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Attempted to Update my HBoot version and now have a bricked INC..Help! 10 bucks

I tried to update my Hboot the other day to .92 i believe from .78. Thinking it was as simple as flashing it through bootloader and thats it. I was stuck at the white htc screen for hours so I figured I was screwed. I wiped everything with no luck and then I flashed something so now my HBoot is 0.77.0000 and my Radio is 1.00.03.04.06. I was previously running CM7 nightlies. After flashing whatever zip I did I was trying to reverse what I did by "downgrading" and what I did was delete everything. I cant boot and I also dont have recovery anymore. I can only use Bootloader. PLease any help I can get is appreciated. If u can tell me how to fix this ill make a 10 dollar donation to your paypal. My e-mail is [email protected] if u want me e-mail any information. Thanks a ton

Try the following link.
You may need to get an usb sd card reader. That way you can put the needed files using your pc.
I am sure someone more knowledgeable will come along to help you.
I read somewhere that if you can get to the bootloader, it might have not neen bricked yet.
http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=77

Download this file
http://www.fourty.net/~berzerker/sto....605.1_RUU.zip
Rename it to PB31IMG.zip, put it on the root of your SD card, Boot into the bootloader (hold vol- and pwr) and let it run the update. After it is done you will be back to a stock 2.2.

I forgot to mention in my initial post that I also updated my radio to the newest 2.15 but still had recovery after I did that and after that is when I tried to downgrade everything and lost my recovery. Didnt know if that makes a difference or not. Thanks for the quick replies

Goos3y that link you sent me says 404 not found.

ok there is hope. I am a littl confused though. Do you have recovery?

No i do not have recovery only hboot. I am using my lady's Droid X with my SD card to put any files on the card that I need to.

http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=108 download the PB31IMG.zip put it on the root of the sd card and flash through bootloader as previously stated. Make sure it is named PB31IMG.zip or it wont get recognized. You will loose root and have S on. Thank doug piston for the dl.
sent from my streak7

this is not in the right section but if you can still get into recovery restore a working nandroid back up. after that go to backup and restore>advanced restore and restore your boot image. im pretty sure upgrading you hboot erases your boot image.

EDIT: I saw that someone posted a PB31IMG up earlier. I'd try that one first,
This is for the RUU exe.
An RUU is a program which links to any phone that can get into bootloader, and installs a completely unrooted stock image to your phone. It can be done either by using the linked program (an exe) or getting an ruu version that is a zip and running it on bootloader with a specific filename "PB31IMG.zip"
This tutorial is for the EXE version linked below.
WARNING: I have no idea what happens if this is used on an SLCD incredible.
Therefore, you need to know what kind of screen you have, and I'm no expert on that.
DONT use this RUU if you find out you have an SLCD screen.
I am not sure whether android sdk tools or htc usb drivers are nessesary for the ruu, so if anyone can comment on the necessity of these, i would appreciate it.
Heres what you need:
1. A PC
2. The RUU exe file
3. a cable to connect the PC to your phone
4. The knowledge of whether your phone is an SLCD or not.
Instructions:
1. Hook up your phone to the computer
2. Put the phone into hboot
3. Run the ruu
4. If it messes up at the usb detection thing, keep the phone plugged in, exit the ruu program, and then run it again. It should work then.
At the end of this process you should have a fully functional unrooted froyo incredible.
You dont need to give anyone $10. We all want your phone to work.
The link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829783&highlight=ruu
Thanks Football!

Hellzya said:
http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=108 download the PB31IMG.zip put it on the root of the sd card and flash through bootloader as previously stated. Make sure it is named PB31IMG.zip or it wont get recognized. You will loose root and have S on. Thank doug piston for the dl.
sent from my streak7
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You will lose root (easy to get back) but will still be S-off.
You can either use the PB31IMG or the .exe method. Just grab the files off doug piston's website. We've had a lot of problems with SLCD owners grabbing the RUU off youtube and other sites then having a screen that no longer works.

I tried the PB31IMG zip method but in hboot after searching through the file it says no image. I am going to try the RUU now. Do i need to have the android sdk stuff on this computer for the RUU to run correctly? I am using a different laptop, one which does not have the driver files installed that I needed to initially root my INC.?

s197 said:
You will lose root (easy to get back) but will still be S-off.
You can either use the PB31IMG or the .exe method. Just grab the files off doug piston's website. We've had a lot of problems with SLCD owners grabbing the RUU off youtube and other sites then having a screen that no longer works.
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Unfortunately Marty, its not easy to tell which is amoled and SLCD without having the phone on to verify that its hardware revision is 002 or 003.
002=amoled
003=slcd
If you still have the box i'd recommend looking at it.

I thought you loosed s-off but ok. Did you make sure the PB31IMG.zip was not named .zip.zip?
sent from my streak7

marty454 said:
I tried the PB31IMG zip method but in hboot after searching through the file it says no image. I am going to try the RUU now. Do i need to have the android sdk stuff on this computer for the RUU to run correctly? I am using a different laptop, one which does not have the driver files installed that I needed to initially root my INC.?
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Well, if you run it without them, and it doesnt work, it wont make anything worse. It just wont work, and then youll know. It probably has nothing to do with the SDK and more to do with HBOOT USB drivers. I would say go for it without any of that.
The most important thing you can know is that your incredible is not bricked. Its totally fixable.
I screwed mine up in precisely the same fashion early on, and used the EXE with good success.

Im positive. I got the phone in august of 10 through verizon. I dont have the box anymore. I have looked into it before and think "think" I have the amoled screen.

marty454 said:
Im positive. I got the phone in august of 10 through verizon. I dont have the box anymore. I have looked into it before and think "think" I have the amoled screen.
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August = AMOLED
SLCD didnt start to ship until september.

The RUU is loading now. Its at 76% on Updating system. So, if this does work where does my phone stand? Do I need to re-root get s-off and things of that nature?

You will still have s-off. Your phone will be on a .92 hboot with the 2.15 radio. You will need to either rerun the root tool to get recovery back or use a recovery that is flashable through hboot. If using the PB31IMG didn't work for you before I suggest rerunning the tool.
Once recovery is installed do not attempt to restore from within recovery, instead download another rom and flash it through recovery.

Just wanted to drop back in and say thanks to everyone who helped me get my INC back. I really appreciate it and I can throw the BB Storm back in the closet!

[Q] Bricked Evo hboot 2.10

I have a bricked evo 4g that currently only boots to bootloader, The evo says " s-off ".......I have tried flashing RA recovery thats fails, Also tried running official Sprint 2.3.3 ruu, that also fails with usb error 17. I posted some screen shoots of the bootloader and what error i get after trying to flash custom reovery.. does anyone know of a fix... any help is always much appreciated thanks!

Hey,
well I can give you the new that your phone isnt bricked if it was it would not turn on and would pretty much be a "brick" hence the name. I am not good with this but captain throwback is the man on fixing borked devices. so you might want to look to some higher ups in the forum and ask for help!

kevo3000 said:
I have a bricked evo 4g that currently only boots to bootloader, The evo says " s-off ".......I have tried flashing RA recovery thats fails, Also tried running official Sprint 2.3.3 ruu, that also fails with usb error 17. I posted some screen shoots of the bootloader and what error i get after trying to flash custom reovery.. does anyone know of a fix... any help is always much appreciated thanks!
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Rather than running an RUU from the computer, have you tried flashing a PC36IMG.zip through HBOOT? Try this one - it's the 4.54 Gingerbread stock ROM. If that flashes successfully (you might have to do it twice), then you can try flashing a custom recovery again.
Do you happen to know what hardware version you have? I notice you appear to have flashed my 0.76 ENG HBOOT modded to read 2.10 - if you did that on a newer hardware model, that would be bad. The block sizes on the newer hardware models are different than on the older versions, so you really can't use an HBOOT version prior to 2.10 on them (the one you have is actually 0.76).

Captain_Throwback said:
Rather than running an RUU from the computer, have you tried flashing a PC36IMG.zip through HBOOT? Try this one - it's the 4.54 Gingerbread stock ROM. If that flashes successfully (you might have to do it twice), then you can try flashing a custom recovery again.
Do you happen to know what hardware version you have? I notice you appear to have flashed my 0.76 ENG HBOOT modded to read 2.10 - if you did that on a newer hardware model, that would be bad. The block sizes on the newer hardware models are different than on the older versions, so you really can't use an HBOOT version prior to 2.10 on them (the one you have is actually 0.76).
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Yeah I think the hardware version was 003 or 004, yeah even when i use the Pc36img in your post 1. Radio_v2 ok then 2-8 Fail-PU.

Kinda the same situation, but I think easier to fix
Ok hi. So here's the deal:
My EVO can boot into bootloader, and it can get into recovery. Cool right? NO!!!
here's where the problem starts: I installed a corrupted ROMand of course, like every ROM, I wiped everything before flashing that one, and ended up not having a system to fall back on... And now the only thing I can do is get into the Bootloader and recovery.
The following issues I'm having, and the thins I have tried are:
1. I have tried putting the PC36IMG.ZIP at the root of the sd card.
- That didnt work though, and I figured that would only make sense, due to the fact that in recovery, it says "E: cant mount sd card"... So why/how would it work in bootloader?
2. It says "wrong image" when it tries to update the IMG file
3. I'm not a complete noob, I am willing to try ADB, I just dont know the commands to use :-( and IDK what to "push" or, even how to get the computer (PC, NOT a mac) to recognize the phone since it's... well, borked, I guess.
4. I' guessing that's the ONLY way to truly fix the phone and flash another ROM... is from the PC? But if so, HOW? Please help me.

I had the same thong happen to me when I first unlocked my phone all you have to do is get a computer with a card reader and put that PCI36.img
On the root of your SD card and put it back in the phone and boot into the bootloader... And if the card still cannot mount then keep pulling it and turning the phone on and let it come on in bootloader everytime and adventully the bootloader will reconigze the SD card and install the recover.. this method has worked for me a fee times
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA

Other option is sometimes I do a factory reset and reboot my phone and the very first ROM I ever flashed reinstalls... Without going into the bootloader ofcourse
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA

Oh wait I just read that you said you CAN get into recovery.. well there is a option to mount SD card.. do that and then restart
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA

monty_python said:
Oh wait I just read that you said you CAN get into recovery.. well there is a option to mount SD card.. do that and then restart
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA
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Thanks man, but here's th thing, it KEEPS saying "E: cant mount sd card" and "No such directory found". thats my proble that I am having. If only I can get the phone to pick up the sd card, my situation would be handled.

[Q] No G2-G3 and USB, Wifi and BT ok?? Please HELP wanted!

I am stuck on my Desire: I have no telephone connection anymore.
I am on S-Off Data++ with BCM RC4.0.
I really want to know the best way to get the phone back to stock but I do not know how as I have no USB connection.
If I sent it to HTC they want a stock phone.
Suggestions much appreciated!

BarnOwl said:
I am stuck on my Desire: I have no telephone connection anymore.
I am on S-Off Data++ with BCM RC4.0.
I really want to know the best way to get the phone back to stock but I do not know how as I have no USB connection.
If I sent it to HTC they want a stock phone.
Suggestions much appreciated!
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Check the development section for USB brick fix. You'll find the description there.
Best regards Coempi

I am just looking for a way to flash a stock rom to the device. This is the first time I am stuck with a smartphone since 2002!
I do not want to do a usb de-bricking method as I am going to sent it in. But I doubt they will give me any service if I bring a modified Desire in.

BarnOwl said:
I am just looking for a way to flash a stock rom to the device. This is the first time I am stuck with a smartphone since 2002!
I do not want to do a usb de-bricking method as I am going to sent it in. But I doubt they will give me any service if I bring a modified Desire in.
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In order to use the USB you have to fix the USB brick. After that you can flash a custom recovery, a stock rom, whatever you want.

So you're saying there is no way to achieve this otherwise? I thought maybe there is a stock rom that can be applied through the sd card.....
I'll try that USB brick anyway, thanks!
Funny thing is: Yesterday I lost my G2/G3 connection, then I started to get another rom because I thought it had something to do with that and then my USB went completely dead. HTC said it probably is a "software" problem.

BarnOwl said:
So you're saying there is no way to achieve this otherwise? I thought maybe there is a stock rom that can be applied through the sd card.....
I'll try that USB brick anyway, thanks!
Funny thing is: Yesterday I lost my G2/G3 connection, then I started to get another rom because I thought it had something to do with that and then my USB went completely dead. HTC said it probably is a "software" problem.
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When you cannot access your phone via USB, that's called a USB brick, so give the fix a go.
Best regards Coempi

Help....really stuck now!
Ok, guys, here's the deal:
Somehow HTC decided I had voided my warranty as I said I had downloaded the REGULAR updates from their site.........(????) So now I am stuck with a bricked Desire.
I have downloaded the Alpharev downgrade boot and I have a 2.33 Android RUU on it. Version 3.14.405.1. The 5.17.05.23 radio is on there as well.
If I boot in Hboot I see the following:
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.02.0001
MICROP-0514
TOUCH PANEL-SYNTH0101
RADIO 5.17.05.23
Jul 22 2011.16.19.16
That's what I got from the Alpharev s-off site (downgrade hboot)
Charging via USB works. SD can be accessed (That's how I have been trying the last few days to get it back to normal via PB99IMG.zip.
But I really don't know how to get the USB functionality back and it doesn't recognise the fastboot drivers and so on.
I.m pretty sure it is not a hardware problem as I had the cables checked in a repair place.
Surely there must be a smart wizard out there that can help me?

AFAIK u have to be s-off to flash H-boot
and the ruu runs from your computer

colin_404 said:
AFAIK u have to be s-off to flash H-boot
and the ruu runs from your computer
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I know that......but what H-boot do you want me to put on it?
If you extract the rom.zip from the ruu, you can also put it on the device by using the sd-update.
I also saw this recovery with build-in usb unbrick. But how to get it on the phone?

There is no point in putting any h-boot on the sd card
Rename the rom.zip to PB99IMG.zip

I'm fairly confident that your problem is to do with the RILs that were included as part of BCM 4.0. They tried including new RILs and it didn;t work for lots of people.
If you read the BCM home page it talks about this problem on the release notes
My 3G didn't work. I downloaded the RILs put them on my SD card. booted to recovery (I'm using 4EXT graphical user interface recovery) and then chose to install the old rills (it's just a zip file).
Really easy.
Alternative you could reflash BCM 4.1U2. I think you were just a bit unlucky!!

owennewo said:
I'm fairly confident that your problem is to do with the RILs that were included as part of BCM 4.0. They tried including new RILs and it didn;t work for lots of people.
If you read the BCM home page it talks about this problem on the release notes
My 3G didn't work. I downloaded the RILs put them on my SD card. booted to recovery (I'm using 4EXT graphical user interface recovery) and then chose to install the old rills (it's just a zip file).
Really easy.
Alternative you could reflash BCM 4.1U2. I think you were just a bit unlucky!!
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Ok, thanks.......I got a bit tired of this issue so I got a new device. But I still have the Desire and I will definitely give it a go, have not tried that one yet. I'll report back here!

[Q] Is there a PC36IMG for 5.07.651.1_Supersonic_Stock_Rooted_CPTB.zip

i thought I saw it somewhere that "Captain" was going to upload a PC36IMG for this specific version of ROM, but I now can't find it.
The reason I want to use it is because my phone currently has the 4.67 software and 2.18 HBoot. Every time I try to flash an older version, it gives me the "main version older" error. Plus, my phone's USB port is not working with diag mode on (although still charges). So PC36IMG seem to be my only chance. Please advise where to get it or if I am wrong with my understanding. Thanks!

are you trying to root you evo with hboot 2.18 ?
i am some what lost...forgive me if i am wrong about anything. do you need the pc36img for 4.67 and 3.18 hboot ?

Sorry. Not really. I bought this evo 4g from cl and it turned out to be flashed to cricket. I want to flash it back to sprint so I can use it. I've read a lot and tried a lot but nothing helps. It looks like my problem is that:
1) it is now unrooted, so I don't have access to terminal so fastboot is not an option
2) it has a bad USB. I don't know if it is the hardware, or because of the previous flash
So my only chance is to load the PC36IMG to SD card and flash it from there. For some reason, whenever I do it, it loads it, checks it and goes back to bootload. This happens to all PC36IMGs I tried (maybe 6-7 of them) EXCEPT the following one:
PC36IMG_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2 .15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip
However, this one does not work either. After it checks it, it gives the error that "MAIN VERSION IS OLDER"
I thought if I can find a newer version than what I have (4.67) I may have a chance. I found that the one in my title is newer. But it looks like it is not a PC36IMG.zip file (how do I tell BTW? It just failed on me).
I searched and found other solutions like downgrading, but all required USB port which I don't have. So is there anyway I can still revive this?
This is my info on top of phone.
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
Radio-2.15.00.12.19
Dec 21 2011, 12:50:32
XenonV said:
are you trying to root you evo with hboot 2.18 ?
i am some what lost...forgive me if i am wrong about anything. do you need the pc36img for 4.67 and 3.18 hboot ?
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well you need USB to be able to flash the phone, + you wont be able to do anything unless its rooted :/

But question:
1) I was wondering if the USB problem I am having is due to the earlier flash (I read about some ROMs leads to bad USB). If I install a stock ROM (newest) with my microUSB, I may have my USB back. Is that correct? Do you think it might work? It still charges, just not recognized data-wise.
2)Am I correct that I can copy the newer version of software (like the one in the title) as a PC36IMG.zip to my microSD card, and have the phone load into bootloader and recover that way?
Thanks!
XenonV said:
well you need USB to be able to flash the phone, + you wont be able to do anything unless its rooted :/
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Yes, roms can cause hardware issues, well not only roms, but kernels, and more. And for your second question I can't say no or yes, but give it a try
Sent from my PC36100 using xda app-developers app

I see! Thanks! So are you aware of any PC36IMG for 5.07 software? And you mentioned 4.67 Hboot 2.18. Do you have a link? I don't think I tried it since I was looking for a "newer" version. But may be it will work? Thanks!
And, do you suggest install a different kernel, radio, etc? If so, which one should I try? I don't think I can make it worse.
XenonV said:
Yes, roms can cause hardware issues, well not only roms, but kernels, and more. And for your second question I can't say no or yes, but give it a try
Sent from my PC36100 using xda app-developers app
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i may have solved your problem....http://d-h.st/jrt

Sorry for being ignorant. I think I tried this one. It went back to bootloader after it "checking PC36IMG" without any real changes.
I thought it was due to it is a file I need to install from computer, rather than directly rename and put onto SD. That is why I was asking for a PC36IMG.zip file. I guess I am wrong?
Again, sorry for the ignorance. Never done these before. Just trying to save this brick I just bought. Thanks!
XenonV said:
i may have solved your problem....http://d-h.st/jrt
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you mean flashing...try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA0Xfjstk_U&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLjr29qtQIqEr0PzGlm9JIqw the audio on that vid sucks so turn your volume all the way up

I kinda realize the way, but my phone USB port not working right now. So that does not help.
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you mean flashing...try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA0Xfjstk_U&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLjr29qtQIqEr0PzGlm9JIqw the audio on that vid sucks so turn your volume all the way up
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Need Help

So I've been trying to unroot my phone and get s on.. the only thing I can do is get s on after that I cant flash anything through hboot as I get some error saying "wrong image" and I don't know where to go from there... Is there someway I can just wipe the whole phone and start from there ? or can someone try helping me out? only reason I ask is because lately my phones been acting up and I just want to unroot it and get s on. So any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

You need to flash the RUU to go back to stock and do a full clean wipe of the phone. You may need to reformat your SD card as FAT32 as sometimes it's temperamental and the zips don't get picked up. Make sure it's a PB31IMG.zip and exactly named that way on the sd card for your Droid Incredible.

tiny4579 said:
You need to flash the RUU to go back to stock and do a full clean wipe of the phone. You may need to reformat your SD card as FAT32 as sometimes it's temperamental and the zips don't get picked up. Make sure it's a PB31IMG.zip and exactly named that way on the sd card for your Droid Incredible.
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I believe thats what Ive been trying to flash after getting s-on but after s-on I cant flash anything through hboot. Ive tried multiple times to reformat my card on the computer but no luck for me. So now I have s-on but my phones really acting up now, the play store and internet keep force closing and I keep getting UID's inconsistent message.... I dont think the RUU I have is right anyway would you happen to know where I can get a current one?

AFAIK you can only S-ON with a certain radio version or older. My recommendation if you're trying to go back to pure stock is to put S-OFF again, run the froyo RUU from http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/3.26.605.1/ or flash the PB31IMG.zip from the same location. Either way you need to be in HBOOT. Then flash S-ON again before taking the OTA to update. That's how I would do it if I needed S-ON and stock.

tiny4579 said:
AFAIK you can only S-ON with a certain radio version or older. My recommendation if you're trying to go back to pure stock is to put S-OFF again, run the froyo RUU from http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/3.26.605.1/ or flash the PB31IMG.zip from the same location. Either way you need to be in HBOOT. Then flash S-ON again before taking the OTA to update. That's how I would do it if I needed S-ON and stock.
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Thank you. Ill give it a shot and let you know the results.
Update: Ok so I I flashed the PB31IMG and now I just to get s on but I Cant since I don't have a recovery to do it.
UPDATE: Ok never mind , I seem to have figured it out. Thanks Tiny I appreciate it.

Eatyourgreenes said:
Thank you. Ill give it a shot and let you know the results.
Update: Ok so I I flashed the PB31IMG and now I just to get s on but I Cant since I don't have a recovery to do it.
UPDATE: Ok never mind , I seem to have figured it out. Thanks Tiny I appreciate it.
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So Im at 2.2 with S-on and I cant seem to get updated. It will download the update and thats it, it wont reboot or anything. I tried flashing the latest RUU through Hboot but I still get the wrong image message.... Well I need to go to work so I'll use it as is for now. but I hope this can be fixed