As per topic, power button is busted. Phone not worth repairing due to age. Other android devices I've used had ROMs which let you use volume buttons or sweep/slide to wake. What about trackball button?
But how will you boot lol. TB wake up is avlbl in a no of ROMs. But that is only after booting.
Quite a few Roms have Trackball (or Volume) Wake included, CyanogenMod (CM7) for example. Read the first couple of posts in each of the Rom threads, that will generally tell you if its included.
Also have a read of this thread (yes, it's for the NexusOne but most of the info will be pertinent) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551762
But how will you boot lol.
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Exactly the same way as you boot a N1 with a broken power button (extremely common in that phone).
It works sometimes but not reliable. I can do reboots etc using adb and once a touch recovery is installed, then no probs. I have used sweep2wake on a desire s which was a great mod.
I did check some of the desire ROMs but didn't notice the feature. I'll give some of them a shot tonight.
Going directly to recovery or fastboot from power off is still going to be a problem though.
Doesn't matter now, no matter what I do, button not responding at all. So another phone for the scrapheap
dave- said:
Doesn't matter now, no matter what I do, button not responding at all. So another phone for the scrapheap
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R ya s-off & rooted? If so what hboot u got?
Sent from my HTC Desire
jmcclue said:
R ya s-off & rooted? If so what hboot u got?
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Nah was still totally stock (family member's phone) so can't even get the thing on to do any of that hehe.
The replacement board for all those buttons is like $50AUD on ebay plus repair job....not worth it at all. Time for them to upgrade anyway
dave- said:
Nah was still totally stock (family member's phone) so can't even get the thing on to do any of that hehe.
The replacement board for all those buttons is like $50AUD on ebay plus repair job....not worth it at all. Time for them to upgrade anyway
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Shame. If it were booted, depending on what hboot u have u coulda used revolutionary to s-off and get CWM. Then use adb to boot into recovery and flash superuser then reboot, download and install 4ext recovery updater app and flash 4ext recovery (touch screen) and from there flash new rom then u would be sorted.
Sent from my HTC Desire
You can certainly root and do whatever without the power button. After flashing a custom rom with Trackball Wake and installing QuickBoot, the only nuisance is turning it on if you let the battery go flat.
Holspeed said:
the only nuisance is turning it on if you let the battery go flat.
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Or turning it off to swap SIMs with another phone
QuickBoot handles powering off, so it just comes down to how inconvenient you find the method used to turn the phone back on.
broken volume buttons
Hi there, My issue is a little different, and I am a noob at these things . I have inherited a desire with broken volume keys (planning on getting fixed) I have been able to S-Off but I can't work out how to root it without volume keys, I have 4ext recovery from app store on phone but without root it won"t install, once I get the info on how to install root another way i know that I can install 4ext and them find a awesome ics rom as 4ext is touch capable.
So if anyone can Give me a step by step to load root through adb or any other way I would appreciate it immensely.
mechtiger said:
Hi there, My issue is a little different, and I am a noob at these things . I have inherited a desire with broken volume keys (planning on getting fixed) I have been able to S-Off but I can't work out how to root it without volume keys, I have 4ext recovery from app store on phone but without root it won"t install, once I get the info on how to install root another way i know that I can install 4ext and them find a awesome ics rom as 4ext is touch capable.
So if anyone can Give me a step by step to load root through adb or any other way I would appreciate it immensely.
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once u have adb setup, use this command to boot recovery
adb reboot recovery
then flash ur superuser.zip file
jmcclue said:
once u have adb setup, use this command to boot recovery
adb reboot recovery
then flash ur superuser.zip file
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Thanks for your help, I tried that and when phone restarted it had a triangle with a red ! in it and nothing happened, I may be doing something wrong
I have read the faq adb post and still confused, to run that command should I be in fast boot first?
next question if course is how do I flash superuser zip, will the normal recovery run it?
boot info:
Bravo PVT3 Ship S-off
Hboot - 6.93.1002
Microp- 051d
Touch panel - synt0101
Radio -5.11.04.14
Aug 10 2010
mechtiger said:
Thanks for your help, I tried that and when phone restarted it had a triangle with a red ! in it and nothing happened, I may be doing something wrong
I have read the faq adb post and still confused, to run that command should I be in fast boot first?
next question if course is how do I flash superuser zip, will the normal recovery run it?
boot info:
Bravo PVT3 Ship S-off
Hboot - 6.93.1002
Microp- 051d
Touch panel - synt0101
Radio -5.11.04.14
Aug 10 2010
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hmm i think that once that happens u r supposed to press volume up + power but ur vol buttons dont work.
about the super user zip file, once in recovery u just choose install from sdcard
jmcclue said:
hmm i think that once that happens u r supposed to press volume up + power but ur vol buttons dont work.
about the super user zip file, once in recovery u just choose install from sdcard
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i am guessing without volume keys I am buggered, all I need is a way to get 4ext touch on them I am all go but without volume keys I am beginning to see that is impossible
mechtiger said:
i am guessing without volume keys I am buggered, all I need is a way to get 4ext touch on them I am all go but without volume keys I am beginning to see that is impossible
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i can post the 4ext recovery.img and u could try using fastboot commands to flash it. click the adb & fastboot guide in my sig and get fastboot setup and il post the recovery img
jmcclue said:
i can post the 4ext recovery.img and u could try using fastboot commands to flash it. click the adb & fastboot guide in my sig and get fastboot setup and il post the recovery img
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I tried a program called Universal Android AIO Flasher Tool$, I found the 4xt image and used that program to flash, now I will try your command to get recovery.
I will post back if it works.
ok download the recovery.img and put it directly into ur c:\ drive then turn off ur phone and then hold back button + power. that boots u into fastboot.
plug in ur phone (usb) and run this command -
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
if it works u will have to boot ur phone up and then use the ADB again to try boot into recovery coz ur buttons dont work
adb reboot recovery
(recovery.img is the latest 4ext recovery)
Related
Hey everyone,
I've been trying to unroot my desire Z , but it wont detect my 1.34 PC10IMG.zip files anymore in the hboot... i even renamed them to PC10IMG, and still nothing , i've been trying allot of things for 2 days now. is my phone bricked or something , or is it because my phone became G2? since i accidently put a g2 rom before which i had to reroot to gain my MIUI rom back. my camera is broken so i need to unroot it for the warranty
Can someone help me ?
Extra information about my phone:
HTC DESIRE Z UNBRANDED
MIUI CUSTOM ROM
VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.02.01.15_M2
eMMC-BOOT
When you go into HBoot, what option are you choosing?
You currently have your issue spread across 4 threads, asking various questions about the same issue. So its very hard to follow where you are at and how to help you. You really should have just started one thread, and stuck to it.
redpoint73 said:
When you go into HBoot, what option are you choosing?
You currently have your issue spread across 4 threads, asking various questions about the same issue. So its very hard to follow where you are at and how to help you. You really should have just started one thread, and stuck to it.
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ah sorry for that i thought i would find my answer quicker, I will stick to this thread, the options i choose is , first of all i type in CMD adb reboot bootloader , then i get at Fastboot USB , then i use my power button, and then i get at HBOOT where it should load my zip file , like always. but which doesn't happen now...
Do you think my phone is still fix-able?
civano said:
ah sorry for that i thought i would find my answer quicker
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Cross posting will probably make your answer slower (in addition to being against forum rules, and just generally cluttering the forum). At least personally, I'm getting confused where you are at, and what steps you have done to get to this point, due to the information being scattered across several posts.
What happens when you try to access HBoot from the phone itself? By having power off, then holding volume down, and pressing power?
sorry for the cross posting,
I've did volume down and pressed power , and i came in bootloader
Can you go into recovery (from Hboot) and flash the ZIP from there?
do you mean : Recovery > install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard > PC10IMG ? this is not possible if you mean that
because i get:
E:can't open \sdcard\PC10IMG.zip (bad) installation aborted
Yes, exactly.
is this a good sign? what should i exactly do next ?
You must have edited your post. When I responded "Yes. Exactly" I didn't see where you said the install failed.
No, thats not a good sign.
On the Hboot screen, does it say S-Off or S-on?
it says VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF
oops double post i didn't notice we were on 2nd page
Weird, and you're still rooted?
Have you tried to download the ZIP again, just to make sure it wasn't corrupted on download?
yes i did , i redownloaded it , before i had accidently downloaded a G2 stock rom , because i was following a unrooting guide , but it wasn't a good one so i had G2 stock rom without root , then i just simply rerooted it and went back to my MIUI rom, and since that time i have problems :/ , i also had back-ups of the 1.34 sense system but when i recover them i just get stuck at the HTC splash screen , i really dont know what to do now
did the G2 rom ruin my phone or? is there any possibility to retreive stock rom
lol :/ i suppose i'm quite done now , if it doesn't detect the packages i'm far from home , and wont be able to recover anything
Sorry I can't help you more, I'm out of ideas. There are lots of people here with more knowledge than I. So hopefully they can help.
Well anyways thanks for your time , hopefully someday someone knows the answer
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ah sorry for that i thought i would find my answer quicker, I will stick to this thread, the options i choose is , first of all i type in CMD adb reboot bootloader , then i get at Fastboot USB , then i use my power button, and then i get at HBOOT where it should load my zip file , like always. but which doesn't happen now...
Do you think my phone is still fix-able?
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just to make sure, you're using your volume keys to scroll to the BOOTLOADER option, then pressing the power button, correct? sounds to me like you're saying that you're entering hboot in fastboot, then pressing power button immediately? this would still not land you in bootloader.
pc10img files won't be seen if you're in the fastboot menu. when you select bootloader, it should do a quick scan of the sdcard looking for files with certain names (including pc10img.zip)
sorry if it's been said elsewhere, I didn't see:
what version of CWM recovery are you using?
which PC10IMG are you attempting to flash?
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just to make sure, you're using your volume keys to scroll to the BOOTLOADER option, then pressing the power button, correct? sounds to me like you're saying that you're entering hboot in fastboot, then pressing power button immediately? this would still not land you in bootloader.
pc10img files won't be seen if you're in the fastboot menu. when you select bootloader, it should do a quick scan of the sdcard looking for files with certain names (including pc10img.zip)
sorry if it's been said elsewhere, I didn't see:
what version of CWM recovery are you using?
which PC10IMG are you attempting to flash?
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Thanks for your respond,
The thing i exactly do is enter the bootloader then it would give me 4 options Bootloader , Reboot , Reboot Bootloader or Power Down.
Once i scroll to Bootloader which is not necessary since it already selects bootloader at the begining , then i press my power button , and then it should go to Hboot mode , once he enters that it takes 2 secs and he scans the SDCARD , but he will detect nothing. I've tried several PC10IMG.zip but somehow he wont find it, the one i'm using is the 1.34 PC10IMG.zip. i've tried a couple and redownloaded it , but it was no succes.
Btw i also got a recovery of 1.34 sense stock rom , the 1st day i rooted i made a backup of my stock rom , but it's not recover-able anymore , once i recover it by CWM , i get stuck at splash screen after installation first boot.
The CWM i'm using atm is the 3.0.2.4.
bump. any professionals who can help me?
i am new here and i am writing you guys to
please help me out in this matter. I got my HTC
DESIRE HD rooted from my friend and i was
playing with it by flashing different roms
through Clock-Work-Mod. One day i dont know
what went wrong when i was flashing a new
rom. A message was displayed on the CWM that
installation aborted and some error appreared.
At that moment i got panic and didnt wipe off
this rom data and flashed the other one i had.
Everything went perfectly fine and mobile
restarted. When i tried to work the volume
buttons they are not working, i tried camera out,
No response....I put headphones in its slot but
nothing is working.
GUYS mind you that i was having a backup for
my roms when everything was working fine. I
restored them but still the same problem. And
volume keys are not either working in
CLOCKWORKMOD. I tried different stuff means
wiping all the data and cache and whatsoever.
Nothing is happening for me.
PLEASE HELP ME OUTTTTTTTTT...HELPPPPPP
MEEEEE.... I LOST MY WARRANTY AND NOW I
DON WANA LOSE MY PHONE...PLEASE
HELPPPPP!!!!!!!!
Search for 4ext touch recovery, flash that, full wipe, flash rom, see if that helps.
Sent from a dream.
Teichopsia said:
Search for 4ext touch recovery, flash that, full wipe, flash rom, see if that helps.
Sent from a dream.
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Dear Sir,
Thanks for your reply....I tried everything out but nothing is working. Even my friend rebooted receovery and bootloader. After that even i installed a stock ROM using ADB from HTC....still camera, volume buttons and earphone slot not working,
I request you to please give me detail answer and a way out except these i have mentioned as i am in real fix..
Thanks once again for your kind support.
adnanf said:
Dear Sir,
Thanks for your reply....I tried everything out but nothing is working. Even my friend rebooted receovery and bootloader. After that even i installed a stock ROM using ADB from HTC....still camera, volume buttons and earphone slot not working,
I request you to please give me detail answer and a way out except these i have mentioned as i am in real fix..
Thanks once again for your kind support.
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If you used adb then you know more than I do.
The only thing I can think of is if you are full wiping.
Booting into recovery
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe dalvik
Format all partitions except sd card.
I suggested to get 4ext touch becauee you can use the screen to navigate in the recovery section instead of the volume buttons to format and flash.
If you are having hardware issues, could it be a hardware problem? It happebed after you got nervous which leads to believe it may be software related. But if you flashed a stock rom using adb, did that fully wiped your phone? I don't know.
If it didn't, try a full wipe.
Read this only for informational purposes. Don't try anything until you are sure it's not software related.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29603104
Sent from a dream.
Teichopsia said:
If you used adb then you know more than I do.
The only thing I can think of is if you are full wiping.
Booting into recovery
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe dalvik
Format all partitions except sd card.
I suggested to get 4ext touch becauee you can use the screen to navigate in the recovery section instead of the volume buttons to format and flash.
If you are having hardware issues, could it be a hardware problem? It happebed after you got nervous which leads to believe it may be software related. But if you flashed a stock rom using adb, did that fully wiped your phone? I don't know.
If it didn't, try a full wipe.
Read this only for informational purposes. Don't try anything until you are sure it's not software related.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29603104
Sent from a dream.
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It is all software related, well i tried everything but the same...it is not a harware problem. I think the rom that had an error when i was flashing it had a bad impact on my media driver. I don't know how to fix this crap now....please keep posting and keep in touch...and do ask your friends to fix this issue if you could please.
Thanks once again
adnanf said:
It is all software related, well i tried everything but the same...it is not a harware problem. I think the rom that had an error when i was flashing it had a bad impact on my media driver. I don't know how to fix this crap now....please keep posting and keep in touch...and do ask your friends to fix this issue if you could please.
Thanks once again
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Could you post what you did when it went bad and what you have done so far step by step? Just want to make sure what has been done.and as concise as possible please. If you don't mention something I/we will assume you didn't do it and we will tell you to do it again.
Sent from a dream.
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Could you post what you did when it went bad and what you have done so far step by step? Just want to make sure what has been done.and as concise as possible please. If you don't mention something I/we will assume you didn't do it and we will tell you to do it again.
Sent from a dream.
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when i was flashing a new ROM through CWM then an error appeared stating installation aborted...I got panic and when this error appeared....i just flashed the other ROM...but i didn't wipe the data of the Error making ROM...I think that is why this problem happened...but new ROM was flashed successfully and when i tried to work volume keys in the ROM and in CWM they were not working, Camera and Earphone slot wasn't working as well....After that i tried 4EXT Recovery to wipe everything and flashed the ROM once again but same problem for every ROM..Even i Recently flashed an RUU Stock HTC ROM VIA ADB but same....Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't help your problem, but if everything is really down and you're back on stock ROM, without root, go and complain to HTC and whatever your service provider is. Pretend like you don't know what happened. If you have a good provider, or if your phone warranty hasn't expired yet, then they should fix it for you.
xxkid123 said:
I can't help your problem, but if everything is really down and you're back on stock ROM, without root, go and complain to HTC and whatever your service provider is. Pretend like you don't know what happened. If you have a good provider, or if your phone warranty hasn't expired yet, then they should fix it for you.
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As i have told you.....I dowloaded one ROM from XDA-Developers website...I wanted to flash it...I flashed it with CLOCKWORKMOD after going into recovery....while flashing i got an error that installation aborted...i didn't reboot my phone as i knew that this ROM will not work as it gave an error..I went to the folder where i kept other ROMS and flashed one of them but i didn't wipe out the data, Cache etc of this ERROR ROM this time and flashed other one..After that this problem happened...
I used 4EXT Recovery after that to wipe data again and flash another ROM...I flashed many ROMS after that but same....camera, Volume keys and earphone slot is not working....
Someone told me to flash an RUU that will overwrite all the previous data by using ADB....i did it as well...Everything went fine again....ROM was flashed....but F**king problem remains the same....
adnanf said:
As i have told you.....I dowloaded one ROM from XDA-Developers website...I wanted to flash it...I flashed it with CLOCKWORKMOD after going into recovery....while flashing i got an error that installation aborted...i didn't reboot my phone as i knew that this ROM will not work as it gave an error..I went to the folder where i kept other ROMS and flashed one of them but i didn't wipe out the data, Cache etc of this ERROR ROM this time and flashed other one..After that this problem happened...
I used 4EXT Recovery after that to wipe data again and flash another ROM...I flashed many ROMS after that but same....camera, Volume keys and earphone slot is not working....
Someone told me to flash an RUU that will overwrite all the previous data by using ADB....i did it as well...Everything went fine again....ROM was flashed....but F**king problem remains the same....
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I tried re rooting my desire HD when it was already rooted and S-OFF...Now it got stuck on white screen....with green HTC logo...I can go into the boot loader....i tried flashing recovery Clockwork...With great difficulty i flashed recovery via ADB commands..by watching on internet...Now same volume keys are not working in Recovery..I want to flash 4EXT recovery...Please tell me how to do it while i am in bootloader....plzzz plzzzzz i am in a great FIXXXXXXXX....
adnanf said:
I tried re rooting my desire HD when it was already rooted and S-OFF...Now it got stuck on white screen....with green HTC logo...I can go into the boot loader....i tried flashing recovery Clockwork...With great difficulty i flashed recovery via ADB commands..by watching on internet...Now same volume keys are not working in Recovery..I want to flash 4EXT recovery...Please tell me how to do it while i am in bootloader....plzzz plzzzzz i am in a great FIXXXXXXXX....
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flash it used fastboot (adb tools)
1.Turn off your phone
2. Hold the volume down button + power until you boot to a white screen.
3. Use the volume rocker to select FASTBOOT then press the power button to select it.
4. Connect your phone.
5. Open up a windows command prompt and navigate to your sdk tools or platform tools folder. tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\tools) or platform-tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools) (ore where you have the adb)
6. Type FASTBOOT DEVICES to make sure your computer "sees" your phone and is ready to flash the recovery. You should get a serial number and then the word fastboot as the output.
7. Type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and press enter. Give it a minute to do it's thing. You should get a message that says writing recovery and success.
(you must have the recovery.img on the same place as fastboot)
8. Unplug your phone and use the volume rocker to select BOOTLOADER and then again to select RECOVERY and you should be booted into the 4ext recovery
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flash it used fastboot (adb tools)
1.Turn off your phone
2. Hold the volume down button + power until you boot to a white screen.
3. Use the volume rocker to select FASTBOOT then press the power button to select it.
4. Connect your phone.
5. Open up a windows command prompt and navigate to your sdk tools or platform tools folder. tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\tools) or platform-tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools) (ore where you have the adb)
6. Type FASTBOOT DEVICES to make sure your computer "sees" your phone and is ready to flash the recovery. You should get a serial number and then the word fastboot as the output.
7. Type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and press enter. Give it a minute to do it's thing. You should get a message that says writing recovery and success.
(you must have the recovery.img on the same place as fastboot)
8. Unplug your phone and use the volume rocker to select BOOTLOADER and then again to select RECOVERY and you should be booted into the 4ext recovery
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I loved the way you told me brother...and i successfully flashed my ROM....I really loved the way step by step....I am really thankful to you....Can you help me in fixing my camera, volume buttons and earphone slots as they are still not working....PLEASE..I messed my mobile UP...HELP me brother
adnanf said:
I loved the way you told me brother...and i successfully flashed my ROM....I really loved the way step by step....I am really thankful to you....Can you help me in fixing my camera, volume buttons and earphone slots as they are still not working....PLEASE..I messed my mobile UP...HELP me brother
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Are you eng-off it can be your kernel
gurby1 said:
Are you eng-off it can be your kernel
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I don't know about eng off but yes I think I am....I am s off by the way...I ll paste here all the info in the bootloader shortly...please help brother
My bootloader says this
******AAHK*******
ACE XA ENG S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.85.2425
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Now suggest...whatelse can i do to get them working..Voume buttons,a camera and earphone slots are not working for any of the ROM i flash...
HELP!!
adnanf said:
I don't know about eng off but yes I think I am....I am s off by the way...I ll paste here all the info in the bootloader shortly...please help brother
My bootloader says this
******AAHK*******
ACE XA ENG S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.85.2425
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Now suggest...whatelse can i do to get them working..Voume buttons,a camera and earphone slots are not working for any of the ROM i flash...
HELP!!
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Uhm if you go to the thread of android revolution. On the buttom of the page is a program superwipe trie that.
If that not help than can you replace the boot loader I will explain how you do that (your hboot is very old I have 2.xx. xxxx think that's you problem)
gurby1 said:
Uhm if you go to the thread of android revolution. On the buttom of the page is a program superwipe trie that.
If that not help than can you replace the boot loader I will explain how you do that (your hboot is very old I have 2.xx. xxxx think that's you problem)
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I downloaded that and flashed it via 4EXT recovery...It wiped all the stuff.....after that now i flashed the rom....but the same problem......I don't know what is going on...
HTC workshop are saying that they will have to change the motherboard, camera, volume keys and all that...I dont think they know this problem...
Does it cause any problem if i download any ROM not for DHD and try to flash it?...This is why problem happened i guess...the ROM i flashed was not for DHD....
If you could please provide me your yahoo or hotmail ID..so that i could chat with you to clarify issues...Please give me a reasonable time if you could come online....
I would really be grateful to you...
Please reply reply to my questions above....i really am in a FIX....please help brother....
Replacement Battery, Or broken phone?
Looking to replace this naff ass broken "replacement HTC Desire HD" battery. Any suggestions? Are these High Capacity Gold battierys any use?
This battery if I turn the phone on it then powers off as dead. Unless I have it connected to a charger first. Then I can see the battery is actually got a charge in it.
Is this the battery of perhaps an issue with the phone?
HI, i've been on here all night trying to flash a new radio but after 3 hours I am pulling my hair out.
I have htc desire hd with cyanogenmod 7.2.0.
My radio is old so I downloaded PD98IMG as I don't have gps and it needs updating anyway. I've been searching around and I cant even get into bootloader?!
Maybe I don't have s-off?! If so I can't even get it?!
Please can someone PM me, I'll even pay you to help me!! I need a fresh pair of eyes and someone who knows what they're doing.
MARKMAKAVELI said:
HI, i've been on here all night trying to flash a new radio but after 3 hours I am pulling my hair out.
I have htc desire hd with cyanogenmod 7.2.0.
My radio is old so I downloaded PD98IMG as I don't have gps and it needs updating anyway. I've been searching around and I cant even get into bootloader?!
Maybe I don't have s-off?! If so I can't even get it?!
Please can someone PM me, I'll even pay you to help me!! I need a fresh pair of eyes and someone who knows what they're doing.
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Are you S-OFF? have you checked that in hboot? without S-OFF it is impossible to flash a radio
glevitan said:
Are you S-OFF? have you checked that in hboot? without S-OFF it is impossible to flash a radio
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I don't know how to check. I tried volume and power but it just brings up usual options.
I went into recovery mode and tried to install the PDIMG file from zip file but it aborted?!
Also same happended when I tried to install fastbootcommander
MARKMAKAVELI said:
I don't know how to check. I tried volume and power but it just brings up usual options.
I went into recovery mode and tried to install the PDIMG file from zip file but it aborted?!
Also same happended when I tried to install fastbootcommander
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ok..you never install a PD98IMG file in recovery unless you want to mess your device. Boot the phone normally, go to menu>settings>power options and untick fastboot.
Then power off the device and turn it on by pressing power + volume down
Where's fast boot located in 4.2.2 ROMs
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glevitan said:
ok..you never install a PD98IMG file in recovery unless you want to mess your device. Boot the phone normally, go to menu>settings>power options and untick fastboot.
Then power off the device and turn it on by pressing power + volume down
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Thanks for the reply glevitan.
I don't have the "power options" option.
Nothing special happens when pressing power + volume down. It simply reacts to my pressing of the power button and offers me the usual shut down, reboot, silent, aeroplane mode etc.
Jrhodes85 said:
Where's fast boot located in 4.2.2 ROMs
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1. I don't understand what you're asking and why. Could you clarify? Like, where the binaries are saved? And is there a reason you're asking?
2. You're kind of hijacking someone else's thread on a completely unrelated topic. You might want to consider creating a new Q&A thread.
MARKMAKAVELI said:
Thanks for the reply glevitan.
I don't have the "power options" option.
Nothing special happens when pressing power + volume down. It simply reacts to my pressing of the power button and offers me the usual shut down, reboot, silent, aeroplane mode etc.
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You missed the power OFF the device first
bananagranola said:
1. I don't understand what you're asking and why. Could you clarify? Like, where the binaries are saved? And is there a reason you're asking?
2. You're kind of hijacking someone else's thread on a completely unrelated topic. You might want to consider creating a new Q&A thread.
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Chill up miss...
Maybe he just wanted to ask where is the fastboot located(glevitan said to uncheck the fast boot in setting which only in sense based rom) and he used aosp based rom so dont have any fastboot option in setting,so he asked in this thread
hdorius said:
Chill up miss...
Maybe he just wanted to ask where is the fastboot located(glevitan said to uncheck the fast boot in setting which only in sense based rom) and he used aosp based rom so dont have any fastboot option in setting,so he asked in this thread
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Haha, thanks; I needed that. I've been in a grumpy mood recently. Sorry...
Apologies Glevitan, I can get into hboot now. I did miss the power off bit first.
However I can't press up volume as its broke and has been for sometime.
Tried to follow the guide http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...astboot-flash-radio-modem-using-fastboot.html
but it just says waiting for device and has done even before I worked out how to hboot.
I tried just loading hboot on its own to see what happened and when i load up the hboot it just says do I want to update radio v2 and I can't select yes (if that's what I should do?)
Why not use reboot direct to recovery? Select reboot > recovery
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yumm91 said:
Why not use reboot direct to recovery? Select reboot > recovery
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Radio can't be flashed in Recovery..the phone will be messed
yumm91 said:
Why not use reboot direct to recovery? Select reboot > recovery
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I don't have that option?
edit: thanks hdorius
So if your vol up button is broken,i think u can't flash the radio unless your device is ENG S-OFF which can flash the radio via fastboot...
hdorius said:
So if your vol up button is broken,i think u can't flash the radio unless your device is ENG S-OFF which can flash the radio via fastboot...
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I have s-off so I will look at another tutorial tonight with fresh eyes. Last night was soul destroying!
Thanks for your help guys, hopefully I won't be back on to pester you!
MARKMAKAVELI said:
I have s-off so I will look at another tutorial tonight with fresh eyes. Last night was soul destroying!
Thanks for your help guys, hopefully I won't be back on to pester you!
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It's different,i think u better wait and ask glevitan about it
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Radio can't be flashed in Recovery..the phone will be messed
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lol.. i meant the bootloader. Thank god you corrected me..
You can use the adb to reboot to bootloader. Just go to terminal, cmd whatever, type "adb reboot bootloader".. And you can flash radio using fastboot command.. But you need to be s-off.. I am not sure whether it is possible to flash radio using shipped hboot. I think it is possible. But better to wait for glevitan to clear things up. :good:
MARKMAKAVELI said:
Apologies Glevitan, I can get into hboot now. I did miss the power off bit first.
However I can't press up volume as its broke and has been for sometime.
Tried to follow the guide http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...astboot-flash-radio-modem-using-fastboot.html
but it just says waiting for device and has done even before I worked out how to hboot.
I tried just loading hboot on its own to see what happened and when i load up the hboot it just says do I want to update radio v2 and I can't select yes (if that's what I should do?)
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My advice is that you fix the volume rocker first. If you get stuck flashing a radio and your rocker is messed...then you might get stuck in the splash screen...
It broke a while ago. I bought a new rocker and glued it on. The glue set and stuck, disabling the up volume button only. I won't be able to fix this now I've ruined it!
Hi,
I just installed the the Revolution ROM on my desire HD and then when i rebooted it it went straight to the revolution reboot menu....
As i am a NOOB i downloaded the Clockwork recovery, reinstalled the revolution rom but same thing happens...
When i reboot the system it starts up (HTC screen) turns off starts back up again and goes straight to "clockworkmod recovery" menu...
I cant even go to the original boot menu...
To make things worst i can only connect usb as storage...
Can anyone please identify my problem and make a step by step solution, as my knowlege on android phones is close to nothing :crying:
madskor said:
Hi,
I just installed the the Revolution ROM on my desire HD and then when i rebooted it it went straight to the revolution reboot menu....
As i am a NOOB i downloaded the Clockwork recovery, reinstalled the revolution rom but same thing happens...
When i reboot the system it starts up (HTC screen) turns off starts back up again and goes straight to "clockworkmod recovery" menu...
I cant even go to the original boot menu...
To make things worst i can only connect usb as storage...
Can anyone please identify my problem and make a step by step solution, as my knowlege on android phones is close to nothing :crying:
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Did you do a full wipe (system, data, and cache) before flashing? Are you S-Off with AAHK or S-On with unlocked bootloader?
bananagranola said:
Did you do a full wipe (system, data, and cache) before flashing? Are you S-Off with AAHK or S-On with unlocked bootloader?
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Yes, i did a full wipe before flashing...
I cant see if i´m S-ON or Off because i can´t go to the original boot menu, but i think its S-Off because the Rom that was in the phone before i messed with it was not the original
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Yes, i did a full wipe before flashing...
I cant see if i´m S-ON or Off because i can´t go to the original boot menu, but i think its S-Off because the Rom that was in the phone before i messed with it was not the original
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An unlocked bootloader with S-On still permits flashing of custom ROMs. Is your recovery updated? If not, do that.
bananagranola said:
An unlocked bootloader with S-On still permits flashing of custom ROMs. Is your recovery updated?
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i dont know as i said i´m a huge noob when it comes to tecnology
isn´t there a way to do everythig again, but the right way ?
i already installed revolution 3 or 4 times and it installs just fine but wont start up the right way.... always comes back to this menu....
madskor said:
i dont know as i said i´m a huge noob when it comes to tecnology
isn´t there a way to do everythig again, but the right way ?
i already installed revolution 3 or 4 times and it installs just fine but wont start up the right way.... always comes back to this menu....
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The guide in post #7 of the guide in my signature is pretty clear. Read that. What is important to know is whether your phone is S-On bootloader unlocked or S-Off. Since you didn't hang on the boot splash when you flashed ARHD, I'm guessing S-Off. But just to be safe: to find this information, reboot while holding power and volume-down. That is your bootloader, known as hboot. What does it say? Finally, my hunch is that you need to update your recovery. The guide has instructions for that, but basically, download the image to your computer and flash it from fastboot.
Oh, and you may need to install your drivers on your computer. Install HTC Sync from the HTC website.
bananagranola said:
The guide in post #7 of the guide in my signature is pretty clear. Read that. What is important to know is whether your phone is S-On bootloader unlocked or S-Off. Since you didn't hang on the boot splash when you flashed ARHD, I'm guessing S-Off. But just to be safe: to find this information, reboot while holding power and volume-down. That is your bootloader, known as hboot. What does it say? Finally, my hunch is that you need to update your recovery. The guide has instructions for that, but basically, download the image to your computer and flash it from fastboot.
Oh, and you may need to install your drivers on your computer. Install HTC Sync from the HTC website.
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I´ve tried to turn the phone on wli holding power + volume, but the result is the same.... powers up then down then up again straight to clockwork...
can you give me the link to the instruction? i cant find them
What image do i have to download?
Sorry for all the questions..... and thanks for your patience
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I´ve tried to turn the phone on wli holding power + volume, but the result is the same.... powers up then down then up again straight to clockwork...
can you give me the link to the instruction? i cant find them
What image do i have to download?
Sorry for all the questions..... and thanks for your patience
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824379. But if power and volume-down (you're using down, not up, right?) boot into CWM, sounds like a problem with your volume buttons.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824379. But if power and volume-down (you're using down, not up, right?) boot into CWM, sounds like a problem with your volume buttons.
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OMG.... huge noob mistake.... i was using the volume-up button.... you must be so mad at me right now
I can see it now.... on the top of the boot menu says: *** UNLOCKED *** ACE PUT SHIP S-ON...
so i guess you were right.... whats the best ting to do then?
I think it may something to do with the boot image but dont know how to fix it
Update recovery. Guide has instructions.
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Update recovery. Guide has instructions.
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Thank you for your patience... i´ll give it a try...
I´ve been trying to solve it by myself for the past 12 hours... i´m exausted
Hope this will fix it....
madskor said:
Thank you for your patience... i´ll give it a try...
I´ve been trying to solve it by myself for the past 12 hours... i´m exausted
Hope this will fix it....
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When you're tired, it's best to get some sleep. Most mistakes happen when sleepy and tired (been there!) so I'd suggest a little shut-eye and continue then
Sounds to me like the problem will get solved pretty soon, just read the guides and don't rush things. If unsure, read the guide (for what-ever you are doing) a second or a third time and don't try doing many things at the same time (ie.don't try updating your radio, rom, & recovery all at the same time ).
Pretty much anything can be fixed as long as you got recovery working so don't stress too much. Best of luck and hope you get your phone working soon :good:
Still havn´t found a solution for my problem, but i think i´m on to something....
I think the problem with my phone is the boot.img.... i can´t flash it correctly...
Dont know what program to use or what file to download.... i tried openning a command list but i and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" as i´ve seen on other posts but i always get "this is not known as an internal or external command, etc...."
What can i doooooooooooooo?!!!! going crazy with this
Hey buddy, stay calm haha. I had the exact same problem. The problem is that although you tried to flash it, you nee to have the boot.img and some files including fastboot.exe. All of the files you need and how to flash the rom are in a guide by glevitan. You can just google it.
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TheJurgenp1 said:
Hey buddy, stay calm haha. I had the exact same problem. The problem is that although you tried to flash it, you nee to have the boot.img and some files including fastboot.exe. All of the files you need and how to flash the rom are in a guide by glevitan. You can just google it.
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I´m trying to keep my cool .... hehehe
the problem is just that... i already googled so many solutions an tried so many things i´m starting to loose hope...
I´m a noob when it comes to these things...
and the fact that english is not my native thong doesnt help either... there are some expressions i dont understand...
Do you still have the link to that solution you mentioned?
You need drivers. Install HTC Sync from the HTC website.
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You need drivers. Install HTC Sync from the HTC website.
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already done that... on clockwork recovery mode i can mount usb storage and have access to sd card... that means the drivers are ok... right?
also tried to instal fastboot on my pc but when i clic on the application it doesnt open the cmd window....
what else should i do?
You need to type fastboot from the cmd.
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You need to type fastboot from the cmd.
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already did but it wont recognize the command
Then your drivers aren't working. Uninstall and reinstall with the phone unplugged.
Hi guys,
I've rewrited my htc's rom and after restarting my phone iam seeing only HTC logo so I think that my phone has no ROM now (flashing took too short, i know my bad, needed to flash it again...). There will be no problem, but my + and - buttons doesn't work, so i can't open my recovery menu. Any ideas? Thanks )
P.S,Sorry for bad english
Simas01 said:
Hi guys,
I've rewrited my htc's rom and after restarting my phone iam seeing only HTC logo so I think that my phone has no ROM now (flashing took too short, i know my bad, needed to flash it again...). There will be no problem, but my + and - buttons doesn't work, so i can't open my recovery menu. Any ideas? Thanks )
P.S,Sorry for bad english
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It is not bricked if you can at least turn something on.
I think Back + Power will get you to fastboot menu at least
Try Bortak's troublehooting guide, it's stickied to the top of Q&A.
You'll probably need to flash 2.3.3 RUU.
To flash RUU you need to fully turn on the phone. And about fastboot... I can boot into it, but i cant navigate there, because my + and - doesn't work :/
Simas01 said:
To flash RUU you need to fully turn on the phone. And about fastboot... I can boot into it, but i cant navigate there, because my + and - doesn't work :/
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You can flash the RUU in fastboot mode. You dont need it to boot into android.
Like eddiehk6 said, since your volume rocker buttons dont work you can use back and power to boot directly into fastboot. Then you can run the ruu from there.
So i need just open official RUU 2.3.3 and do usual ****? (when my phone is in fastboot)
Simas01 said:
So i need just open official RUU 2.3.3 and do usual ****? (when my phone is in fastboot)
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Exactly.
Wait a sec, no need to flash the dangerous ruu. just plug you're phone to PC via USB and turn it on, in whichever mode it is use command line to restart it to recovery.
adb reboot recovery
With ruu you can brick it for real
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Wait a sec, no need to flash the dangerous ruu. just plug you're phone to PC via USB and turn it on, in whichever mode it is use command line to restart it to recovery.
adb reboot recovery
With ruu you can brick it for real
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Then what does he do?
Ur assuming he is s-off or rooted with custom recovery. If hes never rooted and is stock s-on then the only option is what has been suggested above.