway so there is no fear in rooting it! The only known bricking issue on these phones has a fix now so you haven't lost anything.
My phone boots up to that RUU error message so it doesnt boot!
The problem was it stopped booting all of a sudden with the original rom! It just hanged at the White startup screen with the green HTC letters!
But i could enter the Fastboot, Recovery, etc... menu!
So with that i tried with the USB to download the generic original roms! But after they failed (both of them) now each time i boot i get the HTC blackscreen with the error triangle inside!
But i can still install new roms, through the usb but none of them can finish after like 80% so they can still connect to the phone from the computer through usb!
The phone is unbranded as in not connected to any operator like vodafone or such! and its not rooted either!
so u think i should try to root it?
If it is definitely unbranded then no goldcard is needed. I'd say you should go for it and try to root it. Just to confirm it's unbranded, it doesn't have any network operator software on it at all? No boot screen or any operator apps or anything?
You will need to check the link I gave you and follow the instructions religiously! It's actually a fairly painless process. I found the easiest was the tiny core linux method. You don't need any linux experience to use it as you just type in about 4 lines of text.
Failing that, if it simply never goes past the boot screen then no one will know you tried to root! So it would be a simple warranty return to the place you got it, and as far as you are concerned you got up one morning and the phone was off. You tried to turn it on and the rest is history! I told the carphone warehouse that and was given a new handset there and then, but was within my first 14 days of contract. It was a usb brick in my case and there was no fix for ir then. There is now though..
okay so im getting almost all the way on step 1!
except at the end of every push of files it says
FAILED (remote: 51 partition update fail)
anyone know any fix? also how do i know which bootloader i have 0,75 or 0,8 and which rom i have previously??
before everything i know i had android 2.1 .. is that my rom too? like 1.21?
Zeppan said:
okay so im getting almost all the way on step 1!
except at the end of every push of files it says
FAILED (remote: 51 partition update fail)
anyone know any fix? also how do i know which bootloader i have 0,75 or 0,8 and which rom i have previously??
before everything i know i had android 2.1 .. is that my rom too? like 1.21?
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To check your bootloader, switch the phone on by pressing the volume down button while pressing power. The second line of text will say HBOOT the number after that is your bootloader.
As for that error... No idea. Sorry!
dang... anyone got any ideas bout the error 51? and how to fix it?
try rooting with goldcard method
Also stuck with RUU USB
Did you get a resolution for this? I'm experiencing a bad time with RUU USB too. My phone started out as an unbranded Magic 32A from HK and seems to be a European now, as it only likes installing the European RUUs (and even then only goes as far as 36%)!
EDIT:
I've since had it repaired by HTC themselves. Their engineers couldn't fix it (allegedly) so they replaced the mobo.
Cost me HK$1500! F***!
Right, I have a slight issue.... my wifes phone is playing up at the moment ... the dreaded reboot issue when ever you do more than make a call, so I need to send the phone back to HTC.
The problem ...
I don't have my gold card anymore ... it was on my desk and the cat must have eaten it! I have tried unrooting without and it stops with an incorrect bootloader message (or something along those lines)
I have managed to boot back into Android after clearing all data (via the bootloader), am I ok in creating a goldcard even though I am on a custom ROM and not stock?
Did try Googling but got mixed messages .... not all relating to the Desire either.
Anyone tried unrooting an O2 Desire yet? If so what RUU did you use?
Thanks in advance
Doesn't matter what ROM you are on, you can even create a goldcard without your phone if necessary.
Be careful which RUU you choose, as some of the older ones can cause an SLCD brick (depending on which screen you have).
I'm not sure about the situation with O2, but I debranded my Orange phone with the latest stock RUU as there have been no Orange RUU leaks.
Thank you,
Hopefully that will work, it is going back to HTC not O2, so will probably go for the latest stock RUU (and hopefully the goldcard will work!!)
The bootloader is dated Aug 10 from memory so fairly new and still falls under HTC warranty.
Will post a few more details about the bootloader version later.
Thanks again.
matt.xx said:
Doesn't matter what ROM you are on, you can even create a goldcard without your phone if necessary.
Be careful which RUU you choose, as some of the older ones can cause an SLCD brick (depending on which screen you have).
I'm not sure about the situation with O2, but I debranded my Orange phone with the latest stock RUU as there have been no Orange RUU leaks.
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My friend has a desire which is completely standard, it has never been rooted or modified.
At the moment when he switches the phone on, it is stuck on the HTC splash screen, he can access boot mode if he holds volume down with power.
Any idea on how to fix this problem?
Thanks
if the phone is branded, find the latest RUU for his network from here, boot into fastboot (power off, then hold back & power), plug phone in via usb and run the RUU. make sure you find the right one or you'll just make it worse
If the phone is unbranded, flash the latest WWE RUU.
If the phone is branded and you cannot find the correct RUU, and you also have a desire, create a goldcard with HIS sd-card, then flash the latest WWE RUU
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if the phone is branded, find the latest RUU for his network from here, boot into fastboot (power off, then hold back & power), plug phone in via usb and run the RUU. make sure you find the right one or you'll just make it worse
If the phone is unbranded, flash the latest WWE RUU.
If the phone is branded and you cannot find the correct RUU, and you also have a desire, create a goldcard with HIS sd-card, then flash the latest WWE RUU
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I created a goldcard a while ago using a spare SD card i have got. So it seems quite straight forward them, flash the WWE ruu whilst the goldcard is in the phone?
But how come you mention the goldcard must be HIS sd?
no just the fact that so he would be able to keep it, any goldcard will work (sorry if that confused you ). And yeah it's pretty straightforward with a goldcard, just flash the latest WWE RUU.
An update on the situation;
I have been doing some research on XDA and a few people mention to put the phone in the fridge for 5 mins. I have done this and the phone does boot up normally.
But when the phone gets warm, it restarts and freezes on the HTC screen again.
Is it still the same procedure to fix this? By inserting a goldcard and flashing the WWE ruu?
thanks
sounds like a faulty motherboard.... warranty?
Is it definetly a faulty motherboard?
Unfortunately it has no warranty.
Try to wipe data.
325i. said:
Is it definetly a faulty motherboard?
Unfortunately it has no warranty.
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Can't be sure but sounds like it to me
BigMrB said:
Can't be sure but sounds like it to me
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Me too.
Whatever procedure you do (run RUU, have it rooted etc...), the phone seems to get warm through the procedure anyway.
I join the opinion about the faulty motherboard.
I would sent the phone to htc anyway, but with a letter in which your friend asks if it's possbile to make a quotation. When your friends gets one back, he can decide wether he wants pay for the repair or just buy a new phone.
I think I could be with the same problem, phone working perfect till it gets warm enough that it restarts and halts in splash screen. This behaviour has been repeating over weeks till now, that it wont event load recovery, it stucks at the splash screen...
It seems all hboot and fastboot commands work without problems, but the phone is unable to start properly. Could this be a problem with the phone itself that leads to failure upon heating up?
I've also tried this:
bortak said:
if the phone is branded, find the latest RUU for his network from here, boot into fastboot (power off, then hold back & power), plug phone in via usb and run the RUU. make sure you find the right one or you'll just make it worse
If the phone is unbranded, flash the latest WWE RUU.
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But I get a "can't find the phone via USB" error running the UK Vodafone Froyo RUU being in fastboot, any clue what this could be?
Make sure you installed hboot drivers and htc sync drivers (correctly).
this problem is very similar to mine i was having with restarting in heavy usage, about 35°C the phone automaticly reboots over and over again
this problem is caused by faulty mobo for 99% this case the whole motherboard being replaced,
few days before i pick up my repaired desire and now everything works perfect,
so only one solution - if you are S-off reeturn to stock S-on and sent desire to repair
idea
I have an idea.. if it works when it's cold.. why don't you plug it in via USB.. stick it in your freezer.. and run the RUU from a laptop next to it .. I know it's a longshot... but could give it a try
I've got a weird behaviour now... When I plug the phone on fastboot, the RUU program recognices it, but the phone freezes there in the first step, so I have to restart the phone for the program to continue.
Its like if every time the program itself talks to the phone, the phone halts in fastboot, not letting the program boot in hboot and flash itself... ^^
Any clue what this could be? I'm gonna send the phone to support, but I would like to restore it to S-ON at least to avoid problems with void waranty...
EDIT: I've finally made the update on the phone, but it seems RUU_Bravo_Froyo_Vodafone_UK_2.33.161.2 didnt touch the HBOOT, so I'm still S-OFF (and the Alpharev pink slogan is on first line). Should I flash a more recent RUU or is there another way to get rid of S-OFF? The rest seems to be OK, the phone is still not loading past splash but the recovery seems to revert back to normal (no CWM).
EDIT2: I've forgot to flash bravo_downgrader from alpharev to unlock the hboot to be able to overwrite it... damn! Now to hope HTC could fix my phone or at least send me another that works properlly...
Has anyone ever seen this? Got this phone cheap and would like to fix it.
Can't get into bootloader, just goes to this screen and keeps rebooting ever so often.
Cheers for any help
Ok an update, it seems the volume- button is broken but back key + power worked and I got into the boot menu. Here's a pic.
Where should I go from here?
Is there a way of knowing if the phone is branded and what brand or unlocked so I can try flashing a WWE RUU?
Ok so the phone is branded T Mobile since a Tmob RUU worked just fine but with WWE ROMs I get a CID mismatch.
Made a goldcard with 2 sd cards but it doesn't work since I get a CID error mismatch again.
I should mention that after a T Mobile RUU flash that phone was still getting stuck on that same screen in post 1.
I've tried several things but still no luck with getting anywhere.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Made a successful goldcard using a different method and was able to flash the latest WWE RUU but the phone is still stuck on boot, the difference is that now it's the white screen with HTC in the middle.
So the phone doesn't even get into boot.
Can somebody help me with this??
Ruu really should Fix it. If it doesn't, first port of call should be warranty. Does ruu give no error?
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As I've mentioned, I got this phone for cheap so no warranty.
Nope, no errors with goldcard. Also I should mention I can't get into recovery, it just goes back into boot loop.
I suspect some partition somewhere must be corrupted.
If the phone had S-OFF it would make things so much easier.
Ok so an update, for anyone who runs into this problem.
After trying basically everything (even trying to unlock bootloader with a HTC Unlocker device with no success, probably due to action key not working) I was going to go and try to unlock the official way.
To unlock the official way I had to update the ROM so I just used the latest update which is 2.3.3 and after flashing I was finally able to boot!! So it seems like the problem was not hardware related at all.
Next I used Revolutionary to S-OFF, flashed CWM Touch and used root.zip for root access. Now I'm happy I got it all going and it's time for a sandwich, the ice cream variant
Peace!
Hi, i am aware of fact that this propably happened to someone else before, but search wasnt much of use (i tried it for almost hour)
Got slighter problem, i need to unroot desire for warranty purposes, so I used RUU (download RUU, connect phone and run ruu.exe)
i got error 131 in procces (while using several roms from shippedroms, first branded TMO RUUs since phone was originaly branded by tmo, then ww ruu) and now i cant load bootloader, phone only vibrates when i try to turn it on, dont you have any help/links for guides to solve my problem? any help would be really appreciated.
Id try goldcard method with PB99IMG.zip, but i cant load bootloader :/
P.S. I can see phone in windows device manager
myusernamewastoken said:
Hi, i am aware of fact that this propably happened to someone else before, but search wasnt much of use (i tried it for almost hour)
Got slighter problem, i need to unroot desire for warranty purposes, so I used RUU (download RUU, connect phone and run ruu.exe)
i got error 131 in procces (while using several roms from shippedroms, first branded TMO RUUs since phone was originaly branded by tmo, then ww ruu) and now i cant load bootloader, phone only vibrates when i try to turn it on, dont you have any help/links for guides to solve my problem? any help would be really appreciated.
Id try goldcard method with PB99IMG.zip, but i cant load bootloader :/
P.S. I can see phone in windows device manager
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I'm preety sure that you installed amoled RUU and you have slcd device so the screen doesn't turn on.
Try Bortak's guide.
Sent from my HTC Desire using flashes and thunders
will do... it didnt occured to me that this could be a problem
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will do... it didnt occured to me that this could be a problem
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But it is. If you install amoled related RUU and you have slcd device you will end up with screen not working. In my opinion the best choice ti install is 2.3 RUU because it is made for all screen versions plus you won't get 131 error which is CID incopatibility cause it's the same for all regions. And you won't destroy the warranty.
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sounds more than logical, thanks for that, but its giving me error 131 even with RUU downloaded from slcd brick part of bortak's guide
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sounds more than logical, thanks for that, but its giving me error 131 even with RUU downloaded from slcd brick part of bortak's guide
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If I'm right in that part of guide you should do reinstall using a .zip file on your sd card.
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part 5, slcd brick (my problem), step 3, plug USB and run RUU... i cant flash it from sd card since i dont know what am I doin
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part 5, slcd brick (my problem), step 3, plug USB and run RUU... i cant flash it from sd card since i dont know what am I doin
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I'm sorry I forgot to ask you one question, which hboot did you have prior flashing of RUU?
0.93
Are you sure you have bootloader drivers on your PC?
I'm sorry for not reading carefully, do not use WWE RUU from slcd brick guide use 2.3 RUU that can be obtained from htc dev site.
I got ADB, not sure if I need something else, long time ago I registered at htcdev.com ... but tbh I dont know what I need to DL there
edit: tryin htc ruu now
myusernamewastoken said:
I got ADB, not sure if I need something else, long time ago I registered at htcdev.com ... but tbh I dont know what I need to DL there
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I've just opened a thread about it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772499
EDIT: Just give me a word if it worked.
there was some progress, but not as much as I think it would be... phone restarted itself in middle of update several times in row (or i think, it vibrated several times in few seconds, it has happened before, its one of reasons it goes to warranty service) and RUU gave me unknown error (forgot number, but it was labeled as unknow error).
screen is working now, after turning on, if USB is plugged, i see htc logo with exlamation marks in corners, if I unplug usb, i can see bootloader with only option, RUU (instead of usual 4 ones when phone is ok). tried to run HTC RUU again, but it fails after system update part, giving me error 152: image update error
after disconnection of usb, phone gives me table where everything is ok, except radio_v2, where is instead of OK some "fail-PU", after phone restart, i am stuck at htc logo with 4 trinagles in corner, pluging/unpluging usb gives me white screen with that RUU option only
Something went wrong try to remove battery and try once more with RUU. If no luck try goldcard method with WWE .zip.
Also try to extract rom.img from RUU and try to run it from goldcard.
some guys on xda says you should try RUU over and over and over... and most of them says this is baaad situation, will GC work?
You can try with GC and WWE RUU you may be lucky. Everything sounds lie you have some issue with flash memory of you phone.
And of course, try as many time as you want you may have success.
I put phone into Freezer, then performed RUU and it works now gotta love that piece of mashinery btw any idea about TMO branded ROM for slcd desires, so i dont do any funny shiet again?
btw i really apreciate your will to help, these kind of ppl are rare these days, thank you man
You're welcome, I totally forgot about that s**t with freezer, sometimes it gets overheated so nothing works.
Forget about branded RUUs, you never know what will you get at the end. Now try revolutionary, get s-off and root, and there's a plenty of roms you can try. Go here and you have it all:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
Plus hboot change is recommended (why don't you get more space when you can).
alpharev.nl
I had s-off and root and I will have it again, but still, need to put phone in service for warranty purpose and in our country, it isnt any simple, thats why branded rom :/
btw that **** with freezer doesnt surpise me, i am giving it to service partly for overheating problems... and leaving phone without battery for a while to cool down was my standart phone starting procedure, but I had no idea that even harder temperature decrease has such influence on performance (while using RUU, phone was at standard room temp.).
Anyway, thank you again, you helped really lot